Department of the Study of Religions
The study of religions has been a major part of teaching and research at SOAS since the School was founded in 1917. In the 1980s it became possible to read for a BA with religions as a special field of enquiry. Since then, the number of students enrolling for (and graduating with) degrees in Religious Studies has increased year by year.
Students may either take a BA degree dedicated to the study of religions, with options in the individual religious traditions, gender, method and theory, or combine the religion component with a vast array other subjects taught at SOAS, including languages.
Today, the department has an undergraduate cohort of 120 students, exploring a wide range of religious traditions from Africa and Asia. The MA programme attracts an average of 30 to 40 new Masters students per year, while MPhil/PhD enrollment ranks amongst the strongest in the country, with a research community close to 100 postgraduate students.
Contact:
Department of the Study of Religions, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Telephone 020 7637 2388
Fax 020 7436 3844
E-mail: religions@soas.ac.uk
