Study After FDPS
Master’s study after FDPS
The FDPS Pre-master’s Diploma is recognised by universities across the UK, and so students completing FDPS progress to postgraduate study at a range of different universities. Last year, students progressed to programmes at over 25 different universities. Over the last three years 75% of students completing the programme were able to progress to top 30 universities, including SOAS, LSE, UCL, Imperial, Warwick, Durham, St Andrew’s, Edinburgh, and Bristol, and 60% went on to postgraduate study at a college of the University of London.
Progressing to Master’s study at SOAS
FDPS students are now guaranteed a conditional offer for all Master's programmes at SOAS. Click here to find a full list of postgraduate programmes, eligibility requirements and offer conditions.
Progressing to Master’s study at other universities
The majority of FDPS students progress to postgraduate study at universities other than SOAS and follow numerous different subjects ranging from Management and Finance, through Development Studies, International Relations and Law, to Media, Anthropology and Linguistics. Here are some examples of the programmes which FDPS students often study in different subject areas:
Business/Management
| University | Programme |
|---|---|
| SOAS | MSc International Management for China |
| UCL | MSc Technology Entrepreneurship |
| City | MSc Management |
| Reading | MSc Investment Management |
| Strathclyde | MSc International Marketing |
| Loughborough | MSc Transportation Policy and Business Management |
| Cranfield | MSc Air Transport Management |
| Imperial | MSc Computational Management Science |
| Warwick | MBA |
| KCL | MSc Engineering Business Management |
| RHUL | MSc International Human Resource Management |
| Sheffield | MSc Creative and Cultural Industries Management |
Development Studies
| University | Programme |
|---|---|
| SOAS | MSc Development Studies |
| UCL | MSc Development Administration and Planning |
| LSE | MSc Development Management |
| Cambridge | MSc Development Studies |
| Sussex | MSc Poverty and Development |
| Manchester | MSc International Development: Public Policy and Management |
| KCL | MSc Conflict, Security and Development |
| UEA | MSc International Social Development |
Economics
| University | Programme |
|---|---|
| SOAS | MSc Development Economics |
| City | MSc Business Economics |
| Royal Holloway | MSc Economics |
Education
| University | Programme |
|---|---|
| Institute of Education | MA Early Years Education |
| Roehampton | MA Education |
| SOAS | MA Applied Linguistics and Language Pedagogy |
Finance
| University | Programme |
|---|---|
| SOAS | MSc Finance and Financial Law |
| LSE | MSc Accounting, Organisations and Institutions |
| Reading | MSc Accounting and Finance |
| York | MSc Mathematical Finance |
| Glasgow | MSc Investment Banking and Finance |
| QMUL | MSc Investment and Finance |
| City | MSc Shipping, Trade and Finance |
Law
| University | Programme |
|---|---|
| SOAS | MA International Law |
| QMUL | LLM Human Rights Law |
| Southampton | LLM Shipping Law |
| Edinburgh | LLM Global Environment and Climate Change Law |
Media and Communication
| University | Programme |
|---|---|
| SOAS | MA Global Media and Postnational Communication |
| Goldsmiths | MA Brands, Communication and Culture |
| Cardiff | MA Journalism, Media and Communications |
| LSE | MA Media and Communications |
| KCL | MA Cultural and Creative Industries |
History of Art
| University | Programme |
|---|---|
| SOAS | MA History of Art/Archaeology |
| Sussex | MA Art History |
| Goldsmiths | MA Contemporary Art Theory |
| UCL | MA History of Art |
Anthropology/ Cultural Studies
| University | Programme |
|---|---|
| SOAS | MA Anthropology of Development |
| Durham | MA Socio-Cultural Anthropology |
| UAE | MA Language and Intercultural Communication |
| Warwick | MA International Cultural Policy and Management |
| Birkbeck | MA Japanese Cultural Studies |
Politics/ International Relations
| University | Programme |
|---|---|
| SOAS | MA International Studies and Diplomacy |
| KCL | MSc Security, Leadership and Society |
| Bristol | MSc International Relations |