Political Research (MRes)

MRes Political Research gives you the opportunity to gain the essential research tools to enable you to apply these skills to a range of political research when you graduate.

If you enjoy research within politics and you want to know more about the different methods you can use to find out specific information internationally this programme will give you autonomy to do just that. Your skills are not only ideal to apply to the political area of work but they are transferrable to a great many other areas of work including market research, economic research, different types of data collation within health, local government, business and many other organisations.  

This programme serves both as preparation for PhD research - by enhancing relevant general social science skills, and as a free standing programme in research methods training. Drawing on teaching skills available both within Politics and International Relations and from throughout the School of Social Science, the programme includes courses on: Qualitative Research Methodologies; Theories and Issues in Political Science and IR; Research Design and Data Collection, and; Quantitative Research Methodologies.

OUR CENTRES

• Centre for European Survey Research
• New Europe Centre
• Centre for Global Security and Governance

Courses listed for the programme

Semester 1

• Qualitative Research Methods in Politics and International Relations
• Theories and Issues in Political Science and IR

Semester 2

• Research Design, Data and Presentation
• Approaches to Quantitative Analysis in Social Research

Semester 3

• Dissertation in Political Research

Find out more detail by visiting the programme web page

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Why study at Aberdeen?

• You study with a dynamic community of researchers across the Schools of Social Sciences. We offer you expertise in the Middle East, Latin America, North and South Asia, the Nordic Countries, Central and Eastern Europe, UK and the EU
• The department is over 50 years old and it is set within a context of learning and study going back to 1495
• The city offers you seaside, cafes, shops and links to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness and the Highlands plus ferries to Orkney and Shetland

Where you study

• University of Aberdeen
• Full Time or Part Time
• 12 Months or 24 Months

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• *Please be advised that some programmes have different tuition fees from those listed above and that some programmes also have additional costs.

Scholarships

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Fees

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Entry Requirements and Study Support

• English Language Requirements – view the programme page
• Pre-Sessional English Language Support
• Access Courses – English and Maths
• Free Online Courses
• Short Courses

Living in Aberdeen

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Your Accommodation

• Catered Accommodation
• Self-Catering     

Campus Facilities

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• Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
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• Comparative European Societies
• Energy Politics and Law
• Global Conflict and Peace Processes
• Globalisation
• Internal Political Economy
• International Relations
• International Relations and International Law
• International Security
• Museum Studies
• People and the Environment
• Political Research
• Post-Conflict Justice and Peacebuilding
• Religion and Society
• Sex, Gender, Violence
• Social Anthropology
• Social Research
• Sociology
• Strategic Studies
• Strategic Studies and Energy Security
• Strategic Studies and International Law
• Strategic Studies and Management





Visit the Political Research (MRes) page on the Aberdeen University website for more details!