Virtual open days

We offer live and interactive online sessions which enable you to hear from and talk to our programme staff.

Postgraduate Online Learning Essentials

The Online Learning Essentials event runs three times a year and offers a general introduction to online study at the University of Edinburgh.

If you would like to get an idea of what it’s like to study for a postgraduate qualification online with us, then come along to this event.

This sessions are held exclusively online, so you will be able to attend no matter where you are located.

Dates of next Postgraduate Online Learning Essentials:

  • 15th January 2025
  • March 2025 - date TBC
  • July 2025 - date TBC

Further information and how to sign up here

Postgraduate Online Learning Open Days

This annual event comprises 100+ live webinars covering our postgraduate online programmes. 

NEXT EVENT: 21 -22 May 2025. Registration will open in early April 2025.

During the Online Learning Open Days in May 2024, attendees joined live online sessions where they had the opportunity to hear from, and ask questions to, staff and students about online learning at the University of Edinburgh.

There were:

  • Webinars covering our online learning programmes, with opportunities to hear from - and live text chat with - the academic staff that teach on them
  • Webinars delivered by our professional services and student support staff who will outline the support available to you as an online learner at Edinburgh
  • Live panel sessions where current online learning students and recent graduates answer your questions and share their experiences
  • One-to-one text-chat sessions with our Fees, Funding and Admissions experts 

Further information on Postgraduate Online Learning Open Days here

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