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Qualification
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
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Location
Main Campus
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
06-JAN-27
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Duration
3 Years
Course summary
Make an original, positive and lasting contribution to translation studies. A PhD is an opportunity to expand upon your interests and expertise as part of an active research community making impact across the globe. Join us at the heart of Scotland’s capital and festival city.Our PhD enables you to enhance your translation practice while gaining an intellectual and philosophical perspective on the activity of translation. In this way, you will develop as a self-reflective and theoretically minded researcher or translator.Over the course of your PhD, you will complete an original body of work under the expert guidance of at least two supervisors. You can opt to produce either:an independent thesis (of around 80,000 words), oran extended scholarly translation with commentaryWe encourage our PhD students to investigate translation’s intersections with intellectual, material and political perspectives in global contexts. Our expertise covers a wide range of interdisciplinary and international research areas, including:audiovisual and literary translationtranslation and music, art, intermediality and performancetranslation and religion and historytranslation and gender and traumatranslation and health and the environmentThe languages we specialise in come from around the world, especially:EuropeEast AsiaIndiathe Middle EastSee programme details for further information on the languages we offer.Our programme includes access to skills training, including research methodologies specific to translation studies. Our research resources, collections and facilities are outstanding.
Application deadline
30/10/2026
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University information
The University of Edinburgh
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University League Table
19th
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Campus address
Main Campus, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL, United Kingdom
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Subject ranking
8th out of 24 2
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Entry standards
/ Max 207168 81%3rd
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10080.0 80%4th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 42.92 73%23rd
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