MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies 9 months Postgraduate Programme By University of Cambridge |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

9 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

45,829 GBPTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

29 Feb, 2024Application Deadline

Main Subject Area

Area StudiesMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Area Studies

Degree

MPhil

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

This is a postgraduate course with a substantial research component, which runs for nine months covering the three terms (Michaelmas, Lent and Easter). It is designed to enhance the understanding of social, cultural, political and economic history; and the present geopolitical and policy environment in South Asia. It provides intensive research and language training for those who wish to go on to prepare a doctoral dissertation, but it is also a freestanding postgraduate degree course in its own right. 
The MPhil is associated for examination purposes with the Faculty of Human, Social and Political Sciences. But teaching and learning for the course take place in the Centre of South Asian Studies and the various humanities and social science faculties and departments. The course covers South Asia from the early modern period to the present including its connections with South East Asia and Central Asia. The areas studied cover the modern states of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal.
The MPhil aims to introduce students to the latest research topics, methods and debates in South Asian studies at an advanced level. It provides training in the use of printed, manuscript and other sources relevant to South Asian studies. The MPhil offers language training, usually in Hindi and Urdu, but this can be subject to change due to resources. It offers training in the advanced use of library and archival facilities and the appropriate use of electronic databases for the location, identification and evaluation of source materials. It provides a structured introduction to key debates in South Asian history, development economics, politics and sociology through a variety of intensive courses. Finally, it offers close supervision in undertaking an original research project.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Area Studies

Degree

MPhil

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

This is a postgraduate course with a substantial research component, which runs for nine months covering the three terms (Michaelmas, Lent and Easter). It is designed to enhance the understanding of social, cultural, political and economic history; and the present geopolitical and policy environment in South Asia. It provides intensive research and language training for those who wish to go on to prepare a doctoral dissertation, but it is also a freestanding postgraduate degree course in its own right. 
The MPhil is associated for examination purposes with the Faculty of Human, Social and Political Sciences. But teaching and learning for the course take place in the Centre of South Asian Studies and the various humanities and social science faculties and departments. The course covers South Asia from the early modern period to the present including its connections with South East Asia and Central Asia. The areas studied cover the modern states of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal.
The MPhil aims to introduce students to the latest research topics, methods and debates in South Asian studies at an advanced level. It provides training in the use of printed, manuscript and other sources relevant to South Asian studies. The MPhil offers language training, usually in Hindi and Urdu, but this can be subject to change due to resources. It offers training in the advanced use of library and archival facilities and the appropriate use of electronic databases for the location, identification and evaluation of source materials. It provides a structured introduction to key debates in South Asian history, development economics, politics and sociology through a variety of intensive courses. Finally, it offers close supervision in undertaking an original research project.

Admission Requirements

110+
7.5+
3.6+
Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK High II.i Honours Degree.
If your degree is not from the UK, please check International Qualifications to find the equivalent in your country.
All candidates for admission to the course are expected to be of PhD potential. Overseas applicants will normally be expected to have degree results in at least the top quarter of their graduating cohort at their previous university.

29 Feb 2024
9 Months
Oct

  • Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance

Domestic
30,823 GBP
International
45,829 GBP

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