“Debate, dialogue, diversity”
The School of Humanities offers an exciting range of postgraduate programmes. We specialise in the fields of Drama, English, Music and Modern European Languages. If you are looking for a course to enhance your knowledge of a subject area via taught and research options, we offer Masters and PhD programmes on a full or part time basis.
Why study at Birmingham?
We rank fifth in the country for our research excellence and have an outstanding research record in a wide range of subjects. Scores awarded to our departments in most recent RAE: English 5, French Studies 5*, German Studies 5*, Italian Studies 5*, Hispanic Studies 5, and Music 5*.
With a tradition of academic excellence that extends over one hundred years, we are one of the most popular universities for postgraduate study in the UK. Our University stands at the forefront of cutting-edge research, world expertise and excellence in teaching.
Individual Thinking
Humanities research is reliant both on individual thinking and scholarship and on collaborative activity. It is vibrant, interactive and multifaceted. The School is committed to the identification and pursuit of cross-School, coherent research themes. These themes relate to topics such as Language; Textual Study and Interpretation; Corpus Research; Literary Studies; Cultural Interpretation and Heritage; Europe; Composition, Performance and Image. Themes currently provide the focus of School research seminars, which enable researchers from different disciplines and departments in the School to share ideas with each other and with the graduate student body, in an atmosphere of open and fruitful exchange.
You a taught or research postgraduate student will come into contact with leading researchers in a range of fields, and with a sizeable cohort of fellow postgraduates. We are dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of research inquiry. And you will also benefit from the broader research culture of a leading British Higher Education institution.
A stimulating learning environment
The interdisciplinary community in the School of Humanities offers you a stimulating learning environment with the opportunity for dialogue and debate with likeminded researchers. You will have access to:
- high quality learning materials including our wireless campus network
- one of the largest academic libraries in the UK
- Barber Institute of Fine Arts
- Our world-renowned Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon
Scholarships and Funding
The School of Humanities has an excellent record in supporting applicants for funding and scholarship awards. This offers students the opportunity to enjoy teaching in their own subject areas whilst obtaining valuable teaching experience.
The majority of full-time research students in the School of Humanities apply for a level of funding. Funding and scholarships come mainly from the School, or from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Please contact us for further details.
We have a number of bursaries and scholarships available for postgraduate research programmes starting in October 2007 and October 2008 in the following subjects: Drama, English Language and Literature, Modern Languages and Music. For further details please visit:
http://www.humanities.bham.ac.uk/pg/funding/index.htm
Our degrees are available in range of full time, part-time and Open Distance learning options.
Degrees in Interdisciplinary Studies
MPhil Gender Studies; MPhil Humanities; Cultural Inquiry (MA/MPhil)
Degrees in European Languages and Cultures (CELC)
MA Citizenship and Culture in Modern France; MA Italian Studies: Culture and Communication; Modern European Cultures (MA/MPhil/PhD); Research in French, German, Hispanic and Italian (MPhil/PhD)
Degrees in Drama and Theatre Arts
MPhil Playwriting Studies; MPhil Dramaturgy; Drama and Theatre Studies (MA/MPhil/PhD)
Degrees in English Language
Corpus Linguistics (MA/MPhil); MA TEFL/TESL; MA Translation Studies; MA Critical Discourse, Culture and Communication; MA Special Applications of Linguistics; MA English for Specific Purposes; MA Language and Lexicography; English Language (MA/MPhil/PhD); Applied Linguistics (MA/PhD as Fulltime/Sandwich/Modular)
Degrees in English Literature
MA Text and Book; MPhil Literary Transitions; MA Literary Linguistics; MPhil Medieval Studies; English Literature (MA/MPhil/PhD)
Degrees in Music
MMus Musical Composition; MPhil Music Training; MPhil Musical Research; MPhil Performance Practice; PhD Musical Composition; PhD Performance Practice;
PhD Music Research
Degrees in Shakespeare Studies at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-up-on Avon
MA Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon and the Cultural History of Renaissance England; MA Shakespeare & Theatre; MA Shakespeare & Education; MA Shakespeare Studies (MA/MPhil/Mlitt/PhD/PhD integrated)
Please email intlgraduate@contacts.bham.ac.uk for further information.
Contact Details
Departmental name Humanities Graduate School Office
School of Humanities
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
Telephone + 44 (0) 121 414 2277
Fax + 44 (0) 121 414 5668
Email address: intlgraduate@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Web address: www.humanities.bham.ac.uk
Departmental website: www.humanities.bham.ac.uk/pg
Nearest town/city Birmingham
Nearest airport Birmingham Airport
Nearest railway station Birmingham New Street
