The online MSc Advanced Clinical Skills is designed to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and advanced skills needed to work in modern and technology enabled healthcare settings.
Led by experts at both Nursing Studies and the Edinburgh Medical School, the programme maximises the potential of distance and online education, enabling you to gain an advanced qualification alongside peers from around the globe. It provides a flexible learning route in which you can hone newly acquired skills, whilst engaging in the delivery of competent and person-centred care.

The part time online MSc in Advanced Clinical Skills is set to reach experienced healthcare professionals, in practice, and engage them in a flexible mode of learning.
This new and innovative Masters degree provides students not only with core theoretical courses that support evidence-based and person-centred practice, but also opportunities to engage in skill acquisition at an advanced level.
Our unique approach to experiential learning is maximising the use of information and communication technologies to present students with relevant clinical scenarios. By so doing we enable students to develop a reflective approach, hone new skills and acquire new tools for their own practice.

The learning pathway we offer gives those who operate in a modern and technology enabled care arena, an opportunity to trail blaze innovative practice. Our students will learn alongside peers from across the globe and be expected to maximise collaborative opportunities to enrich their studies.

Entry Requirements

An undergraduate degree in healthcare related practice (e.g. nursing) and a minimum of 3 years' post-qualification experience. (Lower qualifications may be considered at the discretion of the Programme Director and the Nursing Studies postgraduate team.)

Please provide a concise account (500 words maximum) of your clinical experience and the expertise you have developed during your career as a healthcare professional. You may evidence these gains noting a range of settings and roles including voluntary and unpaid work. You should specifically note your current job, what this role entails and the clinical setting you are in at present.

Access to a computer with internet connection that enables course content to be accessed.

Access to an appropriate healthcare facility where the student could hone newly acquired skills.

English language requirements
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If English is not your first language, you must have one of the following qualifications as evidence of your spoken and written English.

- IELTS minimum score

- IELTS: total 6.5 (at least 6.0 in each module)

Other accepted tests and scores

- TOEFL-iBT: total 92 (at least 20 in each module)

- PTE(A): total 61 (at least 56 in each of the "Communicative Skills" sections)

- CPE: Grade C; CAE: Grade B

Other Fees

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The MSc in Architectural Project Management is delivered jointly by the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University.

It draws from the expertise in Architecture and Construction Project Management from both institutions to create a programme providing a unique overview and insight into design and management of construction projects.

It has been designed for those who have a construction project background and who wish to learn more about design aspects, or those who have a design background and who wish to gain an understanding of project management.

The aim of this programme is to offer graduates working in the construction industry the opportunity to develop project-management skills in the context of large-scale contemporary architectural projects. The programme will suit those professionals who have a construction-project background and want to learn more about design aspects, or those who have a design background who wish to gain skills in project management.

Entry Requirements

For MSc-level entry, students must hold:

- a good (minimum 2:2) honours degree in a relevant discipline and/or

- full membership of a relevant professional institution and/or

- equivalent UK/overseas qualifications, which may be considered on an individual basis.

English language requirements
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If English is not your first language, you must have one of the following qualifications as evidence of your spoken and written English.

- IELTS minimum score

- IELTS total 6.5 (at least 6.0 in each module)

Other accepted tests and scores

- TOEFL-iBT: Total 92 (at least 20 in each module)

- PTE(A): Total 61 (at least 56 in each of the "Communicative Skills" sections)

- CPE Grade C; CAE Grade B

Other Fees

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This online learning programme provides an interdisciplinary approach to conservation management.
It draws together expertise from within the University of Edinburgh's Global Health Academy and partner global associates, to deliver first class teaching and research in the field of Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health.

You will assess all aspects of ecosystems, aiming to conserve and maintain their sustainability in both the developing and developed world.

This programme is affiliated with the University's Global Academies.

Entry Requirements

An undergraduate degree, with an excellent or very good classification (equivalent to first or upper second class honours in the UK), in a zoological, biological, environmental, veterinary or a relevant bio-science topic. Applicants with relevant work experience may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

English language requirements
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If English is not your first language, you must have one of the following qualifications as evidence of your spoken and written English.

- IELTS minimum score

- IELTS Academic module: 6.5 (with at least 6.0 in each section)

Other accepted tests and scores

- TOEFL-iBT: 92 (with at least 20 in all sections)

- PTE: 61 (with no score lower than 56 in each of the 'Communicative Skills' sections - 'Enabling Skills' section scores are not considered)

- CPE: Grade B; CAE: Grade A

Other Fees

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Our online Clinical Education programme takes advantage of our world-renowned expertise to enhance your abilities to teach and assess students in a clinical environment.

This is an ideal programme for those responsible for tutoring health care professionals and veterinary practitioners, including doctors, nurses, dental practitioners and those involved with veterinary education.

Our aim is to help you reflect upon, and share thoughts about, your practice, while increasing your understanding of how to apply educational theories and evidence from the literature. As a result you will learn the knowledge and skills you need to deliver, develop and research high-quality clinical education in your own discipline.

This programme is affiliated with the University's Global Health Academy.

Entry Requirements

A primary clinical qualification, such as an MBChB, BVS, BDS, Bachelor of Nursing, or equivalent is required. Applications from those with biomedical science qualifications or non-university professional qualifications such as RGN with appropriate clinical experience will be considered on an individual basis.

You must be currently involved in clinical, medical, allied healthcare or veterinary education – for example teaching undergraduate or postgraduate students.

English language requirements
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If English is not your first language, you must have one of the following qualifications as evidence of your spoken and written English.

- IELTS Academic module: 6.5 (with at least 6.0 in each section)

Other accepted tests and scores

- TOEFL-iBT: 92 (with at least 20 in all sections)

- PTE: 61 (with no score lower than 56 in each of the 'Communicative Skills' sections - 'Enabling Skills' section scores are not considered)

- CPE: Grade B; CAE: Grade A

Other Fees

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Headache disorders are the most prevalent of the neurological conditions and among the most frequent of medical complaints seen in general practice.

Despite a new pathophysiological understanding of many headache disorders and the emergence of significant new treatments for headache over recent years, healthcare professionals remain undereducated and uncomfortable with diagnosing and treating primary headaches and headaches arising secondary to other medical conditions.
As primary headache disorders represent such a large part of the primary care practice, and secondary headaches are both commonly presented and frequently over-diagnosed, the average healthcare professional requires more education than currently seen in undergraduate studies.

The objective of the programme is to reduce the burden of headache disorders and improve the management of headache in primary care

A holistic approach to care is central to this programme and will provide best practice for the diagnosis, management and delivery of a headache service, and would be particularly suited to healthcare professionals who want to improve their skills in this area.

The University of Edinburgh can draw together unrivaled academic expertise in the form of the editorial faculty, and combined with the experience of the team currently offering the MSc in Pain Management, those undertaking the programme will become foci not only for better patient diagnosis and management of headache disorders, but also for teaching and advocacy.

Entry Requirements

An undergraduate degree, with an excellent or very good classification (equivalent to first or upper second class honours in the UK), in medicine, nursing, dentistry, psychology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, chiropody or other allied disciplines involved in the management of headache disorders, plus the relevant clinical experience.

English language requirements
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If English is not your first language, you must have one of the following qualifications as evidence of your spoken and written English.

- IELTS Academic module: 6.5 (with at least 6.0 in each section)

Other accepted tests and scores

- TOEFL-iBT: 92 (with at least 20 in all sections)

- PTE: 61 (with no score lower than 56 in each of the 'Communicative Skills' sections - 'Enabling Skills' section scores are not considered)

- CPE: Grade B; CAE: Grade A

Other Fees

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