爱丁堡大学的教学和研究质量享誉全球。苏格兰研究的荣誉学位为从多学科的角度进行国家研究提供了机会。可能吸引该学位的毕业生的特定领域包括广播和其他媒体，遗产组织，出版，艺术发展，旅游，地方或国家政府，研究，管理或教育。爱丁堡的苏格兰研究资源首屈一指。学生可以使用大学的图书馆和计算机设施，国际知名的苏格兰研究档案学院，以及各种音频，视频记录和编辑技术。考虑到苏格兰与世界许多国家的联系，对苏格兰文化的了解可能在全国范围内和在海外都与雇主有关。在我们的某些课程中强调，进行现场工作的能力通常被雇主视为一种理想的技能。
This is an interdisciplinary programme which allows you to draw on arts, humanities and social science approaches to the study of the nation from a variety of perspectives. While based within the School of Literature, Languages and Cultures, and therefore emphasising these particular topics of study, you are encouraged to engage with a range of subject areas across the University which share a common interest in the study of Scotland. You may wish to draw on courses from Celtic, history, politics, sociology and archaeology, and combine these with courses which focus on ethnology, heritage, the creative arts and cultural expression. You will study Scottish cultural history and tradition and discover how literature, music and visual arts helped to shape Scottish identity. The complex relationship between culture and politics is considered, and parallels with other countries are made throughout the programme to place Scotland in its wider international context. Our internationally renowned archives are available for study and research. You can also access important collections in the National Library of Scotland, National Museum of Scotland and National Archives of Scotland. These traditional sources, brought together with modern multimedia and digital data, offer you an unparalleled collection of materials with which to work, and upon which you can build a portfolio of interests and research topics, culminating in your own choice of dissertation in your honours years.