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Postgraduate Information

 

Information for Students

International students can study our Undergraduate Certificate if they do not possess the necessary entrance A professor assists two female research students who are looking at a laptop-computer screen.requirements to be admitted directly into the first year of an undergraduate degree programme.

The Learning Process

The Learning Process is our award-nominated programme of generic skills training, aimed specifically at first year postgraduate students. It covers topics such as: Personal Effectiveness, Communication Skills, Networking & Team Working and Career Management.

If you want to learn to be more effective, more aware and feel better equipped to get your Ph.D., then The Learning Process has been developed with you in mind.

The Learning Process is being offered in 2009/10 as separate cohorts for full-time and part-time students, please find details in the documents below:

Pdf icon The learning process for full-time students - leaflet (PDF Document, 1.59MB)
Pdf icon The learning process for part-time students - leaflet (PDF Document, 186KB)
Pdf icon Learning Process dates (PDF Document, 14KB)

If you would like more information please contact Katharine Reibig

 

"Doing a PhD at the University of Stirling”

This event provides general & practical information about life as a PhD student, support services, funding opportunities, the recruitment process and career prospects for PhD graduates.

The event was last held on November 11th 2008. If you have any queries please contact the Graduate Development Officer .
For interest, here are the powerpoint presentations from the day:

Powerpoint icon What can you do with a PhD? (Powerpoint Document, 535KB)
Powerpoint icon PhD admissions process (Powerpoint Document, 831KB)
Powerpoint icon Doing a PhD at the University of Stirling (Powerpoint Document, 3.26MB)
Powerpoint icon What is a research degree? (Powerpoint Document, 1.51MB)
Powerpoint icon Stirling Graduate Research School (Powerpoint Document, 2.16MB)

Booking courses

Bookings for all SGRS seminars can be made by logging on to the University Portal, and following the link to WebCT.

Additional Information

The Academic Registrar's office (ARO) is responsible for University administration. The ARO website contains information about important services for postgraduate students.

The University Calendar gives details of the University's Charter, Statutes, Ordinances, Rules & Regulations and course information which may be useful for postgraduate students.