Student support
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Your supervisors
Apart from their more strictly academic duties, your supervisors are available as a first line of support and advice for any academic or personal issues which may arise whilst you are studying here.
You are encouraged to inform your supervisor immediately of any problems which are interfering with your studies.
If you are unable to or wish not to discuss issues with your supervisor, you can contact the Postgraduate Advisor (on-programme) for your subject area. Following that you may wish to contact the Director or Deputy Director of PGR Programmes.
The PGR Support Team is also available to answer any questions of a practical or administrative nature.
If you have concerns and are not sure who to ask for help, please feel free to contact the PGR Support Team who should be able to help or direct you to the most appropriate person/department.
Any enquiry will be treated in confidence. Information will only be shared where necessary.
You can also find a number of University Support Services which you can reach out to at any time.
Concessions
Interruption of Studies
If necessary, and in discussion and agreement with you, your supervisor and/or postgraduate advisor can arrange an Interruption of Studies for you. This is time off from your degree, during which you continue to be registered as a student at Edinburgh but are not expected to work on your degree.
Extension of Studies
You can also arrange for an Extension of Studies (an extension to your period of study).
These are collectively known as concessions.
It may also be possible for you to change from full to part time study. However, this is not possible for students who are here on a Tier 4 visa, as this visa only sponsors full time study.
International students must check the impact of any interruption or extensions on their visa. The Student Immigration Service can advise on this.
Please note: it is not possible for interruptions or extensions of study to be approved retrospectively, so you should ensure you report any problems or difficulties to your supervisor as soon as you can.
More information on concessions
Graduations
Graduations are handled by Student Administration. Information and guidance can be found on the Student Administration Graduation pages but for any other enquiries, please contact Student Administration directly.