Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES)
The Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) is the only UK-wide survey that gathers feedback from taught postgraduate students about their learning and teaching experience. The survey is open from Monday 2 February to Thursday 30 April 2026.
This is your chance to share what's working well and where we can improve. Your feedback helps us recognise strengths and address any issues.
The survey is conducted annually by Advance HE, and your responses will be completely anonymous.
Am I eligible to complete the PTES?
Am I eligible to complete the PTES?
All taught postgraduate students on courses of at least 60 credits are eligible to complete the survey. If you have just started the course this calendar year, your first invitation will be in 2027.
Students on teacher training and SVQ courses are not included in this survey.
How do I complete it?
How do I complete it?
You will have received an email invitation to your student email address from JISC Online Surveys containing your personal link on Monday 2 February. You will also receive reminder emails.
If you have not received it, please get in touch to have it resent.
The survey will close on 30 April 2026.
What questions will I be asked?
What questions will I be asked?
The PTES survey will ask about the following areas:
- The experience of teaching and learning, including staff, learning materials, working with other students, workload, and feeding back on experience
- Assessment and feedback, including supervisor support for dissertation or major project
- Organisation and management, including induction and involvement in course decisions
- Resources and services, including learning resources and overall support
- Skills development, including independent learning, research skills and career skills
- Motivation for taking the programme and information provided by the institution to help course choice
- Demographic details, including on previous education and fluency in English
£50 prize draw
£50 prize draw
To thank you for your participation, you will be entered into a prize draw to win a £50 Amazon voucher.
Simply tick the box at the end of survey to opt into the draw.
Winner will be randomly selected. Your survey responses are completely anonymous and are not linked to the prize draw entry.
2025 PTES survey results
2025 PTES survey results
The 2025 Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey was completed by 162 students across 42 taught postgraduate courses, from most UHI academic partners.
- Overall satisfaction was 91%, up from 88% last year.
- UHI achieved the highest overall satisfaction in Scotland for the fourth year in a row.
- UHI ranked 7th in the UK for overall satisfaction (up from 15th in 2024).
- We achieved the highest satisfaction in Scotland for Teaching (90%), Assessment (90%), and Engagement (87%).
- Across the UK, UHI ranked:
- 4th for Assessment
- 16th for Teaching
- 17th for Engagement
- Top 25% of institutions for Assessment, Teaching and Engagement overall.
You can view PTES results from previous years on the AdvanceHE website.
Get in touch
Get in touch
If you have any questions, please email: surveys@uhi.ac.uk
Privacy notice and further information
Privacy notice and further information
- Please read the PTES and PRES Privacy Notice.
- The PTES Student Guide has further information on this survey.