PGDE Art and Design Graduates only: Fees & Entry Requirements at The University of Edinburgh, UK

PGDE Art and Design Graduates only
The University of Edinburgh

UK

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About this course

What will I learn?

This Professional Graduate Diploma in Education is for graduates wishing to enter the teaching profession in Scotland at secondary level. The one-year programme is the Scottish route to qualified teacher status. We aim to prepare you for the range of roles that teachers are expected to play: a competent, reflective classroom practitioner a collaborator who contributes to the wider informal curriculum of the school a subject specialist and curriculum developer and a teacher in society, whether building strong relationships with parents or contributing to national policy debates. The 36-week secondary programme is divided equally between University- based and school-based activities.

Which department am I in?

Moray House School of Education and Sport

Study options

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees
£29,600.00 (32,25,104) per year
This is a fixed fee
Start date

August 2026

Venue

Central area campus

George Square,

Edinburgh,

EH8 9JZ, Scotland, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

A UK undergraduate degree, or its international equivalent. You should hold at least 80 UK credits, at least 40 of which should be at SCQF level 8 or above, in the subject you wish to teach. These credits can either be as part of your undergraduate degree, or completed through additional university study. Please contact the admissions office for further advice. You should also hold the following: SQA Higher English at grade C or GCSE English Language AND GCSE English Literature, both at grade C/4 SQA National 5 Mathematics or Applications of Mathematics (formerly Lifeskills Maths) at grade C or GCSE Mathematics at grade C/4.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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