You will need to submit a personal statement of around 500 words, outlining your academic history and relevant experience. 

您需要提交一份大约 500词 的个人陈述，概述您的学术经历和相关经验。

Your personal statement should be no more than 3,500 characters (approximately 500 words) in length and should be written in formal English, using appropriate grammar and punctuation.

您的个人陈述的篇幅不应超过 3,500 个字符（约 500 个单词），并且应使用正式的英语，并使用适当的语法和标点符号。

Your personal statement is an important part of your application: it will help selectors to decide whether you are a good match for the programme you have applied for and, just as importantly, whether the programme is right for you.

您的个人陈述是您申请的重要组成部分：它将帮助招生官确定您是否适合您申请的课程以及该课程是否适合您。

爱丁堡对Relvant Knowledge/Training Skills有清晰的定义：

“如果你有其他相关经历，比如工作、志愿或其他资质，你可以写在你的个人陈述里，或者添加到“相关技能”一栏。

RS是网申的必填项，不填的话不能进行下一步。这是一个独立材料，它是PS的补充说明，而不是对等地位。

大家可以看下招生老师的回复

Appropriate people to provide your references would include a Personal Tutor (or equivalent) or another academic who has taught you at undergraduate or masters level. They should be able to comment on your potential to undertake postgraduate study.

提供您的推荐信的合适人选包括个人导师（或类似关系）或其他在本科或硕士阶段教过您的学者。他们应该能够评论你进行研究生学习的潜力。

If it is a while since you graduated you may be able to supply a work-related reference in place of an academic one. This would typically be written by a line manager.

如果毕业后有一段时间，你可以提供与工作相关的推荐信，而不是学术推荐信。这通常由直接领导编写。

Request for an academic or non-academic reference

 学术或非学术推荐信请求

Dear Referee,

You have been asked to provide a reference in support of an application for admission to the University of Edinburgh. Your reference will greatly assist the University in reaching a decision on this application and we thank you in advance for your assistance.

尊敬的推荐人：

你被要求提供一份证明材料，以支持爱丁堡大学的入学申请。您的推荐人将极大地帮助大学对该申请做出决定，我们提前感谢您的帮助。

Supplying the reference

The University requires a dated reference with your name and position clearly stated on letter headed paper.

You may upload the document to the University's online application system ("EUCLID") or send it as an email attachment.

If sending the reference as an email, please send it preferably from the email address at the institution or organisation you are representing. In addition, please provide, as a minimum, key identifying information such as the applicant’s name and programme applied to and, if known, the applicant’s UUN (EUCLID identifier), the School applied to and the proposed date of admission.

提供推荐信

大学要求提供注明日期的证明文件，并在信笺上清楚注明您的姓名和职位。

您可以将该文件上传至大学的在线申请系统（“EUCLID”），或将其作为电子邮件附件发送。

（这个意思是可以不用网推，你自己上传即可）

如果以电子邮件形式发送推荐信，请最好通过您所代表的机构或组织的电子邮件地址发送。

此外，请至少提供关键的识别信息，例如申请人的姓名和申请的课程，如果知道，申请人的UUN（EUCLID标识符）、申请的学校和拟议的入学日期。

推荐信内容

爱丁堡大学希望您在撰写推荐信资料时考虑以下几点：

你以什么身份认识申请人，认识多长时间了？对于以前的学生或员工，还请说明多久以前。

酌情评估申请人的能力，包括：分析推理能力；掌握概念的能力；独立工作的能力；有说服力的辩论能力；独创性；行业；动机；毅力；兴趣范围；技术能力。

酌情评论申请人对监督/指导的响应能力；对建设性批评的响应能力、自我评估能力；与他人合作的能力；组织工作的能力。

评论你认为与申请资格相关的任何学术或专业经验。

如果合适，请说明您对申请人成功完成资格认证的信心。请说明您对本申请的支持程度：不强烈、强烈或非常强烈。

如果合适，对已经进行或正在进行的任何研究生学习或其他形式的培训发表评论。

你的推荐信也可以用来支持奖学金申请。在适当的情况下，还请对候选人是否适合获奖发表意见。

For academic referees

· If the applicant has yet to graduate, please indicate the degree result that, in your opinion, would most accurately reflect the applicant's abilities.

· If possible, indicate the applicant's ranking compared to other students on the same course or compared to other students you have taught (for example, 5th in a class of 80 students; in the top 15 per cent of students taught).

对于学术推荐人

如果申请人尚未毕业，请说明您认为最能准确反映申请人能力的学位结果。

如果可能，请说明申请人与同一课程中的其他学生或与你教过的其他学生相比的排名（例如，在80名学生中排名第五；在教过的学生中排名前15%）。

For non-academic referees

· Please indicate how long the applicant has been/was working within your institution or organisation. If possible, please rate the applicant’s performance compared to peers at the same stage of career.

· If possible, indicate the applicant’s capacity to undertake new projects or pieces of work and their promptness to respond to these.

非学术推荐人

请说明申请人在您的机构或组织内工作的时间。如果可能，请将申请人的表现与同一职业阶段的同龄人进行比较。

如果可能，请说明申请人承担新项目或工作的能力，以及他们对这些项目或工作作出反应的及时性。