Arts & Humanities Postgraduate Courses
Only students who have completed an undergraduate degree and are currently studying for a postgraduate qualification at another institution may choose postgraduate courses at SOAS. If you are still studying for your undergraduate degree (even if you have nearly finished it) you should choose courses from the undergraduate lists.
Available postgraduate courses
Most postgraduate courses are open to Study Abroad, Exchange or Associate students, provided you meet the appropriate entry requirements (usually a completed undergraduate degree in the relevant discipline). You can browse through a list of courses running in each department by following the links below. However, there are some courses that are not open to visiting students and so please take a note of these. If your approval to study at SOAS is dependent on taking a specific course, then please contact the Study Abroad office in advance to check your suitability for it.
Most 'Full Year' courses are available to all visiting students - whether at SOAS for the full year, term 1 only or terms 2&3 only.
It is not possible to complete a dissertation or independent study project as a visiting student.
Department of Anthropology
Erasmus Students
Unfortunately Erasmus Exchange students are not eligible to choose courses from the Anthropology department since this department has no Erasmus agreements. Students can consider courses from all other departments.
Postgraduate courses in Anthropology
Please note that the following Anthropology courses are NOT open to visiting students:
- African and Asian Diasporas in the Contemporary World
- Anthropology of Development
- Comparative Media Studies
- Comparative Studies of Society and Culture
- Cultural Understandings of Health
- Directed Practical Study in the Anthropology of Food
- Ethnographic Research Methods
- Introduction to Statistics - A Graduate Programme at Three Levels
- Media Production Skills
- Research Methods in Anthropology
- The Anthropology of Food
- Theoretical Approaches to Social Anthropology
Department of Art and Archaeology
Postgraduate courses in Art and Archaeology
Department of History
Postgraduate courses in History
Department of Music
Please note that the following Music courses are NOT open to visiting students:
- Gender and Music (MMus)
- Performance
- Performance as Research
