find your perfect postgrad program
Search our Database of 30,000 Courses
University of Aberdeen
Overview
The University of Aberdeen is Scotland’s third oldest university and the fifth oldest in the UK. Founded by Bishop William Elphinstone in 1495, the beautiful campus attracts a diverse international community of over 14,000 students from over 130 countries.
The University of Aberdeen is ranked as a Top 15 UK university by the Guardian University Guide 2025 and Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025. It also ranks second across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for student satisfaction in The National Student Survey 2024.
Postgraduate Programmes
Aberdeen offers an extensive and varied selection of masters programmes and research degrees to PhD level. Many postgraduate programmes come with professional accreditations and are co-designed by industry experts, and students benefit from research-led, interdisciplinary teaching.
The University of Aberdeen offers a wide variety of scholarships and funding opportunities, designed to help with the cost of postgraduate study, and to help our students support themselves during their time at university. Information about the funding opportunities currently available and how to apply can be found on our website.
Online Learning
University of Aberdeen Online lets students from all over the world access our postgraduate qualifications. Our online offering is growing all the time with over 180 online short courses and 50 online degrees currently available. We also offer a flexible short course route into a postgraduate qualification which lets you study one short course at a time, allowing you to study and build a degree online at your own pace, around your schedule.
Research
The University of Aberdeen has a long history of research excellence, and has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize - the highest honour for UK further and higher education - on two occasions: in 2017 for its breakthrough impact in health and science globally, and in 2021 for its world-leading research and education in Soil Science. We are also associated with five Nobel Prizes across medicine, nutrition, chemistry, and physics, and research into developing the world’s first MRI scanner was carried out at the University of Aberdeen.
Departments
Teaching at the University of Aberdeen is organised across twelve schools:
Business School
School of Education
School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture
School of Law
School of Social Science
School of Biological Sciences
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
School of Psychology
School of Engineering
School of Geosciences
School of Natural and Computing Sciences
Our multidisciplinary research centres and institutes bring together experts at the cutting-edge of their fields, and there is a Postgraduate Research School which offers support and advice to our PhD students.
Outstanding Facilities
Study in the stunning, multi award- winning Sir Duncan Rice Library, home to over one million books, a special collections centre, and over 1,200 study spaces. There are also dedicated, specialist libraries for students studying Medicine, Divinity, and Law.
The University’s state-of-the-art Science Teaching Hub opened its doors in 2022, providing specialist teaching, training and learning facilities for students across a number of disciplines including chemistry, medical sciences, biological sciences and geosciences.
Aberdeen Sports Village is the premier sports facility in the North-East of Scotland. ASV boasts an Olympic-size swimming pool, a full-size indoor 3G football pitch, indoor and outdoor running tracks, a large gym and fitness suite, squash courts, and many more facilities.
Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire
Aberdeen is Scotland’s third largest city and has been voted one of the safest cities in the UK. Explore the bustling city centre with its shops, cafes, bars, restaurants, museums and galleries, or venture out of the city to enjoy stunning countryside, castles, mountains and miles of golden beaches, all on our doorstep.
Student Experience
Students at the University of Aberdeen have access to our Careers and Employability Service, which offers information, guidance and advice on career planning. Graduates of the university are welcome to access the full range of appointments as and when they need them, for as long as they need them.
The Student Support Team is also on hand to offer impartial and confidential advice and support to students on a wide range of issues including personal, academic, disabilities, wellbeing and more.
Accommodation
Choose from a variety of accommodation options on the King’s College Campus or at Hillhead Student Village. Students staying at the university accommodation also benefit from unlimited free Wi-Fi, 24/7 management and security, and a fast, responsive on-site maintenance team.
Fees Funding and Scholarships
The University of Aberdeen is keen to welcome talented students from all over the world. To help students fulfil their academic ambitions and ease the costs associated with studying abroad, the university is delighted to offer the Aberdeen Global Scholarship worth £8,000.
The scholarship is available to all self-funded, full-time, on-campus Masters students classified as international fee status and starting their studies in the 2025/26 and 2026/27 academic years. The scholarship applies to both taught and research Masters programmes and is in the form of a partial tuition fee waiver - the £8,000 scholarship amount will be deducted from your tuition fees. Find out more about the Aberdeen Global Scholarship.
Visit the programme pages on our website for tuition fee information, and explore the University’s funding database to browse the range of scholarships and funding opportunities currently available.
Open days
Registrations are now open for the next Postgraduate Open Day. The event gives you the opportunity to speak with current students, academics, and support staff from across the university, and is open to everyone who is interested in Postgraduate Taught and Research study.
Contact us
University of Aberdeen
Kings College
Aberdeen
AB24 3FX
Email: study@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1224 272090
Visit the University of Aberdeen website
Facebook: facebook.com/universityofaberdeen
Departments
Postgraduate Bursary Opportunity with Postgrad.com
Are you studying as a PG student at the moment or have you recently been accepted on a postgraduate program? Apply now for one of our £2000 PGS bursaries.
Click here