POSTGRADUATE PROSPECTUS 2017 ADMISSIONS Contents

HELPING YOU MAKE AN PROGRAMME LISTINGS INFORMED CHOICE Arts and Law 46 Life and Environmental Welcome 5 Sciences 118 Birmingham Law School 48 The value of postgraduate study 6 School of Biosciences 120 Why choose Birmingham? 8 School of English, Drama and A global university 10 American & Canadian Studies 51 School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences 124 Our postgraduate community 12 School of History and Cultures 61 Help and support 16 School of Psychology 127 School of Languages, Cultures, Visit the University 19 Art History and Music 74 School of Sport, Exercise Our campus 20 and Rehabilitation Sciences 131 The city of Birmingham 24 School of Philosophy, Theology Which programme is right for you? 28 and Religion 82 Taught programmes 30 Medical and Dental Sciences 134 Flexible learning 32 Engineering and Taught programmes 137 Research programmes 34 Physical Sciences 88 Doctoral Training Partnerships Masters-level research programmes 140 and Centres 36 School of Chemical Engineering 90 Doctoral research programmes 142 Funding 38 School of Chemistry 94 Costs 40 Entry requirements 41 Department of Civil Engineering 96 Social Sciences 144

Making your application 42 School of Computer Science 100 Birmingham Business School 146 Accommodation 44 Department of Electronic, Electrical School of Education 156 and Systems Engineering 103 School of Government and Society 162 School of Mathematics 106 School of Social Policy 174 Department of Mechanical Engineering 109 Programmes index 182 School of Metallurgy and Materials 112 General index 187 School of Physics and Astronomy 115 The small print 188 Virtual Tour 194 3 CHAT TO OUR POSTGRADUATE MENTORS

Use our support network for prospective Masters and PhD students. Mentors are experienced postgraduates who have previously studied, or are currently studying, at Birmingham. Throughout this prospectus you will see profiles of some of our mentors, all of whom you can contact online.

www.pg.bham.ac.uk/mentors

POSTGRADUATE OPEN DAYS

Our next campus open days are: n Wednesday 23 November 2016 n Friday 3 March 2017

We also run monthly guided tours of the campus by postgraduate mentors from your subject area.

www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgvisit

VIRTUAL OPEN DAYS

Can’t make it to campus? Chat with our staff and students online. Join live Q&A sessions, watch videos and take HELPING YOU TO MAKE AN INFORMED CHOICE a virtual tour to get a taste of our WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT POSTGRADUATE COURSE TO beautiful campus. MEET YOUR NEEDS. TO HELP YOU DO THIS, WE PROVIDE A SUITE OF RESOURCES AND www.pg.bham.ac.uk INFORMATION ONLINE AND ON-CAMPUS TO HELP YOU MAKE AN INFORMED CHOICE. 4 Helping you make an informed choice 5

Welcome

For more than a century, Birmingham Our Graduate School provides the postgraduate students have been at the best possible research and education heart of our University life. Whether you environment – from dedicated postgraduate join us on one of our taught programmes space in which you can work, to events or to embark on doctoral research, you and training programmes to support your will be an integral part of our vibrant development. We ensure that our teaching, academic community. learning and research support is first class, enabling you to fulfil your potential. The value of postgraduate study is both inherent and transferable, helping We are a truly global university, with you to develop as a person, boost your over 5,000 international students from professional prospects or even change over 150 countries and representative direction in your career. Beyond the offices and collaborative partnerships transferable skills that you will take with with leading universities around the you into the workplace, a postgraduate world. But we also recognise that in qualification from Birmingham will give an increasingly fast-paced world, flexibility you the chance to engage in critical in terms of how and where you undertake enquiry, to grow as a scholar, and your studies is important. From PhDs become internationally recognised and Business Masters programmes as an expert in your field. undertaken by distance learning, to programmes taught in short, intensive We share your ambitions and are blocks to meet the needs of those working hard to boost the employability working while they study, our portfolio of our students. Indeed, our strengths of programmes offers a modern solution in this area have been recognised by for today’s postgraduate students. The Times and The Sunday Times, which has chosen Birmingham as At Birmingham you will benefit from the University of the Year for Graduate experience of over a century of academic Employment 2016. This award recognises success, the UK’s most striking and the breadth of support and services we beautiful campus, an academic reputation provide, giving you the edge in the job for innovative research focused on the market whether your career lies in world’s greatest challenges, and a proven academia, in business, in public record of ensuring our students receive service, or in the professions. a high-quality education. What makes us stand out today is our commitment We are proud of Birmingham’s to, and investment in, even greater unparalleled reputation for ambition and success in our second century, and the attainment. The most recent UK Research impact that our graduates and research Excellence Framework (REF) rated 81.4% will make around the world. of our research activity as ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’, confirming Professor Sir David Eastwood Birmingham’s position amongst the Vice-Chancellor world’s top universities for research. 6 Helping you make an informed choice

The value of postgraduate study

THE VALUE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDY IS BOTH INHERENT AND TRANSFERABLE, HELPING YOU TO DEVELOP AS A PERSON, BOOST YOUR PROFESSIONAL PROSPECTS OR EVEN CHANGE DIRECTION IN YOUR CAREER.

Given the diversity of the postgraduate Cutting-edge research conducted by population and the variety of postgraduate Birmingham postgraduates in our world- qualifications available, it is not surprising leading research centres has a major that the motivations people have for impact on the city, the region and the undertaking postgraduate study are many world. Our postgraduates shape policy, and varied. The prospect of improved change lives and influence society. As employment opportunities and entry to a Birmingham postgraduate you can specific careers is important to a large expect to engage with challenging proportion of postgraduates, but the debates, theories and concepts and, opportunity to explore your chosen area of in doing so, grow as an original thinker. interest in depth, giving you the chance to develop your understanding in a subject area about which you are truly passionate is also a major factor. THE POSTGRADUATE PREMIUM The advanced knowledge acquired through postgraduate study is highly The knowledge and expertise that you develop during your postgraduate studies valued by employers. Postgraduates are will go on to work for you long after graduation. A recent Sutton Trust report has highly employable: they are more likely revealed that somebody with a Masters degree can on average expect to earn to enter professional and managerial £5,500 more a year – or over £200,000 more across a 40-year working life – occupations and to earn more over than someone holding only a Bachelors degree. their lifetime.

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Our mentors’ reasons for undertaking a postgraduate degree

‘I felt that since my job led me to encounter various challenges, I needed to further my knowledge and keep updated with the latest research.’

CORINNE BORG, Inclusion and Special Educational Needs MEd alumna and Special Education Coordinator at Verdala International School.

‘I wanted to go on to do a ‘I knew that a Masters would PhD so I picked an MRes give me a competitive programme because it’s like a advantage in my career mini PhD and gives students a by enabling me to acquire taste of what it feels like to be practical skills that were in full-time researcher.’ high demand.’ APPY BHATTACHARYA, BRIAN DOWNER, MSc Computer MRes Molecular and Cellular Science alumnus and Director at Biology alumna and a Doctoral ‘I wanted to boost my DWNR & Co. Researcher at the State University academic credentials and of New York. gain experience in a field more closely related to my work. I saw an opportunity to develop new skills in areas ‘I am a keen linguist and of increasing importance in my wanted to use all of my sector. It was a while since I’d ‘I wanted to add an extra languages more in my job. I completed my undergraduate dimension to my career really enjoyed teaching English degree and the prospect of development that would not as a foreign language abroad, studying again was appealing.’ have been available to me so I decided to retrain as a through experience alone.’ HELEN CRUMP, Health Economics secondary school teacher.’ and Health Policy MSc alumna ALEX YOUNG, PGDipEd (QTS) in VICTORIA CONNELLY, Strategy and Fellow in Health Policy at the German alumnus and Teacher of and Procurement Management Nuffield Trust. German and Russian at Wellington MBA alumna and Global Category College. Manager at AstraZeneca plc.

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Why choose Birmingham?

WITH OVER 14,000 POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS, WE ARE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR UNIVERSITIES IN THE UK FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDY. FOUNDED IN 1900, BIRMINGHAM WAS ENGLAND’S FIRST CIVIC UNIVERSITY, ACCEPTING STUDENTS FROM ALL RELIGIONS AND BACKGROUNDS ON AN EQUAL BASIS.

When you are choosing a university for postgraduate study, one of the most important things to consider is its THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM academic reputation. You want to study somewhere with a strong research culture, IS THE TIMES AND THE SUNDAY TIMES an institution which is at the forefront of discovery and innovation. You want UNIVERSITY OF THE YEAR a university that measures up to your expectations. We believe we can provide the opportunities, facilities and experts to FOR GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT 2016 match your ambition and aspirations. RANKED IN THE TOP OUR EDGBASTON 100 UNIVERSITIES IN CAMPUS IS IN THE (QS WORLD UNIVERSITY THE WORLD RANKINGS 2017) TOP TEN 9 / 1 0 MOST OF OUR POSTGRADUATES BEAUTIFUL ENTER A GRADUATE CAMPUSES ROLE WITHIN SIX EIGHTOF OUR ALUMNI AND STAFF IN BRITAIN MONTHS OF HAVE BEEN RECOGNISED (THE TELEGRAPH) LEAVING THE UNIVERSITY (DESTINATIONS OF LEAVERS FROM HIGHER WITH NOBEL PRIZES EDUCATION SURVEY) Helping you make an informed choice 9

JOIN BRITAIN’S RESEARCH THAT TAILORED CAREERS ‘IVY LEAGUE’ MATTERS SUPPORT

Birmingham is a member of the Birmingham is a research-intensive We have recently invested £5 million Russell Group, which comprises 24 university, with academic staff who in expanding our student employability leading UK universities. The Observer are global experts in their fields and services. Our specialist Careers recently described the Russell Group whose work pushes forward the Network team can offer you advice as ‘the equivalent of the American frontiers of their subjects. The 2014 and guidance that is specifically Ivy League of prestigious universities’. REF saw 81.4% of our research designed to meet the particular Russell Group universities win 77% achieve either a 4* or 3* rating. needs of postgraduate students of UK research council income and The impact of our research scored and early-career researchers. Visit their graduates earn on average particularly highly, with 87% of our the website to find out more about the around 10% more than graduates output ranked 4* or 3* in this category training and mentoring that we offer: of other universities over a lifetime. and work in some key areas achieving www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgcareers Source: Russell Group Profile the highest scores in the country.

A WORLD-CLASS GRADUATE A STUNNING INSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT We are consistently ranked among We are the UK’s number one the very best UK universities: university for securing a graduate- The University’s campus was listed n The 2017 Guardian University level job, winning The Times and in a selection of the most beautiful Guide ranked Birmingham 13th The Sunday Times University of the universities in the UK by The Telegraph. in the UK Year for Graduate Employment 2016. Birmingham is the original campus- n We were ranked 15th in the We boast a global reputation for based university. Occupying 250 UK by the Complete University producing sought-after graduates: acres of green and leafy parkland in Guide 2017 n 4th for employability (Guardian the suburbs of Edgbaston and Selly n The QS World University University Guide 2017) Oak, the campus provides students Rankings 2017 also ranked n 11th most targeted university with a beautiful environment for their us 15th in the UK by leading employers in the UK learning experience. n The Times and The Sunday (High Fliers Graduate Market Times Good University Guide in 2016 report) 2016 ranked us 17th in the UK n 65th in the world for employer reputation (QS World University Rankings 2017) n 12th in the UK out of the top 150 universities most frequently selected by global employers (The Global Employability University Ranking 2016)

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A global university

IN AN INCREASINGLY GLOBAL ECONOMY YOU NEED THE SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE TO BE ABLE TO WORK ACROSS THE WORLD. YOUR EDUCATION AT BIRMINGHAM WILL PREPARE YOU FOR A CAREER THAT HAS NO GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES.

We are home to around 5,000 international as well as opportunities for our own PhD of scholarships each year to enable our students, from over 150 countries. The students to study abroad. We have partner doctoral researchers to travel to partner mix of people, nationalities and cultures universities all over the world, including in universities within Universitas 21 and the on campus greatly enriches our learning the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, incoming students from these universities and teaching environment, ensuring Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Japan, add diversity to Birmingham’s student body, that our students, academic staff and Korea, Malaysia, the West Indies, and providing cultural insights and experience partners across the world benefit from the throughout Europe and Latin America. that are of benefit to our entire student body. experience that the University has to offer. www.birmingham.ac.uk/studyabroad

A global vision Languages for all BE PART OF A Cultural diversity and a global perspective We offer our postgraduate students the GLOBAL COMMUNITY are at the heart of the educational opportunity to develop their language experience at Birmingham. We recognise skills, either for personal development Our global community of more than the need to be international in our outlook or to support their studies, via our open 300,000 alumni includes people living and this is reflected in all areas of our work. access language courses. in more than 190 countries around the We are constantly striving to extend our world. From the moment you come to research, business and learning networks Universitas 21 Birmingham, you automatically become through partnerships with universities and We are a member of Universitas 21, an part of this community and can access research institutions worldwide. Strong international network of universities that a host of benefits before and after collaboration with leading researchers enables global research collaboration and graduation, from careers support to overseas ensures that our staff’s global facilitates opportunities for our research regular networking events. We have perspective enriches the learning students to spend time at some of the alumni groups around the world – experience of our students. most prestigious universities worldwide, from the USA to Hong Kong – including institutions such as the University which provide the chance to keep Study abroad of Melbourne, McGill University in in touch with fellow alumni locally, There are opportunities for Masters and Montreal, UBC (the University of British share memories and build valuable PhD students from universities abroad Columbia), Korea University and Lund professional connections. to spend a term or year at Birmingham, University in Sweden. We offer a number Helping you make an informed choice 11

Birmingham has quite a high number of international students. The experience of working among people from different backgrounds and diverse cultures is simply fantastic. The University runs a welcome week, which was so comforting and helped me to make new friends, meet people from my course and engage in extracurricular activities. With everything from obtaining an ID card, to opening a bank account, students from the Guild were very kind and helpful in providing us with directions. The course staff gave us all the information and materials well in advance before the beginning of the course, which made it very easy to get started at our first module sessions.

JIDNYASA GUJAR, Cancer Sciences MRes.

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Our postgraduate community

WE OFFER YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF A THRIVING POSTGRADUATE COMMUNITY THAT IS ENERGETICALLY SUPPORTED BY THE ACTIVITIES OF ITS MEMBERS.

Postgraduate study can be a daunting prospect but with over 14,000 postgraduate students, which equates THE GUILD STUDENT to almost 40% of the total student REPRESENTATION population, Birmingham offers you the Every student at Birmingham is chance to be part of one of the UK’s automatically a member of the Student representatives (reps) largest postgraduate communities. This Guild of Students. As a charity and canvass postgraduates within their means that you will be among like-minded the students’ union for more than schools and represent their views people and receive the stimulation, support 34,000 students, we’re here to help at school, college and University and challenges you need to succeed. you develop skills outside of study, level. Reps sit on research staff and have fun, meet new people, represent student committees and can also Our postgraduates have a distinctive you to the University and make sure be elected to attend the University voice and are highly valued members you get the best from your time here. Senate. Becoming a student rep is of the University. As a postgraduate at Membership offers a wealth of benefits a positive way to air your views, and Birmingham you will not be an afterthought including support, entertainment, those of your fellow postgraduates, – your particular needs will be met and training and a wide range of while enhancing your personal skills your voice will be heard. opportunities to get involved in and giving you first-hand knowledge student life. The Guild also offers a of decision making within a complex Life as a postgraduate student involves range of support services, including: organisation. Each year you also get much more than just studying for your Guild Advice; Jobs, Skills and to elect a Postgraduate Students’ degree. You can get involved in research Volunteering (JSV); Guild Lettings; and Officer, whose role is to ensure groups, contribute to our postgraduate the Student Mentor Scheme (SMS), postgraduates are supported and journals and take advantage of a broad which provides advice to all students represented within the University. range of opportunities to gain new skills. living in University accommodation.

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PGMSA POSTGRADUATE GET IN TOUCH GROUPS The PGMSA (Postgraduate and Mature Students Association) Each school runs its own social postgraduate@ is the representative body for activities, research fora, seminars guild.bham.ac.uk postgraduates and mature students and groups for postgraduates. Details that works with the Guild and the of some of these can be found in @guild_postgrad University to champion your needs. the subject-specific sections of this The PGMSA also organises a prospectus. The activities of these guildpostgraduate programme of social and orientation tight-knit communities are in addition events that runs during Welcome to those of over 200 active student Week and throughout the academic groups and societies hosted by @guild_postgrad year, including the Postgraduate the Guild, covering a wide range of Housing Event and weekly socials interests and a range of liberation in Staff House – the on-campus bar causes. For a full list please visit: exclusively for University staff and www.guildofstudents.com/groups postgraduate students.

The Guild is your students' union and, if you choose to continue your studies here at Birmingham, you will automatically become one of our members. We are a democratic, independent organisation that exists to represent, support and entertain you, and we are committed to helping you make the most of your time here at Birmingham. I'm one of only a handful of full-time elected Postgraduate Officers in the country. I'm here to support you and make sure your voice is heard in both academic and community matters.

Postgraduate study can be intense and challenging but it's important to remember that there's more to life than academia. I'd encourage you to get involved – whether it's through volunteering, joining a student group, taking on a part-time job, becoming a rep, or just catching up with friends. If you have any questions about the postgraduate community here at Birmingham, or want to keep up to date with what's happening, feel free to get in touch with me through my mentor profile.

ROSE BENNETT, Postgraduate Officer at the University of Birmingham.

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MUSIC DRAMA

Birmingham enjoys one of the liveliest When not used for music, the music-making scenes of any campus, Bramall Music Building is a with a wide variety of ensembles high-profile location for drama and organised by the Department of dance performance. The University Music, University Music Society and has a number of drama groups that the Guild of Students. These range perform regularly both on and off from a chamber orchestra to the campus, including: Article 19 (which Birmingham Electro Acoustic Sound runs two or three productions a Theatre (BEAST). The University term); Comedy Footnotes (for those Music Society, founded in 1907, interested in stand-up comedy); is one of the oldest societies at Guild Musical Theatre Group; Infinity Birmingham and is still the largest Stage Company (which is charity music-making body on campus. based and gets involved in volunteer Guild of Students This society organises a variety of work); Three Bugs Fringe Group ensembles and concerts at the (which hosts socials and takes a play University and beyond. to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe); and Watch This (producing original The new Bramall Music Building on and experimental plays). the Edgbaston campus is the most flexible performance space at any UK university, suitable for performances from a solo voice or early music quartet to a full symphony orchestra.

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SPORT WORLD-CLASS n Dojo (martial arts) FACILITIES n Performance and Wellbeing Centre At Birmingham we believe that sport n Performance gym is for all, from absolute beginners Our campus-based facilities have n Six glass-backed squash courts to world-class athletes. We are undergone a major £55 million n Specialist Human Performance Lab consistently ranked in the top five redevelopment to provide a state- offering training assistance, in the British Universities and Colleges of-the-art sports centre, a range nutritional advice and performance Sports (BUCS) competition, making of outdoor pitches and the city’s monitoring us one of the UK’s leading sporting first 50-metre swimming pool. n Steam room and sauna universities. With our new 360 The facilities and services that n Ten-metre climbing wall Sport & Fitness club, there are we have to offer include: opportunities for everyone to get n 50-metre pool with boom Off campus, the Raymond Priestley involved with one of the most and moveable floor Centre in the Lake District provides comprehensive sport and fitness n 200+ station gym the opportunity to try a host of outdoor programmes in higher education. n Arena-style sports hall with 800 activities including sailing, windsurfing, spectator seats and a smaller mountaineering, rock climbing, kayaking We have 53 sports clubs, so whether sports hall and canoeing. We also have a you are already playing hockey at n Around 150 group exercise boathouse in Worcester (on the River national level, or want to join the classes per week Severn) and access to the nearby korfball team as a beginner, you will n A range of pitches, including Edgbaston Reservoir where many be able to find the right sport for you floodlit water-based, 3G synthetic, water-based sports people train. at Birmingham. We also offer around natural-turf and rubber-crumb pitches 150 group exercise classes each week. With a huge variety of aerobic, toning, holistic, dance and aqua classes, you will be spoilt for choice.

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Help and support

AT BIRMINGHAM, WE EXPECT A LOT FROM OUR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS, BUT WE HAVE CREATED AND CONTINUE TO INVEST IN AN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL HELP YOU TO REALISE YOUR POTENTIAL.

SUPPORT FOR SKILLS TRAINING OUR TAUGHT AND DEVELOPMENT

POSTGRADUATES The Academic Skills Centre (ASC) offers a wide range of training courses As you progress through your designed to develop both your Masters degree programme, the academic skills and skills that you can University’s enquiry-based approach transfer to the workplace. Whether to learning will help you develop the you need to deliver a presentation, key skills that employers are looking improve your writing skills or get to for, such as creativity, independent grips with project management, enquiry, the ability to work in a team we offer courses that will help you: and to set your own goals, and www.birmingham.ac.uk/asc advanced problem solving. You will also benefit from the institutional Virtual Learning Environment (iVLE), which comprises a range of applications adopted by the University to facilitate learning, teaching and assessment that grant online access to course content, programme materials, assessment, discussion boards, webinars and recorded lectures. Helping you make an informed choice 17

SUPPORTING YOUR RESEARCH

The University Graduate School (UGS) brings together all postgraduate researchers at Birmingham. It acts as your central resource point, giving you access to a wealth of services to support you in your research, develop your skills and prepare you for success in a competitive global market.

UGS runs a number of networking sessions and annual events that will provide you with valuable opportunities to meet and learn from colleagues across the University. Our welcome programme, which includes lunches and coffee mornings, enables you to get to know other new postgraduate researchers in a friendly, informal setting and build networks that can last a lifetime. www.birmingham.ac.uk/ugs Westmere House provides a dedicated postgraduate research hub, offering state-of-the-art facilities and a beautiful social space.

WELCOMING OUR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

To welcome you and help you settle into University life, we run a dedicated, five- day programme in September called Welcome International. This begins with an airport collection service and includes tours of the campus and the city, help with, if necessary, administrative tasks such as registering with a doctor and the police, and social events at which you can meet other international postgraduates. We also arrange social events for students and their dependants throughout the year, including a Christmas party for students’ children. www.birmingham.ac.uk/welcome

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We are here to support you

We understand that there may be occasions when you need some ENABLING DISABLED assistance to make the most of your STUDENTS time with us. We provide a wide range of student services to meet the needs We aim to create an inclusive of our diverse student community. Our learning community. If you have teams of staff are dedicated to helping a disability (including long-term you make the most of your time and health conditions, specific learning finding you the assistance you need to disabilities such as dyslexia or a fulfil your potential and succeed. The mental health difficulty) our Disability new Student Hub brings many of those Learning Support and Mental Health services together in one place, at the Service can help you to have the best heart of the campus in the Aston Webb possible experience at Birmingham. Building. The Hub is also online, providing We positively encourage you to tell a range of advice resources with which us if you have a disability so that ARE YOU STUDYING you can interact. Whether you are looking we can support you. Disclosing AS A PARENT? for information, guidance, emotional a disability will not affect your support or a specific specialist student academic course admission but Your family matters! If you are service it is a great starting point. will ensure that you receive any juggling your studies with the care support or adjustments you require. of young children, we provide two Our professional team is available day nurseries, situated close to the SUPPORTING YOUR to provide you with specialist heart of campus, offering a high WELLBEING advice and support to access your standard of care and experience. academic student life in general, Both are open five days a week for We provide a confidential service including any disability funding 51 weeks of the year, to fit around to help you to manage practical, support to which you are entitled. your academic life. emotional and psychological issues that may have an impact on your life at university and your academic success. Our team of professional counsellors and wellbeing advisers FAITH AND offer one-to-one sessions, including FRIENDSHIP online counselling, and facilitate a number of support groups covering The University’s Multi-Faith many issues that students experience Chaplaincy is for students of all while at university. faiths and none. Meet for worship, relax in the Oasis Lounge or see Guild Advice also offers a free, a chaplain for spiritual or religious impartial and confidential advice advice and pastoral counselling. service for students at Birmingham. We have chaplains from most Our fully trained advisors offer major faith traditions, as well as practical advice on diverse subjects many student-led faith groups relating to student life, from academic and societies. and financial matters, to questions about immigration, housing and Learn more: employment. www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg/faith Helping you make an informed choice 19

Visit the University

A PROSPECTUS CAN ONLY TELL YOU SO MUCH. THE BEST WAY TO FIND OUT WHAT BIRMINGHAM CAN OFFER YOU AS A POSTGRADUATE STUDENT IS TO COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF.

POSTGRADUATE POSTGRADUATE CAMPUS TOURS AND OPEN DAYS STUDY FAIR CONVERSATION BIRMINGHAM WEDNESDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2016 We run monthly guided tours of the FRIDAY 3 MARCH 2017 WEDNESDAY 18 JANUARY 2017 campus, at which you will be shown around by a postgraduate mentor from Book your place: The University works with your subject area. They are a great www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgopenday FindAUniversity to offer the opportunity to get first-hand advice Postgraduate Study Fair Birmingham. and to network with current students. The Fair is an excellent forum for students to talk to representatives Advance booking is essential: CAFÉ MASTERS from higher education institutions [email protected] AND CAFÉ PHD from all over the world and offers an opportunity to attend a series of free These regular events offer an seminars on various aspects of opportunity to get first-hand, impartial postgraduate study. advice on what it is actually like to be a postgraduate at Birmingham. The Cafés are informal social events designed to enable anyone interested in postgraduate study to network with current students over a few drinks.

Reserve your place: www.birmingham.ac.uk/cafemasters www.birmingham.ac.uk/cafephd

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Our campus

WITH ITS MAGNIFICENT ARCHITECTURE AND GREEN, LEAFY SITE, OUR CAMPUS PROVIDES AN INSPIRATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUR STUDIES.

The main campus at Edgbaston is set Our Selly Oak campus, two miles from in 250 acres of parkland with spacious Edgbaston, is a green 80-acre site with lawns, trees, a lake and significant works a village atmosphere. We also have a of sculpture enhancing its landscape. With satellite campus in the historic town of its domed red-brick buildings the campus Stratford-upon-Avon (the Shakespeare is rich in heritage and beauty. It has all Institute). the amenities of a small town, including shops, bars, cafés, banks, medical and The School of Dentistry is located at dental surgeries, sports facilities, and even the new Birmingham Dental Hospital at its own railway station. An award-winning Pebble Mill, which is less than a mile from art gallery, a concert hall and a museum the main campus. It is the first stand-alone, are among the cultural attractions that integrated dental hospital and dental school make it a place to enjoy. to be built in the UK for almost 40 years.

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Artist’s impression of the new academic library, open Autumn 2016

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More than just a place to study The University offers a rich cultural BRAMALL MUSIC environment for its students to enjoy. BUILDING Whether your passion is art, music, antiquities or sciences there will be The prestigious Bramall Music a venue on campus to inspire your Building provides a state-of-the-art creativity and replenish your spirits. 450-seat concert hall and the most flexible performance space at any UK university.

