SOAS University of London, Full Time Masters Degrees in Politics

explores key issues and debates in world politics from a variety of perspectives. Read more

fosters close analysis of politics in Asia — both South Asia and East Asia - with additional options covering Southeast Asia and Central Asia. Read more

SOAS has been the leading institution for the study of the Middle East for decades and the Department of Politics is world-renowned for its scholars’ combination of regional and disciplinary expertise. Read more

explores ideology, power and relationships across the continent: from state-building to social protest, philosophies of liberation and race to gender and inter-generational dynamics. Read more

accepts students for research work leading to a PhD. The primary aim of the PhD programme is to train students to design, research and write a successful doctoral thesis. Read more

This one-year course provides a substantive and comprehensive introduction to the politics of Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Read more

is highly relevant to anyone working or intending to work in international NGOs, international organizations, think tanks and advocacy groups in the areas of rights, humanitarian assistance and transitional justice. Read more

Religion has become a force to be reckoned with in the contemporary global geopolitical landscape and as such demands a reassessment of once predominant understandings of processes of secularisation, as well as the meanings of, and tensions inherent within, secular assumptions and secularist positions. Read more

builds on SOAS’s wealth of regional expertise to offer a new approach to the study of political theory which it sees as tightly linked to practises of global domination and resistance.  The degree considers political theory as it emerges from everyday political thinking, philosophical texts, and cultural production. Read more

is designed for those engaged in, or planning to embark upon, a professional career requiring international expertise in government, not-for-profit, corporate or academic environments. Read more

addresses important issues of our time. The use of energy – electricity generation, transportation, heating/cooling and industrial consumption – is the most important driver of climate change by far. Read more

The MSc Research for International Development is a cutting-edge degree funded and supported by the UK’s ESRC (The Economic and Social Research Council). Read more

The MSc Research for International Development is a cutting-edge degree funded and supported by the UK’s ESRC (The Economic and Social Research Council). Read more

provides a specialisation in a constantly evolving area of law that covers a range of issues at the heart of major contemporary developments and debates. Read more

What is ‘migration’? Do we live in an age of ‘migration’, or an age of ‘borders’? How are contemporary experiences of migration and border regimes racialised… Read more