178 Master's degrees offered by the university

The Politics and International Relations (Political Thought) programme from SOAS University of London applicants should apply for MSc Politics and International Relations but can decide to follow the Political Thought pathway upon arrival by choosing the pathway’s required combination of modules.

The Research for International Development from SOAS University of London is a cutting-edge degree funded and supported by the UK’s ESRC (The Economic and Social Research Council).

The Music programme at SOAS University of London explores music as history, politics, and identity in motion. If you see music as central to human experience, this programme is for you.

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 programme from SOAS University of London is the subject for you.  

The Transnational Queer Feminist Politics with special reference to the Middle East from SOAS University of London will re-focus issues prioritised in western Gender Studies and Queer Studies on the complex specificities of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East.

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 African Studies and Intensive Language from SOAS University of London provides students with competency in language skills and intercultural awareness and understanding.

The Migration, Mobility and Development from SOAS University of London offers you the opportunity to combine study and analysis of critical perspectives on development and the related field of migration studies.

The Politics and International Relations (Southeast Asia) programme from SOAS University of London applicants shoud apply for MSc Politics and International Relations but can decide to follow the Southeast Asia pathway upon arrival by choosing the pathway's required combination of modules.

The Postcolonial Studies from SOAS University of London offers a focus on the historical relationships of power, domination and practices of imperialism and colonialism in the modern period (late nineteenth-century to the present) through the study of literature and culture.

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

The Advanced Research Skills programme from SOAS University of London consists of two modules: Research Project Management and Technology-Enhanced Research. 

The Creative and Cultural Industries programme at SOAS University of London is aimed at students who are interested in learning about the history, theory and practices of the cultural economy through a global lens.

Finance (Economic Policy) (Online) from SOAS University of London has been principally designed to help you work on economic policy in government, central banks, public organisations and international institutions.

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 Politics and International Relations (Middle East) programme from SOAS University of London applicants should apply for MSc Politics and International Relations but can decide to follow the Middle East pathway upon arrival by choosing the pathway's required combination of modules.

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.

The Korean Studies and Intensive Language at SOAS University of London is designed to provide Intensive Language training at different proficiency levels - depending on entry level - within a Masters programme in Korean Studies.

The Anthropology of Food and Intensive Language from SOAS University of London  is directed at students who wish to combine knowledge of the anthropology of food with expertise in a regional language.

The Race and Empire programme from SOAS University of London gives students the opportunity to study global contestations around race and imperialism, interrogating ideologies of difference that emerged from the colonial crucible of encounters in Britain/Europe, in Asia, Africa and and Middle East, and on Indigenous lands transformed by racial capitalism.