34 Master's degrees offered by the university

The Linguistics and Intensive Language programme from SOAS University of London is unique in its focus on the languages of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as the communities who speak them and are working to support and revitalise them.

The History programme from SOAS University of London is one of the very few Master-level programmes in History in the UK, which focuses study of the discipline through Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

The History and Intensive Language from SOAS University of London is one of the few UK Master-level degrees in History which focuses on the histories of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. 

The Migration and Diaspora Studies and Intensive Language at SOAS University of London tackles crucial and timely questions, providing students with the skills to understand, diagnose and articulate what is at stake in contemporary experiences of migration and diaspora.

The Islamic Law at SOAS University of London offers a world-leading specialisation in a rapidly developing area of law that has increasing significance in Muslim majority countries as well as in the lives of many Muslims living elsewhere. 

The Translation and Intercultural Studies programme from SOAS University of London combines training of practical translation skills and/or cultural mediation with teaching of translation theories and methods. It is unique in terms of the range of Asian and African language and cultural specialisations.

The Cultural Studies and Intensive Language programme offered at SOAS University of London aims to offer grounding in the theories on Cultural Studies which draws on Marxism, Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, Post-Marxism, Feminism, and Post-Modernism and their use, application and adaption.

The Iranian Studies and Intensive Language from SOAS University of London is a unique programme, run by very few universities worldwide.

The Global Philosophy and Intensive Language programme offered at SOAS University of London provides a rich and advanced engagement with philosophy which exposes students to a wide variety of global, rather than narrowly Western, intellectual traditions and themes than would be possible in other philosophy postgraduate degree programmes. 

The Korean Studies programme from SOAS University of London is designed either to prepare the student for advanced graduate work in a wide range of subjects related to Korea, or as an end/qualification in itself. 

The Postcolonial Studies and Intensive Language programme offered at SOAS University of London will introduce a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to the literature, film and media of these areas.

Chinese Studies and Intensive Language from SOAS University of London provides an exceptional opportunity to take advantage of the wide range of disciplinary approaches to the study of Chinese societies available at SOAS.

The Islamic Humanities programme offered at SOAS University of London covers the social, cultural and intellectual history, literature, religion, philosophy, arts and digital humanities of the Islamic world, past and present.

The Chinese Studies from SOAS University of London provides an exceptional opportunity to take advantage of the wide range of disciplinary approaches to the study of Chinese societies available at SOAS.

The Islamic Humanities and Intensive Language programme offered at SOAS University of London covers the social, cultural and intellectual history, literature, religion, philosophy, arts and digital humanities of the Islamic world, past and present.

On the Religion, Politics and Society at SOAS University of London you will learn that Religion remains a force to be reckoned with in the contemporary global geopolitical landscape.

Comparative Literature and Intensive Language from SOAS University of London is a radical rethinking of the literature of the world and their relationships to each other.

The Japanese Studies programme from SOAS University of London  is the most comprehensive available anywhere in Europe.

Are you interested in how different people around the world do things differently? Have you ever questioned the taken for granted assumptions about what is “normal” behaviour in your culture, your workplace, or in powerful institutions? If so, then Social Anthropology and Intensive Language (Korean) programme from SOAS University of London is the subject for you.  

The Religion, Politics and Society and Intensive Language programme from SOAS University of London offers a unique and intellectually rich opportunity to examine these questions and issues at an advanced and interdisciplinary level by studying the complex relationships between religion and politics.