Overview

We are a transdisciplinary department, encompassing perspectives and methods from the sciences, social sciences and humanities, focused primarily on the discipline of Geography and its interface with the Earth Sciences, but engaging with, drawing from, and contributing to, cognate disciplines from archaeology to physics to sociology.

Key facts

We offer an MPhil in Geography and Sociology.

The department welcomes questions from prospective research students and successful candidates will be allocated a primary and secondary supervisor based on their research interests.

We are also in the top ten of UK Geography departments with regard to research power, which provides a measure of the quality of research, as well as of the number of staff undertaking research within the department.

Programme Structure

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-27 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-09-01 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

7

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Geography View 87 other Masters in Geography in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

IELTS

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Other requirements

General requirements

Entry Requirements 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area, or equivalent.
English Language Requirements IELTS 7.0 with minimum 6.0 in each component, or equivalent
Other Requirements Applicants should submit a full research proposal at the point of application

Tuition Fees

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International Applies to you

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Non-residents

20805 GBP / year

≈ 20805 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

10265 GBP / year

≈ 10265 GBP / year

Living costs

Aberystwyth

United Kingdom

700 - 1300 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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Key information

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Credits

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Living costs

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