Edinburgh has a proud and distinguished place in the history of philosophy, and has long been associated with some of the field’s most important thinkers.

University of Edinburgh's flagship MSc Philosophy degree programme offers students an excellent opportunity to enhance their learning and join a large, vibrant and supportive postgraduate community.

Edinburgh provides a broad, advanced education in philosophy, covering all the core areas of analytic philosophy:

Epistemology
Metaphysics
Logic and philosophy of language
Moral and political philosophy
The department also has particular focus in the following areas:

Applied ethics
History of philosophy, including Ancient philosophy, Islamic philosophy, and Early modern and Enlightenment philosophy
Meta-ethics
Philosophy of mind, philosophy of cognitive science and neuroscience
Philosophy of race and gender
Philosophy of science