Chinese The University of Edinburgh

Overview

Join our community and undertake a specialised research project under the guidance of experienced and well-published supervisors.

We have particular strengths in:

• classical and modern Chinese literature
• modern Chinese culture
• media
• the performing arts and film
• ancient Chinese philosophy and religion
• modern Chinese politics and society

Facilities of the Chinese program at The University of Edinburgh

Based in the Main University Library, the Centre for Research Collections is unique in the UK, bringing together a collection of more than 400,000 rare books (including Chengtze's 1440 Book of Changes), six kilometres of archives and manuscripts, and the University’s collections of art, historical musical instruments and other objects.

Notable collections include the East Asian Studies Collection of some 50,000 print and digital resources, the vast majority of which are in the Chinese language.

As a PhD candidate here, you will be based at the heart of the University of Edinburgh in a world-leading festival city with excellent links to China through the Confucius Institute for Scotland and Scotland China Association, and a thriving East Asian cultural scene.

The National Library of Scotland is a short walk from our buildings, and has total of 127 volumes of Chinese books in its collections printed between 1655 and 1912.

Likewise, the National Museum of Scotland holds a unique Chinese collection, including the second-largest collection of oracle bones outside of East Asia.