Postgraduate Open Events

Are you looking for a change of career or a step up the career ladder? By studying a postgraduate course at QMU, you can reach new heights. We offer a number of online and in-person opportunities to meet with us to find out more about our courses and studying at QMU.

PG Open Evening (on campus), 20 November: Book your place now

PG Online Postgraduate Open Day, 26 November: Book your place now

Please check out the relevant tabs on this page about these events before booking a place as they contain useful information.

Our next on-campus postgraduate open evening will take place on Thursday, 20 November (5.30pm - 7.30pm). Booking for the November event is now open.

At the event you will be able to speak to academic staff from the majority* of our postgraduate courses, as well as our Admissions team and Student Funding Adviser.

The following courses will also deliver the following presentations:

MSc Speech and Language Therapy (Pre-Reg): 5.45pm – 6.30pm (room 2168)
MSc Dramatherapy: 5.45pm – 6.30pm (room 2169)
MSc Occupational Therapy (Pre-Reg): 5.45pm – 6.30pm (room 2090)
MSc Music Therapy: 5.45pm – 6.30pm (room 2091)
MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-Reg): 5.45pm – 6.30pm (room 2092)
MSc Art Psychotherapy: 5.45pm – 6.30pm (room 2093)

*All the courses that are taking part are listed on the booking form.

More information on our open days

Once you have registered to attend, you will receive emails with further information about the event and can expect to receive emails in the week leading up to the event with any last-minute updates.

Travelling to QMU for our open days

The QMU campus is situated to the east of Edinburgh, by Musselburgh. It is very easy to reach by public transport from Edinburgh city centre and beyond and if coming by car, just off the A1 city bypass. More information on getting to QMU can be found on the QMU website.

For those travelling by car, our car park will be open and free to anyone attending the event after 5pm. There is no need to register to book a space in advance.

If you have any general queries about the open day (how to get here, timings etc), please email the Marketing and Communications Office. If you have any course related/study queries, please email Admissions.

To make changes to your open day reservation, please refer to your email RSVP. You can also email QMUopenday@qmu.ac.uk.

Our next Online Postgraduate Open Day will take place on 26 November 2025.

If you would like to attend the Online Open Evening on 26 November, please book your place and we will let you know when more information and booking is available.

Graduate Discount Scheme*

Queen Margaret University is offering up to a 20% discount in postgraduate tuition fees for alumni who have graduated with an undergraduate degree, whether studied on the University’s Edinburgh campus or with one of our local or overseas partners. A 20% discount is available for students who register for a full or part-time postgraduate degree, excluding those courses taught only online. A 10% discount is available for students registering for one of our online postgraduate degree programmes. This discounted fee applies for those commencing their studies from February 2025 onwards.

The discount applies to the self-funding element of the postgraduate tuition fee only. The discount does not apply to any part of the tuition fee which is covered by a scholarship, funding body, your employer, a company, or any another source of funding.

For more details visit our Postgraduate Fees and Funding page

*Terms and conditions apply

Other ways you can meet or talk directly with us (eg campus tours and our 'Ask a Student' service.

QMU's friendly and supportive student support team host regular Instagram Live sessions which give you the opportunity to get answers to any and all questions you might have about QMU, our postgraduate courses, the application process, studying in Scotland and more.

Our next Instagram Live session is on Friday, June 20th at 4:15pm.

We are offering a number of fully-funded full-time places on most of our courses in the School of Arts, Social Sciences and Management for entry in January 2026. Places are available on a first come, first served basis to individuals normally resident in Scotland.

The courses that are offering free places are