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288 Master's degrees offered by the university

Gender and Sexuality Studies
On this Gender and Sexuality Studies programme form University of Essex, you will gain a strong grounding in the theories and concepts that have been essential to the study of gender and sexuality while also being supported in the exploration of your own unique cross-disciplinary research interests through our wide range of optional modules from across the University.

Film Studies (Creative Practice)
The Film Studies (Creative Practice) degree offered by University of Essex has been offered supervision in all areas of our wide-ranging staff research expertise, including an exceptional variety of approaches to global film and media.

International Trade Law
At its core, international trade law concerns the regulation of the sale and transaction of goods. On the International Trade Law programme from University of Essex, we ensure that you develop specialist knowledge of business and commercial law within the international context.

History
The History degree from University of Essex has been offered supervision in a range of topics from the period c.1500 to the present day, with particular focus on themes linked to our our three research clusters and our Centre for Public History.

History, Power and Identity
In a world threatened by the rise of far-right groups, invigorated by mass protests such as Black Lives Matter or #MeToo, and rocked by political, economic, and cultural crisis, this History, Power and Identity programme from University of Essex traces the historical roots of some of today’s most urgent fights for power.

International Law
The International Law course at the University of Essex offers the opportunity to study across a wide range of modules in the areas of Public international law, Human Rights, Commercial, Trade and Maritime law.

Social and Political Thought
Combining compulsory and optional modules from both the humanities and the social sciences, the Social and Political Thought programme from University of Essex will equip you to see the world in a new way and to change it for the better.

Refugee Care
The Refugee Care degree from University of Essex offers supervision in refugee care, allowing you to undertake research that introduces a therapeutic dimension and psychosocial perspective to your work with asylum seekers and/or refugees.

Nursing Studies
The Nursing Studies degree from University of Essex offers you a unique opportunity to undertake research into the principles and practice of nursing.

Philosophy
The Philosophy degree from University of Essex has an established international reputation and a strong tradition of postgraduate education, particularly in the specialist area of continental philosophy and - more recently - in the middle-ground between continental and analytic philosophy.

Global and Comparative Politics
The Global and Comparative Politics programme from University of Essex allows you to focus on these and other questions of interest and apply them to politics in the developed and developing worlds.

Political Science
The Political Science degree from University of Essex gives a general overview of such topics, and as our most flexible postgraduate course offers you a very wide choice of optional modules. You explore the main theoretical approaches to the study of politics and look at what the basic theoretical framework required to conduct research in political science is.

Management (International)
The Management (International) programme from University of Essex is perfect if you do not have a first degree in business, or relevant work experience in management.

Financial Economics
The emphasis of the Financial Economics programme from University of Essex is on the ways that economic reasoning can inform and illuminate the financial decision-making of investors and the financial choices made by firms.

Management
The Management programme from University of Essex is designed to train you in high-level management principles and is perfect if you do not have a first degree in business, or relevant work experience in management. You can become business ready in just one year.

Quantitative Political Science
The Quantitative Political Science degree from University of Essex provides advanced training in how to formulate and test theories about politics using data.

Finance and Management
The Finance and Management programme from University of Essex has been designed to train you in high-level finance and management principles to meet the growing demand for skilled professionals in these areas.

Mathematics
The Mathematics degree from University of Essex provides an exceptional range of knowledge and skills that are currently in demand in mathematically oriented employment: in business, commerce, industry, government service, education, and in the wider economy.

Advanced Computer Science
The Advanced Computer Science degree from University of Essex will develop expertise in contemporary design and practice within computer science. You graduate with the ability to explore further how technology influences people's lives.

Theatre Studies (Playwriting)
The Theatre Studies (Playwriting) degree offered at University of Essex is led by a vibrant group of playwrights and theatre practitioners who all work professionally in the theatre industry alongside their University teaching.