| Name | Awarding university | Thesis title | Date |
| Turner, Val | University of Stirling | Form and Function in Shetland: Prehistoric field systems | 2012 |
| Doughton, Lauren | University of Manchester | A Most Curious Class of Small Cairn. Reinterpreting The Burnt Mounds Of Shetland | 2014 |
| Murray, Jenny | Unveristy of St Andrews | Late Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery in the Shetland Isles: a synopsis of design, construction methods and typological trends. | 2016 |
| Christie, Claire | University of Aberdeen | Farming on the edge: Towards an understanding of the first farming societies of Shetland | 2018 |
| Mason, Owain Scholma- | University of Edinburgh | Ceramics and regionality in the Highlands and Northern Isles of Scotland, 2500-1800BC | 2018 |
| Blanz, Magdalena | University of the Highlands and Islands | Seaweed as food and Fodder in the North Atlantic Islands | 2020 |
| Sou, Li Zhong | University of Bradford | Visualising the crucible of Shetland’s Broch Building: The role of digital documentation in supporting the active conservation and presentation of Shetland’s Heritage | 2021 |
| Douglas, Gavin | University of Stirling | Conservation of Archaeological structures | In progress |
| Mccreadie, Scott | University of Glasgow | Christianising Empty Lands | In progress |
| Murray, Jenny | University of the Highlands and Islands | A Saint in Stone: The sign of the materiality of the cult of saints as evidenced in the cult of St Magnus the Martyr. | In Progress |
| Rivers, Amber | University of the Highlands and Islands | Bronze Age – Iron Age. Prehistoric heritage of woollen textiles in Scotland | In progress |
| Estaroth, Anna | University of the Highlands and Islands | The role of dark and light skies during the Late Neolithic in Orkney and Shetland | In progress |
| Henry, Sandra | University of the Highlands and Islands | Prehistoric Seafaring in Scotland and Ireland | In progress |
| Farrah Skimani | University of the Highlands and Islands | An investigation of the impact of commercialisation on money circulation and trade in medieval and early modern Shetland. | In progress |
| Chivers, Marc Leonard. | University of the Highlands and Islands | Shetland vernacular boats, 1500-2000. | In progress |
