- Home
- Programmes
- Humanities
- SOAS University of London
27 Master's degrees offered by the university

Buddhist Studies
The MA Buddhist Studies programme offered by SOAS University of London is an interdisciplinary programme that engages with Buddhism as a field of inquiry from a historical, philosophical, anthropological and material culture perspectives.

Postcolonial Studies and Intensive Language
The Postcolonial Studies and Intensive Language programme offered at SOAS University of London will introduce a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to the literature, film and media of these areas.

Religion, Politics and Society
On the MA Religion, Politics and Society at SOAS University of London you will learn that Religion remains a force to be reckoned with in the contemporary global geopolitical landscape.

Linguistics and Intensive Language
The Linguistics and Intensive Language programme from SOAS University of London is unique in its focus on the languages of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as the communities who speak them and are working to support and revitalise them.

Islamic Humanities and Intensive Language
The Islamic Humanities and Intensive Language programme offered at SOAS University of London covers the social, cultural and intellectual history, literature, religion, philosophy, arts and digital humanities of the Islamic world, past and present.

Comparative Literature and Intensive Language
Comparative Literature and Intensive Language from SOAS University of London is a radical rethinking of the literature of the world and their relationships to each other.

Iranian Studies
The MA Iranian Studies from SOAS University of London enables students to Immerse into the intricate tapestry of Iran's contemporary history, culture, politics, language and international relations within the Middle East and beyond and become an expert on Iran and its wider region.

Cultural Studies and Intensive Language
The Cultural Studies and Intensive Language programme offered at SOAS University of London aims to offer grounding in the theories on Cultural Studies which draws on Marxism, Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, Post-Marxism, Feminism, and Post-Modernism and their use, application and adaption.

Iranian Studies and Intensive Language
The Iranian Studies and Intensive Language from SOAS University of London is a unique programme, run by very few universities worldwide.

Religion, Politics and Society and Intensive Language
The Religion, Politics and Society and Intensive Language programme from SOAS University of London offers a unique and intellectually rich opportunity to examine these questions and issues at an advanced and interdisciplinary level by studying the complex relationships between religion and politics.

Chinese Studies
The Chinese Studies from SOAS University of London provides an exceptional opportunity to take advantage of the wide range of disciplinary approaches to the study of Chinese societies available at SOAS.

Chinese Studies and Intensive Language
Chinese Studies and Intensive Language from SOAS University of London provides an exceptional opportunity to take advantage of the wide range of disciplinary approaches to the study of Chinese societies available at SOAS.

Buddhist Studies with Intensive Language
The Buddhist Studies with Intensive Language programme of the SOAS University of London is an interdisciplinary programme that engages with Buddhism as a field of inquiry from a historical, philosophical, anthropological and material culture perspectives.

Translation and Intercultural Studies
The Translation and Intercultural Studies programme from SOAS University of London combines training of practical translation skills and/or cultural mediation with teaching of translation theories and methods. It is unique in terms of the range of Asian and African language and cultural specialisations.

History
The History programme from SOAS University of London is one of the very few Master-level programmes in History in the UK, which focuses study of the discipline through Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Japanese Studies
The Japanese Studies programme from SOAS University of London is the most comprehensive available anywhere in Europe.

Migration and Diaspora Studies and Intensive Language
The MA Migration and Diaspora Studies and Intensive Language at SOAS University of London tackles crucial and timely questions, providing students with the skills to understand, diagnose and articulate what is at stake in contemporary experiences of migration and diaspora.

Linguistics
The Linguistics programme at SOAS University of London is unique in its focus on the languages of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as the communities who speak them and are working to support and revitalise them.

Comparative Literature
The Comparative Literature programme from SOAS University of London is an opportunity to study literature from the regions of Africa and Asia. Covering universal themes but in a unique, multi-cultural domain, you will explore a wide range of literature and its place in culture and society.

Korean Studies
The Korean Studies programme from SOAS University of London is designed either to prepare the student for advanced graduate work in a wide range of subjects related to Korea, or as an end/qualification in itself.