LAPWORTH WINTERBOURNE MUSEUM HOUSE AND GARDEN

Dating back to 1880, the recently This elegant Edwardian Arts and redeveloped Lapworth Museum of Crafts-style house is set within seven Geology showcases exceptional acres of beautiful botanic gardens, objects through innovative exhibitions, home to over 6,000 plant species offering a state-of-the-art museum from around the world. experience. The collection includes dinosaurs, fossils, interactive displays on climate change and the largest geological collection in the West Midlands. THE BARBER INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS

With works by major artists including Monet, Van Gogh, Botticelli, Degas, Picasso and Magritte, the Barber Institute has been described as one of the finest small art galleries in Europe. It is a Grade II-listed building in distinctive Art Deco style, with its own concert hall. The Barber hosts a range of concerts, talks, lectures, classes and family activities. Helping you make an informed choice 23

SPECIAL I am a lecturer in 19th-Century COLLECTIONS Literature at the University of AND ARCHIVES Stirling. For me, Birmingham’s strengths lay in its various The University’s Cadbury Research collections; including the Library is the home of approximately Cadbury Research Library; 120,000 pre-1850 books dating Winterbourne House and from 1471 and some 3 million Garden; and the Barber manuscripts. Institute of Fine Arts. Having such resources to hand was invaluable and made for a pleasant environment in RESEARCH which to study. AND CULTURAL DR SARAH PARKER, English COLLECTIONS Literature PhD alumna. Sarah is pictured at The University is home to a Winterbourne House. cornucopia of extraordinary artefacts, including treasures such as West African masks, archaeological finds, Pop Art prints, celestial globes, 19th-century medical waxes and historic scientific instruments. www.birmingham.ac.uk/rcc

NEW MAIN LIBRARY

Overlooking the centre of our beautiful campus, the new library offers an inspirational place in which to study. Desks are near to the windows, enabling readers to benefit from natural light and stunning views. GET IN TOUCH WITH OUR MENTORS: www.pg.bham.ac.uk/mentors 24 Helping you make an informed choice The city of Birmingham

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM YOU WILL LOCATION BE BASED WITHIN EASY REACH OF ONE OF Studying here, you will benefit from the best EUROPE’S MOST EXCITING CITIES. BIRMINGHAM of both worlds: a beautiful historic, green IS HOME TO THE UK’S LARGEST FINANCIAL campus that is just a few minutes away from SERVICES AND CREATIVE SECTORS OUTSIDE the heart of an exciting, modern city. With our own railway station on campus you LONDON, AND HAS A THRIVING BUSINESS can be in the city centre in less than eight COMMUNITY. BIRMINGHAM IS MORE THAN minutes. There is something for everyone in Birmingham and you are sure to receive a SOMEWHERE TO STUDY; IT IS SOMEWHERE warm welcome in one of the most culturally TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE. diverse cities in Britain.

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RETAIL THERAPY DEVELOPMENTS CULTURAL HERITAGE

The city centre offers a first-class retail Close to £9 billion has been invested in Aside from being a commercial hub, the city experience; from famous brands to the city centre over the past 20 years and is rich in culture, from local Anglo-Saxon independent stores, Birmingham has every Birmingham is currently undergoing a artefacts at the Birmingham Museum and shop you could ever need. You will find further multi-million-pound redevelopment. Art Gallery to major exhibitions by modern a wealth of choices, from large shopping These large-scale projects set Birmingham artists at the Ikon Gallery. Birmingham centres like Bullring, The Mailbox and to become an even more vibrant and well- is also home to the largest public library Grand Central, to diverse vintage clothing equipped cultural hub, with more career in Europe – the Library of Birmingham – stores in the historic industrial district opportunities than ever before. No wonder housing the Black History Collection, which of Digbeth and artisan workshops in 40% of our students choose to stay on in includes material showcasing Birmingham's the world-famous Jewellery Quarter. the region after graduating. multicultural history.

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An exciting place to call home

WORLD-CLASS VENUES

Birmingham offers a wealth of live entertainment venues, including: the O2 Academy and National Indoor Arena for music; top-level sporting venues such as Edgbaston Cricket Ground; and the Glee Club for comedy. Symphony Hall, one of Europe’s finest concert halls, is home to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the Hippodrome Theatre houses the Birmingham Royal Ballet.

FOOD

There has been something of a foodie revolution in Birmingham over the LOCAL FLAVOUR ESCAPE TO last few years. Of course the city is THE COUNTRY famous for its excellent ‘Balti Triangle’, There is much more to Birmingham at which you can take your tastebuds than just the city centre. There is Just outside the city is some of on a culinary adventure that is sure also plenty going on in the fantastic England’s most beautiful countryside. to delight, but the city and its environs neighbourhoods that surround the The Severn Valley, the Malvern Hills, offer an ever-growing smorgasbord University’s main campus. Harborne, Ironbridge Gorge (a UNESCO World of independent restaurants and coffee which is just a short walk from the Heritage Site) and the picturesque shops. From street food to Michelin- Medical School, is particularly popular Cotswolds villages are all ideal starred venues – there is something with postgraduate students and boasts destinations for a day trip. Nearby to suit every taste and budget. a great selection of bars, restaurants Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick and cafés. Slightly further afield, but Castle, Kenilworth Castle and the still close to both the city centre and Black Country Living Museum are To see the city through the lens of the campus, Kings Heath and Moseley rich in historical interest. Canals and its inhabitants, visit the Birmingham are buzzing with live music venues and waterways thread their way through Instagram community: foodie havens. the region, offering a relaxing way to explore its natural landscapes. #igersbirmingham Helping you make an informed choice 27

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Which programme is right for you?

IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING POSTGRADUATE STUDY THEN YOU WILL NEED TO DECIDE WHICH PROGRAMME OPTION BEST SUITS YOUR NEEDS.

Taught or research? thesis with the appropriate training and knowledge. Doctoral researchers often The postgraduate experience can vary supervision. They are often taken as teach undergraduate classes during their greatly depending on the type of degree a stepping stone to doctoral study. degree programme. programme you choose. If you wish to further your knowledge of a subject, to A research Masters, such as the MSc As a postgraduate researcher you will prepare for a research degree, to gain a by Research, is a good way to investigate usually contribute to the research life of vocational qualification or to make a fresh a topic in greater depth, to prove your your department by presenting papers start in a subject that is new to you; then capacity for undertaking research and/or at seminars and conferences. All of our you may like to consider one of our taught to demonstrate your suitability to progress research programmes include research Masters courses, such as the MA or MSc. to a doctoral degree. skills training to give you the tools that you need to carry out the investigation A combined research-and-taught Masters, Doctoral degrees, such as the PhD, are of your topic. such as the MRes, will provide you the highest level of academic qualification. with both taught modules to increase They allow you to prove yourself to be Details of each type of degree programme your knowledge of a subject, and the capable of conducting original research are given on pages 30–35. opportunity to complete a research and making a contribution to a field of

FULL TIME OR PART TIME? DISTANCE LEARNING?

While full-time study is the more common way to undertake If you have commitments that do not allow you to study a postgraduate degree, many of our postgraduates find via the standard on-campus mode, then you may like to that for professional, family or financial reasons they prefer consider applying for a distance learning programme (a to take their degree course on a part-time basis, and some mode of study that is sometimes also referred to as distance courses cater for this. education). The main advantage of studying by distance learning is its flexibility. You can study at home, in your own Please note that due to visa restrictions, international time and at your own pace, so you can combine achieving students (from non-EU/EEA countries) are normally only a qualification with work or family commitments. eligible for full-time study (unless undertaking a programme by distance learning). Helping you make an informed choice 29

I am Head of Oncology at the Animal Health Trust. I completed the Clinical Oncology MSc at Birmingham. The course gave me a good understanding of the biology, pathology and treatment modalities of cancer, but most importantly it allowed me to understand advanced scientific methods. I can now approach projects with an increased confidence. A taught Masters is hard work, but at the end you will have a solid basis to grow your knowledge and your career.

DR DAVIDE BERLATO, Clinical Oncology MSc alumnus. Davide is pictured at the Animal Health Trust facility at Lanwades Park in Suffolk.

I am in the first year of my PhD having completed the Clinical Psychology MRes. The MRes allows you to gain the experience that is required to produce high-quality research at doctoral level. Through undertaking my combined taught-and-research Masters degree, I feel confident in research design, production, analysis and write up. Completing several research placements throughout my Masters enabled me to develop confidence in my own ability while learning these valuable research skills, and I now feel fully prepared for the challenges of a PhD.

CAROLINE PUTT, Psychology MRes alumna and Doctoral Researcher in Psychology at Birmingham.

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Taught programmes

THESE PROGRAMMES ARE ASSESSED BY A COMBINATION OF COURSEWORK, EXAMINATION AND DISSERTATION.

All of our degrees are set within a credit Master of Education (MEd) preliminary courses that can extend the framework designed to measure your The MEd qualification is restricted programme duration to 21 or 24 months. academic achievements. We expect all to qualified and experienced teachers It can also be studied part time over two students to accumulate 180 credits in and takes three years, but is otherwise to four years, delivered in intensive blocks. each full year of study on a Masters-level similar in structure to MA/MSc/LLM course, which is equivalent to 40 hours’ programmes. Postgraduate Diploma/Certificate learning a week. Credits are acquired (PGDip/PGCert) by taking a number of compulsory and Master of Public Health (MPH) These courses are usually nine months optional modules. This is a modular 180-credit programme or less in duration and can be studied in Public Health. It can be studied full on a full-time, part-time or modular Master of Arts/Science/Laws time, part time or by flexible learning. basis. Some programmes have additional (MA/MSc/LLM) requirements such as relevant work These taught programmes are normally Master of Business experience. The Postgraduate Diploma one year in duration if studied on a full- Administration (MBA) generally comprises 120 credits and the time basis, or two years if taken part time. We offer a suite of high-quality MBA Certificate is usually worth 60 credits. For most Masters programmes you need programmes in a variety of flexible a good undergraduate degree (usually a formats. The MBA can be studied as a 2:1), or an equivalent qualification, in 12-month intensive full-time programme, a relevant subject. or alternatively you can choose to study

Level of study England/Wales/Northern European Credit Transfer and Ireland credits Accumulation System (ECTS) credits Masters 180 90

Postgraduate Diploma 120 60

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Looking to change direction?

Upon completion of your undergraduate studies you may have come to realise that the career path that you chose when you I started an MSc in Marketing having left school is no longer the one that you completed a BSc in Biological Sciences. want to pursue. By making the switch to Marketing, I have been able to apply the skills I had learnt We offer a number of postgraduate during my undergraduate studies to a courses that give you an opportunity completely different subject. Changing to change direction, including those in: disciplines was initially quite daunting n Bioethics but I settled in quickly, made great friends n Business and had excellent support from staff. n Computer Science n Health Economics and Health Policy Before I graduated from the MSc, I was n Human Resource Management offered a job as a marketing assistant for n International Development an established distributor of life science n International Relations laboratory equipment, consumables and n Law (LLB for Graduates) reagents. While the course content at n Marketing Birmingham has helped me apply marketing n Religion, Politics and Society principles to my work, the way in which this n Social Research was delivered was equally important. The heavy emphasis on group work prepared No prior knowledge of the subject area me for today’s collaborative working is expected for entry to these courses, environment. so whether you are considering a career change or looking to supplement the EMILY YEUNG, Marketing MSc alumna skills you have gained during your and Technical Sales Representative undergraduate studies, we have some at Appleton Woods Ltd. exciting possibilities open to you.

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Flexible learning

WE ARE COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES THAT OFFER YOU FLEXIBILITY IN HOW, WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE YOU LEARN. FLEXIBLE LEARNING APPROACHES AT BIRMINGHAM SEEK TO ENSURE ALL LEARNERS, REGARDLESS OF ‘MODE’, ‘PACE’ OR ‘PLACE’ OF STUDY CAN BENEFIT FROM AN EXCEPTIONAL BIRMINGHAM EXPERIENCE.

From part-time and distance learning options through to degree programmes taught by our faculty overseas, we PLACE PACE offer a range of opportunities to suit Many of our courses can be studied Learn at your own pace. Our flexible your personal or professional needs. at a distance online using interactive courses offer you the opportunity Current programmes include post- resources and materials, meaning to fit your studies around your life. qualification teacher training in our you can work from anywhere. This is particularly useful if you are School of Education, part-time MBA All students, even those who are juggling study with family life or work and MSc programmes taught by the campus based, will have access to commitments. Our distance learning Business School faculty in Singapore, our Virtual Learning Environment, courses are all available part-time and a bespoke leadership development Canvas, where you can contact and many of our campus courses programme for the NHS delivered by tutors and fellow students and submit may be studied either part or full time. our Health Services Management assignments, all supported by an Centre, in partnership with KPMG. experienced e-learning team.

MODE

Flexibility in the mode of learning it is campus based, block delivery, enables our postgraduates to undertake blended or distance learning. Some their learning and assessment through courses are offered by more than one different methods and formats. On mode and you may be able to transfer some of our courses, you can choose from one mode to another. which mode of study you take; whether

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The flexible nature of my distance learning course has allowed me to gain valuable, relevant work experience alongside my studies. This has meant that my learning experience has not been limited to lectures and discussions, but also informed by my day-to-day experiences.

JAKE STANLEY, Sport Coaching PGDip.

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Research programmes

These programmes involve the completion of original academic research. They also MASTER OF ARTS/ MASTER OF include research skills training that will SCIENCE BY PHILOSOPHY (MPhil) equip you to become an independent RESEARCH researcher, capable of advancing (MA/MSc BY An MPhil is a research-only knowledge in your field. programme that lasts two years full RESEARCH) time, or four years part time. It involves These research-only Masters the investigation and evaluation of an Masters-level programmes are normally one-year approved research project, and the research programmes full time, or two years if taken part time. presentation of around a 60,000-word A Masters by Research involves the research thesis (depending on All of our degrees are set within a credit investigation and evaluation of an your subject area). You will receive framework designed to measure your approved research project and the supervision by one or more members academic achievements. We expect all presentation of a research thesis of academic staff. students to accumulate 180 credits in of around 40,000 words, depending each full year of study on a Masters-level on your subject area. You will receive course, which is equivalent to 40 hours’ supervision by one or more members learning a week. Credits are acquired of academic staff. For entry to most by taking a number of compulsory and of these programmes you will need MASTER OF optional modules. a good undergraduate degree RESEARCH (MRes) (usually a 2:1), or an equivalent qualification, in a relevant subject. MRes programmes combine research and taught elements, and are normally one year in duration if studied on a full-time basis or two years if taken part time. An MRes requires the MAGISTER JURIS production of a thesis of between (MJur) 15,000 and 20,000 words on a specific research topic. Providing The MJur is a research-only Masters a structured study programme and programme in Law which is similar a broad range of training, it is an ideal in assessment and duration to the stepping stone to a PhD programme. MA by Research. It requires you to research and write a 40,000-word thesis under the supervision of a member of academic staff. Helping you make an informed choice 35

Doctoral research programmes

DOCTOR OF DOCTOR OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PhD) ENGINEERING (EngD) MEDICINE (MD)

The PhD is normally a three-year (full This programme, usually lasting four This part-time programme, usually time) or six-year (part time) research- years, integrates research with taught lasting two years, may include taught only degree and may include the postgraduate work comprising a postgraduate work comprising a equivalent of up to 120 credits of maximum of 180 credits. maximum of 180 credits. research training spread over a notional 540 credits for the three years of the programme. Working closely with the support and guidance of a supervisor, you will produce a thesis, PROFESSIONAL which at PhD level is a work of original DOCTORATES scholarship worthy of publication in a (DPharm, EdD, ClinPsyD, learned journal. Your thesis is usually ForenPsyD, AppEd and required to be between 50,000 and ChildPsyD, DPT) 80,000 words in length depending on your subject area. Usually spread over three years, these programmes comprise research-related work and subject- focused taught modules and/or DOCTOR OF professional practice with research, PHILOSOPHY (PhD) within a programme of 540 credits. WITH INTEGRATED You are assessed by a combination STUDY of written examinations and/or project reports, dissertation or thesis. Each This four-year programme (also known programme comprises a maximum as the New Route PhD), combines the 180 credits of taught modules. traditional PhD research with a range of skills and subject-focused taught modules comprising a maximum of 180 credits.

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RESEARCH Doctoral Training Partnerships COUNCIL-FUNDED and Centres COLLABORATIONS Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) n The Midlands 3 Cities Consortium DTP OUR PARTNERSHIPS MEAN THAT WE ARE Biotechnology and Biological ABLE TO PROVIDE AN INSPIRATIONAL AND Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT. AS n Midlands Integrative Biosciences DTP (MiBTP) A DOCTORAL RESEARCHER AT BIRMINGHAM YOU WILL BE A VALUED MEMBER OF OUR ACADEMIC Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) COMMUNITY AND WILL BENEFIT FROM WORKING n ESRC DTC ALONGSIDE WORLD-LEADING RESEARCHERS. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) We are very proud of the breadth and you to benefit from their expertise and to n Carbon Capture and Storage depth of the research undertaken across become part of interdisciplinary networks and Cleaner/Fossil Energy CDT the University. Our academic community that work together to provide excellence in n Formulation Engineering IDC comprises internationally renowned doctoral research training. n Fuel Cells and Their Fuels – Clean research staff and extremely talented Power for the 21st Century CDT doctoral researchers whose research helps n Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Their Applications CDT to develop innovative solutions to address n Innovative Metal Processing CDT big issues by combining original thinking (IMPaCT) with academic rigour. As a Birmingham n Manufacturing Technology EDC doctoral researcher, you will have the n Nuclear Engineering EDC opportunity to work across disciplinary n Physical Sciences for Health CDT boundaries, both within the University and (Sci-Phy-4-Health) with a range of industry, higher education n Structural Metallic Systems for and research council partners. Gas Turbine Application EDC

Our Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTP), Medical Research Council (MRC) n MRC DTP Centres for Doctoral Training (CDT), and Industrial (IDC) and Engineering Doctorate Natural Environment Research Centres (EDC) offer full studentships to Council (NERC) enable you to undertake and complete your n Central England NERC Training doctoral degree. They all draw upon the Alliance DTP (CENTA) expertise and research facilities of a broad n NERC CDT in Oil and Gas range of collaborative partners, enabling

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I chose Birmingham because of the unique Doctoral Training Centre in Hydrogen and Fuel Cells. I wasn’t sure what area I wanted to specialise in and so wanted the opportunity to study around the area before choosing a topic for my PhD research. The course has enabled me to complete Masters-level modules around the topic of my research. It has also given me the opportunity to work with an industrial partner on a project, and work across different departments at the University.

DR ROSALIND DAVIES, Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and their Applications PhD with Integrated Study alumna.

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Funding

THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO FINANCE YOUR POSTGRADUATE STUDY. HERE WE TAKE YOU THROUGH WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO HELP FUND POSTGRADUATE DEGREES AT BIRMINGHAM:

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOLARSHIPS

The University offers a number of Each of the University’s five colleges The University offers a number of centrally managed scholarships. offer their own scholarships and international scholarships to reward These awards are dependent on awards. The majority of these offer outstanding achievement and to your level of study, subject and help towards fees, although some may attract students of the highest the country you are from. also contribute towards living costs. calibre from around the world.

RESEARCH FUNDED PHD THE UNIVERSITY COUNCILS POSITIONS IS INVESTING OVER There are seven grant-awarding Some departments have funded PhD research councils that offer financial projects available. You can search £24 MILLION IN support for a range of academic for an advertised PhD position via: disciplines. Competition is fierce, www.birmingham.ac.uk/dr POSTGRADUATE as the awards provide cover for STUDENT SUPPORT fees and maintenance. AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO ENABLE THE MOST POSTGRADUATE LOANS TALENTED POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM ACROSS The UK government will now provide a non-means-tested loan of up to £10,000 to help fund Masters study: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgloans THE WORLD TO REALISE THEIR POTENTIAL WITH US. Helping you make an informed choice 39

STATUTORY CHARITIES EARNING WHILE

FUNDING Some charities, trusts and foundations YOU LEARN UK postgraduates may qualify for offer funds to students who are One of the primary means of government funding to cover tuition undertaking particular routes of study supplementing your finances fees in the following areas: and research. The University has while studying on a postgraduate n Initial Teacher Training subscribed to the Alternative Guide programme is by taking on part-time n Social work – through a social to Postgraduate Funding, which employment. There are several ways work bursary details how to find and apply to in which the University can help n Medical or healthcare courses – these alternative sources of funding. you to finance your postgraduate through an NHS bursary study through paid work, including To receive this guide you will need graduate teaching assistantships, You can find further information at: to join the University’s postgraduate postgraduate ambassador roles www.gov.uk/funding-for- mailing list via: and other University work. postgraduate-study www.birmingham.ac.uk/pginterest Find out more: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgwork

POSTGRADUATE FUNDING DATABASE

Our database contains details of postgraduate taught and research funding opportunities available to support your studies at the University of Birmingham. You can search according to your level of study, subject and nationality. www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfunding

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Costs

THE UNIVERSITY CHARGES AN ANNUAL TUITION FEE. THIS COVERS THE COST OF YOUR TUITION, EXAMINATION AND GRADUATION, AND INCLUDES MEMBERSHIP OF THE GUILD OF STUDENTS.

Tuition fees WHAT ARE THE TYPICAL LIVING COSTS AT BIRMINGHAM? Tuition fees vary depending on the course you choose and whether you are Remember that tuition fees do not cover living costs such as accommodation, classed as a home (UK/EU) or overseas living expenses and the cost of books and (for some programmes) equipment. (international) student for fees purposes. A guide to typical living costs for a 42-week academic session is: We will normally be able to assess your University accommodation Privately rented shared house fee status from the information you provide in your application. Tuition fees Rent (indicative) £123 per week £80 per week (indicative) 1 for the 2017–18 session are given in the Deposit None £7 per week (refundable to be paid up front for year) programme entries starting on page 47. Gas/electricity Included in rent £8 per week Water rates Included in rent £3 per week Payment methods You may pay your fees in full prior to, Food/toiletries/laundry £57 per week £57 per week or upon, registration. Alternatively, you Books, printing, etc £18 per week £18 per week may make monthly or termly instalment Insurance (indicative) Included in rent £2 per week payments using the University direct Clothes £10 per week £10 per week debit scheme from a UK bank account. Leisure £30 per week £30 per week Local travel £20 per week £20 per week 1 To secure your place in University-owned halls you will need TV licence £3 per week £3 per week to make a pre-payment of £550 at the time of booking your accommodation. This is deducted from the remaining balance Phone £2 per week £2 per week payable by you for halls. 2 These figures do not include your expenditure over the Internet Included in rent £5 per week summer vacation (approximately ten weeks). You will incur additional expenditure during this time that includes at least Total cost per week £263 £245 ten weeks’ rent if you have a 52-week contract in private Total for the academic year 2 £11,046 £10,290 rented accommodation.

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Entry requirements

WE WELCOME APPLICATIONS FROM ACADEMICALLY QUALIFIED STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. TO GAIN A PLACE AT THE UNIVERSITY YOU WILL NEED TO MEET THE SPECIFIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR CHOSEN COURSE.

Entry to our postgraduate programmes applying for a PhD then you may also pages of this prospectus and online usually requires a good (normally a need to hold a good Masters qualification. via our Course finder: 2:1 or above) Honours degree, or an www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgcourses equivalent qualification if you were Specific entry requirements for individual educated outside the UK. If you are courses can be found in the programme

ENGLISH LANGUAGE OVERSEAS ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS QUALIFICATIONS COURSES

If your first language is not English then We welcome applications from Presessional English programmes are you will need to demonstrate that you candidates with a range of overseas available before the start of the have a high level of written and spoken qualifications. For specific information academic year for students who do English. The table below details the on the qualifications from your home not have the required level of English IELTS or TOEFL scores you will need country that meet the University’s or who wish to improve their skills but we also accept other qualifications: minimum requirements please visit: before they arrive: www.birmingham.ac.uk/intreqs www.birmingham.ac.uk/country www.birmingham.ac.uk/bia

Academic area IELTS TOEFL Engineering, Science 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any band 80 with no less than 19 in Reading, Listening and Writing, and 21 in Speaking

Arts, Business*, Education (taught), Health Sciences, 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any band 88 with no less than 21 in Reading and Writing, 20 in Listening and 22 in Speaking Public Policy, Social Sciences Dentistry, Education (research), Law, Medicine 7.0 with no less than 6.5 in any band 95 with no less than 22 in any band

*Some business programmes require higher grades. Please see Course finder for more details.

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Making your application

APPLICATION TO OUR POSTGRADUATE COURSES IS AN EASY, ONLINE PROCESS. FORMAL APPLICATIONS ARE MADE DIRECTLY TO THE UNIVERSITY USING COURSE FINDER: WWW.BIRMINGHAM.AC.UK/PGCOURSES

Once you have found the Course finder entry for the programme that you are APPLYING APPLYING FOR interested in, click on the ‘apply for this FOR A TAUGHT A RESEARCH course’ button to be redirected to the application portal. Here you will be able PROGRAMME PROGRAMME to create an account with the University For the majority of our taught Applying for a research programme through which you can submit your programmes, making your application is an easy, four-step process: application and supporting documents to the University will involve: 1. Ensure that you meet the online. The application form is specifically 1. Choosing your course using University’s entry requirements designed for the programme to which you Course finder: www.birmingham. 2. Find a suitable supervisor (by are applying and allows you to save your ac.uk/pgcourses using our Doctoral Research answers until you are ready to submit 2. Considering whether you meet Prospectus: www.birmingham. your application. the University’s entry requirements, ac.uk/drp); or an advertised details of which can be found PhD opportunity (via: in the Course finder entry www.birmingham.ac.uk/dr) 3. Completing the online application 3. Develop your research proposal, form (accessible through Course if required finder) and uploading your 4. Submit your application to the supporting documents University and upload your supporting documents online via Course finder

Some taught courses may charge a £50 application fee. For further information visit: www.birmingham. ac.uk/pgappfee

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Supporting documents Distance learning In addition to completing the online If you wish to undertake your application form you will also need postgraduate programme by distance to upload the following documents: learning you will also need to provide n Your academic transcripts and any evidence to demonstrate that you have additional supporting material the time, commitment, facilities and n Certificate to show competency in the experience to study off campus. Please English language (if English is not your be prepared to provide evidence, first language) and details, of the following: n If not submitted within the application n Examples of your previous academic form, a personal statement, experience and ability to work approximately one side of A4 in independently length, explaining why you are n Full reasons (academic and personal) interested in studying on your chosen for registering for the distance learning programme mode of study rather than by standard n If applying for a research programme full- or part-time on-campus options and proposing your own research n Access to local library facilities (where project, your research proposal needed) n If you wish, applications for research n Access to IT facilities council funding and University n Access to communications, including scholarships email and visual communication media n Some programmes may require such as Skype and Facetime additional information to be submitted n Where appropriate, access to facilities All documents must be in English (such as a CV or a sample of work) to support any study-related disability or have a certified translation. but this will be stated at the end of Transcripts should be either original the application form or a certified photocopy. If you send a photocopy it must have the original It is recommended that you include all certification stamp and be certified the required supporting documents at by a notary, an organisation such as the point of submitting your application the British Council, your institution or to ensure that there will be no delay in a University of Birmingham overseas considering your application. representative in your country. If you provide documents by uploading them into the online postgraduate For advice on applying for application system (found through postgraduate study at Birmingham Course finder) and are made an offer, please call +44 (0)121 414 5005 you will be required to send certified or email postgraduate@contacts. copies or original documents as a bham.ac.uk condition of the offer.

