Postgraduate Student Life

When you join the School of Divinity, you become a part of our community. Time and again, students highlight our community as a key reason the School is a wonderful place to study.

From the start we try to help postgraduate students integrate into life at New College, the University, Scotland, and the UK. At the start of the academic year, you will be invited to Welcome Week, an intensive introduction to study and life in Edinburgh.

Our community benefits from monthly gatherings with faculty and fellow students which offer a supportive forum to discuss issues as diverse as work-life balance, publishing strategies, and dealing with writer’s block. We also have an active postgraduate student committee that organises regular social events.

The School has great facilities for postgraduates including study rooms, kitchen facilities and a cafe for staff and students open during the teaching semester.

Postgraduates can also opt into our mentoring scheme, in which staff members are matched with students outside their area of specialism to offer career and pastoral support.

4 students chatting in Rainy Hall

Clubs and Societies

Every September, we host a Welcome Week activities fair, showcasing the many clubs and societies you can join as a student at New College. This year, we also interviewed some groups to learn about what they do and how you can get involved in our community.

Advice from our staff

We asked our members of staff what their one piece of advice would be as you start your journey with us. This is what they had to say.

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