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SOAS University of London
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Programs available
Undergraduate Faculties/Departments and Programs
ARTS & HUMANITIES
- BMus Music
- Creative Arts
- Global Liberal Arts
- Global Popular Music
- History
- History and ...
- History of Art
- History of Art (Asia, Africa and Europe)
- History of Art and Archaeology
- History of Art and Archaeology
- History of Art and Archaeology and...
- Music and ...
- Religions and ...
- Social Anthropology
- Social Anthropology and ...
- World Philosophies
- World Philosophies and ...
LANGUAGES & CULTURE: Africa / China & Inner Asia / Japan & Korea / Linguistics / Near & Middle East / South Asia / South East Asia
- African Studies
- African Studies (3-year)
- African Studies (4-year)
- African Studies and... (4-year)
- Arabic
- Arabic and ...
- Arabic and Islamic Studies
- BA Korean and ... (Combined Honours degree)
- Chinese (Modern and Classical)
- Chinese and ...
- Chinese Studies
- Hebrew and ...
- Japanese
- Japanese and ....
- Japanese Studies
- Japanese Studies and ...
- Korean
- Korean Studies
- Korean Studies and ... (Combined Honours degree)
- Linguistics and ...
- Middle Eastern Studies and ...
- Persian and ...
- South Asian Studies (3 years)
- South Asian Studies (3 years)
- South Asian Studies (4 years)
- South Asian Studies (4 years)
- South East Asian Studies
- South East Asian Studies (including year abroad)
- South East Asian Studies and ...
- Turkish and ...
SOCIAL SCIENCES & MANAGEMENT
- Accounting and Finance
- African Studies and ... (3-year)
- Development Economics
- Development Studies
- Development Studies and ...
- Economics
- Economics and ... (two subject degree)
- International Management
- International Management (China) (Year Abroad)
- International Management (Japan & Korea) taught in Singapore
- International Management (Japan and Korea)
- International Management (Middle East and North Africa)
- International Management & SE Asian Studies (taught in Singapore)
- International Management and South East Asian Studies
- International Management China
- International Management China (Year Abroad)
- International Management Japan (Year Abroad)
- International Management Korea (Year Abroad)
- International Management Middle East and North Africa (Year Abroad)
- International Relations
- International Relations and ...
- Law and ...
- LLB Law Single Honours
- LLB with Year Abroad
- Management
- Management (Taught in Singapore)
- Political Studies (Certificate)
- Politics
- Politics and ...
- Politics and International Relations
- Senior Status LLB
Postgraduate Faculties/Departments and Programs
ARTS & HUMANITIES
- Ancient Near Eastern Languages
- Anthropology and Sociology
- Anthropology of Food
- Anthropology of Food and Intensive Language
- Asian Art (Postgraduate Diploma)
- Buddhist Studies
- Comparative Literature (Africa/Asia)
- Contemporary Art and Art Theory of Asia and Africa
- Cultural Studies
- Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (Research degree)
- Ethnomusicology
- Film Studies
- Global Cinemas
- Global Creative and Cultural Industries
- History
- History (PhD)
- History and Intensive Language
- History of Art and Archaeology of East Asia
- History of Art and Architecture of the Islamic Middle East
- History of Art and Architecture of the Islamic Middle East and Intensive Language
- History of Art and/or Archaeology
- History of Art and/or Archaeology (PhD)
- International Journalisms
- Islamic Intellectual History
- Language Documentation and Description
- MA Translation
- Media in Development
- Media Studies (PhD)
- Museums, Heritage and Material Culture Studies
- Music (Research degree)
- Music in Development
- Performance
- Postcolonial Studies
- Religion in Global Politics
- Religions and Philosophies
- Religions of Asia and Africa
- Religions of Asia and Africa and Intensive Language
- Religious Arts of Asia
- Res Social Anthropology
- Social Anthropology and Intensive Language
- Social Anthropology of Development and Intensive Language
- Yoga, Traditions of Yoga and Meditation
LANGUAGES & CULTURE: Africa / China & Inner Asia / Japan & Korea / Linguistics / Near & Middle East / South Asia / South East Asia
- African Studies and Intensive Swahili
- Arabic, MA and Intensive Language
- Chinese and Inner Asian Studies
- Chinese Studies (Literature Pathway)
- Development Studies (Palestine Pathway)
- History of Art and Archaeology of East Asia and Intensive Language
- Iranian Studies
- Iranian Studies and intensive Persian
- Islamic Intellectual History and Intensive Language
- Japanese and Korean Studies (PhD)
- Japanese Studies (Dual degree)
- Japanese Studies and Intensive Language
- Japanese, Intensive Language
- Korean Studies (Literature Pathway)
- Korean Studies and Intensive Language
- Korean, Intensive Language
- Linguistics
- Linguistics (PhD)
- Linguistics and Intensive Language
- Near and Middle Eastern Studies
- Near and Middle Eastern Studies and intensive languages
- Palestine Studies
- Palestine Studies and Intensive Language
- Persian, MA and Intensive Language
- Postcolonial Studies
- South Asian Studies
- South Asian Studies and Intensive Language
- South East Asian Intensive Language
- South East Asian Studies (PhD)
- South East Asian Studies and Intensive Language and ...