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SELLY OAK VILLAGE

5-MIN WALK FROM CAMPUS

WHETHER YOU ARE Our postgraduate accommodation PRIVATE SECTOR LOOKING FOR UNIVERSITY is located across our three student ACCOMMODATION OR A villages: Vale Village, Selly Oak Village There is a wide range of accommodation and Pritchatts Park Village; all of which found locally, including single flats, shared RENTED PROPERTY IN THE are within walking distance of the main houses for groups, properties for families PRIVATE SECTOR, OUR campus. Our accommodation starts and lodgings with a residential landlord. ACCOMMODATION SERVICES from £5,193 for self-catered, shared Guild Lettings – a lettings agency run by TEAM, ‘LIVING’, CAN HELP YOU flats and £9,497 for studio flats. the Guild of Students – charges no fee to student tenants. Our teams only advertise TO FIND THE RIGHT PLACE. Fees are for a 50-week contract and accredited landlords who sign up to a include unlimited internet, utilities, code of standards guaranteeing the quality and bedding and kitchen packs. and condition of housing.

In the private sector, a single room Use our property finder: in a shared house should cost around www.birminghamstudentpad.co.uk £65–£75 per week (plus bills). A rented to search for short- or long-term three-bedroom house costs around accommodation. £600–£850 per calendar month. Helping you make an informed choice 45

THE VALE VILLAGE

15-MIN WALK FROM CAMPUS

City centre (2.5 miles)

SELLY OAK VILLAGE THE VALE VILLAGE PRITCHATTS PARK VILLAGE Jarratt Hall is the closest residence to The Vale is just 15 minutes’ walk from the the University, with the campus just a main campus. Vale residences are set in Pritchatts Park provides self-catering five-minute walk away. It is also near to a tranquil conservation area surrounded accommodation for postgraduates in a the vibrant Selly Oak high street, which by trees and a lake. Accommodation for lovely landscaped setting. The Park is offers a selection of cafés, restaurants postgraduates in the Vale includes studios designed to create a sense of community, and shops. Postgraduate students are and apartments in Shackleton, Mason and with communal facilities such as meeting located together at Jarratt Hall in rooms Chamberlain residences. The Hub, based rooms, an airy lounge, a licensed bar and with en suite facilities and a kitchen/ on the ground floor of Shackleton, offers a games room offering the perfect location dining area shared with four or five other facilities including a newly redeveloped to get to know your fellow postgraduates. students. This means that you can make café, a restaurant, a licensed bar, pool The accommodation is conveniently new friends in an atmosphere that is tables, launderettes and a convenience located close to University station and conducive to concentrating on store. Limited on-site parking is available the popular postgraduate destination of your studies. for students who have a medical or Harborne – a village that is home to an course-related need for a space. array of pubs, restaurants and shops.

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I am Corporate Associate at Penningtons Manches LLP. The LLM course is a breeding ground for the exchange of ideas, education, innovation and self-development, and as such it is crucial that you engage at all levels. You will learn from others but also should not be hesitant to share what you have learned.

CHINEDU UHIARA, LLM alumnus. Chinedu is pictured with fellow Birmingham LLM graduate Eliza Hakes.

GET IN TOUCH WITH OUR MENTORS: www.pg.bham.ac.uk/mentors College of Arts and Law 47

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LAW

BIRMINGHAM LAW SCHOOL 48 SCHOOL OF ENGLISH, DRAMA AND AMERICAN & CANADIAN STUDIES 51 SCHOOL OF HISTORY AND CULTURES 61 SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, CULTURES, ART HISTORY AND MUSIC 74 SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY AND RELIGION 82

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Birmingham Law School

For almost 90 years Birmingham Law School has made a major contribution to teaching and scholarship. Our HOLDSWORTH academics are leaders in their fields and the authors CLUB of many key works used by practitioners today. The School is home to the Holdsworth Club; the oldest law According to the 2014 Research The School cultivates a friendly and society for students in the United Excellence Framework our research supportive environment for its student Kingdom. The Holdsworth Club output is one of the highest in the UK community. We regard doctoral is run by our students for our with 96% of our research judged to have researchers and other postgraduate students, providing advice and global impact. These results underline students as playing an important part support together with opportunities the School’s strength across the legal in maintaining and strengthening the for social and professional curriculum, the top-class teaching we research traditions of the School, and networking at a variety of events. provide and the extent of our contribution we are committed to increasing the to the legal sector. As a community of number of such students and the range world-leading scholars, teachers and of the research that they are undertaking. students, Birmingham Law School THERE WERE 260 HOURS continues to make an important We hold a daily coffee morning in the OF PAID ACADEMIC RESEARCH contribution to our understanding, School’s senior common room, providing teaching and practice of law. an opportunity to talk with staff and other ASSISTANCE GIVEN TO BIRMINGHAM postgraduates on an informal basis, LAW SCHOOL BY LLM STUDENTS We provide an expansive range of and helping you to become part of THROUGH THE CEPLER RE-SKILL programmes and employ a range of School life very quickly. approaches in our teaching and our PROGRAMME 2015–16. research, from the theoretical and doctrinal Contact us to the empirical and applied. We provide [email protected] you with more than just a degree, and CEPLER enable you to develop the skills required Learn more to enhance your employability. Our www.birmingham.ac.uk/law Our Centre for Professional programmes are also flexible, allowing Legal Education and Research you to choose from a wide range of (CEPLER) presents our students modules available to suit the areas of the with opportunities to increase their law you are most interested in studying. knowledge of law in action through mooting as well as the 50+ legal specific career events CEPLER YOUR POSTGRADUATE EXPERIENCE organises annually. CEPLER’s work is one of the many things that have The College of Arts and Law offers excellent support to postgraduates, led to Birmingham being recognised from libraries and research spaces, to extra-curricular activities and funding as the University of the Year for opportunities. All of this and more is available on our beautiful 250-acre green Graduate Employability in The and leafy campus. Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2016. www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgexperience College of Arts and Law 49

FACT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CEPLER organise an annual postgraduate mooting competition and they Birmingham Law School is one also provide opportunities for LLM students to develop their professional and of the top 100 Law schools in the transferable skills, such as through the reskill programme, where our students world and joint 11th in the UK. undertake research placements with members of academic staff. QS World Rankings 2016

LAW TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Commercial Law LLM 2:1 Honours degree in Law, or a degree in a different subject £7,290 FT £16,380 FT 1 year FT plus a pass in the Common Professional Examination £3,645 PT 2 years PT

Criminal Law and Criminal Justice LLM 2:1 Honours degree in Law, or a degree in a different subject £7,290 FT £16,380 FT 1 year FT plus a pass in the Common Professional Examination £3,645 PT 2 years PT International Commercial Law LLM 2:1 Honours degree in Law, or a degree in a different subject £7,290 FT £16,380 FT 1 year FT plus a pass in the Common Professional Examination £3,645 PT 2 years PT International Law: Crime, Justice and 2:1 Honours degree in Law, or a degree in a different subject £7,290 FT £16,380 FT 1 year FT Human Rights LLM plus a pass in the Common Professional Examination £3,645 PT 2 years PT International Law, Ethics and Politics MA 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Law, Politics £7,290 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT or Philosophy) £3,645 PT 2 years PT LLM (General) 2:1 Honours degree in Law, or a degree in a different subject £7,290 FT £16,380 FT 1 year FT plus a pass in the Common Professional Examination £3,645 PT 2 years PT LLB for Graduates 2:1 Honours degree in any subject. You do not need the £9,000 FT £15,570 FT only 2 years FT National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT).

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

FACT CONTACT US [email protected] Birmingham’s LLM programmes have been designed to allow in-depth analysis of important legal topics, with a wide range of modules available to study across all LLM programmes. Each programme has six 20-credit modules and a dissertation Full module information and the of 15,000 words; the latter to be submitted at the end of the year of study. latest course details are available online at: www.birmingham.ac.uk/llm 50 College of Arts and Law

LAW MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Law MPhil/MJur 2:1 Honours degree in Law or a subject related to the £4,180 FT £15,210 FT MPhil: 2 years FT research topic £2,090 PT 4 years PT MJur: 1 year FT 2 years PT *Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

FACILITIES AND ‘AT THE HEART OF BIRMINGHAM LAW RESOURCES FACT SCHOOL IS A STRONG FACULTY OF Birmingham is the largest legal ACADEMIC LAWYERS WHO ARE We have a postgraduate common market in the UK outside of London, LEADERS IN THEIR FIELDS. THEY room, while access to computer offering plenty of employment CONDUCT CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH facilities is provided in a dedicated opportunities after graduating. WHICH INFORMS LAW REFORM AND postgraduate workroom. The CONTRIBUTES TO THE POLICY- building offers wireless internet MAKING PROCESS.’ access throughout. We also hold seminars on, and offer training in, PROFESSOR the development and use of CONTACT US research skills. ROBERT LEE, [email protected] HEAD OF SCHOOL

LAW DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Law PhD/PhD by DL 2:1 Honours degree in Law or a subject related to the £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT research topic £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT

*Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

DOCTORAL For full details of our PhD programmes and staff research interests, please order your RESEARCHER bespoke copy of the Doctoral Research Prospectus at: www.birmingham.ac.uk/drp College of Arts and Law 51

School of English, Drama and American & Canadian Studies One of the largest Schools in the College, the School of English, Drama and American & Canadian Studies offers an extensive range of postgraduate programmes and welcomes students and researchers from all over the world.

Programmes are offered across five of Drama and Theatre Arts has a highly Departments – Drama, English Language respected national and international RESEARCH and Applied Linguistics, English Literature, reputation for excellence in teaching EXCELLENCE Film and Creative Writing and the and research. We are also one of the Shakespeare Institute, with research leading centres for the postgraduate study English Language and Literature opportunities also available in American of English in the UK, spanning language at the University of Birmingham and Canadian Studies. and literature. The Department of English received outstanding results in Language and Applied Linguistics is a the 2014 Research Excellence We particularly encourage creative world-leading centre of excellence for Framework exercise, with over thinking, with a range of pioneering both teaching and research in this field. 85% of our research judged to be programmes including Masters ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally opportunities in Creative Writing, Film We are also proud to be home to excellent’. and Television and Shakespeare and the world-renowned Shakespeare Creativity. Our creative offerings are Institute, based in Stratford-upon-Avon. also strengthened by the development Situated within walking distance of of our Department of Film and Creative Shakespeare’s birthplace, school and YOUR Writing – established in 2015 – which grave, and the theatres of the Royal POSTGRADUATE has opened up exciting new opportunities Shakespeare Company (RSC), the EXPERIENCE for postgraduates to benefit from synergies Shakespeare Institute offers postgraduate between the two fields. students and scholars an academic The College of Arts and Law offers experience unrivalled by any other university. excellent support to postgraduates, Our well-established Departments also from libraries and research spaces, provide an excellent environment for Learn more to extra-curricular activities and postgraduate study. The Department www.birmingham.ac.uk/edacs funding opportunities. All of this and more is available on our beautiful 250-acre green and leafy campus. COLLABORATION WITH THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY www.birmingham.ac.uk/ pgexperience Students across the School will benefit from the University’s exciting five-year collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) at its iconic studio theatre, The Other Place. Postgraduate students will be able to access creative spaces at The Other Place and attend RSC productions and events. 52 College of Arts and Law

DRAMA AND THEATRE ARTS MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Drama and Theatre Studies MA by 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject, although suitable £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Research/MA by Research by DL professional experience may be taken into account when £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 2 years PT assessing qualifications

*Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

CONTACT US Dr Adam Ledger – [email protected] www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-drama

DRAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

The Department is located on the picturesque Selly Oak campus, close to the University’s main Edgbaston campus. We offer extensive dedicated facilities for drama students, including the George Cadbury Hall, which includes a high-definition cinema facility and a purpose-built theatre, and the Gillett Centre, which includes a full-size gymnasium space for physical theatre training. Research facilities include the Noël Coward archive, the John Galsworthy Papers, the Barry Jackson Papers, the Charles Parker Collection and the state-of-the-art Orchard Learning Resource Centre.

DRAMA AND THEATRE ARTS DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Drama and Theatre Studies PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT

Drama and Theatre Studies Practice-Based Masters degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT PhD (through Dramaturgy, Playwriting or £2,090 PT Performance: 6 years PT Performance) Performance: £15,710 FT £4,680 FT *Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

DOCTORAL For full details of our PhD programmes and staff research interests, please order your RESEARCHER bespoke copy of the Doctoral Research Prospectus at: www.birmingham.ac.uk/drp College of Arts and Law 53

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Applied Linguistics MA/MA by DL 2:1 Honours degree in English or a relevant subject £7,650 FT only £16,380 FT only 1 year FT DL: £1,040 per module DL: £1,040 per module 2.5 years DL £3,120 dissertation £3,120 dissertation Applied Linguistics with TESOL MA 2:1 Honours degree in English or a relevant subject. £7,650 FT £16,380 FT 1 year FT Minimum of one year’s language teaching experience. £3,825 PT DL: £1,000 per module, 2 years PT DL: £1,000 per module, £3,000 dissertation £3,000 dissertation Language, Culture and Communication MA 2:1 Honours degree in English or a relevant subject £7,650 FT only £16,380 FT only 1 year FT Teaching English to Speakers of Other 2:1 Honours degree in English or a relevant subject £7,650 FT £16,380 FT only 1 year FT Languages (TESOL) MA/MA by DL £3,825 PT DL: £1,040 per module 2 years PT DL: £1,040 per module £3,120 dissertation 2.5 years DL £3,120 dissertation * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Distance learning fees apply to start dates up to and including July 2017. Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

FLEXIBLE STUDY CONTACT US Campus-based programmes You have a choice of completing Ms Sheila Brady – [email protected] our taught MA programmes in one of two ways: n  Fully on-campus, where you Distance learning programmes take your six taught modules Mr Duncan Maggs – [email protected] and complete your dissertation in Birmingham www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-elal n  Combining campus and distance modes, where you take your six taught modules in Birmingham ‘THE STUDENT COMMUNITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT IS SO MULTICULTURAL (between September and March) AND MULTILINGUAL AND HETEROGENEOUS IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS – IN LINGUISTIC and return home to complete BACKGROUNDS AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS AND NATIONALITY AND SO ON – your dissertation THAT IT PROVIDES A KIND OF IDEAL PLACE, IN A VERY MULTICULTURAL CITY, We also offer full distance learning TO STUDY THIS SUBJECT.’ options for our Masters programmes ROBERT HOLLAND, in Applied Linguistics with TESOL. PROGRAMME LEAD (CAMPUS PROGRAMMES)

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration English Language and Applied Linguistics 2:1 Honours degree in English or a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT MA by Research £2,090 PT 2 years PT

*Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

RESEARCH POSTGRADUATE CONTACT US RESOURCES COMMUNITY Dr Paul Thompson – [email protected] Our students benefit from the 450 The Department is home to a wide million-word bank of English corpus, variety of student-run postgraduate www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-elal an invaluable collection of authentic groups. We are particularly proud language data. All students and of the role our postgraduates play researchers working within English in adding to the research culture Language also have free access and activity of the Department. to a variety of language corpora, Our postgraduate researchers and, where necessary, training in often organise and run their own how to use them. The Main Library conferences and research fora, also houses an extensive collection and manage their own journal, of books on English language The Birmingham Journal of and linguistics, including English Literature and Language. language teaching, and subscribes to 250 periodicals in the fields of English language and literature.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration English Language and Applied Linguistics Masters degree in English or a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT PhD £2,090 PT 6 years PT

English Language and Applied Linguistics Masters degree in English or a relevant subject £8,865 PT £8,865 PT only 4-6 years PT PhD via Distance Learning

*Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

DOCTORAL For full details of our PhD programmes and staff research interests, please order your RESEARCHER bespoke copy of the Doctoral Research Prospectus at: www.birmingham.ac.uk/drp College of Arts and Law 55

ENGLISH LITERATURE TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Literature and Culture MA 2:1 Honours degree in English Literature or another subject £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT with a substantial English Literature element £3,510 PT 2 years PT

Medieval Studies (Medieval Literature Typically, a 2:1 Honours degree in English Literature or £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT pathway) MA a related subject. However, graduates with a degree in a £3,510 PT 2 years PT different subject are welcome to apply and their application will be considered on its merits. * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

WHICH COURSE ‘THE ASPECT THAT I ENJOYED MOST ABOUT THE MA AT BIRMINGHAM WAS IS RIGHT FOR ME? THE VARIETY OF LITERATURE YOU GET TO STUDY. THE COURSE, AND THE LECTURERS THAT TAUGHT ON IT, INTRODUCED ME TO AUTHORS THAT I WOULD The Literature and Culture MA offers NEVER HAVE FOUND ON MY OWN, AND OPENED MY EYES TO RESEARCH AREAS modules across a variety of literary THAT I WOULD NEVER HAVE NOTICED BEFORE. THE COURSE ENCOURAGES YOU periods between the 16th and 21st TO PURSUE YOUR OWN AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST AND THE LECTURERS centuries. You can take one of a SUPPORT YOU IN THAT PURSUIT.’ number of pathways, each focusing on a different literary period or genre, or take a general route choosing SHANTEL EDWARDS, MA ALUMNA from across all available modules. However, if you wish to specialise in medieval literature, the Medieval Studies MA provides an opportunity to concentrate on this period. CONTACT US MA Literature and Culture Dr Matthew Hayler – [email protected]

MA Medieval Studies Professor Naomi Standen – [email protected]

www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-literature

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ENGLISH LITERATURE MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Medieval Studies MRes 2:1 Honours degree in English Literature or a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT £2,090 PT 2 years PT

English Literature MA by Research/MA by 2:1 Honours degree in English Literature or a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Research by DL £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 2 years PT

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

OUR PROGRAMMES RESEARCH CONTACT US RESOURCES Medieval Studies MRes Our MRes programme combines Professor Wendy Scase – taught modules with an individual The Cadbury Research Library holds research project of 20,000 words, approximately 200,000 pre-1850 [email protected] while our MA by Research programme books dating from 1471 and some requires you to prepare a dissertation 4 million manuscripts. The University’s English Literature of up to 40,000 words on a topic of Main Library also houses extensive MA by Research your choice. Both programmes can research resources, with a large Dr Sebastian Mitchell – be studied on a stand-alone basis or collection covering literature in [email protected] used as a stepping stone to a PhD. general and English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the present. www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-literature

ENGLISH LITERATURE DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration English Literature PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

DOCTORAL For full details of our PhD programmes and staff research interests, please order your RESEARCHER bespoke copy of the Doctoral Research Prospectus at: www.birmingham.ac.uk/drp College of Arts and Law 57

FILM AND CREATIVE WRITING TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Creative Writing MA 2:1 Honours degree in English and/or Creative Writing, with £7,290 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT experience of writing creatively £3,645 PT 2 years PT

Film and Television: Research and 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject eg, English or Film £7,290 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT Production MA Studies. Applicants should have excellent communication skills, £3,645 PT 2 years PT with high standards of both written and spoken English. * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

CONTACT US OUR PROGRAMMES Creative Writing MA Our MA courses promote the close analysis of creative production in a range of Dr Daniel Vyleta – different critical, historical and theoretical contexts. Employability is a central value [email protected] running through our taught postgraduate programmes and we are committed to bringing you into contact with key professional industries through activities such as Film and Television MA work placements, visiting guest lectures, festivals and dedicated workshop sessions. Dr Richard Langley – [email protected]

www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-fcw

‘THE BEST THING ABOUT STUDYING CREATIVE WRITING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM IS THE ABILITY TO DISCUSS YOUR WORK WITHIN A GROUP, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO EDIT AND GIVE FEEDBACK WITHIN WORKSHOPS… HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN FEEDBACK REGULARLY ALLOWS YOUR WORK TO IMPROVE GRADUALLY THROUGHOUT YOUR TIME ON THE COURSE.’ MARIA ARROJA FERREIRA, MA STUDENT

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FILM AND CREATIVE WRITING MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Film Studies MRes 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject eg, English or Film £4,180 FT £15,210 FT only 1 year FT Studies Film Studies MA by Research/MA by 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject eg, English or Film £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Research by DL Studies £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 2 years PT

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

WHICH PROGRAMME IS RIGHT FOR ME?

Both of our Masters-level research programmes provide an opportunity to develop an CONTACT US extended piece of research. Our MRes programme combines taught modules with an Film Studies MRes individual research project of 20,000 words, and is ideal for those who are seeking research training and a theoretical foundation upon which to build their research. For Dr Michele Aaron – those who wish to focus purely on research, our MA by Research programme does [email protected] not offer taught modules – although support with research training will be provided – and allows you to produce a 40,000-word dissertation on a topic of your choice. Film Studies MA by Research Margaret Conway – [email protected] RESEARCH IN FILM AND CREATIVE WRITING Our postgraduate research community provides a lively and intellectually diverse www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-fcw environment in which to study. Our academic supervisors possess renowned expertise across a range of critical and creative approaches and we welcome research applications in all areas of film and creative writing.

FILM AND CREATIVE WRITING DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Creative Writing PhD/PhD by DL Completion of the MA in Creative Writing or composite £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT professional experience (which includes publishing) £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT Film Studies PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree in a related subject eg, English £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT Film Studies Audio-Visual PhD or Film Studies £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

DOCTORAL For full details of our PhD programmes and staff research interests, please order your RESEARCHER bespoke copy of the Doctoral Research Prospectus at: www.birmingham.ac.uk/drp College of Arts and Law 59

THE SHAKESPEARE INSTITUTE TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Shakespeare and Creativity MA 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant field, eg, English, Drama or £7,290 FT only £16,380 FT only 1 year FT Creative Writing, or relevant professional experience Shakespeare and Education MA/MA by DL 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject or Certificate £7,290 FT £16,380 FT 1 year FT of HE in Shakespeare Studies. Other qualifications and PT and DL: £850 PT and DL: £850 2–3 years PT/DL backgrounds will be considered. per module, £2,550 per module, £2,550 dissertation dissertation Shakespeare and Theatre MA/MA by DL 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject or Certificate £7,290 FT £16,380 FT 1 year FT PGDip/PGDip by DL of HE in Shakespeare Studies. Other qualifications and PT and DL: £850 PT and DL: £850 2–3 years PT/DL backgrounds will be considered. per module, £2,550 per module, £2,550 dissertation dissertation Shakespeare Studies MA 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject eg, English, Drama £7,290 FT £16,380 FT 1 year FT or History £3,645 PT 2–3 years PT

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FLEXIBLE STUDY LIFE AT THE SHAKESPEARE INSTITUTE

We offer a variety of ways in which Your learning resources are all around you. The Shakespeare Institute’s own to study Shakespeare, from the library is a renowned collection of international importance and you also have unique Shakespeare and Creativity access to the outstanding picture collections, records and library holdings of MA which combines scholarly the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. The Trust curates the archives of the Royal approaches with new creative Shakespeare Company, and, with the theatres on our doorstep, sessions with work, to the academic focus actors and directors are a feature of Institute life. of the Shakespeare Studies MA.

Our Shakespeare and Education and Shakespeare and Theatre programmes also have a flexible structure which allows study in a CONTACT US wide variety of ways, on a full- or [email protected] part-time basis either on-site at the Shakespeare Institute or by www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg- distance learning. shakespeare

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Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Shakespeare Studies MA by Research/MA 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, History, £4,680 FT £15,710 FT 1 year FT by Research by DL English, Art History or Cultural Studies) £2,340 PT £15,210 FT (DL) 2 years PT £4,180 FT (DL) £7,605 PT (DL) £2,090 PT (DL)

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

RESEARCH CULTURE BRITGRAD

Research is at the heart of the life of the Shakespeare Institute and informs all of The highlight of the academic year our activities. All students take part in weekly ‘Thursday seminars’, which are given is the annual Britgrad conference by members of staff and invited speakers. The seminars approach the study of organised by students for students. Shakespeare from a range of perspectives, including: the relationship between It provides a unique opportunity for Shakespeare’s work and the drama of his time; broader aspects of early modern graduate students to share their culture and literature; and the subsequent cultural significance of Shakespeare’s work with their peers and to hear plays and their performance on stage and screen. what other graduates in similar and related fields are working on. You will be able to join postgraduate students from all over the world CONTACT US to give and hear short papers on [email protected] all aspects of Shakespeare and www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-shakespeare early-modern drama.

THE SHAKESPEARE INSTITUTE DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Shakespeare and Creativity PhD with 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject or relevant £4,680 FT only £15,710 FT only 4 years FT Integrated Study professional experience Shakespeare Studies PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree in a relevant subject £4,680 FT £15,710 FT 3 years FT £2,340 PT £15,210 FT (DL) 6 years PT £4,180 FT (DL) £7,605 PT (DL) £2,090 PT (DL) * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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School of History and Cultures

The School of History and Cultures offers a unique range of postgraduate study and research opportunities. It builds OUR PROGRAMMES on the strengths of its constituent Departments: History; African Studies and Anthropology; Classics, Ancient We offer three types of programme, depending on your desired balance History and Archaeology; and the Ironbridge Institute of taught content and research. Our for Cultural Heritage. taught MA programmes consist of six taught modules, and a 15,000-word dissertation on a topic of your choice. Each of our departments is uniquely or economic – there is someone doing We also offer research Masters equipped to offer the highest standards of that kind of history in the department. programmes, either combined taught teaching and research within its discipline. and research programmes (MRes) Our Ironbridge International Institute containing three taught modules and African Studies and Anthropology for Cultural Heritage is based at the a 20,000-word dissertation, or MA incorporates the only West African University of Birmingham with offices by Research programmes which have Studies Centre in the world, although at Ironbridge Gorge, a World Heritage no taught content and culminate in a we teach and supervise on all of Africa Site in Shropshire, allowing students 40,000-word dissertation. Lastly, we and its diasporas. to access collections, archives and offer doctoral research opportunities exhibitions of national and international across all of our subject areas, on Classics, Ancient History and significance as well as the collective campus or by distance learning. Archaeology is one of the few university expertise of museum and heritage departments in the UK that draws together professionals. the study of Greece and Rome with Egypt and the Near East; it is also home to the In addition to specialist programmes in Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and our particular areas of expertise, we also Modern Greek Studies – the only research offer interdisciplinary opportunities across centre in the UK which brings all of these and within departments, providing a wide YOUR subjects together within a single unit. range of study and research options to POSTGRADUATE choose from. EXPERIENCE Our History portfolio covers a wide range of British, European and world history Contact us The College of Arts and Law offers from the early medieval to the present, [email protected] excellent support to postgraduates, offering exceptional chronological and from libraries and research spaces, geographical depth. Whatever your Learn more to extra-curricular activities and interest – whether cultural, social, political www.birmingham.ac.uk/historycultures funding opportunities. All of this and more is available on our beautiful 250-acre green and leafy campus. RESEARCH EXCELLENCE www.birmingham.ac.uk/ We received outstanding results across the School in the 2014 Research Excellence pgexperience Framework (REF) exercise. We were ranked first in the country for History; African Studies and Anthropology was ranked second in the country for Area Studies and we were also ranked in the top five departments of Classics. 62 College of Arts and Law

AFRICAN STUDIES AND ANTHROPOLOGY TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Africa and Development MA 2:1 Honours degree in Humanities, Social Sciences or other £8,190 FT £16,380 FT 1 year FT relevant subject £4,095 PT 2 years PT

African Studies MA/PGDip MA: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant discipline eg, MA: £7,650 FT £16,380 FT 1 year FT Humanities or Social Sciences. Applicants with a background £3,825 PT 2 years PT in other disciplines, or with less traditional qualifications, PGDip: £2,550 PT may be accepted for the Diploma in African Studies.

