Translation Studies PhD 36 months PHD Programme By The University of Edinburgh |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

36 monthsProgramme duration

Main Subject Area

Modern LanguagesMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Modern Languages

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Make an original, positive and lasting contribution to translation studies. A PhD is an opportunity to expand upon your interests and expertise as part of an active research community making impact across the globe. Join us at the heart of Scotland’s capital and festival city. 


Our PhD enables you to enhance your translation practice while gaining an intellectual and philosophical perspective on the activity of translation. In this way, you will develop as a self-reflective and theoretically minded researcher or​ translator.


Over the course of your PhD, you will complete an original body of work under the expert guidance of at least two supervisors. You can opt to produce either:


  • an independent thesis (of around 80,000 words), or
  • an extended scholarly translation with commentary


We encourage our PhD students to investigate translation’s intersections with intellectual, material and political perspectives in global contexts. Our expertise covers a wide range of interdisciplinary and international research areas, including:


  • audiovisual and literary translation
  • translation and music, art, intermediality and performance
  • translation and religion and history
  • translation and gender and trauma
  • translation and health and the environment


The languages we specialise in come from around the world, especially:


  • Europe
  • East Asia
  • India
  • the Middle East


See programme details for further information on the languages we offer. 


Our programme includes access to skills training, including research methodologies specific to translation studies. Our research resources, collections and facilities are outstanding.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Modern Languages

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Make an original, positive and lasting contribution to translation studies. A PhD is an opportunity to expand upon your interests and expertise as part of an active research community making impact across the globe. Join us at the heart of Scotland’s capital and festival city. 


Our PhD enables you to enhance your translation practice while gaining an intellectual and philosophical perspective on the activity of translation. In this way, you will develop as a self-reflective and theoretically minded researcher or​ translator.


Over the course of your PhD, you will complete an original body of work under the expert guidance of at least two supervisors. You can opt to produce either:


  • an independent thesis (of around 80,000 words), or
  • an extended scholarly translation with commentary


We encourage our PhD students to investigate translation’s intersections with intellectual, material and political perspectives in global contexts. Our expertise covers a wide range of interdisciplinary and international research areas, including:


  • audiovisual and literary translation
  • translation and music, art, intermediality and performance
  • translation and religion and history
  • translation and gender and trauma
  • translation and health and the environment


The languages we specialise in come from around the world, especially:


  • Europe
  • East Asia
  • India
  • the Middle East


See programme details for further information on the languages we offer. 


Our programme includes access to skills training, including research methodologies specific to translation studies. Our research resources, collections and facilities are outstanding.

Admission Requirements

Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on the University of Edinburgh website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements.

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