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The University of Edinburgh: Buddhist Studies

Institution The University of Edinburgh View institution profile
Department School of Divinity
Web https://www.ed.ac.uk/studying
Study type Taught

Summary

The MSc in Buddhist Studies offers a truly multidisciplinary foundation in the field. The programme will introduce you to ancient and modern Buddhism, as well as the variety of ways you can study Buddhist cultures, including:

  • art

  • material culture

  • texts

  • ideas and practices

  • ethics

  • philosophy

The programme will be taught by some of the leading scholars in Buddhist Studies from across several schools at the University of Edinburgh. You will benefit from the breadth and range of this expertise, particularly in areas of South Asian, Southeast Asian, and East Asian Buddhism. You will also be able to specialise in an area of your own particular interest.

Who is this programme for? This programme is designed for highly-motivated graduates from any relevant discipline including, but not limited to:

  • anthropology

  • art history

  • Asian studies

  • literature

  • philosophy

  • psychology

  • religious and theological studies

This programme may appeal particularly to applicants with undergraduate degrees in Asian languages (including those who have studied in Asia) but who lack a disciplinary grounding in the field.

MSc

Edinburgh University

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The University of Edinburgh is one of the world's top universities, consistently ranked in the world top 50, and placed 34th in the QS World University Rankings 2026.

Our position as one of Britain’s leading research universities was reaffirmed by the results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF). The University of Edinburgh is one of the world’s top research-intensive universities, ranked 4th in the UK for research power (Times Higher Education, Overall Ranking of Institutions), with 90% of our research activity classified as world leading or internationally excellent in the 2021 Research …

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