Social Research (African Studies) MA 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant discipline eg, Humanities or £7,650 FT only £16,380 FT only 1 year FT Social Sciences * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

LIFE IN THE LEARNING RESOURCES DEPARTMENT The Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts celebrates and We have 50 years’ experience in showcases the extensive array of cultural traditions and artistic expression supporting students from all over from West Africa, and is housed within the Department. Its contents range the world. Students from all parts from historic carvings to contemporary fine art, and it is one of the finest of Africa, Britain, Europe, America collections of its kind in Europe. and the Caribbean work together in a friendly community. There is a wealth of student-led social and recreational activity, including the Centre of West African Studies Society (CWASSOC) – which organises recreational and cultural activities among students – and a variety of departmental seminars and discussion groups.

CONTACT US [email protected] www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-dasa

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AFRICAN STUDIES AND ANTHROPOLOGY MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration African Studies MRes 2:1 Honours degree in Humanities, Social Sciences or other £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT relevant subject £2,090 PT 2 years PT

African Studies MA by Research/MA by 2:1 Honours degree in Humanities, Social Sciences or other £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Research by DL relevant subject £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 2 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

RESEARCH CULTURE ALL OF OUR STAFF HAVE LIVED AND TAUGHT IN AFRICA, Staff and postgraduate students work together closely and discuss their research AND CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT interests at regular meetings. There is also a regular programme of formal seminars at which staff, postgraduate students and visiting scholars present papers and RESEARCH THERE. discuss their work-in-progress. Our research resources include substantial holdings of archive material and documentation relating to Africa – including historic West African newspapers and periodicals, the Church Missionary Society archive, a RESEARCH collection of popular pamphlets, and various other colonial/missionary records. EXCELLENCE

African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham was ranked second among all Area Studies departments in the country CONTACT US in the 2014 Research Excellence [email protected] Framework exercise, with 93% of our research judged to be ‘world leading’ www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-dasa or ‘internationally excellent’.

AFRICAN STUDIES AND ANTHROPOLOGY DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration African Studies PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree in a relevant subject eg, Humanities or Social £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT Sciences £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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BYZANTINE, OTTOMAN AND MODERN GREEK STUDIES TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Antiquity MA (Byzantine Studies pathway) 2:1 Honours degree in Classics, Archaeology, History or other £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT relevant subject £3,510 PT 2 years PT

Medieval Studies MA (Byzantine Studies Typically, a 2:1 Honours degree in History or a related £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT pathway) subject. However, graduates with a degree in a different £3,510 PT 2 years PT subject are welcome to apply and their application will be considered on its merits. * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

GATE TO THE EASTERN LEARNING MEDITERRANEAN (GEM) RESOURCES

GEM is the postgraduate student society for the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman We have an outstanding research and Modern Greek Studies, and brings together postgraduate taught and research collection in the University Library, students. It showcases postgraduate research and creates opportunities for with strong holdings in periodicals interaction and exchanges within the Centre while also encouraging collaboration and other scholarly publications, with other societies and departments within the School of History and Cultures including those in relevant European at the University of Birmingham and beyond. languages, and subscriptions to all major online databases and e-resources. We also benefit from access to the Barber Institute’s collection of Roman and Byzantine coins – one of the largest in the world. CONTACT US Antiquity MA Dr Ruth Macrides – [email protected]

Medieval Studies MA Professor Naomi Standen – [email protected]

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BYZANTINE, OTTOMAN AND MODERN GREEK STUDIES MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Byzantine Studies MRes 2:1 Honours degree in Classics, Archaeology, History or other £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT relevant subject £2,090 PT 2 years PT

Modern East Mediterranean History MRes 2:1 Honours degree in Classics, Archaeology, History or other £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT relevant subject £2,090 PT 2 years PT Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies 2:1 Honours degree in Classics, Archaeology, History or other £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT MA by Research/MA by Research by DL relevant subject £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 2 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

RESEARCH EXPERTISE CONTACT US Our staff cover a wide range of fields and expertise in respect of both the history and the languages of the East Mediterranean region, including: late Roman and Byzantine Studies MRes/Byzantine, early, middle and late Byzantine history and archaeology; Islamic history of the Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies medieval and modern periods; Turkish and central Asian history from the early medieval to modern period; Balkan, particularly Greek, history up to the present day; MA by Research international relations, particularly between the Great Powers and Balkan and Near Dr Ruth Macrides – Eastern States from the mid-19th century; and modern Greek literature and culture. [email protected]

Modern East Mediterranean History MRes RESEARCH COLLECTIONS Dr Steven Morewood –

The Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies (CBOMGS) is the [email protected] only centre in the UK which brings all of these subjects together within a single unit. CBOMGS aims to provide a stimulating environment for cross-disciplinary research www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-bomgs and inter-cultural dialogue for the wider research community.

BYZANTINE, OTTOMAN AND MODERN GREEK STUDIES DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Masters degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT Studies PhD/PhD by DL £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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CLASSICS, ANCIENT HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Antiquity MA 2:1 Honours degree in Classics, Archaeology, History or other £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT relevant subject £3,510 PT 2 years PT

Archaeology MA/PGDip/PGCert MA: 2:1 Honours degree in Archaeology or any Humanities, MA: £7,020 FT MA/PGDip: MA/PGDip: 1 year FT Social Sciences, Earth Sciences or other relevant subject £3,510 PT £15,660 FT 2 years PT PGDip/PGCert: 2:2 Honours degree in Archaeology or any PGDip: £4,680 FT PGCert: £7,830 FT PGCert: 4 months FT Humanities, Social Sciences, Earth Sciences or other £2,340 PT relevant subject PGCert: £2,340 FT only Medieval Studies MA (Medieval Archaeology Typically a 2:1 Honours degree in Archaeology or a related £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT pathway) subject. However, graduates with a degree in a different £3,510 PT 2 years PT subject are welcome to apply and their application will be considered on its merits. * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

CAREER OUTCOMES

Many of our postgraduates enter roles such as museum and heritage activities and archaeological posts, although others have used their transferable skills to pursue CONTACT US other careers such as teaching and accountancy. Employers that our graduates have Antiquity MA gone on to work for include: AC Archaeology; University of Birmingham; National Dr Ruth Macrides – Trust; and the Barber Institute of Fine Arts. [email protected]

Archaeology MA ‘BIRMINGHAM IS A GREAT PLACE Paul Garwood – TO DO ARCHAEOLOGY. ALL OF THE [email protected] LECTURERS ARE REALLY NICE AND THE BEST THING IS, THEY’RE SO Medieval Studies MA PASSIONATE.’ Professor Naomi Standen – [email protected] SOPHIE BRICKNELL, MA ARCHAEOLOGY www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-caha STUDENT 2015-16

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CLASSICS, ANCIENT HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Ancient History MRes 2:1 Honours degree in Classics, Archaeology, History or other £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT relevant subject £2,090 PT 2 years PT

Archaeology MRes 2:1 Honours degree in Archaeology, or any Humanities, Social £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Sciences, Earth Sciences, or other relevant subject £2,090 PT 2 years PT Classics MRes 2:1 Honours degree in Classics, Archaeology, History or other £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT relevant subject £2,090 PT 2 years PT Cuneiform and Ancient Near Eastern 2:1 Honours degree in Classics, Archaeology, History or other £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Studies MRes relevant subject £2,090 PT 2 years PT Egyptology MRes 2:1 Honours degree in Classics, Archaeology, History or other £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT relevant subject £2,090 PT 2 years PT Greek Archaeology MRes 2:1 Honours degree in Classics, Archaeology, History or other £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT relevant subject £2,090 PT 2 years PT Late Antiquity MRes 2:1 Honours degree in Classics, Archaeology, History or other £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT relevant subject £2,090 PT 2 years PT Archaeology MA by Research/MA by 2:1 Honours degree in Archaeology, or any Humanities, Social £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Research by DL Sciences, Earth Sciences, or other relevant subject £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 2 years PT Classics and Ancient History MA by 2:1 Honours degree in Classics, Archaeology, History or other £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Research/MA by Research by DL relevant subject £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 2 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

RESEARCH CONTACT US EXCELLENCE Ancient History MRes/ Egyptology MRes Late Antiquity MRes Dr Tony Leahy – Classics, Ancient History and Dr Gareth Sears – [email protected] Archaeology at the University of [email protected] Birmingham was ranked in the top Greek Archaeology MRes five departments of Classics in Archaeology MRes/MA by Research Dr Ken Wardle – the 2014 Research Excellence Paul Garwood – [email protected] Framework exercise, with over 80% [email protected] of our research judged to be ‘world Classics and Ancient History leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’. Classics MRes MA by Research Dr Gideon Nisbet – Professor Dimitris Tziovas – [email protected] [email protected]

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CLASSICS, ANCIENT HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Archaeology PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree in Archaeology or other related discipline £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT

Classics and Ancient History PhD/ Masters degree in Classics, Ancient History or other related £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT PhD by DL discipline £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

DOCTORAL For full details of our PhD programmes and staff research interests, please order your RESEARCHER bespoke copy of the Doctoral Research Prospectus at: www.birmingham.ac.uk/drp

HISTORY TAUGHT PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Contemporary History MA 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, History, Politics £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT or Cultural Studies) £3,510 PT 2 years PT

Early Modern History MA 2:1 Honours degree in History, Theology or other related £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT discipline (eg, Humanities or Social Sciences) £3,510 PT 2 years PT Global History MA 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, History, Politics £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT or Cultural Studies) £3,510 PT 2 years PT History MA by DL 2:1 Honours degree in History or other related discipline (eg, £3,825 PT only £3,825 PT only 2 years PT Humanities or Social Sciences) History of Warfare MA 2:1 Honours degree in History or other related discipline. £7,020 FT only £15,660 FT only 1 year FT Other professional qualifications comparable to a degree standard will also be considered. Holocaust and Genocide MA/PGDip/ 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject, eg, Humanities or MA: £7,020 FT £3,510 MA/PGDip: MA/PGDip: 1 year FT PGCert Social Sciences. Non-standard or professional experience will PT PGDip: £4,680 FT £15,660 FT 2 years PT be considered for entry on to the PGDip/PGCert. £2,340 PT PGCert: PGCert: £7,830 FT PGCert: 4 months FT £2,340 FT/PT 8 months PT Medieval Studies (Medieval History Typically a 2:1 Honours degree in History or related subject. £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT pathway) MA However, graduates with a degree in a different subject are £3,510 PT 2 years PT welcome to apply and their application will be considered on its merits. Military History MA by DL 2:1 Honours degree in History or other relevant discipline £3,825 PT only £3,825 PT only 2 years PT Modern British Studies MA 2:1 Honours degree in History or other related discipline (eg, £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT Humanities or Social Sciences) £3,510 PT 2 years PT Social Research (Economic and Social 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject eg, Humanities or £7,020 FT only £15,660 FT only 1 year FT History) MA Social Sciences West Midlands History MA 2:1 Honours degree. Previous knowledge of History is not £3,510 PT only UK/EU only 2 years PT required. * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

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FLEXIBLE STUDY CAREER OUTCOMES CONTACT US

Contemporary History MA Our programmes are carefully Over the past five years, over 93% Dr Simon Jackson – designed to allow you to fit your of History postgraduates were in [email protected] studies around work, family or other work and/or further study six months commitments. Many programmes after graduation. Some of our History Early Modern History MA are available to study on both a full- postgraduates go on to use their Dr Jonathan Willis – [email protected] and part-time basis, while our West studies directly, for example in Midlands History MA is available on a heritage, museums or the armed Global History MA flexible part-time basis over two years, forces; others use their transferable Dr Lucie Ryzova – [email protected] through Saturday Schools. We also skills in a range of occupations from offer distance learning programmes finance, to publishing, to fundraising. History MA/Military History MA in History and Military History. by distance learning Dr Daniel Whittingham – [email protected]

History of Warfare MA Dr Steffen Prauser – [email protected]

Holocaust and Genocide MA Dr Isabel Wollaston – [email protected]

Medieval Studies MA Professor Naomi Standen – [email protected]

Modern British Studies MA Dr Christopher Moores – [email protected]

Social Research (Economic and Social History) MA Dr Manu Sehgal – [email protected]

West Midlands History MA Dr Malcolm Dick – [email protected]

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HISTORY MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Early Modern History MRes 2:1 Honours degree in History or other relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT (eg, Politics or Cultural Studies) £2,090 PT 2 years PT

Medieval History MRes 2:1 Honours degree in History or other relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT (eg, Politics or Cultural Studies) £2,090 PT 2 years PT Modern European History MRes 2:1 Honours degree in History or other relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT (eg, Politics or Cultural Studies) £2,090 PT 2 years PT Twentieth Century British History MRes 2:1 Honours degree in History or other relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT (eg, Politics or Cultural Studies) £2,090 PT 2 years PT History MA by Research/MA by Research 2:1 Honours degree in History or other relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT by DL (eg, Politics or Cultural Studies) £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 2 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

RESEARCH RESEARCH CONTACT US EXCELLENCE EXPERTISE Early Modern History MRes Dr Jonathan Willis – [email protected] History at the University of Our research interests include Birmingham was ranked first among cultural and social history, political Medieval History MRes all History departments in the country development, economic and religious Professor Naomi Standen – [email protected] in the 2014 Research Excellence history, environmental history and

Framework exercise, with 87% of our imperialism. Moreover, historians in Modern European History MRes research judged to be ‘world leading’ other departments also contribute Professor Corey Ross – or ‘internationally excellent’. to our postgraduate teaching and [email protected] supervision, in areas such as Byzantine, African, American Twentieth Century British History MRes and Canadian history. Dr Christopher Moores – [email protected]

History MA by Research – see www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-history for details of potential supervisors HISTORY DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration History PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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IRONBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE (IIICH) TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration International Heritage Management 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £7,890 FT £16,260 FT 1 year FT MA/MA by DL DL: £8,790 FT DL: £8,790 FT 2 years PT (DL only) £4,395 PT £4,395 PT World Heritage Studies MA 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant discipline eg, Archaeology, £7,890 FT only £16,260 FT only 1 year FT History or Cultural Studies

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

CONTACT US OUR PROGRAMMES International Heritage Management MA Dr Roger White – [email protected] Our postgraduate programmes provide training for people embarking World Heritage Studies MA on, or developing careers in, the heritage and related sectors, in Dr Helle Jørgensen – [email protected] the UK and overseas. We take an international, cross-disciplinary www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-ironbridge approach to the study of heritage and seek to equip all of our students with appropriate management skills.

OVER 600 STUDENTS HAVE FOLLOWED OUR PROGRAMMES.

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IRONBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE (IIICH) MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Cultural Heritage MA by Research/MA by 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Research by DL £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 2 years PT

* Tuition fees per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

‘CULTURAL HERITAGE IS A GLOBAL SOCIAL FACT – EVERYONE IN THE WORLD CAN WHY STUDY CLAIM AT LEAST ONE HERITAGE AS THEIRS – BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF WITH US? HERITAGE VERY POORLY. ANYTHING CAN BECOME HERITAGE, BUT NOT EVERYTHING IS: THE PROCESSES OF HERITAGE CREATION AND MAINTENANCE ARE AT ONCE The Institute works with an extensive EVIDENT BUT ALSO OPAQUE. OUR RESEARCHERS ARE AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE global network of researchers, DEVELOPING DISCIPLINE OF GLOBAL CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDIES AND PROVIDE practitioners and policy makers ESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO AN ASPECT OF OUR CONTEMPORARY WORLD.’ engaged in the heritage and related sectors. You will be able to benefit DR JOHN CARMAN, IIICH PHD COORDINATOR from our research, our networks and partnerships and our dedication and enthusiasm to better understand and CONTACT US manage cultural heritage around Dr John Carman – [email protected] the world. www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-ironbridge

IRONBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE (IIICH) DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Cultural Heritage PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT

* Tuition fees per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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I am Head of Masterplanning and Engagement at IWM Duxford. I read the Museums Journal while at university and discovered that even entry-level jobs in the heritage industry asked for a museum qualification. The Ironbridge course offered the opportunity to understand heritage sites as well as museums at an organisational level. The fact that it was located in the middle of, and taking inspiration from, a World Heritage Site was very compelling.

ALICIA GURNEY, Heritage Management MA alumna. Alicia is pictured at the Imperial War Museum (IWM) Duxford.

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School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music The School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music brings together a number of internationally renowned departments to offer an extensive portfolio of innovative and interdisciplinary programmes in an exciting and creative environment, underpinned by a vibrant research culture.

We are proud to be home to a range of In addition to housing one of the UK’s outstanding facilities, available to all of our largest groups of internationally renowned students and the wider University. researchers in the national cultures of UNIVERSITY OF Europe, the Department of Modern BIRMINGHAM The Department of Art History, Curating Languages also hosts a Language and MUSIC SOCIETY and Visual Studies is located in the Barber Media Resource Centre which specifically Institute of Fine Arts, which houses the supports language learning through the The Department also organises Barber Institute gallery and an exceptional latest interactive learning technology. the University of Birmingham Music Fine Art Library. Society which is the oldest society We have a vibrant, international at the University, and is the largest The Department of Music is based in the postgraduate community and offer music-making body on campus. We Bramall Music Building, with state-of-the-art excellent study and research opportunities have over 700 members, including facilities including the 450-seat Elgar in a supportive working environment. students, staff and members of the Concert Hall, a suite dedicated to the study local community. We offer a range and performance of early music, five Contact us of ensembles and activities, creating electroacoustic studios and a large [email protected] a lively atmosphere for students in rehearsal room. We also have one of the the Department of Music and beyond. best music libraries in the country, with Learn more special collections including materials on www.birmingham.ac.uk/lcahm www.uobmusicsociety.org.uk 20th-century English music, Baroque music and an extensive microfilm collection. YOUR POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE EXCELLENCE The College of Arts and Law offers We received outstanding results excellent support to postgraduates, across the School in the 2014 from libraries and research spaces, to Research Excellence Framework extra-curricular activities and funding (REF) exercise, with at least 75% opportunities. All of this and more is of our research judged to be ‘world available on our beautiful 250-acre leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ green and leafy campus. across all subject areas. www.birmingham.ac.uk/ pgexperience College of Arts and Law 75

ART HISTORY, CURATING AND VISUAL STUDIES TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Art History and Curating MA 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject eg, Art History or £7,520 FT £16,160 FT only 1 year FT other Humanities subject £3,760 PT 2 years PT

History of Art MA 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject eg, Art History or £7,020 FT £15,660 FT only 1 year FT other Humanities subject £3,510 PT 2 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

Our Art History and Curating programme provides extensive opportunities for practical experience. It is one of the few postgraduate programmes in the country to offer you the opportunity to work in a team with academic and gallery CONTACT US professionals to curate an art exhibition, which will take place in the Barber Institute Dr Camilla Smith – of Fine Arts on campus or Grand Union Gallery in the city centre. You’ll also have [email protected] the option to take up a part-time 12-week placement in a local art institution. www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-arthistory Please note that application deadlines apply for this programme – see online course page for further details.

I am an exhibitions officer for Birmingham Museums Trust. It was fantastic to be based in the Barber Institute and to have the opportunity to put on an exhibition there as part of the History of Art course. The University had opportunities for internships and volunteering in different cultural organisations, which really helped me to develop my skills after graduating.

KATIE HALL, MA History of Art alumna. Katie is pictured at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

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ART HISTORY, CURATING AND VISUAL STUDIES MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration History of Art MRes 2:1 Honours degree in Art History or other relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT only 1 year FT £2,090 PT 2 years PT

History of Art MA by Research/MA by 2:1 Honours degree in Art History or other relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Research by DL £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 2 years PT *  Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

RESEARCH CULTURE RESEARCH EXCELLENCE Postgraduate students are encouraged to become active History of Art at the University of members of both departmental Birmingham received outstanding and University-wide research results in the 2014 Research communities and to help plan, Excellence Framework Exercise, organise and participate in public with over 80% of our research lectures, research seminars and judged to be ‘world leading’ or the History of Art annual symposia. ‘internationally excellent’. The department is also home to the online Journal of Art Historiography; each year a postgraduate student is invited to become the editorial assistant and oversee two online CONTACT US editions of this journal. Dr Camilla Smith – [email protected] www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-arthistory

ART HISTORY, CURATING AND VISUAL STUDIES DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration History of Art PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree in Art History or a related discipline £4,180 FT £15,210 FT only 3 years FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT

*  Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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MODERN LANGUAGES TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Colonial and Postcolonial Studies MA 2:1 Honours degree in Humanities or Social Sciences £7,020 FT £15,660 FT only 1 year FT £3,510 PT 2 years PT

Holocaust and Genocide MA/PGDip/PGCert 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject eg, Humanities or MA: £7,020 FT MA/PGDip: MA/PGDip: 1 year FT Social Sciences, for the MA. Non-standard or professional £3,510 PT £15,660 FT 2 years PT experience will be considered for entry on to the PGDip/ PGDip: £4,680 FT PGCert: £7,830 FT PGCert: 4 months FT PGCert. £2,340 PT 8 months PT PGCert: £2,340 FT/PT Translation Studies MA/MA by DL 2:1 Honours degree in English, Modern Languages or other £7,290 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT related subject. Applicants must be proficient in English and £3,645 PT DL: £1,000 per 2 years PT one of the following languages: Arabic; Catalan; Chinese; DL: £1,000 per module £3,000 2.5 years DL French; German; Greek; Italian; Spanish; Portuguese module £3,000 dissertation or Russian. dissertation * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Distance learning fees apply to start dates up to and including July 2017. Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

OUR TRANSLATION STUDIES MA HAS INTERDISCIPLINARY BEEN AWARDED MEMBERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES CONTACT US OF THE EUROPEAN MASTERS Colonial and Postcolonial Studies MA Dr Berny Sèbe – In Modern Languages, we encourage TRANSLATION (EMT) NETWORK, interdisciplinary study within the WHICH ACKNOWLEDGES THE [email protected] Department and beyond. Our Colonial and Postcolonial Studies HIGH-QUALITY TRAINING FOR Holocaust and Genocide MA programme incorporates History, TRANSLATORS THAT THE Dr Joanne Sayner – Literature, African Studies and Film, PROGRAMME PROVIDES. [email protected] alongside many fields within Modern Languages itself. Our Holocaust and Genocide MA is co-taught with Translation Studies MA colleagues in History and Theology, [email protected] allowing you to approach the subject from a variety of perspectives. www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-languages

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MODERN LANGUAGES MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Modern Languages MRes 2:1 Honours degree in a modern language or other humanities subject area £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT with, where appropriate, competence in the relevant foreign language £2,090 PT 2 years PT

Sexuality and Gender Studies MRes 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant discipline, eg, Humanities or Social £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Sciences £2,090 PT 2 years PT French Studies MA by Research/MA by 2:1 Honours degree in French (Single or Joint Honours) £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Research by DL £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 2 years PT German Studies MA by Research/MA by 2:1 Honours degree in German (Single or Joint Honours) £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Research by DL £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 2 years PT Hispanic Studies MA by Research/MA by 2:1 Honours degree in Spanish (Single or Joint Honours) £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Research by DL £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 2 years PT Italian Studies MA by Research/MA by 2:1 Honours degree in Italian (Single or Joint Honours) £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Research by DL £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 2 years PT Russian Studies MA by Research/MA by 2:1 Honours degree in Russian (Single or Joint Honours) £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Research by DL £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 2 years PT Sexuality and Gender Studies MA by 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant discipline eg, Humanities or Social £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Research/MA by Research by DL Sciences £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 2 years PT Translation Studies MA by Research/MA 2:1 Honours degree in English, Modern Languages or other related £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT by Research by DL subject £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 2 years PT *  Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

POSTGRADUATE CONTACT US COMMUNITY Modern Languages MRes Professor Francis Lough – [email protected] Each of our disciplines is a close-knit community, which attaches great Sexuality and Gender Studies MRes/MA by Research importance to friendly and informal Professor Lisa Downing – [email protected] relations between staff and students. There are various social activities Translation Studies MA by Research and events within each field, including Dr Gabriela Saldanha – [email protected] research seminars, symposia, group meals, trips and cultural and sporting For contact details for individual languages, please see individual course finder pages events. You will also have the opportunity to present papers and work-in-progress at the postgraduate- led School Postgraduate Forum and RESEARCH EXCELLENCE Graduate Centre for Europe. We have been recognised for the quality of our research in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework Exercise, with 75% of our research judged to be ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’. College of Arts and Law 79

MODERN LANGUAGES DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration French Studies PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree in French £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT

German Studies PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree in German £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT Hispanic Studies PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree in Spanish £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT Italian Studies PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree in Italian £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT Modern Languages Audio-Visual PhD Masters degree in a relevant modern language £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT 6 years PT Russian Studies PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree in Russian £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT Sexuality and Gender Studies PhD/PhD Masters degree in a relevant discipline eg, Humanities or £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT by DL Social Sciences £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT Translation Studies PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

I am coming to the end of my PhD studies. The highlight for me has to have been my two supervisors. From the moment I told them that my intention was to pursue a research career, they tailored my studies as preparation for that.

JOHN FRANCIS, Doctoral Researcher in German Studies.

