Gender and Culture MScR
Awards: MScR
Study modes: Full-time, Part-time
Funding opportunities
Programme website: Gender and Culture
The study of gender in cultural texts and processes encompasses a dynamic diversity of literary, language and film contexts and critical fields of enquiry.
This programme provides you with the opportunity to focus intensively on the construction of gender and sexuality in texts from an exceptional range of historical periods and locations – from the Middle Ages to the present, in Asian, European, South American and North American contexts – and encourages critical engagement with established and emerging approaches in fields of enquiry including:
- feminism
- queer theory
- critical theory
- postcolonialism
The programme draws on the teaching and research expertise of a great range of scholars across the School working in internationally renowned departments, including several of the highest rated literature departments in the UK and the oldest department of English Literature in the world.
The programme includes a 15,000-word dissertation, completed under the supervision of one or more of the course tutors.
You will undertake a programme of research methods training in core research skills and subject specific methodologies.
You will also take two option courses covering areas of gender representation related to your chosen fields and will write two extended essays in relation to these courses.
Find out more about compulsory and optional courses
We link to the latest information available. Please note that this may be for a previous academic year and should be considered indicative.
Award | Title | Duration | Study mode | |
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MScR | 1 Year | Full-time | Programme structure 2020/21 | |
MScR | 2 Years | Part-time | Programme structure 2020/21 |
A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in a related subject.
International qualifications
Check whether your international qualifications meet our general entry requirements:
English language requirements
You must demonstrate a level of English language competency at a level that will enable you to succeed in your studies, regardless of your nationality or country of residence.
English language tests
For 2021 entry we will accept the following English language qualifications at the grades specified:
- IELTS: total 7.0 (at least 6.5 in each module)
- TOEFL-iBT (including Special Home Edition): total 100 (at least 23 in each module). We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score to meet our English language requirements.
- CAE and CPE: total 185 (at least 176 in each module)
- Trinity ISE: ISE III with a pass in all four components
Your English language qualification must be no more than three and a half years old from the start date of the programme you are applying to study, unless you are using IELTS, TOEFL or Trinity ISE, in which case it must be no more than two years old.
Degrees taught and assessed in English
We also accept an undergraduate or postgraduate degree that has been taught and assessed in English in a majority English speaking country, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration:
We also accept a degree that has been taught and assessed in English from a university on our list of approved universities in non-majority English speaking countries.
If you are not a national of a majority English speaking country, then your degree must be no more than three and a half years old at the beginning of your programme of study.
Find out more about our language requirements:
Award | Title | Duration | Study mode | |
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MScR | 1 Year | Full-time | Tuition fees | |
MScR | 2 Years | Part-time | Tuition fees |
UK government postgraduate loans
If you live in the UK, you may be able to apply for a postgraduate loan from one of the UK’s governments.
The type and amount of financial support you are eligible for will depend on:
- your programme
- the duration of your studies
- your tuition fee status
Programmes studied on a part-time intermittent basis are not eligible.
Other funding opportunities
Search for scholarships and funding opportunities:
- Phone: +44 (0)131 650 4086
- Contact: College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Postgraduate Admissions Office
- LLC Postgraduate Research Office
- Contact: llc.PGResearch@ed.ac.uk
- School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures
- 50 George Square
- Central Campus
- Edinburgh
- EH8 9LH
- Programme: Gender and Culture
- School: Literatures, Languages & Cultures
- College: Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
- Prospectus: Literature, Languages & Cultures prospectus (PDF)
Applying
Select your programme and preferred start date to begin your application.
MSc by Research Gender and Culture - 1 Year (Full-time)
MSc by Research Gender and Culture - 2 Years (Part-time)
Programme start date | Application deadline |
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13 September 2021 | 31 July 2021 |
If you are also applying for funding or will require a visa then we strongly recommend you apply as early as possible.
*(Revised 11 November to remove contradictory deadline information.)
You must submit two references with your application.
The online application process involves the completion of a web form and the submission of supporting documents.
For a Masters by Research programme, you should include:
- a sample of written work of about 3,000 words (this can be a previous piece of work from an undergraduate degree)
- a research proposal - an outline of your proposed area of study, helping us gain a clearer picture of what you hope to achieve
See our guidance:
Find out more about the general application process for postgraduate programmes:
Further information
- Phone: +44 (0)131 650 4086
- Contact: College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Postgraduate Admissions Office
- LLC Postgraduate Research Office
- Contact: llc.PGResearch@ed.ac.uk
- School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures
- 50 George Square
- Central Campus
- Edinburgh
- EH8 9LH
- Programme: Gender and Culture
- School: Literatures, Languages & Cultures
- College: Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
- Prospectus: Literature, Languages & Cultures prospectus (PDF)