Social Anthropology University of Birmingham

Overview

As a University of Birmingham 's postgraduate researcher in Social Anthropology , you’ll be supported by a supervisory team in a leading department to carry out research and develop skills that will set you on the path to a future career in academia or beyond.

Key facts

Our PhD programmes are normally undertaken in three years full-time or six years part-time, and our Masters-level research programmes are taken in one year full-time or two years part-time. The period of maximum registration for a PhD includes a further year, designated "thesis awaited," which is usually a period of final revisions and more occasional supervision. Our Department of African Studies and Anthropology (DASA) is internationally recognised as a centre of excellence in research and postgraduate training. Benefit from the department’s international staff, interdisciplinary approach, diverse range of expertise, and active research community. Academics in the Department of African Studies and Anthropology can supervise research projects drawing on archival, ethnographic and/or textual and media sources.