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MUSIC TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Music MA – performance and choral 2:1 Honours degree in Music or a relevant discipline £8,370 FT £17,610 FT only 1 year FT conducting pathways £4,185 PT 2 years PT

Music MA – all other pathways 2:1 Honours degree in Music or a relevant discipline £7,020 FT £15,660 FT only 1 year FT £3,510 PT 2 years PT Music MA – pre-Masters See online – £7,020 FT only £15,210 FT only 2 years FT www.birmingham.ac.uk/international/pre-masters * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

OUR PROGRAMMES The Choral Conducting pathway of the Music MA is directed by Professor CONTACT US Our MA Music offers 12 specialist Simon Halsey CBE, Chorus Director Dr Scott Wilson pathways across Composition, of the City of Birmingham Symphony (Composition pathways) Musicology and Performance Choruses and recipient of the (including Choral Conducting) Queen’s Medal for Music 2014. Dr Luis-Manuel Garcia plus flexible open pathways with and (Musicology pathways) without performance. Each pathway includes a range of core and optional taught modules and the course is Professor Andrew Kirkman completed with a dissertation, recital (Performance pathways) or composition portfolio. pgadmissionsmusic@ contacts.bham.ac.uk

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MUSIC MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Music Performance Practice MA by 2:1 Honours degree in Music or a relevant discipline £4,180 FT £15,570 FT 1 year FT Research/MA by Research by DL £2,090 PT £7,785 PT (DL only) 2 years PT

Musical Composition MA by Research/MA 2:1 Honours degree in Music or a relevant discipline £4,180 FT £15,570 FT 1 year FT by Research by DL £2,090 PT £7,785 PT (DL only) 2 years PT Musicology MA by Research/MA by 2:1 Honours degree in Music or a relevant discipline £4,180 FT £15,570 FT 1 year FT Research by DL £2,090 PT £7,785 PT (DL only) 2 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

RESEARCH RESOURCES CONTACT US Composition: Our Music Library is one of the best in the country, with special collections focused Dr Scott Wilson – on 20th-century English music, including Elgar’s diaries, manuscript scores and [email protected] early editions, and Baroque music, including many manuscript and early printed sources, and an extensive microfilm collection. Musicology: Dr Luis-Manuel Garcia – OVER 85% OF OUR RESEARCH WAS JUDGED TO BE ‘WORLD [email protected] LEADING’ OR ‘INTERNATIONALLY EXCELLENT’ IN THE 2014 RESEARCH EXCELLENCE FRAMEWORK EXERCISE. Performance: Professor Andrew Kirkman – [email protected] MUSIC DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Music Performance Practice PhD/PhD Masters degree in Music or a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,570 FT 3 years FT by DL £2,090 PT £7,785 PT (DL only) 6 years PT

Musical Composition PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree in Music or a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,570 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT £7,785 PT (DL only) 6 years PT Musicology PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree in Music or a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,570 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT £7,785 PT (DL only) 6 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion

The School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion offers a variety of forward-thinking postgraduate study OUR PROGRAMMES opportunities and is home to a dynamic and friendly community of staff and students, pursuing original We offer three types of programme, depending on your desired balance research on a wide range of topics. of taught content and research. Our taught MA programmes consist of six taught modules, and a 15,000-word dissertation on a topic The School is made up of the Department Studies, as well as the Institute of your choice. We also offer research of Philosophy and the Department of of Applied Social Studies. Masters programmes. Combined Theology and Religion, both of which taught and research programmes were ranked second among other The Department of Theology and Religion (MRes) containing three taught departments in the country in the 2014 has extensive formal and informal links with modules and a 20,000-word Research Excellence Framework exercise. a wide range of academic and religious dissertation are offered across institutions across five continents. It has both departments, while an MA The Departments are closely linked, also built up excellent relationships and by Research programme which has providing opportunities for interdisciplinary partnerships with Birmingham’s many no taught content and culminates study, but have also developed links more different faith communities; this offers in a 40,000-word dissertation is widely, in order to explore synergies with an ideal context to study religion in its also offered in Theology and Religion. other disciplines. contemporary as well as its ancient Lastly, we offer doctoral research cultural contexts. opportunities in both Philosophy and The Department of Philosophy has links Theology and Religion, on campus with the College of Medical and Dental These relationships, coupled with our large or by distance learning. Sciences, the International Development international community of postgraduates, Department, the Birmingham Business means you will be studying in a diverse, School, the School of Psychology and yet well-connected environment. the Birmingham Law School. In addition, the Department includes the Centre for the Contact us YOUR Study of Global Ethics, which was founded [email protected] POSTGRADUATE in 2001 to address the practical and EXPERIENCE theoretical issues raised by globalisation. Learn more Global Ethics has natural affinities with www.birmingham.ac.uk/ptr The College of Arts and Law offers Political Science and International excellent support to postgraduates, from libraries and research spaces, to extra-curricular activities and funding opportunities. All of this and more is available on our beautiful 250-acre green and leafy campus.

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PHILOSOPHY TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Global Ethics MSc 2:1 Honours degree in Philosophy or other relevant subject £7,290 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT (eg, Theology or Sociology) £3,645 PT 2–4 years PT

Human Values and Human Rights MSc 2:1 Honours degree in Philosophy or other relevant subject £7,290 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT (eg, Politics, English, or Psychology) £3,645 PT 2–4 years PT International Law, Ethics and Politics MA 2:1 Honours degree in Philosophy, Politics or other relevant £7,290 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT subject (eg, Sociology, Theology, or English) £3,645 PT 2 years PT Philosophy MA 2:1 Honours degree in Philosophy or other relevant subject £7,290 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT (eg, Politics, Linguistics, Theology, Sociology, or Law) £3,645 PT 2 years PT Philosophy of Health and Happiness 2:1 Honours degree in Philosophy or other relevant subject £7,290 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT MA/MA by DL (eg, Psychology, Theology, English, or Sociology) £3,645 PT DL: £7,650 FT 2 years PT DL: £7,650 FT £3,825 PT £3,825 PT Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science 2:1 Honours degree in Philosophy or other relevant subject £7,290 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT MA (eg, Medicine, Psychology, or English) £3,645 PT 2 years PT Philosophy of Religion and Ethics MA/MA 2:1 Honours degree in Philosophy or other relevant subject MA: £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT by DL/PGDip (eg, Sociology, English) £3,510 PT DL: £7,650 FT 2 years PT PGDip: £4,680 FT £3,825 PT £2,340 PT DL: £7,650 FT £3,825 PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

‘THE POSTGRADUATE COMMUNITY IN PHILOSOPHY IS PARTICULARLY STRONG. OUR PROGRAMMES POSTGRADUATE TAUGHT STUDENTS GET A LOT OF CONTACT WITH POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENTS… STUDENTS ALSO GET A LOT OF CONTACT WITH We offer a wide range of programmes LECTURERS AND THERE IS A REALLY GOOD ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT.’

allowing you to specialise in areas of Philosophy that interest you most, KASH SUNGHUTTEE, and we also provide opportunities PHILOSOPHY MA STUDENT 2015-16 for interdisciplinary study with Law, Politics and Theology and Religion. All of our programmes are available to study both full-time and part-time, but we also offer two distance learning CONTACT US programmes to help you to fit your Please see individual course finder pages at www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-philosophy studies around other commitments.

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PHILOSOPHY MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Philosophy MRes 2:1 Honours degree in Philosophy or a Joint Honours degree £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT of which Philosophy is a component £2,090 PT 2 years PT

*  Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

RESEARCH EXCELLENCE

Philosophy at the University of Birmingham was ranked second among all Philosophy departments in the country in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework exercise, with 83% of our research judged to be ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.

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PHILOSOPHY DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Global Ethics PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree with a significant philosophical component £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT

Philosophy PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree with a significant philosophical component £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT *  Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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THEOLOGY AND RELIGION TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Evangelical and Charismatic Studies MA by 2:1 Honours degree in Theology, Religious Studies or a MA: £7,650 FT As UK/EU fees MA/PGDip: 1 year FT DL/PGDip by DL/PGCert by DL related subject £3,825 PT 2 years PT PGDip: £5,100 FT PGCert: 4 months FT £2,550 PT 8 months PT PGCert: £2,550 FT/PT Holocaust and Genocide MA/PGDip/PGCert 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject eg, Humanities or MA: £7,020 FT MA/PGDip: 1 year FT Social Sciences, for the MA. Non-standard or professional £3,510 PT £15,660 FT 2 years PT experience will be considered for entry on to the PGDip/ PGDip: £4,680 FT PGCert: £7,830 FT PGCert: 4 months FT PGCert. £2,340 PT 8 months PT PGCert: £2,340 FT/PT Philosophy of Religion and Ethics MA/MA 2:1 Honours degree in Philosophy or other relevant subject MA: £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT by DL/PGDip (eg, Sociology, or English) £3,510 PT DL: £7,650 FT 2 years PT PGDip: £4,680 FT £3,825 PT £2,340 PT DL: £7,650 FT £3,825 PT Religion, Politics and Society MA 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant discipline eg, Theology, MA: £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT Politics or other Humanities and Social Sciences subjects £3,510 PT 2 years PT Theology and Religion MA 2:1 Honours degree in Theology or a relevant subject MA: £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT £3,510 PT 2 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

OUR CONTACT US POSTGRADUATE Evangelical and Charismatic Studies MA COMMUNITY Professor Allan Anderson – [email protected] We have a busy programme Holocaust and Genocide MA of seminars, conferences and workshops that our postgraduates Dr Isabel Wollaston – [email protected] can attend, and host public lectures given by distinguished scholars, so Philosophy of Religion and Ethics MA you have lots of opportunities to Dr Maja Spener – [email protected] explore your specific interests. Religion, Politics and Society MA/Theology and Religion MA Dr Katherine Brown – [email protected]

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THEOLOGY AND RELIGION MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Islamic Studies MRes 2:1 Honours degree in Theology, Religious Studies or other £4,180 FT £15,210 FT only 1 year FT related discipline £2,090 PT 2 years PT Sikh Studies MRes 2:1 Honours degree in Theology, Religious Studies or other £4,180 FT £15,210 FT only 1 year FT related discipline £2,090 PT 2 years PT Theology and Religion MRes 2:1 Honours degree in Theology, Religious Studies or other £4,180 FT £15,210 FT only 1 year FT related discipline £2,090 PT 2 years PT Theology and Religion MA by Research/MA 2:1 Honours degree in Theology, Religious Studies or other £4,180 FT £15,210 FT only 1 year FT by Research by DL related discipline £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 2 years PT *  Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

RESEARCH CONTACT US EXPERTISE Islamic Studies MRes The Department has an outstanding Dr Katherine Brown – [email protected] international reputation in the study of all types of religion in the Sikh Studies MRes contemporary world, including inter-cultural theology, textual studies, Dr Jagbir Jhutti-Johal – [email protected] pentecostal and charismatic studies, inter-religious relations, Islamic Theology and Religion MRes/MA by Research studies and Quaker studies. Dr Deryn Guest – [email protected]

RESEARCH EXCELLENCE

Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham was ranked second among all Theology and Religion departments in the country in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework exercise, with 79% of our research judged to be ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.

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THEOLOGY AND RELIGION DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Practical Theology Doctorate Normally a 2:1 degree in a relevant discipline is required for £2,090 PT only £7,605 PT only 5–6 years PT entry. Candidates will also require a suitable base in practice to be accepted on this course. Theology and Religion PhD/PhD by DL Masters degree in Theology, Religious Studies or other £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT related discipline £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT *  Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

I am researching contemporary Jewish–Christian relations and their implications for how Christians understand the modern state of Israel. The University has just the right mixture of theologians and scholars to facilitate my unique research goals. WILLIAM EVANS, Doctoral Researcher in Theology and Religion.

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I am a Fulbright Scholar and chose Birmingham because it is one of the few schools internationally that would allow me to pursue a degree specifically in Robotics. The highlight of my time at the University has been meeting its diverse student body; I have met students from all over the world – including places I had never heard of!

EMMANUEL JOHNSON, Robotics MSc alumnus. Emmanuel is pictured in the University’s Robotics Lab.

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES

SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 90 SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY 94 DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING 96 SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE 100 DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC, ELECTRICAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 103 SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS 106 DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 109 SCHOOL OF METALLURGY AND MATERIALS 112 SCHOOL OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY 115

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School of Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering at Birmingham is one of the three largest centres for the postgraduate education of chemical RESEARCH IMPACT engineers in the UK. We have a postgraduate population of over 100, half from overseas, creating a truly multinational The School was ranked joint fourth overall in the UK for its research population and a lively, vibrant research environment. prowess and first nationally for research impact. We have pioneered development The School is home to a number of and research in rapidly expanding EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training, new areas, such as pharmaceuticals and is also home to the Birmingham and bioproducts, food processing, Centre for Cryogenic Energy Storage FACILITIES AND hydrogen fuel cells and energy research, (BCCES). We are the first in the UK to RESOURCES as well as having leading-edge groups have a research facility for energy storage in fluid and particle mechanics. using cryogenic liquids, comprising new Our Centre for Formulation laboratories, state-of-the-art equipment, Engineering enables research Staff in the School have a wide range and a major demonstration plant funded into structured products, in of expertise in fields such as tissue by a £12.3 million grant from the EPSRC. collaboration with Physics, Chemistry engineering, supercritical fluid processing, and Materials Science: £3.5 million catalysis, food engineering, mathematical Learn more of infrastructure funding has been modelling and pharmaceutical engineering. www.birmingham.ac.uk/chemical- used to modernise and redesign Our reputation is reflected in our 2014 engineering the laboratory space, bringing our Research Excellence Framework (REF) bioprocessing facilities to Class rating where 87% of the research in the 2 GMO standards, creating a suite of School was rated as ‘world leading’ or PIONEERING formulation engineering and computer ‘internationally excellent’. RESEARCH laboratories and a pilot plant. Via the Centre for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, we have purpose-built The School is home to the Thermal laboratories for the development and Energy Research Accelerator (T-ERA) testing of fuel cells and for hydrogen which is one of three work streams production via novel methods. that form the Energy Research Accelerator (ERA), a capital investment of £60 million from government capital funding, supported by an additional £120 SCHOLARSHIPS million of co-investment secured AND STUDENTSHIPS by industry and academic partners. T-ERA is driving development and A variety of scholarships integration of a range of thermal are available. Please see the and cryo energy technologies. University’s postgraduate funding database: www.birmingham.ac.uk/ pgfunding College of Engineering and Physical Sciences 91

POSTGRADUATE STUDY

The modern focus of chemical engineering is on structured products where the micron-scale formulated structure determines the function of the material. Innovation CONTACT US in product and process requires interdisciplinary science and industry focus, both Professor Owen Thomas – of which are internationally recognised at Birmingham. Our research activity is +44 (0)121 414 5278; collaborative, with new projects frequently bringing together academics with [email protected] different interests. We also have current overseas collaborations with universities in Australia, Brazil, China, Japan, India, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal, Canada and the USA.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Advanced Chemical Engineering MSc/PGDip 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Chemical MSc: £8,910 FT MSc: £19,890 FT MSc: 1 year FT Engineering or Chemistry with sufficient Mathematics) £4,455 PT PGDip: £13,260 FT 2 years PT PGDip: £5,940 FT £2,970 PT Air Pollution Management and Control MSc: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject, or a degree Contact School for Contact School for MSc: 1 year FT MSc/PGDip without Honours plus two years’ relevant work experience fee information fee information 2 years PT PGDip: as for the MSc, although holders of lower diplomas may be considered. If the applicant has a 2:2, then 2:1 marks in Chemistry and Physics modules are required. If the applicant has 2:2 marks in these modules, then relevant work experience is required. Biochemical Engineering MSc/PGDip 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Chemical MSc: £8,910 FT MSc: £19,890 FT MSc: 1 year FT Engineering, Biosciences, Food Science, Environmental £4,455 PT PGDip: £13,260 FT 2 years PT Science, Engineering or Chemistry with sufficient PGDip: £5,940 FT Mathematics) £2,970 PT Efficient Fossil Energy Technologies MSc First-class Honours degree in a relevant subject Contact School for Contact School for MSc: 1 year FT (eg, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering fee information fee information 2 years PT or Mechanical Engineering) Food Safety, Hygiene and Management 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Biology, MSc: £8,910 FT MSc: £19,890 FT MSc: 1 year FT MSc/PGDip/PGCert Food Science, Epidemiology or a similar subject) £4,455 PT 2 years PT PGDip: £2,970 PT PGDip: 1-2 years PT PGCert: 1 year PT Industrial Project Management 2:1 Honours degree in a science or engineering subject, Contact School for Contact School for MSc: 3 years PT MSc/PGDip/PGCert although relevant industrial experience may also be considered fee information fee information PGDip/PGCert: 1–2 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Chemical Engineering Science MRes 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject, or a lower degree £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT plus an MSc or substantial relevant industrial experience £2,090 PT 2 years PT

Chemical Engineering Science MSc 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Chemical/ £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT by Research Biochemical Engineering or any Physical Sciences subject) £2,090 PT 2 years PT Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and their Applications 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Chemical £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT MRes Engineering, Biology, Physics or Mathematics) £2,090 PT 2 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Chemical Engineering PhD 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Chemical/ £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 3 years FT Biochemical Engineering or any Physical Sciences subject) £2,090 PT 6 years PT

Formulation Engineering EngD 2:1 Honours degree in Chemical Engineering, Biological £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 4 years FT or Physical Sciences, or Mathematics Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and their Applications 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Chemical £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 4 years FT PhD with Integrated Study Engineering or any other subject relevant to the research £2,090 PT project, including Social Sciences) Chemical Engineering PhD 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Chemical/ £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 4 years FT with Integrated Study Biochemical Engineering or any Physical Sciences subject) £2,090 PT Physical Sciences for Health Normally 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 4 years FT (Sci-Phy-4-Health) Integrated PhD Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Natural Sciences, £,2090 PT In addition a bench (MSc – Year 1, Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematics) In addition a bench fee of £7,000pa PhD – Years 2–4) fee of £7,000pa is payable, which is payable, which covers research covers research costs including costs including consumables. consumables. * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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I am Associate Director at MedImmune, a Biopharmaceutical company that develops medicines for unmet medical needs worldwide. My PhD project provided me with the ideal opportunity to combine my desire to work on a project that I could call my own and to develop my skills as a research scientist in an industrial context.

DR GARETH LEWIS, MSc and PhD alumnus. Gareth is pictured at the MedImmune lab in Cambridge.

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School of Chemistry

Chemistry is a rapidly changing and exciting subject that is crucial to our understanding of many of today’s global issues. The School of Chemistry at Birmingham has a long and distinguished record in carrying out original research of international stature.

As a research-led School, we offer a The School is currently running two IN 2013 WE RECEIVED THE high-quality research environment that EPSRC Doctoral Training Centres that are will provide you with the best starting collectively worth ~£8 million, with the most ATHENA SWAN BRONZE AWARD, point for your future career. We cultivate recently awarded one, Physical Sciences WHICH AIMS TO ADVANCE THE an intellectual climate and offer modern for Health, training ~50 PhD students. REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN facilities that, together, foster academic success and recognition. Over the past We are also actively involved in other IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING few years, Chemistry at Birmingham has Doctoral Training Centres at the University AND TECHNOLOGY. IT PROMOTES received significant investment in new of Birmingham, including Fuel Cells and AND REWARDS GOOD EMPLOYMENT laboratories and equipment (>£6 million) their Fuels (EPSRC) and the Midlands and notably was recently awarded an Integrative Biosciences Training PRACTICE IN THE RECRUITMENT, EPSRC Core Capability Grant (£1.5 Partnership (BBSRC). RETENTION AND PROGRESSION million) that is enabling cutting-edge OF FEMALE ACADEMICS. chemistry research. Learn more www.birmingham.ac.uk/chemistry

CHEMISTRY DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Chemistry PhD 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT 6 years PT

Physical Sciences for Health Normally 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 4 years FT (Sci-Phy-4-Health) Integrated PhD Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Natural Sciences, £2,090 PT In addition a bench (MSc – Year 1, Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematics) In addition a bench fee of £7,000pa PhD – Years 2–4) fee of £7,000pa is payable, which is payable, which covers research covers research costs including costs including consumables. consumables. * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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FACT

Sir Norman Haworth worked at the University of Birmingham for nearly 25 years. His Nobel Prize- winning work in Chemistry studying carbohydrates defined the basic features of starch, cellulose, glycogen, inulin and xylan; the knowledge of which has a broad impact far outside the remit of chemistry.

WORLD-LEADING RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS AND STUDENTSHIPS The international standing of the School of Chemistry was recently A variety of scholarships are recognised in the UK’s Research available. Please see the University Excellence Framework (REF2014), postgraduate funding database when over 95% of its scientific www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfunding outputs were rated as ‘internationally for details. excellent’ or ‘world leading’.

AN INSPIRING INROADS TO A SCIENTIFIC SUCCESSFUL ENVIRONMENT CAREER

The School of Chemistry hosts annual The School of Chemistry is scientific events including the Annual training the next generation Symposium on Nanotechnology, the of world-leading professionals. RSC Prizes and Awards Lectures Between 2007–2012, 49% of our and the University of Birmingham postgraduates continued on to Haworth Lecture. postdoctoral studies in recognised academic and scientific institutions and 27% went on to continue their scientific development in industry. 96 College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Department of Civil Engineering

In modern society, everything starts with civil engineering. Our Masters degrees enable you to build on your expertise and ability to make a valued contribution to the future of the world around you.

Our civil engineering programmes will The School of Engineering continues Our MSc programmes are recognised enhance your career prospects, allow you to invest in laboratory facilities. The by the leading institutions: IStructE, to develop technical knowledge toward Collaborative Teaching Laboratory IHE, IHT and ICE. Chartered Engineer accreditation and is a £42.5 million investment in enable you to link into both commercial multidisciplinary teaching and we Research is carried out in our core and alumni groups in the UK and around have a further £32 million investment themes of resilience and sustainability, the world. in the UK Collaboratorium for Research and transport through four clusters: in Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC), n Environmental Engineering (water The University of Birmingham has over 90 establishing the National Buried engineering, geotechnical engineering years of history teaching civil engineering Infrastructure Facility (NBIF), as well as and infrastructure monitoring) related subjects at Masters level and upgrades to the existing TRAIN rig facility. n Fluid Mechanics (wind and hydraulic higher. We take pride in providing a engineering) wide range of postgraduate taught The Department continues to operate n Structural Engineering (high strength programmes and many opportunities for a large cross-section wind tunnel and steel structures, wind energy training in research. Civil Engineering at a facility to stimulate tornados, studying structures and concrete) Birmingham covers most branches of the the effect of extreme wind loading on n Transportation (highway management discipline, thus providing opportunities for buildings. A range of flumes are available and engineering, railway engineering, our graduates in a variety of rewarding in our hydraulics laboratory to study transport sustainability, safety and career opportunities across industry complex fluvial behaviour. The labs reliability management and rural roads) and academia. include three half-sleepers on a near full-scale track foundations rig for Within these themes, traditional and Facilities and resources dynamic investigations into railway advanced subject areas are covered We have an extensive range of teaching developments. This is also used to by a spectrum of projects that range facilities, including high-quality lecture investigate roads construction materials. from those generating fundamental rooms, and well-equipped and In addition to laboratory facilities, our understanding to those targeted at appropriately resourced research advanced computer systems are available specific engineering applications of laboratories. These facilities are for research into numerical modelling of new knowledge, techniques or processes. augmented by computer clusters complex systems and issues associated Research is undertaken at both MPhil that host up-to-date discipline-specific with sustainability. and PhD levels. A number of areas are software. World-class facilities are also supported by post-doctoral researchers. available for undertaking research in: Postgraduate study n Public health We offer high-quality, research-led, Learn more n Soil mechanics taught programmes, which include an www.birmingham.ac.uk/civil- n Geotechnical engineering element of research training, as well as engineering n Water engineering comprehensive tuition in the specialist n Wind engineering area. The MSc, Postgraduate Diploma n Railway engineering and Postgraduate Certificate may be n Structural engineering studied on a full- or part-time basis. College of Engineering and Physical Sciences 97

OUR RESEARCH OUTPUT IS ONE SCHOLARSHIPS OF THE HIGHEST IN THE UK AND STUDENTSHIPS WITH 72% OF OUR RESEARCH CLASSED AS ‘WORLD LEADING’ A variety of scholarships are available. Please see the OR ‘INTERNATIONALLY EXCELLENT’ University’s postgraduate funding IN THE 2014 RESEARCH database: www.birmingham.ac.uk/ EXCELLENCE FRAMEWORK. pgfunding

CIVIL ENGINEERING TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Civil Engineering MSc/PGDip 2:1 Honours degree in Civil Engineering or a relevant non- MSc: £8,910 FT MSc: £19,890 FT MSc: 1 year FT engineering subject; industrial experience and CEng/IEng £4,455 PT PGDip: £13,260 FT 24–36 months PT qualifications will also be taken into account PGDip: £5,940 FT PGDip: 10 months FT £2,970 PT 24–36 months PT Civil Engineering and Management 2:1 Honours degree in Civil Engineering or a relevant non- MSc: £8,910 FT MSc: £19,890 FT MSc: 1 year FT MSc/PGDip/PGCert engineering subject; industrial experience and CEng/IEng £4,455 PT PGDip: £13,260 FT 24–36 months PT qualifications will also be taken into account PGDip: £5,940 FT PGCert: PGDip: £2,970 PT £6,630 FT 10 months FT PGCert: 24–36 months PT £2,970 FT and PT PGCert: 10 months FT 24–36 months PT Construction Management MSc/PGDip 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Engineering, MSc: £8,910 FT MSc: £19,890 FT MSc: 1 year FT Science or Mathematics) £4,455 PT PGDip: £13,260 FT 24–36 months PT PGDip: £5,940 FT PGDip: 10 months FT £2,970 PT 24–36 months PT Geotechnical Engineering 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Engineering, MSc: £9,810 FT MSc: £19,890 FT MSc: 1 year FT MSc/PGDip/PGCert Science, Geology, Geography or Mathematics). Practical PGDip: £7,590 FT 24–36 months PT experience will also be taken into account. PGCert: £3,795 FT PGDip: 10 months FT 24–36 months PT PGCert: 10 months FT 24–36 months PT Geotechnical Engineering and 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Engineering, MSc: £9,810 FT MSc: £19,890 FT MSc: 1 year FT Management MSc/PGDip/PGCert Science, Geology, Geography or Mathematics). Practical PGDip: £7,590 FT 24–36 months PT experience will also be taken into account. PGCert: £3,795 FT PGDip: 10 months FT 24–36 months PT PGCert: 10 months FT 24–36 months PT

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CIVIL ENGINEERING TAUGHT PROGRAMMES (CONTINUED)

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Infrastructure Asset Management (IAM) 2:1 Honours degree in an appropriate science-related or MSc: £11,070 FT MSc: £19,200 FT MSc: 1 year FT MSc/MSc by DL/PGDip/PGDip by DL/ numerical discipline (eg, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics) £5,535 PT £9,600 DL 24–36 months PT PGCert/PGCert by DL and evidence of a very good knowledge of the English £9,600 DL PGDip: £12,800 FT PGDip: 10 months FT language. However, practical experience may also be PGDip: £7,380 FT £6,400 DL 24–36 months PT an important consideration. £3,690 PT PGCert: £6,400 FT PGCert: 4 months FT £3,690 DL £6,400 DL 8 months PT PGCert: £3,690 FT £3,690 PT £3,690 DL Railway Systems Engineering and 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Engineering, MSc: £13,950 FT MSc: £19,890 FT MSc: 1 year FT Integration MSc/MSc by DL/PGDip/PGDip Physics, Economics or Mathematics). Practical experience £6,975 PT £9,945 DL 24–36 months PT by DL/PGCert/PGCert by DL will also be taken into account. £6,975 DL PGDip: £13,260 FT PGDip: 10 months PGDip: £9,300 FT £6,630 DL FT; 24–36 months PT £4,650 PT PGCert: £6,630 FT PGCert: 4 months FT £4,650 DL £6,630 DL 8 months PT PGCert: £4,650 FT £2,970 PT £4,650 DL Railway Risk and Safety Management MSc/ 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Engineering, MSc: £13,950 FT MSc: £19,890 FT MSc: 1 year FT MSc by DL/PGDip/PGDip by DL/PGCert/ Physics, Economics or Mathematics). Practical experience £6,975 PT £6,975 DL PGDip: £13,260 FT 24–36 months PT PGCert by DL will also be taken into account. PGDip: £9,300 FT PGCert: £6,630 FT PGDip: 10 months FT £4,650 PT £4,650 DL 24–36 months PT PGCert: £4,650 FT PGCert: 4 months FT £2,970 PT £4,650 DL 8 months PT Road Management and Engineering 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Engineering, MSc: £8,910 FT MSc: £19,890 FT MSc: 1 year FT MSc/PGDip Sciences, Geology, Geography or Mathematics). Practical £4,455 PT PGDip: £13,260 FT 24–36 months PT experience will also be taken into account. PGDip: £5,940 FT PGDip: 10 months FT £2,970 PT 24–36 months PT Structural Engineering and Practice 2:1 Honours degree in Civil Engineering or a relevant non- MSc: £8,910 FT MSc: £19,890 FT MSc: 1 year FT MSc/PGDip engineering subject; industrial experience and CEng/IEng £4,455 PT PGDip: £13,260 FT 24–36 months PT qualifications will also be taken into account PGDip: £5,940 FT PGDip: 10 months FT £2,970 PT 24–36 months PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

All our postgraduate programmes in the case of full-time students is CONTACT US include two terms of formal teaching during the summer. All our MSc Alastair Moyes – through lectures, tutorials and programmes (apart from IAM) are +44 (0)121 414 5089; independent study-based coursework. recognised by the Joint Board of [email protected] Postgraduates studying for the MSc Moderation. For further details see: complete an individual project, which www.jbm.org.uk

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CIVIL ENGINEERING MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Civil Engineering MSc by Research/MPhil 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject, or a lower degree MSc by Research: £19,710 FT MSc by Research: plus an MSc or substantial relevant industrial experience £4,180 FT 1 year FT 2 years PT £2,090 PT MPhil: 2 years FT MPhil: 4 years PT £4,180 FT only Railway Systems Integration MRes 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT £2,090 PT 2 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017. CIVIL ENGINEERING DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Civil Engineering PhD 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject, or a lower degree £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 3 years FT plus an MSc or substantial relevant industrial experience £2,090 PT 6 years PT

Physical Sciences for Health Normally 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 4 years FT (Sci-Phy-4-Health) Integrated PhD Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Natural Sciences, £2,090 PT In addition a bench (MSc – Year 1, Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematics) In addition a bench fee of £7,000pa PhD – Years 2–4) fee of £7,000pa is payable, which is payable, which covers research covers research costs including costs including consumables. consumables. * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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School of Computer Science

Computer Science at Birmingham dates back to the late 1950s, with the School becoming one of the first academic departments in the UK to undertake research and teaching in this field.

