Research Degrees (PhD) More than 50 PhD theses are currently being undertaken by postgraduate students in the School of History. Many of these students have been attracted to St Andrews by their wish to be supervised by a certain member of staff, often a leading contributor in his or her field – the research interests of members of staff range from sixth-century Scotland to Iran in the late twentieth century. Students undertake independent research projects, with the regular advice of their specialist supervisor, culminating in the submission of an 80,000-word thesis.
While in St Andrews, doctoral students are integrated members of the School of History where they have workspace and are encouraged to participate fully in the intellectual activities of this academic community such as seminars and conferences. The School of History is also keen to promote the future careers of its students, and has been greatly encouraged by the number of former doctoral students now in academic posts. In addition to fostering their students’ contact with other institutions, the School offers undergraduate tutoring, including training and feedback, to many of its postgraduate students.
Taught Degrees (MLitt and MPhil)
Central and Eastern European Studies Programme Director: Dr James Koranyi (
jtk21@st-andrews.ac.uk) Aim of Programme: To provide an opportunity for the inter-disciplinary study of this culturally diverse region combining the fields of history, politics and international relations, languages and literature, and other aspects of artistic expression.
Programme Content: Students select three modules from a wide range of taught postgraduate courses focusing on International Relations, History, Art History and Russian language and literature. They may decide to include a Directed Reading module in order to engage with a research field in which they have specific individual interests with the support of a specialist member of staff. Students who satisfactorily complete the taught element of the programme (Postgraduate Diploma) will be allowed to continue to the three-month, 15,000-word dissertation (MLitt) or to a 40,000-word dissertation over the next fifteen months (MPhil).
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