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Master of Science by Research - German

The University of Edinburgh

Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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Last updated: 09/05/2025
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About Master of Science by Research - German

A Masters by Research (MScR) program is ideal if students have a clear idea of the independent research they wish to undertake at Masters level. One of the University of Edinburgh’s larger Modern Language subject areas, German has earned its place as a significant center for research, supporting a broad range of cultural and literary research themes, from the medieval period to the present.

Join the community and produce a portfolio of assignments totaling 12,000 words, and a 15,000-word dissertation, under the guidance of an experienced and well-published supervisor. Our research expertise includes:
  • 18th century and Romanticism studies
  • Bertolt Brecht
  • Censorship studies
  • Contemporary German literature
  • Cultural and political studies and literary theory
  • Film Studies
  • Gender Studies
  • Identity studies
  • LGBTQI+ representation
  • literature and culture of the German/Austrian fin-de-siècle
  • literature and culture of the Weimar Republic and the National Socialist era
  • Migrant literature in German
  • Paleography and Medieval textual studies
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