Some 60 years later, we conduct countries contributing to the rich diversity There are opportunities in investment, retail world-leading research and provide of our research community. Active links banking and financial computing and analytics specialist teaching in fundamental with other global universities give our (which include working at Goldman Sachs, and applied computer science, artificial postgraduates opportunities to join Deloitte, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Bank intelligence, optimisation, cyber security, international research partnerships in of England, Bank of America, HSBC, robotics and medical imaging. Australia, Canada, China, New Zealand, Barclays and RBS); telecommunications Singapore, South Korea, Sweden and companies (BT, Vodafone, Orange, AT&T); Facilities and resources the USA. IT for retail businesses (including eBay, The School resides in a purpose-designed Amazon, Tesco, Argos, Expedia) and public building, which offers 24/7 swipe-card Our careers and employability team sector organisations (NHS, GCHQ and the access to a range of state-of-the-art arrange regular specialist fairs in Home Office). facilities. These include dedicated software, systems, emerging technologies, laboratories for teaching, robotics and consultancy, social, cloud and financial We supervise PhD students in fundamental medical imaging, cluster computing suites, computing, hosting some top national and applied areas of computer science. and provide Computer Science students and international employers. We run the We offer both taught and combined with innovative spaces for independent ‘Employers in Residence’ scheme, where research and taught Masters degrees and group-based learning and socialising. top employers work from our School and we currently have around 170 to ‘headhunt’ candidates. Our students students on these programmes. Postgraduate study have access to the support of specialist We are home to the following research internship officers and careers and Learn more centres: the Centre of Excellence for industrial liaison advisors for advice on www.cs.bham.ac.uk Research in Computational Intelligence finding jobs, placements, CVs, interviews and Applications (CERCIA); Cyber and applications. WE WERE RANKED EIGHTH IN THE Security Research (ACE–CSR); 2014 RESEARCH EXCELLENCE Human–Computer Interaction Career prospects FRAMEWORK (REF) WHEN RATED Research Centre (HCI); and the Our research feeds directly into Intelligent Robotics Lab (IRLab). departmental teaching, ensuring your BY RESEARCH INTENSITY. postgraduate course includes the latest We are also part of the Centre for developments in computer science. Computational Neuroscience and RESEARCH Cognitive Robotics (CN-CR) together Many of our graduates join technology EXCELLENCE with the School of Psychology, and the consultancy firms including Accenture, Physical Sciences for Health Research PwC, CHP Consulting, LogicaCMG, Our Security and Privacy Group is and Training Centre. BAE Systems, PA Consulting, Capgemini recognised as an EPSRC/GCHQ or one of the global IT giants, such as Academic Centre of Excellence in We are a truly international school, with Microsoft, Google, Oracle, Hewlett Cyber security by the UK government. postgraduate students and staff from many Packard, IBM, Cisco systems and Apple. College of Engineering and Physical Sciences 101

EXCELLENT WHAT COURSE IS GRADUATE RIGHT FOR ME? PROSPECTS MSc Computer Science – a Recent employers of our graduates one-year programme that allows include Accenture, Apple, BAE graduates with a non-computing Systems, Bank of America, Bank of degree to develop expertise in England, BT, BUPA, Cisco, Credit computing. Suisse, Deloitte, European Space Agency, Expedia.com, GCHQ, MSc Cyber Security – allows Goldman Sachs, Google, Honda, students to specialise in obtaining HP, IBM, J.P. Morgan, Logica, knowledge to evaluate, design and Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Oracle, build secure computer systems – vital PwC, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce, Siemens in an ever-changing environment. and Sony, among others.

COMPUTER SCIENCE TAUGHT PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Advanced Computer Science MSc 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Computing £7,650 FT £20,250 FT 1 year FT or a closely related discipline); plus a solid foundation in programming Computer Science MSc 2:2 Honours degree in any subject £8,910 FT £20,250 FT 1 year FT Cyber Security MSc 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Computer £8,190 FT £20,250 FT 1 year FT Science or a closely related discipline); plus object-oriented programming and data structures and algorithms Human Computer Interaction MSc 2:1 Honours in a relevant subject (eg, Computer Science or £8,190 FT £20,250 FT 1 year FT Computer Engineering), however students from other disciplines such as Psychology or Design will also be considered Robotics MSc 2:1 Honours in a relevant subject (eg, Computer Science, £7,830 FT £20,430 FT 1 year FT Electronic Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or Mechanical Engineering), plus programming experience

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees CONTACT US MSc programmes Helen Whitby – +44 (0)121 415 8742; [email protected]

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COMPUTER SCIENCE MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Natural Computation MRes 2:1 Honours degree in Computer Science or Computer £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT Engineering, or another science or engineering subject with a significant computing component * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

COMPUTER SCIENCE DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Computer Science PhD 2:1 Honours degree in Computer Science or a subject £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 3 years FT relevant to the research topic (eg, Mathematics or Physics) £2,090 PT 6 years PT

Physical Sciences for Normally 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 4 years FT Health (Sci-Phy-4-Health) Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Natural Sciences, £2,090 PT In addition a bench fee of (MSc – Year 1, Integrated PhD Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematics) In addition a bench fee of £7,000pa £7,000pa is payable, which PhD – Years 2–4) is payable, which covers research covers research costs costs including consumables. including consumables. * Tuition fees correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

SCHOLARSHIPS PG COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT AND STUDENTSHIPS n All our students have their own academic advisor, and the School Computer Science has scholarships has a dedicated welfare team and international tutor available to eligible taught and n We have a careers advisor who meets with our students regularly research students. Please visit our n We have a Student/Staff Consultative Committee to raise issues and the website for information on MSc taught student-run Computer Science Society, who offer support and organise many scholarships: www.cs.bham.ac.uk/ events and activities admissions/postgraduate-taught/ scholarships or email: phd- [email protected] for information on opportunities for research students. Find out more about College and University CONTACT US scholarships by visiting: Postgraduate Research Admissions Team – www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfunding +44 (0)121 414 2653; [email protected]

DOCTORAL For full details of our PhD programmes and staff research interests, please order your RESEARCHER bespoke copy of the Doctoral Research Prospectus at: www.birmingham.ac.uk/drp College of Engineering and Physical Sciences 103

Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering There has been a Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Birmingham since its founding. Now, we undertake world-leading research and teaching in a subject which underpins just about all aspects of our modern lives.

The Department of Electronic, Electrical clusters, fully equipped with up-to-date industry ensures our nearly 100 and Systems Engineering continues this general software (Microsoft Office, PhD students conduct research that long-standing tradition of excellence in graphic and web page design) as is industrially relevant, preparing PhD both teaching and in research. well as a wide range of technical graduates for high-ranking positions software packages for programming and in their chosen career. The Department has a strong commitment simulation, including MATLAB, CAD, PCB to interdisciplinary research on diverse design, and FPGA programming. Apart We offer the MSc by Research, MRes areas such as communications and from a range of fully equipped laboratories and PhD degrees in the mainstream areas remote sensing, interactive systems, for general purpose work, the School of communications, control engineering, transport and energy, and boasts an also has a number of state-of-the-art power, solid-state devices, digital annual research fund of more than £4 specialised facilities, including: a clean systems, human-centred technology and million a year from a variety of sources room, two RF anechoic chambers, an human interface technologies, and also in including UK government and industry as acoustic anechoic chamber, a tank lab, specialist areas such as radar and sonar, well as EU bodies. Our aim is to maintain and two roof-top labs for work on speech and image processing, microwave and improve on this high quality in all communications and radar. These circuits, materials and THz systems and aspects of our work. This means that facilities are available to students, subsystems. wherever your interest lies, you can be particularly for related project work. sure you’ll be taught by experts in the Learn more field, in a newly refurbished building Postgraduate study www.birmingham.ac.uk/eese with outstanding facilities. You can advance your knowledge by studying for an MSc degree in areas All taught courses in the School have related to our research interests. The been accredited by the Institution of modules of each degree programme are Engineering and Technology (IET) for organised around a series of lectures 30 years. This provides our graduates with a period of enquiry-based learning. with a valuable first step on the road Our taught Masters programmes are to becoming Chartered Engineers and particularly suitable for part-time study by demonstrates that our graduates begin practising engineers, providing excellent work with the professional skills and education and training, and can improve outlook needed for industry. We are your capabilities and career prospects. keen to welcome new students who have ability, enthusiasm and commitment. Our postgraduates work in research groups within research centres. Each Facilities and resources research group provides challenges, The School has extensive computing support, good supervision and outstanding facilities with over 150 PCs in our facilities. Strong collaboration with 104 College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

FACT SCHOLARSHIPS AND STUDENTSHIPS In the recent Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, 86% of Research studentships and the School’s research and 100% fee scholarships are available of its impact was ranked as ‘world to excellent applicants, reflecting the leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’. vital contribution that postgraduates make to the high-quality research activity of the School. For further details visit: www.birmingham.ac. uk/pgfunding

CONTACT US MSc programmes Samantha McCauley – s.o.mccauley.bham.ac.uk

ELECTRONIC, ELECTRICAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TAUGHT PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Communications Engineering MSc 2:2 Honours degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic £8,910 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT Engineering, Computing or Physics £4,455 PT 3–4 years PT

Electrical Power Systems MSc 2:2 Honours degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic £8,910 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT Engineering or Physics £4,455 PT 3–4 years PT Electrical Power Systems with Advanced 2:1 Honours degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic £8,910 FT Year 1 £19,890 FT 2 years FT Research MSc Engineering or Physics £4,455 PT Year 1 4–6 years PT Year 2 will be charged at the standard PGR rate Electronic and Computer Engineering MSc 2:2 Honours degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic £8,910 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT Engineering, Computing or Physics £4,455 PT 3–4 years PT

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

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ELECTRONIC, ELECTRICAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Electronic, Electrical and Computer 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject, or a lower degree £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT Engineering MRes plus an MSc or substantial relevant industrial experience £2,090 PT 2 years PT

Electronic, Electrical and Computer 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT Engineering MSc by Research £2,090 PT 2 years PT

ELECTRONIC, ELECTRICAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Electronic, Electrical and Computer 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 3 years FT Engineering PhD £2,090 PT 6 years PT

Physical Sciences for Health Normally 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 4 years FT (Sci-Phy-4-Health) Integrated PhD Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Natural Sciences, £2,090 PT In addition a bench (MSc – Year 1, Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematics) In addition a bench fee of £7,000pa PhD – Years 2–4) fee of £7,000pa is payable, which is payable, which covers research covers research costs including costs including consumables. consumables. * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

The best thing about my course is that I have experienced both taught and research curricula. I have been taught by visiting lecturers with many years of experience in academia and the power industry, while the research curriculum has given me an insight into research work that has helped me to decide if I want to pursue a PhD in the future.

OLUWATOMISIN AINA, Electrical Power Systems with Advanced Research MSc.

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School of Mathematics

The School of Mathematics has around 50 academic staff, 15 research staff, approximately 60 research students, and many other staff who provide computing support.

The School has a strong research supervisors are encouraged to contact culture, with prize-winning researchers staff members directly to assist in creating of international stature in each of our a strong application. INNOVATIVE main specialisms in Pure and Applied TEACHING Mathematics as well as Optimisation. Our very popular one-year MSc METHODS programmes in Financial Engineering, Facilities and resources Mathematics, Operational Research, The School of Mathematics is Access to the most recent research is Statistics and Econometrics (MORSE) and a founding member of MAGIC, important and mathematics often requires Mathematical Modelling combine lectures the ‘Mathematics Access Grid: extensive computation. Our PhD students with a dissertation. They provide ideal Instruction and Collaboration’. This are provided with a work area and preparation for both further study and is an interactive video conferencing computer to make sure they are well work in emerging industries or finance. resource, which is used to present lectures to postgraduate students equipped to succeed in their research. across the whole of England. Our postgraduate students have a vibrant Postgraduate study postgraduate society, which organises The School is keen to attract further social and mathematical events. well-motivated and able postgraduate students. There are opportunities for Applications can be made online on the postgraduate study at PhD, MRes and individual course web pages. Wherever SCHOLARSHIPS MSc levels. possible we encourage applicants to AND STUDENTSHIPS visit the School, to meet our staff and Training for the PhD and MRes is postgraduate students, and to find out A variety of scholarships are provided through individual supervision more about student life at Birmingham. available. Please see the University’s of research and by advanced courses. postgraduate funding database: Every research student is assigned an Learn more www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfunding academic supervisor and consultations, www.birmingham.ac.uk/mathematics which take place weekly, are central to the development of MRes and PhD theses. We train PhD students to give CONTACT US THE SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS seminars and encourage them to attend Mrs Janette Lowe – HAS A TALENTED POSTGRADUATE conferences and present papers. This +44 (0)121 414 6193; COMMUNITY OF OVER 100 prepares our students for professional life. Applicants who would like to discuss [email protected] STUDENTS STUDYING AT particular research projects with potential POSTGRADUATE LEVEL. College of Engineering and Physical Sciences 107

MATHEMATICS TAUGHT PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Pre-Masters Certificate in Mathematics 2:1 Honours degree in Mathematics or a Mathematics-related £9,000 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT CertHE subject or a general BSc with a substantial Mathematics element Financial Engineering MSc 2:1 Honours degree in Mathematics or a programme with £10,710 FT £17,820 FT 1 year FT an advanced Mathematical component Mathematics, Operational Research, 2:1 Honours degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Industrial £7,650 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT Statistics and Econometrics (MORSE) MSc Engineering or a programme with an advanced Mathematical component Mathematical Modelling MSc 2:1 Honours degree in Mathematics or a programme with £7,650 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT an advanced Mathematical component

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

My Masters degree is a stepping stone to my future career, allowing me to seek a job in finance. The MSc is highly practical and gives me skills directly relevant to the industry. MINGLU ZHAO, Financial Engineering MSc.

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MATHEMATICS MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Applied Mathematics MRes 2:1 Honours degree in a Mathematics-related subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT £2,090 PT 2 years PT

Management Mathematics MRes 2:1 Honours degree in a Mathematics-related subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT £2,090 PT 2 years PT

Pure Mathematics MRes 2:1 Honours degree in a Mathematics-related subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT £2,090 PT 2 years PT

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

MATHEMATICS DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Applied Mathematics PhD 2:1 Honours degree in a Mathematics-related subject, or a £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT lower degree plus an MSc or substantial relevant experience £2,090 PT 6 years PT

Management Mathematics PhD 2:1 Honours degree in a Mathematics-related subject, or a £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT lower degree plus an MSc or substantial relevant experience £2,090 PT 6 years PT

Pure Mathematics PhD 2:1 Honours degree in a Mathematics-related subject, or a £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT lower degree plus an MSc or substantial relevant experience £2,090 PT 6 years PT

Physical Sciences for Health Normally 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 4 years FT (Sci-Phy-4-Health) Integrated PhD Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Natural Sciences, £2,090 PT In addition a bench (MSc – Year 1, Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematics) In addition a bench fee of £7,000pa PhD – Years 2–4) fee of £7,000pa is payable, which is payable, which covers research covers research costs including costs including consumables. consumables. * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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Department of Mechanical Engineering

We apply engineering science to solving problems that are important to industry and society, and pride ourselves on our active role in passing this expertise to future generations of mechanical engineers.

Our teaching and research covers machines for evaluating surgical implants, new technologies, such as micro- enabling us to work with surgeons and WORLD-CLASS engineering, novel combustion and fuel with the healthcare industry. Our clean EQUIPMENT technologies, conventional mechanical room houses nanotechnology equipment and manufacturing engineering, and new used to make micro-electro-mechanical Our £2.5 million machining research applications such as medical implants. systems (MEMS). equipment is housed in a single Our research is often interdisciplinary, purpose-built laboratory, enabling involving not only other areas of Research us to complete research contracts engineering but also biological sciences, If you want to do a research degree, with industrial partners involving chemistry, medicine, physics and you will work in one of our research aeroengine manufacture, new psychology. We aim continually to centres: Advanced Manufacturing; materials evaluation (including adapt, innovate and create. Biomedical and Microengineering; and titaniums and carbon fibre Vehicle Technology. Most projects involve composites) and micro-sensor Facilities and resources applying engineering principles to real development for a whole range Our Design Centre houses over 80 problems and often involve collaboration of applications. networked computers for computer-aided with industry and some projects may engineering including computer-aided involve the expertise of academic staff design (CAD), computer-aided from more than one centre. manufacture (CAM), finite-element analysis (FEA), computational fluid dynamics (CFD) For further information please consult and systems modelling (engine systems; the University’s postgraduate funding 1-d gas dynamics). There are also facilities database: www.birmingham.ac.uk/ for group design work, 3D printing, CNC pgfunding routing and milling. Learn more Our new engines laboratories are www.birmingham.ac.uk/mechanical- being used to research engines for engineering hybrid vehicle power-trains in highly realistic transient speed/load conditions, including the effects of very cold start IN THE 2014 UK RESEARCH and combustion air on emissions EXCELLENCE FRAMEWORK (REF), and performance. We also have a 85% OF OUR RESEARCH WAS biomedical engineering laboratory within a containment area, equipped JUDGED TO BE ‘WORLD LEADING’ with the latest electromechanical testing OR ‘INTERNATIONALLY EXCELLENT’. 110 College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

SCHOLARSHIPS AND STUDENTSHIPS

Currently we provide support for five or six UK/EU research students a year from a variety of sources, together with part-funding for two to three highly qualified overseas research students. Other sources of funding are the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), the European Union and industrial funding for UK and EU students. International students can often gain funding through overseas research scholarships, Commonwealth scholarships or their home government.

CONTACT US MSc programmes The Postgraduate Office – +44 (0)121 414 4233; [email protected]

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TAUGHT PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Advanced Mechanical Engineering MSc 2:2 Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering or Physics £8,910 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT £4,455 PT 2 years PT

Engineering Management MSc 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Engineering £8,910 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or Information £4,455 PT 3 years PT Systems) Operations Management MSc 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Engineering, £8,910 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science or Information £4,455 PT 3 years PT Systems) Project Management MSc 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Engineering, £8,910 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science or Information £4,455 PT 3 years PT Systems)

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Mechanical Engineering MSc by Research 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject, or an alternative £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT qualification and/or relevant experience £2,090 PT 2 years PT

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Mechanical Engineering PhD 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject, or an alternative £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 3 years FT qualification and/or relevant experience £2,090 PT 6 years PT

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

I have been made to feel very welcome at Birmingham – by my supervisor, colleagues, the lab technicians and my students. I love the fact that Birmingham is a modern city with great cultural diversity. YANG YANG, Mechanical Engineering PhD alumnus.

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School of Metallurgy and Materials

The School of Metallurgy and Materials is the largest centre for materials research in the UK and has approximately 150 postgraduate students.

The School (including the Interdisciplinary foams, and X-ray diffraction facilities 86% OF THE RESEARCH IN Research Centre (IRC) in Materials provide essential back-up to crystal growth Processing) has more than 25 full-time and alloy preparation. Microstructural THE SCHOOL WAS RECOGNISED academic staff in addition to 40 honorary assessment is provided for with optical AS INTERNATIONALLY EXCELLENT staff, 65 research staff and up to 15 microscopes and quantitative image IN REF 2014. visiting staff at any one time. analysis, and an extensive range of electron microscopes. The new hydrogen Our diverse research portfolio ranges technology laboratory contains equipment FACILITIES from fundamental aspects of materials to characterise the properties of materials science to practical high-performance in hydrogen, and we have good facilities We have polymer-processing engineering applications. Research is for the fabrication and characterisation laboratories and the IRC possesses funded from a wide range of sources of optical fibre sensors. a large plasma-melting furnace, HIP including the UK research councils, equipment, direct laser fabrication, the EU and a cross-section of UK and Postgraduate study a shell laboratory and wax-dewaxing overseas industry. Our research income We are justly proud of our international facility for investment casting, a is around £4 million per annum. Most reputation and are keen to maintain it by laboratory for the hydrothermal of our research projects involve active encouraging high-quality students from synthesis and colloidal processing collaboration with industrial partners. materials, physics, chemistry, life sciences of ceramics, and the £8 million Net or engineering backgrounds to apply to Shape Manufacturing Laboratory. Facilities and resources undertake research with us. We offer The physical techniques laboratory We have first-class workshop facilities research at PhD and Masters levels also contains a wide range and a large suite of networked PCs, (MPhil and MSc by Research), an EngD of equipment. housed in a computing laboratory, which doctoral training programme and several supplements the extensive computer MRes programmes; and a taught MSc facilities in individual research groups. programme for candidates with a good Honours degree in specified subjects. We have an excellent range of research SCHOLARSHIPS facilities for materials preparation and Learn more AND STUDENTSHIPS surface engineering. www.birmingham.ac.uk/metallurgy- materials A variety of scholarships The world-class mechanical testing are available. Please see the laboratories provide facilities for fracture University’s postgraduate funding and fatigue studies and are accredited CONTACT US database: www.birmingham.ac.uk/ by Rolls-Royce for the acquisition Andrea Malin – pgfunding and interpretation of data. Our creep- testing laboratory provides specialised [email protected] mechanical testing for polymers and College of Engineering and Physical Sciences 113

METALLURGY AND MATERIALS TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Materials Science and Engineering MSc 2:2 Honours degree in a materials science, chemistry, £8,910 FT only £19,890 FT 1 year FT physics or engineering subject

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

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METALLURGY AND MATERIALS MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Science and Engineering of Materials MRes 2:1 Honours degree in a physical science or engineering £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT 2 years PT subject £2,090 PT for UK/EU students only Metallurgy and Materials MPhil 2:1 Honours degree in a materials science, chemistry, £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 2 years FT 4 years PT physics or engineering subject. 2:2 Honours will be £2,090 PT for UK/EU students considered. only Metallurgy and Materials MSc by Research 2:1 Honours degree in a materials science, chemistry, £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT 2 years PT physics or engineering subject. 2:2 Honours will be £2,090 PT for UK/EU students considered. only * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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METALLURGY AND MATERIALS DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Metallurgy and Materials PhD 2:1 Honours degree in a materials science, chemistry, £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 3 years FT physics or engineering subject £2,090 PT 6 years PT

Metallurgy and Materials PhD with 2:1 Honours degree in a materials science, chemistry, £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 4 years FT Integrated Study physics or engineering subject

Engineered Materials for High Performance 2:1 Honours degree in a materials science or engineering £4,180 FT only £19,710 FT 4 years FT Applications in Aerospace and Related subject Technologies EngD * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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School of Physics and Astronomy

We are one of the largest physics departments in the country with a high profile for research both in the UK and internationally, covering a wide range of topics offering exciting challenges at the leading edge of physics and astronomy.

