MSc The Globalised Muslim World

Applications for the MSc The Globalised Muslim World 2024/25 academic year will be possible at the start of October 2023.

Find out more about the programme and apply on the University of Edinburgh Degree Finder.

This programme is run over one year (full time) or two years (part time).

You will complete three core taught courses across two semesters which will provide you with the knowledge and research expertise needed in order to embark on your own original research project in the form of a 15,000-word final dissertation.

Core courses

• Regional Perspectives in a Globalised Muslim World
• International, Transnational and Globalised Dynamics of the Muslim world 
• Research Methods and Dissertation Writing on the Muslim World (taught across semesters 1 and 2)

Option courses

In addition to your core courses, you will have the opportunity to select three option courses which reflect your individual interests. Option courses are taught by leading experts from across the University of Edinburgh's College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences. Click on any of the names below to find out more.

Option Courses may include:

• Globalised Muslim Politics - Professor Frederic Volpi
• Muslims in Europe  - Ezgi Guner

• Muslim Africa in Global Perspective - Dr Ezgi Guner

• Muslim Society in Southeast Asia - Dr Siti Sarah Muwahidah
• Islamic Africa - Dr Jeremy Dell
• Unfolding Afghanistan in a Globalised Context - Dr Sayed Mahdi Mosawi
• South Asia: Culture, Politics & Economy  Dr Hugo Gorringe​​​​​​
• Political Contestation in the Middle East - Dr Ewan Stein
• International Relations Theory - Dr Andrew Neal
• International Security - Dr Andrew Neal
• The Middle East in International Relations - Dr Lucy Abbott
• Gender and Media in the Arab World - Dr Ebtihal Muhadeen
• The History and Culture of Iran - Dr Andrew Newman
• Digital Islamic Art History - Dr Glaire Anderson
• Critical Readings in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies - Dr Elvire Corboz
• Major Themes in the Study of Islam - Dr Shadaab Rahemtulla
• Political Islam: Key Thinkers and their Contexts - Dr Shadaab Rahemtulla
• Liberation Theologies in Christianity and Islam - Dr Shadaab Rahemtulla
• From diatribe to dialogue in Christian-Muslim relations - Dr Joshua Ralston

• Islamic Theology: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives - Dr Joshua Ralston

• Arabic language
• Persian language
• Turkish language

Dissertation

You must also complete a 15,000-word dissertation on a relevant subject of your choosing.

For the 2024/25 academic year, the Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World is offering scholarships of £5000 to five exceptional applicants to the MSc Globalised Muslim World programme.

If you have applied for the MSc The Globaslied Muslim World programme and wish to be considered for a scholarship, you can apply by clicking HERE.

Scholarships are available to both UK and international students and will be paid directly to successful applicants once they have commenced their studies and paid their full tuition fees. The deadline for scholarship applications is midnight on Monday 31st July 2024.

If you have any questions about these scholarships, please do not hesitate to contact us: thealwaleedcentre@ed.ac.uk.

Other funding options are available, with plans to offer scholarships in subsequent years.

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Professor Frédéric Volpi: Programme Director

Frédéric Volpi is Chair of the Politics of the Muslim World in the University of Edinburgh’s Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies. He is also the Director of the HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World. He earned his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2000. Before coming to Edinburgh in 2018, he was in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews.

Frédéric's research addresses the processes of democratization and authoritarianism in the contemporary Muslim world, the role of Islamist actors in social and political mobilizations, the construction of the discourse of political Islam, and the contemporary regional and transnational dynamics of North Africa and the Mediterranean region.

Learn more about Professor Volpi's work

Dr Kholoud Al-Ajarma: Programme Co-Director

Kholoud Al-Ajarma is Alwaleed Lecturer in the Globalised Muslim World with research interests in environmentalism across the contemporary Muslim World.

In addition to her academic experience in anthropology and religion, Kholoud has worked in the fields of refugee studies, gender, youth development, migration, human rights, and environmental justice in several countries of the Mediterranean region including Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, and Morocco. She was a Chevening visiting fellow at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and peace fellow of the MENA cohort fellowship programme of the United Nations Allience of Civilizations.

Learn more about Dr Al-Ajarma's work

Applications for the MSc The Globalised Muslim World are now being accepted for the 2023/23 academic year. The deadline for applications is the end of July 2022.

Find out more about the programme and apply on the University of Edinburgh Degree Finder.