Academic Support

Find out about changing your course or programme, cohort leads, academic families, study skills and programme contacts.

Academic guidance and support is given primarily by course lecturers and tutors. More general academic support is available through Cohort Leads and cohort activities. In addition, students in Years 2-4 are allocated a named member of academic staff as Academic Advisor, who will provide additional academic guidance as students move into the Honours stages of their programme.

Guidance for undergraduate students who would like to change a course or programme.

Information and forms for transferring to and from Undergraduate Biomedical Sciences and Medical Sciences Degree Programmes.

Find your programme Course Organiser and Administrator and how to contact them.

Your Academic Advisor is part of the wider Student Support environment that we hope will help students on their undergraduate journey.

At the University of Edinburgh, more experienced students support newcomers in their transition to university and beyond, while our award-winning Academic Families scheme helps you adapt to university life and study.

Resources to help you improve your essays or develop study skills for exams.

Useful links

You can feed back in a number of ways to us, and in turn we do our best to listen and to implement real change. We can also help you to lift your voice through a variety of channels.