30 Master Programs in Anthropology in United Kingdom for 2024

Master Programs in Anthropology in United Kingdom for 2024Filter
    • Belfast, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    1 year

    On-Campus

    English

    The Anthropology MA is designed to provide students with a strong grounding in the principles and methods of Anthropology. It offers the opportunity to study innovative modules taught by leading experts in key anthropological fields, including Conflict and Borders, Religion, Cognition and Culture, Business and Sustainability, Material Culture and Art, Migration and Diasporas, Anthropology of Ireland, Human-Animal relations and the cross-cultural study of Emotions. Anthropology at Queen’s also has a distinguished history in Ethnomusicology, the cross-cultural study of music.

    • Brighton, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    1 year

    On-Campus

    English

    Located within the School of Global Studies, which has a strong tradition of socially and politically engaged anthropology focusing on real-world issues. This MA is for you if you want to deepen your knowledge of anthropology – but it also offers professional training if you’re new to the field.

    • Dundee, United Kingdom

    Full time

    12 months

    On-Campus

    English

    Forensic archaeology uses archaeological skills to assist with the location and recovery of human remains and forensic evidence. Forensic anthropology is the analysis of human remains for the medico-legal and humanitarian purposes of establishing identity.

    • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    1 year

    On-Campus

    English

    What makes societies inclusive? How do data practices describe, amplify or confront problems of marginalisation and inequality? This new MSc programme from the Edinburgh Futures Institute brings advanced, cross-disciplinary knowledge together with sectors and experts who are committed to building inclusive and equitable global societies.

    • Lincoln, United Kingdom

    Full time

    3 years

    On-Campus

    English

    Biomedical scientists play a key role in improving human health. By exploring life processes in humans they lay the foundations for understanding and investigating health, disease, treatment, and prevention. Biomedical Science at Lincoln offers a broad scientific base, taking a multi-disciplinary approach that incorporates lectures, seminars, and laboratory-based work. The course emphasises the development of transferable skills in information retrieval, data analysis, problem solving, and critical thinking, as well as hands-on experience.

    • Saint Andrews, United Kingdom

    Full time

    1 year

    On-Campus

    English

    The MRes in Social Anthropology provides a firm foundation in the methods and methodologies of social anthropology and the human sciences, to serve as a basis for knowledgeable and skilled research in social anthropology. The MRes in Social Anthropology is a full-time postgraduate program run by the Department of Social Anthropology within the School of Philosophical, Anthropological, and Film Studies.

    • London, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    4 years

    On-Campus

    English

    A majority of our PhD graduates have embarked on an academic career, taking up lectureships in universities in the UK as well as abroad, or pursuing further their interests through post-doctoral fellowships and other research-based posts. At the same time, SOAS anthropology PhD graduates have gone on to a range of occupations in the fields of social and market research, development organisations at home and overseas, international and national government and policy, heritage and museum services, journalism and advisory services of many kinds. Social anthropology is widely regarded by employers as excellent training, equipping holders of the degree with a range of sought after skills. The MPhil/PhD offers graduates the opportunity to enhance their qualitative research skills and advance their expertise in their chosen field of study. Thus equipped, they are valuable not only for generating the empirical data required for reaching certain decisions but also for providing the necessary critical tools that enable organisations to innovate and address the challenges of a fast-changing world. The SOAS PhD in Social Anthropology is recognized by the ESRC as both a +3 and 1+3 course.

    • London, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    On-Campus

    English

    Our MA in Art History and Visual Culture Program will prepare you for an exciting creative career in the art world or more study in the visual arts. This Program puts a spotlight on intercultural issues in art history and visual culture, and professional practice in the visual arts.

    • London, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    On-Campus

    English

    This unique programme introduces you to the variety of ways in which brands are developed and used, and helps you to understand how the growth of branding – in business, but also in politics, government, sport and culture – has changed the societies we live in.

    • Belfast, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    1 year

    On-Campus

    English

    The Anthropology MA is designed to provide students with a strong grounding in the principles and methods of Anthropology. It offers the opportunity to study innovative modules taught by leading experts in key anthropological fields, including Conflict and Borders, Religion, Cognition and Culture, Business and Sustainability, Material Culture and Art, Migration and Diasporas, Anthropology of Ireland, Human-Animal relations and the cross-cultural study of Emotions. Anthropology at Queen’s also has a distinguished history in Ethnomusicology, the cross-cultural study of music.

    • Canterbury, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    On-Campus

    English

    Our world is experiencing humanitarian and environmental challenges of disturbing dimensions. This program addresses these challenges from a human and ethical angle, exploring the social, political, economic, and technological aspects of the crises that mark our contemporary world.

    • Brighton, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    1 year

    On-Campus

    English

    Sussex is recognised globally for teaching and research in international development. This course is for you if you have experience, or are considering a career, in the development field.

    • Dundee, United Kingdom

    Full time

    12 months

    On-Campus

    English

    Forensic anthropology is the study of the human, or what remains of the human, for medico-legal purposes. It plays a key role in UK and international investigations in cases of inter-personal violence and homicide, repatriation, mass disasters and war crimes.

    • Saint Andrews, United Kingdom

    Full time

    1 year

    On-Campus

    English

    The MRes in Anthropology, Art, and Perception provide training for postgraduate research into the anthropology of human creativity, art, material culture, and visual expression. It takes perception as its starting point and draws on themes extending across the subject boundaries between art and anthropology.

    • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    1 year

    On-Campus

    English

    The CLE is at the cutting edge of research in this area and is one of the world’s biggest research groups working on language evolution. You will have the opportunity to become involved with the unit’s research effort, and to make your own contribution to this dynamic field through your dissertation. The programme focuses on treatment of language as a dynamic evolving system, bringing together origins, acquisition and change. It provides a broad introduction to the field of language evolution and can form the basis for further (typically PhD) study for those wishing to continue their research. The programme draws on several disciplines across the university, including linguistics, psychology, and informatics.