SOAS University of London
Develop a truly global perspective
Attracting the brightest minds from all over the world to create a community that is diverse, vibrant and multinational. SOAS University of London is a unique institution specialising in the study of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East across a broad set of subject disciplines within the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Our vision is of an interconnected world where SOAS plays an important role in addressing the challenges facing the world by:
- Challenging perspectives through its research and teaching
- Helping to build bridges in a complex world
- Applying a global lens to the critical issues of our time
- Developing graduates who can influence and make an impact throughout their careers
- Developing new intellectual and strategic partnerships
Real-world analysis
As a student, you will engage in research that has a tangible effect on the real world by interacting with scholars at the forefront of their respective fields. Our postgraduate programmes will provide you with a deep understanding of global issues, distinctive in regional focus and relevant today.
Over the course of your study, you will have the opportunity to look at your subject(s) from multiple perspectives, to have your ideas challenged in debate with fellow students and tutors, and overturn any unexamined assumptions.
Use of a National Research Library
A student favourite, the SOAS Library is one of the world's most important academic libraries for the study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East and one of only five National Research Libraries in the UK.
Online and Distance Learning
SOAS has over 20 years’ experience delivering distance learning programmes. Equal in standard to those taught on campus, our online and distance learning degrees offer you the flexibility to fit your studies around your professional and personal commitments, while simultaneously allowing you to build up a global network of professional contacts.
Scholarships and awards
SOAS offers a diverse range of scholarships to help students finance their postgraduate studies.
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Join us at one of our postgraduate open events to discover what makes studying at SOAS so special.
Join us in your country
SOAS has a proud history of welcoming students from all around the world and is one of the most cosmopolitan and diverse places to study on the planet.
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Department / School information and available programmes:
Programme List:
- Gender Studies - MA
- Gender Studies (Middle East pathway) - MA
- Gender Studies and Law - MA
- Gender Studies MPhil/PhD
- Gender Studies: Transnational Queer Feminist Politics - MA
- Gender Studies: Transnational Queer Feminist Politics with special reference to the Middle East - MA
- Gender, Sexuality in Global Politics (Online) - MA
Programme List:
- Global Corporations and Policy (Online) - MSc
- Global Diplomacy (Online) - MA
- Global Diplomacy: East Asia (Online) - MA
- Global Diplomacy: MENA (Online) - MA
- Global Diplomacy: South Asia (Online) - MA
- Global Energy and Climate Policy (Online) - MSc
- Global Energy and Climate Policy MSc
- Global Studies MPhil/PhD
- International Studies and Diplomacy - MA/PGDip
- MA Global Security and Strategy (Online)
- MA Muslim Minorities in a Global Context (Online Learning)
- MSc Global Public Policy (Online)
Programme List:
- Anthropology and Sociology Research degrees
- Anthropology of Food - MA
- Anthropology of Food and Intensive Language - MA
- Anthropology of Global Futures and Sustainability
- Migration and Diaspora Studies - MA
- Migration and Diaspora Studies and Intensive Language - MA
- Social Anthropology - MA
- Social Anthropology - MRes
- Social Anthropology and Intensive Language - MRes
- Social Anthropology and Intensive Language (Japanese & Korean) - MA
Programme List:
- Development Studies - MSc
- Development Studies (with reference to South Asia) - MSc
- Development Studies with reference to Gender - MSc
- Environment, Politics and Development - MSc
- Humanitarian Action Online - MSc
- Humanitarianism, Aid and Conflict
