Area Studies (South Asia) University of Oxford

Overview

The Area Studies (South Asia) programme offered by University of Oxford offers the opportunity to undertake a doctoral project dedicated to the study of a specific country or region, or else to compare more than one region, using social science approaches whilst also generating theories and propositions that are of value across regions.

Looking beyond the big picture of globalisation and development, researchers at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA) examine the interplay between the local, the national, the regional, and the global to offer a better understanding of the contemporary world. Oxford’s Area Studies department is consistently ranked amongst the top echelon and has been recently ranked by QS University Rankings as first in the world.

Features

During the first year of the course, for full-time students, you will focus on developing your research questions, conceptual framework and methodological approaches for your thesis. You will also participate in the first-year DPhil seminar series, the Global and Area Studies Programme's Competing Approaches to Area Studies course, and you will have the opportunity to attend other courses offered by the school as identified in your Training Needs Analysis. Your Training Needs Analysis will be discussed with your supervisor and reviewed on a regular basis. These requirements will be fulfilled over the first two years if you are studying part-time.