Birmingham has a long history of nuclear new tools to probe the physics and technology courses, which began with applications of nanoscale architectures SCHOLARSHIPS the Physics and Technology of Nuclear created in the Lab. AND STUDENTSHIPS Reactors MSc starting in 1956. Having run continuously since then, this is by Research ranges from single atom A variety of scholarships far the longest running nuclear reactors manipulation through atomic clusters are available. Please see the course in the UK. The programme has and molecular self-organisation to new University’s postgraduate funding sponsorships available for UK/EU catalysts for solar energy and biochips database: www.birmingham.ac.uk/ students, to contribute towards their for cancer diagnosis. pgfunding student fees, and is an excellent platform for a career across the entire breadth Postgraduate study of the nuclear industry. More recent Our students work in research groups, offerings in the field include our typically of ten to 50 people, with a Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste high level of academic and technical WE OPERATE THE MOST Management MSc, which equips students support. Annual research income is over FLEXIBLE RESEARCH CYCLOTRON for careers in the growing field of £7 million, and approximately 250 research (PARTICLE ACCELERATOR) IN THE decommissioning nuclear facilities. publications are produced each year. We provide a friendly environment for students UK AND HAVE COMMISSIONED A NEW Facilities and resources and offer general training, postgraduate SUITE OF HOT ROOMS TO SUPPORT We are home to the Positron Imaging lecture series, and skills training in IN-VITRO CELL RADIOBIOLOGY Centre, where positron-emitting research and related skills. There is a STUDIES. radioactive tracers are used in regular programme of colloquia covering interdisciplinary research involving all branches of physics, which is intended a number of University groups and for all members of the School, staff and industrial sponsors and we collaborate students alike. In addition, each research closely with the University Hospital group organises its own seminar programme. OUR RESEARCHERS WERE Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. Learn more INSTRUMENTAL IN THE Our Nanoscale Physics Research www.birmingham.ac.uk/physics DETECTION OF GRAVITATIONAL laboratory – the first centre for WAVES IN SEPTEMBER 2015. YOU nanoscience in the UK, is a world-leading player in nanoscience research, and has CONTACT US COULD BE JOINING US AT A TIME many links to experimental and theoretical Ms Sara Lawrence – WHEN THIS DISCOVERY LAUNCHES groups in Europe and beyond, as well as +44 (0)121 414 4566; A COMPLETELY NEW AREA OF high-tech industry including our spin-off companies. The Nanoscale Science [email protected] RESEARCH AND A NEW WINDOW Facility houses a suite of powerful ON THE UNIVERSE. 116 College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Physics and Technology of Nuclear 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Physics, £8,910 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT Reactors MSc Engineering, Mathematics or any Physical Science subject) £4,455 PT 2 years PT

Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Physics, £8,910 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT Management MSc Engineering, Mathematics, Geoscience or any Physical £4,455 PT 2 years PT Science subject)

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Translational Quantum Technology MRes First or 2:1 Honours degree in a physics or engineering £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT subject or equivalent qualification £2,090 PT 2 years PT

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Physics and Astronomy PhD Typically a first or 2:1 undergraduate degree £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 3.5 years FT £2,090 PT 6 years PT

Translational Quantum Technology PhD First or 2:1 Honors degree in a physics or engineering £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT subject or equivalent qualification £2,090 PT 2 years PT

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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I am doing my PhD at Birmingham because it is a top-class university for Physics and Astronomy research. Birmingham offered me a flexible research topic and lots of networking opportunities within collaborations all over the world. I also help organise the University of Birmingham Observatory’s ‘Astronomy in the City’ evenings, which involves opening up our expertise, research and facilities to the general public.

MAGGIE LIEU, Doctoral Researcher in Physics and Astronomy. Maggie is pictured at the University’s Observatory, which is used in undergraduate teaching.

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Preparing us for employment is a key emphasis within my Masters course. Regular seminars with practitioners, invitations to professional workshops and course material that engages us with real-world problems prepares us for employment in this field. This goes beyond simply providing us with the necessary knowledge and skills – it enables us to find our own niches of interest and supports us in their further exploration.

CLAIRE WOODWARD, Urban and Regional Planning MSc alumna and Planning Officer at Chester West and Chester Council.

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COLLEGE OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

SCHOOL OF BIOSCIENCES 120 SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHY, EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 124 SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY 127 SCHOOL OF SPORT, EXERCISE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES 131 120 College of Life and Environmental Sciences

School of Biosciences

As one of the top biosciences departments in the UK, our research covers the entire spectrum of cutting-edge INDUSTRY LINKS biosciences. We are home to the Institute of Microbiology and Infection and part of the University’s Systems Science The MSc Toxicology programme for Health initiative. has been designed in partnership with organisations and industries who employ our graduates, to meet We offer taught MSc courses in the Our postgraduate students join a the challenges of toxicology in the key aspects of biosciences: Toxicology, diverse international community of staff 21st century. We have a number of Molecular Biotechnology, and Microbiology and students. For students on research high-profile industry links, many of and Infection. If you are more interested degrees, the annual Biosciences Graduate whom contribute to the teaching on in a research degree, we offer MRes Research Symposium, organised by PhD the course including Public Health programmes in Molecular and Cellular students, is an example of an event where England, the National Poisons Biology and Molecular and Mechanistic the whole School comes together to talk Information Service, Unilever, Toxicology, as well as PhD opportunities. about science. AstraZeneca, NC3RS, Sequani and the Health and Safety Executive. Our research focuses on a number We have extensive high-technology of important themes that run through facilities in areas such as functional modern biological and biochemical genomics, proteomics and metabolomics, THE SCHOOL OF BIOSCIENCES RANKED research: Biosystems and Environmental including a world-class Advanced Mass SIXTH IN THE RUSSELL GROUP Change; Microbiology and Infection; Spectrometry Facility. Our cutting-edge Molecules, Cells, Signalling and facilities extend to protein structure IN THE RESEARCH EXCELLENCE Health; and Plant Science. determination and analysis, confocal FRAMEWORK (REF 2014), WITH microscopy, drug discovery, horticulture, OVER 90% OF OUR RESEARCH We combine our discipline expertise structural biology and optical imaging. The WORLD LEADING(4*) OR with those across the wider University £8 million Phenome Centre Birmingham is RATED AS to address the most significant global a large metabolic phenotyping facility led INTERNATIONALLY EXCELLENT (3*). challenges in the life sciences. by internationally recognised metabolomics and clinical experts at the University of Birmingham, in collaboration with INNOVATIVE Birmingham Health Partners. RESEARCH

The Institute of Microbiology and CAREER OUTCOMES Infection brings together one of the largest groupings of microbiologists Our graduates are well placed for careers in pharmaceutical companies, environmental in the world. We are at the vanguard consulting, and research and development, as well as health-related careers in of innovative research into combating hospitals, research or public health laboratories, or in secondary or higher education. antimicrobial and antibiotic resistance Examples of popular job titles include toxicologist, research scientist, project manager and have technical expertise in and information scientist/manager. Our graduates are employed by organisations next-generation sequencing, including the National Poisons Information Service, AstraZeneca, Birmingham genomics, proteomics, molecular Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, Health Protection Agency and Syngenta. and structural biology, biotechnology Our programmes are also ideal preparation for working in a research setting, and modelling. perhaps studying for a PhD as the next step on a research-based career path. www.birmingham.ac.uk/imi College of Life and Environmental Sciences 121

BIOTECHNOLOGY IS ONE OF THE MAJOR GROWTH AREAS IN WHY CHOOSE A ‘GETTING A DEGREE FROM A TAUGHT MASTERS? PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY SUCH APPLIED SCIENCE, AS SOCIETIES AS BIRMINGHAM WILL GIVE ME AND ECONOMIES ADAPT TO THE If you want to move to a new area THE CHANCE TO APPLY TO MANY MANY CHALLENGES AHEAD. THE or discipline, or to advance your HIGH-RANKING RESEARCH GROUPS AIM OF OUR MSC MOLECULAR knowledge, then a taught Masters FROM AROUND THE WORLD, ALLOWING (MSc) is the right choice for you. ME TO BROADEN MY HORIZONS.’ BIOTECHNOLOGY IS TO PRODUCE These courses comprise 120 credits GRADUATES TRAINED IN THE LIFE of taught material and a 60-credit CHIARA CERRATO, SCIENCES AND WITH THE PRACTICAL research project. MICROBIOLOGY AND SKILLS TO APPLY THIS KNOWLEDGE INFECTION MSC ALUMNA TO REAL LIFE PROBLEMS.

BIOSCIENCES TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Microbiology and Infection MSc Good UK Honours degree or overseas equivalent in a Biosciences £8,910 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT subject including at least 20 credits or equivalent in each of general £4,455 PT 2 years PT microbiology and biochemistry and at least 20 credits or equivalent of advanced microbiology in the final year of the degree programme. Molecular Biotechnology MSc Good UK Honours degree or overseas equivalent in a Biosciences £8,910 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT subject including at least 40 credits or equivalent of appropriate molecular biology (including gene cloning) and some genetics as part of your first degree. Toxicology MSc Good UK Honours degree or overseas equivalent in a subject including £8,910 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT Biochemistry, Biology, Human Biology, Microbiology, Zoology/Animal £3,645 PT 2 years PT Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Science, Physiology, Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Science or Medical Science. * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

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BIOSCIENCES MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Molecular Mechanistic Toxicology MRes 2:1 Honours degree with a substantial component of £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT molecular biology £2,090 PT

Molecular and Cellular Biology MRes A 2:1 or higher Honours degree in Biochemistry, Biology, or £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT other life sciences

Biosciences MSc by Research 2:1 Honours degree, or a Masters in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT £2,090 PT 2 years PT

*Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

WHY CHOOSE A FACT INTERESTED IN PHD MASTERS BY STUDY? RESEARCH? MRes Molecular and Cellular Biology students undertake two, approximately Find out more about our research If you want to put the emphasis on 18-week, research projects in themes and key staff members developing your research skills, then different laboratories, with different at www.birmingham.ac.uk/ consider an MRes. These courses supervisors, giving the opportunity biosciences/research or contact have a smaller taught component to experience two different areas. us at biosciences-phd@contacts. (30–60 credits) and you will spend a bham.ac.uk. You can also put your large proportion of your year working questions to us at a virtual open day: on one or more research projects. www.pg.bham.ac.uk CONTACT US For MRes and PhD enquiries: [email protected]

BIOSCIENCES DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Biosciences PhD/PhD by DL 2:1 Honours degree, or a Masters in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT 6 years PT

*Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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I am an international student. I came to Birmingham to learn new techniques and acquire knowledge in cancer biology. Both the city and the University have been welcoming and there’s a really diverse international community. I have met people from all over the world and learnt a lot about different cultures.

ADIL ALMUNTAFEKY, Doctoral Researcher in Biosciences.

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School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Our postgraduate programmes are shaped by research that addresses global grand challenges across the fields of EARTH SCIENCES geography, planning, earth sciences, environmental science, occupational health and safety, and environmental and public Geology at Birmingham dates back to 1881, and today is health. With policy- and practice-focused teaching, all our home to a vibrant and collaborative programmes have high employability outcomes. research and teaching environment. We have strong expertise in tectonics, Our research spans four complementary ecology, groundwater and palaeobiology. hydrogeology, palaeobiology, themes: Environmental Health Sciences, Our diverse range of programmes will palaeoclimatology and Geosystems, Physical Geography and provide you with a thorough understanding palaeoenvironmental construction. Human Geography (including the of the discipline, high-quality training and Centre for Urban and Regional Studies). skills development, and access to our We have a strong international reputation expert staff and extensive facilities. for interdisciplinary research in hydrology, ecology, earth sciences, climate and Our graduates go on to forge careers in ENVIRONMENTAL atmospheric sciences, environmental areas that matter – from environmental HEALTH AND RISK health and risk management, human consultancies and the hydrocarbon MANAGEMENT geography and urban and regional studies. industries, to urban planning, policy roles in NGOs and government regulatory The Division of Environmental We offer excellent facilities for postgraduate services – and make a real contribution Health and Risk Management study including extensive map and archive to global challenges. Many graduates (DEHRM) provides a dynamic and facilities, earth imaging laboratory, also go on to study for PhDs. internationally recognised research stable-isotope laboratory (SILLA), and teaching environment within environmental library, fully digital drawing Learn more which to explore global change office, and state-of-the-art laboratories for www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-gees and environmental impacts upon environmental chemistry, sedimentology, ecosystems, the environment and human health. Some of our URBAN AND programmes are accredited by the GEOGRAPHY AND REGIONAL PLANNING Institute of Air Quality Management ENVIRONMENTAL (IAQM), Chartered Institute of SCIENCES Our Urban and Regional Planning Environmental Health (CIEH) or MSc is accredited by the Royal Town IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health). Geography teaching began at Planning Institute (RTPI), led by staff Birmingham in 1924. Since then we in the Centre for Urban and Regional have built on our success to forge Studies (CURS). CURS was formed a renowned international reputation in 1966 and is a leading centre for for interdisciplinary research in social and spatial planning studies ecology, water sciences, climate with expertise in urban planning and and atmospheric sciences, economy, regeneration, housing markets and CONTACT US enterprise and development, urban community involvement. We draw on FOR CONTACT DETAILS, sustainability, culture, politics, service extensive engagement with planning, VISIT THE COURSE PAGES AT worlds and emerging regions. urban design and property professionals WWW.BIRMINGHAM.AC.UK/PG-GEES throughout the programme. College of Life and Environmental Sciences 125

GEOGRAPHY, EARTH SCIENCES, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND PLANNING TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Air Pollution Management and 2:2 Honours degree in a science or engineering subject, or a degree £7,290 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT Control MSc/PGDip without Honours followed by at least two years’ relevant professional £3,645 PT 2 years PT experience Applied Meteorology and Climatology 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant discipline (eg, Geography, Environmental £7,290 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT MSc Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics, Chemistry or Biology) £3,645 PT 2 years PT Applied and Petroleum 2:1 Honours degree in earth sciences or related discipline £9,810 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT Micropalaeontology MSc Environmental Health MSc 2:1 Honours degree in a science discipline £7,650 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT PT: Exact fee depends on 2–5 years PT the modules taken. Contact the School for details Hydrogeology MSc 2:1 Honours degree in a science, engineering, or environmental subject plus £7,290 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT an AS or A level (or other appropriate training) in Mathematics £3,645 PT 2 years PT Public and Environmental Health 2:1 Honours degree in a science discipline £7,650 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT Sciences MSc Research in Human Geography MSc 2:1 Honours degree in Geography or a related discipline £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT £3,510 PT 2 years PT River Environments and their 2:1 Honours degree in Geography or a related discipline £7,290 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT Management MSc £3,645 PT 2 years PT Science of Occupational Health, Safety 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant discipline £7,290 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT and the Environment MSc/PGDip £3,645 PT 2 years PT Urban and Regional Planning MSc/ MSc: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant discipline £7,650 FT £16,380 FT MSc: 1 year FT PGDip PGDip: A degree or diploma in an appropriate field £3,825 PT 2 years PT PGDip: 9 months FT 21 months PT

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

‘HAVING OBTAINED A MASTERS DEGREE WITH DISTINCTION, I BELIEVE THAT THE FACT SKY IS JUST MY STARTING POINT. I HAVE GAINED THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS We are home to the Lapworth Museum WHICH I NEED TO EXCEL IN MY CAREER.’ of Geology, an invaluable resource for our students and researchers, which MARIAM MUSA BUBAKARI, has recently undergone a £2.7 million redevelopment. SCIENCE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, www.birmingham.ac.uk/lapworth SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT MSC ALUMNA

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GEOGRAPHY, EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Environmental and Biological Nanoscience 2:2 Honours degree in an appropriate subject, or a degree £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT MRes without Honours followed by at least two years’ appropriate postgraduate experience Environmental Health and Risk Management 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant discipline £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT MSc by Research Geography and Environmental Sciences 2:1 Honours degree and a Masters in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT MSc by Research Research in Human Geography MRes 2:1 Honours degree in Geography or a related discipline £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT £2,090 PT 2 years PT

*Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

OUR POSTGRADUATE COMMUNITY FACT The School of Geography, Earth and Postgraduate students joining Environmental Sciences is the lead the School benefit from a thriving institution for the NERC-funded research community, expert CENTA Doctoral Training Centre, supervision, the opportunity to which funds between five and participate in research seminars and seven PhD UK/EU studentships discussions with academic staff. at Birmingham each year.

GEOGRAPHY, EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Atmospheric Sciences and Air Pollution PhD 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant discipline £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 4 years FT with Integrated Study

Earth Sciences PhD 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT 6 years PT Environmental Health and Risk Management 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant discipline £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 3 years FT PhD £2,090 PT 6 years PT Geography and Environmental Sciences PhD 2:1 Honours degree and a Masters in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT 6 years PT

*Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

DOCTORAL For full details of our PhD programmes and staff research interests, please order your RESEARCHER bespoke copy of the Doctoral Research Prospectus at: www.birmingham.ac.uk/drp College of Life and Environmental Sciences 127

School of Psychology

We are one of the largest and most active psychology departments in the UK with an excellent reputation for teaching and research. Our wide-ranging research makes an impact by giving a greater understanding of the relationship between brain, mind and behaviour.

We provide excellent research opportunities Our extensive facilities include through our links with local hospitals, laboratories specially equipped for work in CONTACT US prisons and clinics, local schools and cognition, memory, psychophysics, visual nurseries, other University departments, perception, auditory perception, speech Postgraduate taught programmes industry, and local and national government production, human motor performance, pg-psychology-admissions@ departments – both in the UK and overseas. cognitive neuropsychology, cognitive contacts.bham.ac.uk The School of Psychology is a major partner neuroscience, food, drink and nutritional in the West Midlands Stroke Research psychology, physiological psychology, Network and provides access to a large psychopharmacology, social psychology, Clinical programmes pool of screened neuropsychological patients. and developmental psychology. clinpsyd-admissions@contacts. bham.ac.uk There are also a number of other We have research-dedicated brain well-established research groups, with imaging facilities (eg, MRI, TMS, EEG). Forensic programmes strong links to clinical groups, notably in There are also dedicated brain imaging forensicpsych-admissions@ psychosis, neurodevelopmental disorders workstations for work in perception and addictions. Our research is grouped and cognitive science, including a contacts.bham.ac.uk thematically, covering topics including computational modelling and brain human brain science, cognitive analysis suite. CBT programmes psychology, and applied psychology. cbt-admissions@contacts. Learn more bham.ac.uk www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-psychology RESEARCH CENTRES

The School’s research is supported by CAREER OUTCOMES grants worth over £8 million per year and currently hosts four specialised A diverse range of careers are open to Psychology graduates who will develop research and teaching centres: an extensive set of skills which are highly desirable to prospective employers, n Centre for Human Brain Health namely critical analysis, presentation and science writing skills, as well as public n Centre for Applied Psychology engagement skills. n The Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders Our graduates are excellent candidates for careers in health or education n Centre for Computational programme development or consumer product/services research and testing. Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Many graduates, including those on our professional programmes, go on to work in private or public sector organisations eg, the NHS as well as in non-clinical Research in each of the Centres settings such as research support and knowledge transfer, industry and the media. contributes to the School’s research themes. Our Masters-level courses are also excellent preparation for PhD or professional doctorates. 128 College of Life and Environmental Sciences

THE SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY TEACHING IS RANKED FIFTH IN THE UK IN THE RESEARCH EXCELLENCE Teaching activity is aligned to the School’s centres and research themes. Key examples include: FRAMEWORK (REF 2014), WITH n The Centre for Applied Psychology specialises in the delivery of teaching and 52% OF OUR RESEARCH ACTIVITY research courses that lead directly or indirectly to careers in applied psychology such as clinical psychology, forensic psychology, cognitive behavioural therapy RATED AS WORLD LEADING (4*). and compassion focused therapy n The Centre for Human Brain Health, and Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics provide training in cutting-edge imaging ‘IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY OF and computational methods EDUCATION, REPUTATION AND THE n The Cerebra Centre focuses on the problems experienced by children VALUE OF THE EXPERIENCE I COULD and adults with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders and GAIN, I WOULD SAY THAT I WAS genetic syndromes FORTUNATE THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM CHOSE ME. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.’ MALVIKA IYER, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY MRES ALUMNA

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PSYCHOLOGY TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Brain Imaging and Cognitive 2:1 Honours degree in Psychology or related discipline, plus 2:1 £7,650 FT £18,540 FT only 1 year FT Neuroscience MSc research dissertation £3,825 PT 2 years PT

Computational Neuroscience and 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (eg, Psychology, £7,290 FT £15,660 FT only 1 year FT Cognitive Robotics MSc Neuroscience, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or £3,645 PT 2 years PT Mathematics) Psychology MSc 2:1 Honours degree in Psychology or related discipline, plus 2:1 £7,290 FT £17,820 FT only 1 year FT research dissertation £3,645 PT 2 years PT

Psychology MA 2:1 Honours degree in Psychology or in any discipline with some £7,290 FT £15,660 FT only 1 year FT psychology content £3,645 PT 2 years PT

Postgraduate Diploma in 2:1 Honours degree in Psychology, and some experience (paid Contact the School for fee information Contact the 3 years PT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or voluntary) in a role which entails working closely with people School for fee (Route 1) in a helping capacity information Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Graduate-level professional qualification in mental health or a Contact the School for fee information Contact the 18 months PT Behavioural Therapy (Route 2) related field. Minimum of two years' work experience including School for fee one-to-one or group therapy. information Postgraduate Diploma in Graduate-level professional qualification in mental health or a £7,670 PT 1 year PT Compassion Focused Therapy related field. Minimum of two years' work experience including one-to-one or group therapy. Postgraduate Diploma in Entry criteria are determined by the British Association for At present, Health Education England 1 year FT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies. Applicants must be funds a number of places, providing (High Intensity IAPT course) qualified in one of a list of determined core professions or satisfy both fees and salary, available to criteria from the Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes framework. Please staff working within the NHS and contact the course administrator for details of the above. NHS-commissioned services within the West Midlands region. This model may not apply to candidates entering programmes beyond 2017. As such, applications from self-funding candidates are also welcome. * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Distance learning fees apply to February, April and July start dates. Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

CBT COURSES MA, MSC OR MRES?

We also run a number of stand-alone MSc Psychology offers the flexibility to develop specific research interests and courses and workshops in Cognitive develop the skills needed to succeed in a wide range of research-related jobs. MA Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance Psychology is suited to those who have a passion for the subject, but do not wish and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and to conduct lab-based research. The Clinical Psychology MRes is suited to those Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT). considering careers involving clinical research and practice (see page 130). See www.birmingham.ac.uk/cbt for more details. 130 College of Life and Environmental Sciences

PSYCHOLOGY MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International Duration fees* Clinical Psychology 2:1 Honours degree in Psychology £4,180 FT £16,740 FT 1 year FT MRes £2,090 PT 2 years PT

Psychology MSc by 2:2 Honours degree in Psychology or related discipline £4,180 FT £16,740 FT 1 year FT Research £2,090 PT 2 years PT

*Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

PSYCHOLOGY DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International Duration fees* Clinical Psychology 2:1 Honours degree that confers Graduate Basis for Chartered At present UK/EU trainees are hosted £22,500 Currently 3 years FT Doctorate (ClinPsyD) Membership of the British Psychological Society and one year’s full- by a local NHS Trust and paid a salary. NB: for current funding time clinically relevant experience. University fees are paid by the NHS. Applications model This model may change in the future for but candidates should not be deterred international from applying and should check the students are Clearing House for updates at: directly to www.leeds.ac.uk/chpccp the University Clinical Psychology An MSc in Clinical Psychology (accredited by the British Psychological Contact the School for fee information Contact the 2 years FT Top Up Doctorate Society), evidence of registration with the Health and Care Professions School for fee 4 years PT (CPD route) Council, and currently working as a clinical psychologist. information Forensic Clinical A good Honours degree, (eg, 2:1 or above) in Psychology that confers £11,790 FT £17,820 FT 4 years FT Psychology Doctorate Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British (ForenClinPsyD) Psychological Society. Clear enhanced DBS check. At least 12 months’ relevant experience of working in a clinical and/or forensic setting. Forensic Psychology A good Honours degree (typically a 2:1 or above) in Psychology that £9,000 FT £15,660 FT 3 years FT Practice Doctorate confers Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the British £9,000 PT Years 1 and 2 4 years PT (if (ForenPsyD) Psychological Society and experience working in a forensic setting. £4,500 PT Years 3 and 4 employee sponsored or self-funded) Forensic Psychology A BPS accredited MSc (merit or above) in Forensic Psychology). Proof £9,000 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT Practice Doctorate of status and work as a Forensic Psychologist, registered with the £4,230 PT 2 years PT for those (CPD route) Health and Care Professions Council. Graduate Basis for Chartered employed in a forensic Membership of the British Psychological Society (preferable). setting Psychology PhD 2:1 Honours degree in Psychology or related discipline or a 2:2 Honours £4,180 FT £16,740 FT 3 years FT degree and a Masters degree £2,090 PT 6 years PT

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees).EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences We are one of the leading sports science departments in the UK for scientific research into sport, exercise, CAREERS health and rehabilitation. With a range of outstanding OUTCOMES collaborators, we are ideally placed to tackle some of the Our multidisciplinary environment most challenging contemporary physical activity questions. provides valuable academic and employability skills leading to a wide We are interested in finding new ways the School of Education for teaching and range of careers. Our rehabilitation to support the physical activity and sport coaching; and University of Birmingham programmes will prepare you for life needs of all individuals and communities Sport for sports participation and as a qualified physiotherapist, by ranging from elite athletes to young performance. We also work closely advancing your practice, or as a children, elderly exercisers, inactive with professional sports and practitioner specialist in musculoskeletal groups and those recovering from bodies, and have developed unique physiotherapy or sports medicine. illness or injury. educational partnerships with, among others, The Professional Golfers’ We engage in world-leading research Association, The Football Association For sport and exercise sciences, and teaching focused on three and the English Institute of Sport. PE and coaching graduates, there interdisciplinary themes that address are many opportunities in elite sport, major societal challenges: Contact us public health, education, the fitness n Sport Performance, Policy For MSc/MRes Exercise and and leisure industry, governing bodies and Education Sport Sciences: and sport promotion. Clubs in a variety n Exercise, Medicine and Health [email protected] of sports employ our graduates as n Human Movement and Rehabilitation For Physiotherapy programmes: performance analysts, biomechanists, [email protected] coaches, physiotherapists and doctors. We have well-established links with the For all other programmes: College of Medical and Dental Sciences, [email protected] University Hospitals Birmingham and the Schools of Biosciences and Psychology Learn more STATE-OF-THE-ART for health-related aspects; the Business www.birmingham.ac.uk/pg-sportexr FACILITIES School and School of Government and Society for sport policy and participation; Thanks to £16.4 million investment, we boast one of the largest custom- AREAS OF STUDY built sport, exercise and rehabilitation ACADEMIC sciences facility in the UK. This SUPPORT We offer programmes across includes teaching and research a wide range of areas including laboratories for physiology, We understand the pressures exercise science, sport policy biochemistry, psychophysiology, of juggling work and home life. and business, physical education biomechanics, sport psychology, Therefore, our programmes are and pedagogy, physiotherapy, motor skills, physiotherapy offered on a flexible basis; including manipulative physiotherapy, sports and immunology. full- or part-time programmes, medicine and sports coaching. as PGCert, PGDip or MSc, All of our programmes enable our Our new £55 million sports centre and through distance learning. students to develop and apply will offer some of the UK’s best knowledge in the sciences of sport, sports facilities. exercise, health and rehabilitation. 132 College of Life and Environmental Sciences

SCHOOL OF SPORT, EXERCISE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES TAUGHT PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Advanced Manipulative 2:1 Honours degree or equivalent, current registration with the Health and Exact fee depends Exact fee depends MSc: Physiotherapy MSc/PGDip Care Professions Council and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (includes on the modules on the modules 13 months–3 professional indemnity), a minimum of 1,500 hours’ experience post qualification taken. Contact taken. Contact years FT of using manipulative physiotherapy within a neuromusculoskeletal context, and School for full School for full Up to 6 years PT evidence of Continued Professional Development details. details. Advancing Physiotherapy Practice 2:1 Honours degree in Physiotherapy, current registration with the Health Exact fee depends Exact fee depends MSc: MSc/PGDip and Care Professions Council and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy for on the modules on the modules 13 months–3 UK placement (includes professional indemnity) and evidence of Continued taken. Contact taken. Contact years FT Professional Development. Please contact us directly to discuss your current the School for full the School for full Up to 6 years PT academic and professional profile, or plans for non-UK placement. details. details. Exercise and Sport Sciences MSc 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject, eg, Sport and Exercise Sciences, £7,290 FT £17,820 FT 1 year FT BMedSci, Biochemistry, Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Biology, Biological £3,645 PT 2 years PT Sciences Exercise and Sports Medicine 2:1 Honours degree for physiotherapists/MBChB for doctors education, £11,790 FT £19,170 FT MSc: (Football) MSc/PGDip or equivalent. Documented evidence of post-qualification experience of £5,895 PT 13 months FT practice within a sporting context. Letter of support from employer. There are Up to 6 years PT additional requirements that depend on whether students undertake practice PGDip: or observation in the UK for the Continuing Professional Development and 10 months FT Mentored Practice module. Up to 4 years PT Golf Coaching Advanced Certificate A recognised golf coaching qualification and recognition as a golf professionalby Contact the School Contact the 1 year PT a Professional Golfers’ Association which itself is recognised by the PGA World for fee information School for fee Alliance. FdA or FdSc Professional Golf from the University. information Physical Education and Sport 2:1 Honours degree or equivalent in a relevant science subject £8,190 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT Pedagogy MSc £2,730 PT 2 years PT Physiotherapy (preregistration) 2:1 Honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject. Evidence of £13,540 FT £19,570 FT 2 years FT MSc physiotherapy work experience (at least in the form of visits and observation).