- International Development Online - MSc
- Labour, Activism and Development (module)
- Migration Mobility and Development - MSc
- MPhil/PhD Development Studies
- MPhil/PhD International Development
- Research for International Development - MSc
- Violence, Conflict and Development - MSc
Programme List:
- Chinese Studies - MA
- Intensive Language (Japanese) - MA
- Intensive Language (Korean) - MA
- Japanese Studies - MA
- Japanese Studies (Dual Degree Programme) - MA
- Japanese Studies and Intensive Language - MA
- Korean Studies - MA
- Korean Studies and Intensive Language - MA
- MPhil/PhD in Chinese and Inner Asian Studies
- MPhil/PhD in Japanese and Korean Studies
- Taiwan Studies - MA
Programme List:
Programme List:
- Asian Art - PGDip/PGCert
- Curating Cultures MA
- Global Creative and Cultural Industries - MA
- History of Art and Archaeology - MA
- History of Art and Archaeology of East Asia - MA
- History of Art and Archaeology of East Asia and Intensive Language MA
- History of Art and Architecture of the Islamic Middle East - MA
- History of Art and Architecture of the Islamic Middle East and Intensive Language - MA
- MPhil/PhD in history of art & archaeology (see SOAS School of Arts for research in creative arts; cultural industries, film studies & music)
- Music (Ethnomusicology) MA
Programme List:
- Accounting and Finance - MSc
- Banking (Distance Learning) - PGCert
- Banking (Distance Learning) - PGDip
- Economic Policy (Distance Learning) - PGCert
- Economic Policy (Distance Learning) - PGDip
- Finance (Banking) (Distance Learning) - MSc
- Finance (Economic Policy) (Distance Learning) - MSc
- Finance (Financial Sector Management) (Distance Learning) - MSc
- Finance (Quantitative Finance) (Distance Learning) - MSc
- Finance and Financial Law (Distance Learning) - MSc
- Finance and Financial Law (Distance Learning) - PGDip
- Financial and Financial Law (Distance Learning) - PGCert
- Financial Sector Management (Distance Learning) - PGCert
- Financial Sector Management (Distance Learning) - PGDip
- International Business - MSc
- International Business Administration (Distance Learning) - MSc, PGDip & PGCert
- International Financial Management - MSc
- MPhil/PhD Finance and Management
- Policy Studies (Distance Learning) - PGDip/PGCert
- Public Financial Management (Distance Learning) - MSc
- Public Financial Management (Distance Learning) - PGCert
- Public Financial Management (Distance Learning) - PGDip
- Public Policy and Management - MSc
- Public Policy and Management (Distance Learning) - MSc
- Quantitative Finance (Distance Learning) - PGCert
- Quantitative Finance (Distance Learning) - PGDip
Programme List:
- African Studies - MA
- African Studies and Intensive Swahili - MA
- Arabic - PGCert
- Arabic Studies - PGCert
- Comparative Literature (Africa/Asia) - MA
- Cultural Studies - MA
- Intensive Language (Arabic) - MA
- Intensive Language (South East Asian Language) - MA
- Intensive Language (Swahili) - MA
- Iranian Studies - MA
- Iranian Studies and Intensive Persian - MA
- Islamic Studies - MA
- Linguistics - MA
- Linguistics and Intensive Language - MA
- Modern Hebrew - PGCert
- MPhil/PhD research in African, Near & Middle Eastern, South Asian, South East Asian Languages; Cultures, Literatures & Postcolonial Studies; Linguistics; Translation Studies
- Near and Middle Eastern Studies - MA
- Near and Middle Eastern Studies and Intensive Languages - MA
- Persian - PGCert
- Postcolonial Studies - MA
- South Asian Area Studies - MA
- South Asian Studies - PGCert
- South Asian Studies and Intensive Language - MA
- South East and Pacific Asian Studies - MA
- Translation - MA
- Turkish - PGCert
- Turkish Studies - PGCert
Programme List:
- Environmental Law and Sustainable Development - LLM
- Environmental Law and Sustainable Development - MA
- Human Rights Law - MA
- Human Rights, Conflict and Justice - LLM
- International Commercial and Economic Law - LLM
- International Law - LLM
- International Law - MA
- Islamic Law - LLM
- Islamic Law - MA
- Law and Gender - LLM
- Law PG Certificate
- Law, Development and Globalisation - LLM
- Legal Studies (General Programme) - MA
- LLM (Master of Laws)
- MPhil/PhD Law
- MRes Law