Generally a good (at least a second class Honours degree or equivalent) first degree in any subject which has enabled the applicant to develop analytical and quantitative skills. If you are concerned that your qualifications do not meet our normal expectation you may apply, but you should include a short personal statement concerning your general interest in your own education, work experience and prior relevant learning. Places are limited and early application is advised even for well-qualified candidates.
If you want to orientate your earlier degree qualification towards a career in international finance, banking and insurance this master’s degree at the University of Dundee will set you on the right path. Like a conventional finance MSc, this course opens up the operation of modern business organisations and the role of financial institutions and capital markets in the global economy. However, the MFin degree is particularly suitable for those with or without a business degree who may wish to re-direct or extend their career path in this direction. The course responds directly to employers’ needs and prioritises team work; research and data analysis; report writing; presentations and multi-cultural interaction. You’ll be meeting leading practitioners through the university’s Distinguished Visitor Lecture Series and the Enterprise Gym and hearing from them, first hand, about critical aspects of finance and financial markets. This conversion degree course includes off-campus learning events embedded in a number of its modules and an ‘urban experience’ element demonstrating the fundamental importance of team-building within a business context. Dundee is among the fastest risers in the 2017 Guardian University Rankings and has also been rated the best in Scotland by some of the most influential higher education surveys. Teaching staff are all research active and leading figures in their field.
You'll need to be a graduate or be able to provide evidence that you can work at postgraduate level. You also need to have experience of working in educational settings however you do not have to be currently employed in an educational setting.
Our Master of Education (MEd) is for professionals with some teaching or educational experience. It focuses on the complex issues and challenges of 21st century education. At Dundee, we have a range of expertise and experience, including interdisciplinarity (a unique strength of the course), leadership, research, inclusion and international education. We are particularly keen to establish links between theory and practice. Flexible course When you study for the MEd, you will engage with advanced level educational theory and develop the knowledge base and enquiry skills required to understand and contribute to 21st century education. During the course, you will reflect critically upon your own practice as well as current educational issues and debates. You will engage with the challenges and opportunities of inter-professional collaboration and gain the knowledge and skills to lead learning and teaching in your educational setting. A key part of this course is your Master’s level dissertation. You will build up your research skills during the first semester, in order to apply them to educational issues. Explore and examine these educational issues to develop new ways of thinking and understanding. Please note that this course will not provide you with a teaching qualification.
Entry requirements for postgraduate taught programmes are a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.2 or above) in a relevant subject unless otherwise specified.
The MMus in Musicology provides students with intensive study in current trends in Musicology at advanced level. The programme combines a broad base in musicological research, including theoretical and methodological approaches from the historiography, analysis, sociology and cultural and critical study of music, with the possibility of specialising in fields such as Popular Music Studies, Screen Music Studies, Historically Informed Performance Practice (scholarly approaches only) and Sonic Arts Aesthetics and Criticism.
You should have an Honours Degree of 2:2 or above.
"Lectures Seminars Group based discussions Enquiry and action learning – collaborative research and problem solving. Collaborative group inquiry activities (including inter-professional collaboration) Online materials - discussion boards, academic activities, core materials and signposts to literature. Independent and autonomous study and research which is supported and guided by module leaders and /or personal tutors. Option for work based project to situate learning and research."
If English is not your first language, you will be required to pass an approved English test. We normally ask for IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5in each competency.
