Research Masters Degrees in Research Skills

Join the University of Southampton, a global top 100* research-intensive university, and secure your passport to a clinical academic career… View course

The MRes is a full-time programme running over 12 months (or a part-time programme running over 24 months), from the date of first registration for the programme. View course

The MPhil in Economic Research runs from early October to the end of July, with a preparatory course during September. View course

This Research Master’s programme will train you to become a researcher who can contribute to resolving the challenges society currently faces, both within and outside academia. View course

Carry out an extended investigation on debates in philosophy. View course

The MPhil in Earth Sciences is a 12-month full-time programme of research that introduces students to research skills and specialist knowledge. View course

Develop your advanced doctoral research methods, theoretical knowledge and critical analysis skills with this research degree in education. View course

The MPhil in Geography is a 12-month full-time programme of research that introduces students to research skills and specialist knowledge. View course

Welfare states, and other institutions seeking to meet human need, everywhere face enormous challenges from population ageing… View course

Carry out extended research from across a range of literary periods and genres. View course

The course provides high quality methodological training to master’s students who wish to undertake research in their professional work or who wish to undertake a PhD. View course

The aim of the MRes in Education is to provide the methodological, analytical and practical expertise required to become a competent educational researcher. View course

The MLitt in Law may be awarded after two years of supervised research (or a proportionally longer period if undertaken on a part-time basis) and… View course

The full-time MPhil comprises one year of research with an individual supervisor, followed by the examination of a research thesis in an oral examination. View course

The Wellcome Sanger Institute occasionally takes on research MPhil students, provided they have the support of a faculty member. View course