Programmes

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Research at Edinburgh College of Art has achieved outstanding results in the UK-wide Research Excellence Framework 2021

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Why choose us?

You’ll join a passionate community of designers, with the opportunity to focus on your particular design field, as well as to collaborate across a broad range of disciplines.
Taught by leading practitioners and theorists, you’ll be supported in responding to live briefs, showcasing your work, and entering high-profile competitions.
Our city is a world-leading centre of knowledge in science, engineering and innovation. We are at the heart of this network, working closely with key partners.
You’ll be able to take courses from across the University of Edinburgh, using both traditional and digital facilities, and world-class libraries, museums and collections.
We are educating not only problem-solvers, but opportunity-seekers. Our students become the designers / thinkers / makers who positively shape the world we inhabit.
Find out more about the student experience at ECA

Facilities and resources

Studios and workshop spaces, libraries and collections, places to socialise, perform and show work.

Fashion workshops

The Fashion workshops are equipped for a mixture of fabric sewing and pattern-cutting processes.

Film and TV studio and editing suites

The Film and TV studio is a large flexible space used for technical workshops, as well as for small set builds and studio productions.

Glass workshops

Edinburgh College of Art has well-equipped glass workshops for the blowing, cutting and casting of glass objects. The space includes hot and cold glass workshops and a plaster room.

Jewellery and silversmithing workshops

The jewellery and silversmithing workshops at Edinburgh College of Art are equipped to support students through all of the stages of their small- to medium-sized jewellery and silversmithing projects.

Printmaking suite

The printmaking suite provides a host of facilities for traditional and contemporary printmaking processes.

Wood workshop

This large wood workshop hosts a huge range of machinery and hand tools for the cutting, shaping, and general fabrication of woods, as well as metals, plastics, and cardboard.

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Scholarships and bursaries

Are you eligible for funding to help you in your studies? Have a look at what's currently available.

Access Awards

  • Deadline: Various deadlines
  • Eligibility: Based on criteria such as income, background and personal circumstances, and in some cases geographical area.

AHRC PhD Doctoral Studentships

  • Deadline: 1 December 2022
  • Value: PhD tuition fees and stipend at the UKRI level for 3.5 years
  • Eligibility: For research interests aligning with, or cutting across, ECA's Schools.

College Research Award

  • Deadline:
  • Value: Tuition fees plus stipend at the UKRI level for three years
  • Eligibility: Applications are invited from first year applicants for PhD research projects that take advantage of the leading research expertise across ECA. Home and Overseas applicants welcome. Funding for full-time, part-time (pro rata) and PhD by Distance study.
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Research in School of Design

Photo of the Edinburgh Pitch
Scottish Documentary Institute Creating new pathways for creative excellence in documentary making Image courtesy of the Scottish Documentary Institute
Children on an Edinburgh tour bus playing with the Treasure Trapper app
The Institute for Design Informatics Designing with data to transform the ways in which we work, live, care for each other and play Image courtesy of the Centre for Design Informatics
Photo of a panel discussion at a Diversity Network event
The Diversity Network Celebrating diversity in fashion through emotionally considerate design Image courtesy of The Diversity Network
Photo of an experiment in user interaction
Research into the unstable nature of design and in dissonant, transgressive and boundary-pushing practices Image courtesy of Neslihan Tepehan
Line drawing of a shop front
Lines : Design(ing) Stories Researching how and why we tell stories in and through visual and material culture Image courtesy of Alys Scott-Hawkins
Photo of a jeweller in a workshop
RAFT Exploring how designers and makers can use technologies to develop new thinking and practice Image courtesy of Shannon Tofts
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Contact

ECA General Enquiries

Email: eca@ed.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)131 651 5800