Our guide to being a PGR

The University of St Andrews provides multiple sources of support and guidance for postgraduate researchers - but the quantity of information may make it hard to navigate. Over the next few pages, we'll provide details of the support on offer, and how you can make the most of your time at the University. As well as providing links and advice, we've asked current and former PGR students to give their input, which you can see on the various videos provided.

Meet our PGR students past and present

Video transcript

[Dr Sarah Gharib Saif] I'm Dr Sarah Gharib Saif, I did my PhD here at the University of St Andrews, in IR, International Relations. My PhD looks at the relationship between the media and the government when it comes to narratives about terrorism.

[Xi Lin] I'm Xi, I'm having my undergraduate here studying biochemistry, and currently I'm having my masters degree here studying molecular biology.

[Dr Maddy Haywood] My name is Maddy Haywood, I currently work in the International Education and Lifelong Learning Institute (IELLI) at the university here. I was previously a postgraduate research student doing a masters of research.

[Esther Zitterl] Hi everybody, my name's Esther, I'm a first year PhD student. I just moved here. I'm originally Austrian, I did my masters in Paris. I'm actually at the school of English and I look at British post-colonial literature.

We've separated our information into several pages, each of which is listed below. Read through them in order, or skip to the section which you think will help you the most.