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Social Anthropology MRes

University of Aberdeen

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  • Qualification

    MRes - Master of Research

  • Location

    University of Aberdeen

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    12 months

Course summary

Social Anthropology allows you to study human societies and carry out research with cultural and critical awareness.

Anthropology is the comparative study of human societies in all their diversity. It seeks to understand cultural life in a wide range of social activities. Anthropologists carry out their research through long-term, in-depth fieldwork in their places of regional expertise.

The MRes introduces you to current directions of research in social anthropology and fosters critical reflection on the problems and possibilities entailed in anthropological research. It aims to guide students in how to access and use key sources of research material (e.g. archival, visual, and museological) and to provide training in ethnographic fieldwork research methods (e.g. participant observation, interviewing, recording).

Students completing the programme should be adequately prepared either to undertake further research towards the PhD in Social Anthropology, or to enter employment as trained researchers in the public or private sectors. We offer supervision in most areas of the discipline and we have particular strengths in our four principal research themes: Anthropology of the North, Environment and Perception, Creativity and Knowledge, and Religion, Belief and Practice.

Tuition fees

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£ 23,800per year

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University information

University of Aberdeen

University of Aberdeen

University of Aberdeen

  • University League Table

    41st

  • Campus address

    University of Aberdeen, Directorate of External Relations, King's College, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, City Of, AB24 3FX, Scotland

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Anthropology

    7th out of 24 3

  • Entry standards

    / Max 196
    171 87%

    9th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    90.0 90%

    2nd

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.36 84%

    2nd

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