- South East Asian Studies Intensive Language and ...
- Swahili, MA and... Intensive
- Translation
- Turkish, (MA) and Intensive Language
- Turkish, MA and Intensive Language
Life Sciences & Medicine
SOCIAL SCIENCES & MANAGEMENT
- Accounting and Finance
- African Politics
- African Studies
- Asian Politics
- Chinese Studies
- Climate Change and Development (Distance Learning)
- Comparative Political Thought
- Development Economics
- Development Economics
- Development Studies
- Development Studies
- Development Studies (Central Asia Pathway)
- Development Studies (Contemporary India Pathway)
- Development Studies with Special Reference to Central Asia
- Economics
- Economics (Graduate Diploma)
- Economics (PhD)
- Economics with reference to Environment and Development
- Environment, Politics and Development
- Environmental Law & Sustainable Development
- Environmental Law and Sustainable Development
- Finance (Banking) (Distance Learning)
- Finance (Economic Policy) (Distance Learning)
- Finance (Financial Sector Management) (Distance Learning)
- Finance (Quantitative Finance) (Distance Learning)
- Finance and Development
- Finance and Financial Law (Distance Learning)
- Gender and Sexuality
- Gender and Sexuality with special reference to the Middle East
- Gender Studies
- Gender Studies
- Gender Studies and Law
- Gender Studies with special reference to the Middle East
- Global Corporations and Policy
- Global Corporations and Policy
- Global Diplomacy (Online)
- Global Diplomacy MENA Online
- Global Diplomacy South Asia Online
- Global Energy and Climate Policy
- Global Energy and Climate Policy Online
- Global Studies
- Globalisation and Development
- Globalisation and Development
- Globalisation and Multinational Corporations
- Human Rights, Conflict and Justice
- International Finance and Development
- International and Comparative Legal Studies
- International Business Administration
- International Commercial and Economic Law
- International Development
- International Financial Management
- International Law
- International Law (MA)
- International Management (China)
- International Management (Japan)
- International Management (Middle East and North Africa)
- International Marketing
- International Politics
- International Studies and Diplomacy
- Islamic Law
- Islamic Law (MA)
- Islamic Societies and Cultures
- Islamic Studies
- Israeli Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Korean Studies
- Labour, Social Movements and Development
- Law (MPhil/PhD)
- Law (Res)
- Law and Gender
- Law, Development and Globalisation
- Legal Studies (General Programme) (MA)
- LLM (Master of Laws)
- LLM in Environmental Law and Sustainable Development
- LLM in Human Rights, Conflict and Justice
- LLM in International and Comparative Commercial Law
- LLM in International Law
- LLM in Islamic Law
- LLM in Law and Gender
- LLM in Law, Development and Globalisation
- MA Global Security and Strategy (Online)
- MA in Human Rights Law
- MA Migration and Diaspora Studies and Intensive Language
- Medical Anthropology and Intensive Language
- Middle East Politics
- Migration and Diaspora Studies
- Migration, Mobility and Development
- MRes Social Anthropology
- MSc Global Public Policy (Online)
- MSc Humanitarian Action (Online)
- MSc International Development (Online)
- Near and Middle Eastern Studies
- Pacific Asian Studies
- Political Economy of Development
- Politics and International Studies
- Politics of China
- Politics of Conflict, Rights and Justice
- Public Financial Management (Distance Learning)
- Public Policy, Finance and Management
- Religions
- Research for International Development
- Research for International Development
- Social Anthropology of Development
- South Asian Area Studies
- South East Asian Studies
- Sustainable Development
- Taiwan Studies
- Turkish Studies
- Violence, Conflict & Development
- Violence, Conflict and Development
- Violence, Conflict and Development (Palestine Pathway)
University Highlights
Total students - 4,683
38%
62%
International students - 2,373
50%
50%
Total faculty staff - 476
263
213
Total students - 4,683
38%
62%
International students - 2,373
50%
50%
Total faculty staff - 476
213
263
Scholarships
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