Graduate School for Interdisciplinary Studies

Interested in interdisciplinary postgraduate study at the @univofstandrews? 🎓 We offer a range of Masters Degrees (and 15% off for recent graduates). @StLeonards_PGs @EthicsEnergy @GenderStAndrews @StAndrewsSGSD @StAndMedicine @MHSStAndrews #evertoexcel #interdisciplinary

Carnegie is now offering grants of up to £10,000 towards PG study for students from low-income Scottish households. Supports those with a place at a Scottish university and aims to help you make a wider contribution to Scotland 💡 Deadline: 31 July ⏳
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PhD student Amara Doshi attended the Game Developers Conference 2026 in San Francisco 🎮 Her research explores how developers are responding to generative AI and shaping the future of game development. Supported by the Interdisciplinary PhD Research and Travel Fund.

HDR UK Master’s Scholarships 2026 now open 📊 £10,000 funding for UK MSc Health Data Science + real-world research with leading charities 💡 Study at St Andrews: ow.ly/aBt250YQoIY Deadline 3 June ⏳ More info: ow.ly/Uelp50YQoIZ

Interested in digital health? 📊 DHI is offering Masters Scholarships worth over £8,000 to support postgraduate study 💡 Includes MSc Health Data Science at St Andrews 🎓 ow.ly/PjWk50YQoH6 Info sessions: 🗓️ 13 May 12–1pm and 5–6pm

A fantastic turnout for the VOICE Symposium hosted by our GS MLitt students 👏 With 50+ attendees, the event showcased feminist research from across Scotland and supported early-career researchers to present their work. Made possible thanks to GSIS and St L’s Community Fund.

Easter Egg Hunt 🐣🍫 On 20 March, Amber Farram hosted an eggs-ellent Easter Hunt in United College, funded by the GSIS Community Fund, with 100 hidden tickets, big prizes and lots of chocolate. A fun and chaotic way to end St Andrews Sustainability Week 🌱

GSD students hosted a Creative Workshop through the GSIS Community Fund, bringing peers together to work on independent arts and writing projects in a collaborative academic space. 📸 Photo credit: Carolyn O’Donnell (Global Sustainable Development)

GSD students enjoyed Popcorn & Postgrads 🎬🍿, a movie night with snacks and hot drinks, funded by the GSIS Community Fund and organised by Amber Farram. GSIS students can apply to the Community Fund to run their own events. Find out more via our funding pages.

Join us for the next talk in our 2025-26 Interdisciplinary Seminar Series! 🗒️ Next talk: Unheard, Unseen, Unjust: Challenging the Individualisation of Loneliness in the Lives of Ethnic Minority Older People 🎤 Speaker: Mengxing Joshi 📍Room 201, Student’s Union 📆 26 March 2026

Researchers gathered in Parliament Hall for "Interdisciplinarity in the Wild" a research festival celebrating interdisciplinary research through talks, posters, performances and discussion. Thanks to the Associate Fellows organising committee who made it happen!

GSIS postgraduates started off Spring Vacation with a Bingo Night full of prizes and friendly competition 🎉 Funded by the GSIS Community Fund and organised by Amber Farram (Global Sustainable Development). Read more: ow.ly/b6Q350YuJhM

Join us for a seminar with Professor Ben Doolittle (Yale University) on medicine, spirituality, and meaning in healthcare. 📅 Thursday 19 March 2026 ⏰ 3–4pm 📍 Medical Sciences Building, Level 3 Meeting Room More info: ow.ly/cVvN50YuL6X

GSIS students raced across St Andrews in a Scavenger Hunt funded by the GSIS Community Fund 🗺️ Congrats to the winning team from Gender Studies and thank you to all teams who participated! Enjoy your well-earned Jannettas🍦 Read more: ow.ly/CyCC50YuIZI

Meet Dr Gönül Bozoğlu, co-director and module coordinator of our masters programmes in Museum & Heritage Studies, whose teaching and research explore world heritage, community participation, and amplifying marginalised voices in museums and heritage. ow.ly/uoUZ50YpEeF

Congratulations to Ece Sağıroğlu, a 2025 HDS MSc graduate, on beginning her PhD at Uppsala University 👏 Her research combines multi-omics data and advanced computational methods to advance personalised medicine. We’re proud to see our graduates thriving internationally 🎉

Join us for the next talk in our 2025-26 Interdisciplinary Seminar Series! 🗓 Next talk: Giraffeonomics: The political economy of giraffe conservation and trade 🎙 Speaker: Stacia Carrington 📍 Muir Seminar Room, Old Burgh School 📅 Thursday 26 February 2026

Thinking about your next step after graduation? Join us at the PGT Academic Fair to explore Masters programmes available at the UoStA, meet staff, and enjoy coffee & cakes! 🍰 📅 17 Feb ⏰ 14:00–15:30 📍 Lower College Hall ow.ly/q9Ys50Y87Um

Join us on 10 March for the Interdisciplinary Research Festival "In the Wild"- a celebration of innovative research across disciplines. Don’t miss out on inspiring talks, networking, and new ideas! #StAndrews #InterdisciplinaryResearch #PostgraduateLife

A warm welcome to our first cohort of the new Online MHS! We hope you have all had a good first week 🎉 in collab with the School of Art History and St Andrews Museums