Uncover Scotland’s past and help shape its future, while gaining skills that you can apply to any culture. This joint honours programme gives you the opportunity to study the languages, literatures and cultures of Scotland alongside the wider Celtic world, past and present.

A highlight of the programme is the chance to work with the rich range of materials in the School of Scottish Studies Archives.

These materials include thousands of hours of recordings of songs, music, stories, rhyme and verse in Scots, Gaelic and English, as well as in dialects now extinct.

Study Celtic at the University of Edinburgh and you will learn about extraordinarily rich cultures from the Middle Ages to the present day.

At all levels of study, we offer courses in language, literature, history, and culture. This enables you to build your programme by developing your own interests in particular areas, periods, and disciplines of Celtic studies.