GRADUATE STUDY AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
The University of St Andrews is a remarkable and exciting institution which combines the cosmopolitanism of an international university with a strong sense of community derived from its location in a small and ancient town. The scale of the University allows us to compete successfully for private and public funding for our path-breaking research while being small enough to provide individual attention to everyone who chooses to study here.
Intellectual History - MLitt
The MLitt in Intellectual History is an interdisciplinary taught postgraduate programme run by the School of History. The course explores major historical, historiographical, and methodological aspects of intellectual history alongside an individually tailored programme of directed reading.
This interdisciplinary programme brings together experts from across the University with a common interest in researching and contextualising key ideas in their subject areas.
Students learn to treat past ideas as historical phenomena, as well as assess the meanings of these ideas as intended by their authors, and in contexts beyond those their authors may have foreseen.
The course covers the different kinds of intellectual history being practised today, and the relationship between intellectual history and philosophy, literature and literary studies, international relations, law, politics, economics and theology.
PhD Studentships
The School of History invites applications for funding to undertake postgraduate research. Students interested in applying for any of the following funding schemes must apply through the School of History Postgraduate Research Scholarship Gateway: AHRC Doctoral Studentships; ESRC Doctoral Studentships; Carnegie-Caledonian PhD Scholarships; St Leonard’s Scholarships.(which normally cover the difference between home/EU and international fees). EU (non-UK) students who apply for AHRC or ESRC doctoral scholarships through this gateway and who are successful in the Research Council competition may be put forward to the competition for St Leonard’s European Doctoral Stipend Scholarships, which provide stipends at the Research Council rate for EU (non-UK) students awarded Research Council fees-only scholarships (success in the Research Council competition does not guarantee success in the European Doctoral Stipend Scholarship competition). Please check below for information on competitions that require application to both our School and another portal simultaneously.