Undergraduate

Philosophy

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Overview

Entry requirements

Careers opportunities

Consistently among the strongest degrees for postgraduate law and for the civil service, because it trains argument and precision. Employers read it for reasoning, not for content, and it needs a practical skill attached.

Roles graduates go into

  • Policy adviser or analyst
  • Consultant
  • Data or research analyst
  • Trainee solicitor, after conversion
  • Ethics and governance officer
  • Teacher or lecturer

Where they work

  • Civil service and public bodies
  • Consultancies and professional services
  • Technology companies in ethics and policy
  • Law, after a conversion route
  • Schools and universities
After the course

A law conversion and the SQE for practice, or a master's for policy and research.

Fees and funding

Where you can study it

5 universities run this course

Entry terms differ between departments. An adviser will tell you which of these you are a realistic candidate for.

University Duration Enquire
University of St Andrews St Andrews 4 years Enquire now
University of Edinburgh Edinburgh 4 years Enquire now
University of Glasgow Glasgow 4 years Enquire now
University of Aberdeen Aberdeen 4 years Enquire now
University of Dundee Dundee 4 years Enquire now
Where you will study

University of Aberdeen

We work with one other university in Aberdeen, so settling on the place still leaves a choice inside it.

The region
Scotland
Universities we list in Aberdeen
2 this one among them
Courses there, all told
433 across every university we list in it
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