Students, both existing and visiting, will have an undergraduate degree in one of the following fields; Psychology, Medicine, Nursing, Midwifery, Education, Public Health, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, or Social Work. We will also consider your application if you have a minimum of 3 years work experience in a relevant field, for example public health, policy making or law. Please contact the course administrator should you require further information in advance of submitting your application.If English is not the student's first language, evidence of written and spoken English competency must be provided.Evidence of English language competency can include:A) A degree from a university in an English-speaking majority country, ORB) We accept the following English language qualifications at the grades specified:IELTS Academic: total 7.0 with at least 6.5 in each component.TOEFL-iBT (including Home Edition): total 100 with at least 23 in each component. We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score to meet our English language requirements.C1 Advanced (CAE) / C2 Proficiency (CPE): total 185 with at least 176 in each component.Trinity ISE: ISE III with passes in all four components.PTE Academic: total 70 with at least 62 in each component.Your English language qualification must be no more than three and a half years old from the start date of the programme you are applying to study, unless you are using IELTS, TOEFL, Trinity ISE or PTE, in which case it must be no more than two years old.Course Fees for the 2025/26 academic yearStudents who take this course as CPD ‘for credit’ will incur a fee of £2,125.Students who take this course as CPD ‘not for credit’ will incur a fee of £945.How to ApplyPlease complete the application form (link below) and send it to CPD.FAAST@ed.ac.uk Document SHSS CPD Application Form (22.31 KB / DOCX)
