Highlights
Tuition fee
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Duration
48 months
Duration
48 months
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Campus location
London, United Kingdom
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London, United Kingdom
Taught in
English
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English

About

The Psychosocial Studies programme offered by Birkbeck, University of London supports theoretical and applied enquiry within an interdisciplinary field drawing on perspectives from anthropology, sociology, gender and sexuality studies, cultural and postcolonial studies, education studies, critical psychology, psychoanalysis, and psychotherapy.

Overview

This Psychosocial Studies programme offered by Birkbeck, University of London provides opportunities for candidates to undertake innovative interdisciplinary projects leading to a substantial dissertation under specialist supervision. Participants develop specialist and transferable capabilities while gaining experience with different methodological approaches and large-scale investigative work.

Features

Researchers join an active scholarly community featuring workshops, visiting speakers, and collaborative initiatives at local, national, and international levels. The programme fosters sustained academic engagement through regular supervisory meetings and a vibrant research culture

Programme Structure

Recent research topics include:

  • Dimensions of belonging: rethinking retention for mature part-time undergraduates in English higher education
  • Unpalatable truths: how does society cope?
  • Moments of Russianness: locating national identification in discourse
  • Negotiating gay Chinese subjectivities - shame, dilemmas and conflicts
  • The dead mother complex and addiction
  • Homonationalism, (critical) whiteness and neoliberal multiculturalism in Britain
  • Towards a theory of the psychodynamics of literary reading
  • Dream construction, deconstruction: what a re-reading of Freud on dreams can tell us about the structure of the unconscious and its relationship to deconstruction
  • Psychosis, writing and the social bond: psychopathography as social critique
  • The phallus and its discontents

Key information

Duration

  • Full-time
    • 48 months
  • Part-time
    • 84 months

Start dates & application deadlines

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Language

English
TOEFL® IBT
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79
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IELTS
6.5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

  • London, United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA admission requirements GPA
First Class

English requirements

TOEFL® IBT
OR
79
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PTE Academic
62
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IELTS
6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

  • The entry requirement for this MPhil/PhD Psychosocial Studies is a good master’s degree in a relevant subject in the humanities or social sciences, although the university will consider an application from someone who has a first- or good second-class honours degree in one of these subjects.

  • You will also need to submit a detailed outline of your research proposal, specifying its significance and originality.

Tuition Fees

Additional Details

TBC

Living costs

London

United Kingdom
1137 - 2157 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for Psychosocial Studies.

Available Scholarships

You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.

Provided by university
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
Commonwealth Scholarship
Merit-based

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Birkbeck, University of London
London, United Kingdom
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
30 Nov 2026
ServiceScape Scholarship

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ServiceScape
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
The Aga Khan Foundation’s International Scholarship Programme
Merit-based

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Aga Khan Foundation
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
3500 USD
Deadline
15 Nov 2026
ACES Scholarships

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ACES Education Fund
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility
Merit-based

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OeAD, Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalisation
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
28 Feb 2027
Boustany Astronomy PhD Scholarship
Merit-based

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Boustany Foundation
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
19000 GBP
Deadline
Not specified
Scholarships for PhD Students
Merit-based

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Junhua Li
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
6000 USD
Deadline
31 Jan 2027
Amberscholar Scholarship
Merit-based

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Amber Scholar
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
01 Mar 2027
Voice Talent Online Scholarship

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Voice Talent Online
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
10000 USD
Deadline
01 Jun 2027
The PhD Prep Fellowship
Merit-based

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Admit Lab
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
13 Jan 2027
Dream Chaser Scholarship
Merit-based

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Salvado Law
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
3000 USD
Deadline
31 Dec 2026
Scholarship for students with disabilities
Need-based

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Anonymous Hope Fund
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
22500 GBP
Deadline
Not specified
Commonwealth Shared Scholarship – University Bids

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UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
31 Dec 2026
Grants of the Leopold Figl Foundation for students with residence in Lower Austria
Need-based

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Leopold Figl Foundation
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1500 USD
Deadline
Not specified
The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship

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IELTS from 6 to 9
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
12000 USD
Deadline
11 Jan 2027
Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme

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The Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
5000 USD
Deadline
Not specified
“The Hope For Healing” Scholarship

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FHE Health
Location not available

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