Sport Coaching MSc/PGDip Normally a 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject or relevant professional £2,730 PT MSc: experience. A coaching qualification recognised by the relevant national governing 2–6 years PT body, normally at Level 2 of the UKCC or its equivalent; a minimum of three hours PGDip: per week of coaching while on the programme. 2–4 years PT Sport Policy, Business and 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant social science subject £8,190 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT Management MSc £4,095 PT 3–6 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Distance learning fees apply to February, April and July start dates. Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

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SCHOOL OF SPORT, EXERCISE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Clinical Health Research MRes 2:1 Honours degree in a heathcare-related subject or a £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1–2 years FT professional qualification or work experience in a relevant £2,090 PT 2–4 years PT health-related area, plus current registration with an appropriate healthcare regulatory body (eg, NMC, GMC, BPS or HCPC), plus 18 months’ post-qualification experience Exercise and Sport Sciences MRes 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant science subject eg, Sport £4,180 FT £16,740 FT 1 year FT and Exercise Sciences, BMedSci, Biochemistry, Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Biology or Biological Sciences

*Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017. THE CLINICAL HEALTH RESEARCH FACT RESEARCH PROGRAMME PROVIDES THE FIRST EXPERIENCE STEP IN RESEARCH TRAINING 90% of the School’s research work Research experience is offered in FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. was ranked as world leading (4*) academic, elite sport, clinical or or internationally excellent (3*) in industrial settings within exercise, the Research Excellence Framework sports sciences, health or rehabilitation. (REF 2014). THE MRES EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCES OFFERS RESEARCH-ORIENTED TRAINING IN THE PRACTICAL, CONTACT US THEORETICAL AND APPLIED For MRES programmes: [email protected] ELEMENTS OF THE DISCIPLINE.

SCHOOL OF SPORT, EXERCISE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £16,740 FT 3 years FT Sciences PhD £2,090 PT 6 years PT

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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I am a specialist registrar in Ophthalmology. The best part of my job is the satisfaction I receive from performing operations that make a real difference to a person’s quality of life. The skills that I learnt from the MSc definitely helped me secure this competitive post. You are at the cutting edge of medical practice and research, and I can say with certainty that I would not be the clinician I am today if it were not for the Masters degree course at Birmingham.

HARRY ROBERTS, Functional and Clinical Anatomy MSc alumnus. Harry is pictured at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.

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TAUGHT PROGRAMMES 137 MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES 140 DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES 142

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College of Medical and Dental Sciences

The College of Medical and Dental Sciences is a major international centre for research and education. Our history of medical education, practice and scientific discovery FACTS

dates back to 1825. n We have over 28,000 alumni in over 100 countries n Our research influences national and international policy Today, almost two centuries later, we The clinically oriented courses are taught n The College has received over continue to make huge strides in finding by clinicians who are leaders in their £100 million in capital investment solutions to major health problems clinical area and involve expert speakers since 2006 improving both including ageing, cancer, cardiovascular, in their modules. The science-oriented teaching and research facilities dental, endocrine, inflammatory diseases, courses are taught by researchers who n The new Birmingham Dental infection (including antibiotic resistance), are active in the field to ensure training Hospital and School of Dentistry rare diseases and trauma. in state-of-the-art scientific approaches opened in 2016 – the first and the most recent advances. stand-alone Dental Hospital and We tackle global healthcare problems School built in the UK for almost through excellence in basic and clinical Whichever discipline you choose to study 40 years science, and improve human health by you will be provided with up-to-date, delivering tangible real-life benefits in the research-led information delivered by fight against acute and chronic disease. leaders passionate in their fields. FACILITIES Situated in the largest healthcare region Research in the country, with access to one of the With over 1,000 academic staff and The College of Medical and Dental largest and most diverse populations in around £60 million of new research Sciences has several major hospitals Europe, we are positioned to address funding per year, the College of Medical (including one of the largest teaching major global issues and diseases and Dental Sciences is dedicated to hospitals in Europe) as well affecting today’s society through our performing world-leading research. as clinical trials and research eight specialist research institutes. facilities all on its doorstep. Recent With this strong research focus and refurbishments within the College We care about our research and global reputation in medical, dental include a modern foyer, a recently teaching and are committed to developing and health research we are perfectly refurbished library, learning suite outstanding scientists and healthcare placed to offer a wide range of training and a contemporary food court. professionals of the future. We offer opportunities in all aspects of biomedical our postgraduate community a unique science ranging from state-of-the-art learning experience taught by academics molecular genetics and cell biology to who lead the way in research in their field. patient-directed gene therapy, working researchers on interdisciplinary with world leaders in their field. collaborations across the University, Postgraduate study and in partnership with local NHS The College offers a wide range of taught Our eight newly formed research Trusts, to advance and revolutionise postgraduate courses providing both institutes each have a clear focus on basic research and health care. They advanced vocational training in a clinical high-performing research excellence support a broad translational pipeline, discipline and advanced scientific training with aligned PhD opportunities. These turning the ingenuity of research into in a particular field. institutes bring together outstanding life-changing treatments. College of Medical and Dental Sciences 137

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MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Contact us/Learn more Advanced Clinical Practice Honours degree in Nursing Studies or a MSc: £6,075 FT Contact the 3 years PT [email protected] MSc/PGDip/PGCert Diploma in Nursing. Completion of a course £2,025 PT College for fee flexible www.birmingham.ac.uk/advanced- leading to nurse registration. PGDip: £4,050 FT information clinical-practice £1,350 PT PGCert: £2,025 FT £675 PT Advanced General Dental A primary degree in dental surgery or £7,950 PT £7,950 PT 2 years flexible [email protected] Practice (Distance equivalent qualification and two professional www.birmingham.ac.uk/ Learning) MSc references. You must currently be working dentalpractice-distance in a practice or clinic. Clinical Neuropsychiatry 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject MSc: £7,020 FT MSc: £19,890 FT 1 year FT [email protected] MSc/PGDip/PGCert plus experience of working with the client £3,510 PT PGDip: £19,890 FT 2 years PT www.birmingham.ac.uk/clinicalneuro group, or a professional qualification plus PGDip: £4,680 FT PGCert: £9,945 FT five years’ experience £2,340 PT PGCert: £2,340 Clinical Oncology MSc/ A relevant degree (eg, Medicine, MSc: £22,750 FT MSc: £22,750 FT MSc: 1 year FT [email protected]. PGDip Radiography or Pharmacy), plus at least six £3,510 PT PGDip: £19,890 FT 2 years PT ac.uk months’ experience working in an oncology PGDip: £4,680 FT PGDip: www.birmingham.ac.uk/ environment £2,340 PT 9 months FT clinicaloncology-pt 18 months PT Clinical Primary and A relevant first degree or equivalent MSc: £7,020 FT MSc: £19,890 FT 1 year FT [email protected] Community Care MSc/ professional qualification. £3,510 PT PGDip: £19,890 FT 2 years PT www.birmingham.ac.uk/cpcc PGDip/PGCert PGDip: £4,680 FT PGCert: £9,945 FT 5 years flexible £2,340 PT PGCert: £2,340 Functional and Clinical MBChB, MBBS or equivalent certificate in £4,455 PT £4,455 PT 2 years PT [email protected] Anatomy MSc medicine; BDS or equivalent certificate in www.birmingham.ac.uk/anatomy dental science. Students must be working in a UK/EU hospital. 138 College of Medical and Dental Sciences

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Contact us/Learn more Genomic Medicine MSc/ 2:1 Honours degree in a life science or MSc: £12,000 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT [email protected] PGDip/PGCert biomedical science subject, or professional £6,000 PT 2 years PT www.birmingham.ac.uk/ qualifications and experience within the PGDip: £8,000 FT genomicmedicine NHS/healthcare sector £4,000 PT PGCert: £4,000 £2,000 PT Health Economics and A 2:1 or above in Economics or a MSc: £7,020 FT MSc: £15,660 FT 1 year FT [email protected]. Econometrics MSc/PGDip closely related subject, or an equivalent PGDip: £4,680 FT PGDip: £15,660 FT ac.uk professional qualification and professional www.birmingham.ac.uk/ experience healtheconometrics Health Economics and A 2:1 or above, or an equivalent professional MSc: £7,020 FT MSc: £15,660 FT 1 year FT [email protected]. Health Policy MSc/PGDip qualification and professional experience £3,510 PT PGDip: £15,660 FT 2 years PT ac.uk PGDip: £4,680 FT www.birmingham.ac.uk/ £2,340 PT healtheconomics Health Research Methods A 2:1 degree (or equivalent) in medicine, MSc: £7,650 FT MSc: £19,890 FT 1 year FT [email protected] MSc/PGDip/PGCert a life or biological science or other £3,825 PT PGDip: £13,260 FT 2 years PT www.birmingham.ac.uk/health- relevant subject. Other classes of degree PGDip: £5,100 FT PGCert: £6,630 FT Or up to 5 research-methods and/or relevant professional qualifications £2,550 PT years flexible and experience in health-related field will PGCert: £2,550 FT be considered. Applications are welcome £1,275 PT from UK medical students who wish to intercalate. Immunology and 2:1 Honours degree in a life science or £9,000 FT £21,900 FT 1 year FT [email protected] Immunotherapy MSc biomedical science subject www.birmingham.ac.uk/ mscimmunology Medicine and Surgery First-class Honours degree in life science See course web See course web 4 years FT medicineadmissions@contacts. MBChB – Graduate Entry which must be completed at time of page for full fee page for full fee bham.ac.uk application. See web pages for full information information www.birmingham.ac.uk/ requirements. graduatemedicine Multidisciplinary Healthcare A relevant first degree or equivalent £2,640 FT £10,245 FT 1 year FT healthcaresimulation@contacts. Simulation PGCert qualification £1,320 PT £5,125 PT bham.ac.uk £300 bench fees £300 bench fees www.birmingham.ac.uk/healthcare- simulation Musculoskeletal Ageing and 2:1 Honours degree in a life science or MSc: £7,650 FT MSc: £17,100 FT 1 year FT [email protected] Health MSc/PGDip biomedical science subject or physiotherapy £3,825 PT PGDip: £17,000 FT 2 years PT www.birmingham.ac.uk/ma PGDip: £5,100 FT £2,550 PT Occupational Health MSc/ A relevant degree or equivalent professional MSc: £7,020 FT MSc: £19,890 FT 1 year FT [email protected] PGDip/PGCert qualification and experience £3,510 PT PGDip: £19,890 FT 2 years PT www.birmingham.ac.uk/occhealth PGDip: £4,680 FT £2,340 PT PGCert: £2,340 FT £1,170 PT Pharmaceutical Enterprise 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant business- MSc: £10,710 FT MSc: £21,300 FT 1 year FT [email protected]. MSc/PGDip or science-based subject PGDip: £7,140 FT PGDip: £21,300 FT ac.uk www.birmingham.ac.uk/ pharmaenterprise College of Medical and Dental Sciences 139

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Contact us/Learn more Physician Associate Studies A 2:1 in a life science degree (eg, Biology, £9,000 FT £19,890 FT 25 months FT [email protected]. PGDip Biomedical Science, Physiotherapy) or ac.uk equivalent qualification. NB: Extensive www.birmingham.ac.uk/pa experience in the health service may contribute to your application if the required degree of study is not met. Physician Associate Studies A PGDip in Physician Assistant/Associate £1,980 FT £5,550 FT PT flexible [email protected]. MSc (Distance Learning) Studies from a UK or Irish university ac.uk www.birmingham.ac.uk/msc- physician-associate Physicians’ Assistant Route 1: Registered health care £4,680 (paid by UK/EU students 24 months FT [email protected] (Anaesthesia) PGDip practitioners with a degree in a health- NHS Trust) only followed by www.birmingham.ac.uk/paa related subject or at least three years’ three months relevant, full-time work experience of supervised Route 2: Preferably a second-class Honours practice degree or higher in a biomedical or biological science subject Public Health MPH/PGDip/ MPH: A 2:1 or above in a relevant subject, MPH: £7,650 FT MPH: £19,890 FT 1 year FT [email protected] PGCert or an equivalent professional qualification £3,825 PT PGDip: £19,890 FT 2 years PT www.birmingham.ac.uk/publichealth and professional experience. Applications PGDip: £5,100 FT PGCert: £9,945 FT Or up to 5 are also welcome from UK medical students £2,550 PT years flexible who wish to intercalate. PGCert: £2,550 FT PGDip/PGCert: as above, or a relevant £1,275 PT professional qualification or sufficient Public Health experience (eg, nursing). Public Health (Health MPH: A 2:1 or above in a relevant subject, MPH: £7,650 FT MPH: £19,890 FT 1 year FT [email protected] Technology Assessment) or an equivalent professional qualification £3,825 PT PGDip: £19,890 FT 2 years PT www.birmingham.ac.uk/mphhta MPH/PGDip/PGCert and professional experience. Applications PGDip: £5,100 FT PGCert: £9,945 FT Or up to 5 are also welcome from UK medical students £2,550 PT years flexible who wish to intercalate. PGCert: £2,550 FT PGDip/PGCert: as above, or a relevant £1,275 PT professional qualification or sufficient Public Health experience (eg, nursing). Public Health (International) MPH: A 2:1 or above in a relevant subject, MPH: £7,650 FT MPH: £19,890 FT 1 year FT [email protected] MPH/PGDip/PGCert or an equivalent professional qualification £3,825 PT PGDip: £19,890 FT 2 years PT www.birmingham.ac.uk/ and professional experience. Applications PGDip: £5,100 FT PGCert: £9,945 FT Or up to 5 mphinternational are also welcome from UK medical students £2,550 PT years flexible who wish to intercalate. PGCert: £2,550 FT PGDip/PGCert: as above, or a relevant £1,275 PT professional qualification or sufficient Public Health experience (eg, nursing). Public Health – Statement A 2:1 or above in a relevant subject, or an £9,775 FT £23,000 FT 1 year FT [email protected] of Extra Accredited Learning equivalent professional qualification and £4,888 PT 2 years PT www.birmingham.ac.uk/mph(seal) (SEAL) MPH professional experience. Applications are Or up to 5 also welcome from UK medical students years by credit who wish to intercalate. accumulation Trauma Science MSc A Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in £12,510 FT £17,960 FT 1 year FT [email protected] engineering, life sciences or biological £6,255 PT 2 years PT www.birmingham.ac.uk/trauma sciences. We normally expect this to be 2:1 or higher. * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees 140 College of Medical and Dental Sciences

MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Contact us/Learn more Biomedical Research – 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £7,680 FT £23,210 FT 1 year FT [email protected]. Integrative and Translational (biomedical or life sciences) (includes bench (includes bench ac.uk MRes (includes three taught fees) fees) www.birmingham.ac.uk/ 20-credit modules) biomedicalresearch-invivo Cancer Sciences MRes 2:1 Honours degree in a life science or £8,910 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT [email protected]. (includes three taught biomedical science subject (includes bench (includes bench ac.uk 20-credit modules) fees) fees) www.birmingham.ac.uk/ mrescancersciences Cardiovascular Science 2:1 Honours degree in a life science or £8,190 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT [email protected] MRes biomedical subject www.birmingham.ac.uk/mres- cardiovascular-science Clinical Health Research 2:1 Honours degree in a healthcare-related £4,180 FT £19,710 FT 1 year FT [email protected] MRes subject or postgraduate qualification and/or £2,090 PT 2 years PT www.birmingham.ac.uk/healthresearch experience in a relevant health-related area Flexible

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees).EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees. For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

DO YOU HAVE A BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE DEGREE?

The majority of these programmes would suit students with a biomedical science degree who wish to gain further research experience prior to applying for a PhD.

FACT

Ranked first in the country for Dentistry in terms of 4* and 3* research (REF 2014), academics have joined forces with leading global industry names to trial new products which will have health impacts far beyond dental issues, including in diabetes and heart disease. College of Medical and Dental Sciences 141

I am about to complete the Cardiovascular Science MRes programme. Doing an MRes was a perfect way of putting myself in the role of a researcher, while still receiving teaching to guide the development of my project. During the first term we had lectures and seminars around a variety of topics, allowing us to familiarise ourselves with the subject area as well as letting us meet many leading researchers in the field. Consequently, we were able to choose an interesting area to pursue in our projects starting in January.

ALEXANDRA DE PRENDERGAST, Cardiovascular Science MRes.

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MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Contact us/Learn more Applied Health Research 2:1 Honours degree in £4,180 FT £19,710 FT PhD: 3 years FT 6 years PT [email protected] PhD/MSc by Research a relevant subject £2,090 PT MSc by Research: 1 year FT www.birmingham.ac.uk/phd-applied-health 2 years PT Biomedical Sciences 2:1 Honours degree in £4,180 FT £19,710 FT PhD: 3 years FT 6 years PT [email protected] PhD/MSc by Research a relevant subject £2,090 PT MSc by Research: 1 year FT www.birmingham.ac.uk/phd-biomedical-sciences 2 years PT Cancer and Genomics 2:1 Honours degree in £4,180 FT £19,710 FT PhD: 3 years FT 6 years PT [email protected] PhD/MSc by Research a relevant subject £2,090 PT MSc by Research: 1 year FT www.birmingham.ac.uk/phd-cancer-genomics 2 years PT Cardiovascular Sciences 2:1 Honours degree in £4,180 FT £19,710 FT PhD: 3 years FT 6 years PT [email protected] PhD/MSc by Research a relevant subject £2,090 PT MSc by Research: 1 year FT www.birmingham.ac.uk/phd-cardiovascular- 2 years PT sciences Clinical Sciences PhD/ 2:1 Honours degree in £4,180 FT £19,710 FT PhD: 3 years FT 6 years PT [email protected] MSc by Research a relevant subject £2,090 PT MSc by Research: 1 year FT www.birmingham.ac.uk/phd-clinical-sciences 2 years PT Dentistry PhD/MSc by 2:1 Honours degree in £4,180 FT £19,710 FT PhD: 3 years FT 6 years PT [email protected] Research a relevant subject £2,090 PT MSc by Research: 1 year FT www.birmingham.ac.uk/phd-dentistry 2 years PT Immunology and 2:1 Honours degree in £4,180 FT £19,710 FT PhD: 3 years FT 6 years PT [email protected] Immunotherapy PhD/MSc a relevant subject £2,090 PT MSc by Research: 1 year FT www.birmingham.ac.uk/phd-immunology- by Research 2 years PT immunotherapy Inflammation and Ageing 2:1 Honours degree in £4,180 FT £19,710 FT PhD: 3 years FT 6 years PT [email protected] PhD/MSc by Research a relevant subject £2,090 PT MSc by Research: 1 year FT www.birmingham.ac.uk/phd-inflammation-ageing 2 years PT Metabolism and Systems 2:1 Honours degree in £4,180 FT £19,710 FT PhD: 3 years FT 6 years PT [email protected] Research PhD/MSc by a relevant subject £2,090 PT MSc by Research: 1 year FT www.birmingham.ac.uk/phd-metabolism-systems Research 2 years PT Microbiology and 2:1 Honours degree in £4,180 FT £19,710 FT PhD: 3 years FT 6 years PT [email protected] Infection PhD/MSc by a relevant subject £2,090 PT MSc by Research: 1 year FT www.birmingham.ac.uk/phd-microbiology- Research 2 years PT infection Nursing PhD/MSc by 2:1 Honours degree in £4,180 FT £15,210 FT PhD: 3 years FT 6 years PT [email protected] Research a relevant subject £2,090 PT MSc by Research: 1 year FT www.birmingham.ac.uk/phd-nursing 2 years PT Pharmacy PhD/MSc by 2:1 Honours degree in £4,180 FT £19,710 FT PhD: 3 years FT 6 years PT [email protected] Research a relevant subject £2,090 PT MSc by Research: 1 year FT www.birmingham.ac.uk/phd-pharmacy 2 years PT Professional Doctorate in 2:1 Honours degree £2,090 PT 4–6 years PT [email protected] Pharmacy in a pharmaceutical www.birmingham.ac.uk/dpharm degree

*Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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OUR IMPACT: ARTHRITIS

Rheumatoid arthritis affects 1 in 100 people. The research in the University of Birmingham’s Rheumatology Research Group has directed national policy documents and clinical guidance material in regard to early diagnosis criteria.

OUR IMPACT: ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE

Through our world-leading research, we have identified a new mechanism of antibiotic resistance in bacterial cells which could help us in understanding, and developing solutions to, the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. We have also been successful in making real impact with our research; with a number of projects in recent years informing healthcare policy. OUR IMPACT: CANCER

Our collaborative research has the potential to make a significant impact on the lives of people with head and neck cancer. Our researchers have identified that scanning-led surveillance can help identify cancer cells still present after treatment. This means that head and neck cancer patients may no longer have to undergo invasive post-treatment surgery. 144 College of Social Sciences

I am Business Relations Manager for the Liberal Democrats. The best thing about my time at Birmingham – and the most important thing that I have taken away from it – was the sense of community. The Department has a fantastic group of passionate and knowledgeable lecturers who are also lovely people and you are likely to have a diverse group of students from around the world on your course. We formed a tight-knit community while on the course and I am sure it will be the same for future cohorts.

CATHRYN EVANS, MSc alumna and mentor for International Development. Cathryn is pictured at the Liberal Democrat offices in London.

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COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS SCHOOL 146 SCHOOL OF EDUCATION 156 SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY 162 SCHOOL OF SOCIAL POLICY 174 146 College of Social Sciences

Birmingham Business School

Birmingham Business School is embedded within one of the UK’s leading universities, consistently ranked within the Global 100 of universities. The School’s attainment of the prestigious triple-crown accreditation from leading bodies AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS confirms our position within an elite group of business schools.

Postgraduate study Our teaching aim is to help and support you with this. Our mission at Birmingham Business We teach and research in all the major Throughout your programme, you will School is to put people at the heart of business subject areas. As well as have many opportunities to be involved business. This means we are a research- contributing to academic debate in individual and group activities, all aimed led, multidisciplinary, international worldwide, our faculty are consulted at helping you to develop the skills and business school developing a new by the media, industry and government techniques required for success in generation of global business leaders on a range of issues. We are also part a competitive international job market. and entrepreneurs. of a number of research and teaching You can also participate in careers events partnerships with countries such as such as the University’s Careers Fairs, We are world renowned for the quality of Singapore, Russia and the United Arab employer presentations and networking our research and teaching. With students Emirates, and are proud of our extensive events, which have previously included representing over 60 countries currently links with universities and other strategic companies such as Unilever, Mars, studying at the University’s main campus partners throughout the world. Capgemini, IBM, Deloitte and and our courses being taught in a range Deutsche Bank. of international business schools, together Careers and employability with an international faculty and global The Careers in Business team provides Learn more alumni community of around 24,000 a dedicated careers service exclusively www.birmingham.ac.uk/business graduates – the School has a global for Birmingham Business School footprint that ensures worldwide impact. postgraduate students. Our service covers all aspects of job search from We are committed to making a difference: career planning, making job applications INTERNATIONAL by enabling our graduates to add value and interview practice as well as skills LINKS throughout their careers; by providing coaching in a range of areas including superior business intelligence to our leadership development, team work and The School already has strong partners; and by focusing our research presentation skills. Finding the right links with a number of international on the key challenges that face our employment post-qualification will clearly institutions including the Singapore economy and our society. be an important objective and our primary Institute of Management (SIM). The Business School has been delivering business education in PG TEACHING CENTRE Singapore since 1994, when its MBA programme was originally The University has invested £10 million in a Postgraduate Teaching Centre for launched, and has since extended Business School students. The Alan Walters Building is open for 2016–17 and these activities with undergraduate will be devoted to the teaching of postgraduate courses in the Business School, and postgraduate degrees. including MBAs. The Building will contain several distinctive features for Business School postgraduate students, including a Harvard-style lecture theatre. College of Social Sciences 147

ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration International Accounting and 2:1 Honours degree including substantial prior study in accounting and £8,910 FT £19,170 FT 1 year FT Finance MSc finance subjects 2 years FT (for those who do not meet the standard requirements) Investments MSc 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject; applicants must have £8,910 FT £19,170 FT 1 year FT obtained good grades in mathematical-related modules at 2 years FT (for those undergraduate level who do not meet the standard requirements) Financial Management MSc 2:1 Honours degree in any subject, with a pass mark in any quantitative £8,910 FT £20,250 FT 1 year FT subject (such as econometrics, statistics, mathematics, physics, or any other relevant module) or a degree in any subject with any pass grade in A level Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Statistics or Physics Graduate Diploma in Business A degree or equivalent qualification £7,140 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Administration * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees Learn more www.birmingham.ac.uk/students/courses

 For module information NEXT STEPS and to apply, visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/business/masters

ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Accounting MPhil/MSc by 2:1 Honours degree and a Masters degree with at least £4,180 FT £16,740 FT MPhil: 2 years FT Research UK merit level in a relevant subject. You must have a £2,090 PT 4 years PT MSc by strong background in accounting. Research: 1 year FT 2 years PT Finance MPhil/MSc by 2:1 Honours degree and a Masters degree with at least £4,180 FT £16,740 FT MPhil: 2 years FT Research UK merit level in a relevant subject. You must have a £2,090 PT 4 years PT MSc by strong background in finance. Research: 1 year FT 2 years PT MSc by Research (Taxation) First-class Honours degree and/or suitable professional £2,090 PT £8,370 PT Minimum duration qualification with adequate practical post-qualification of 1 year and a experience (a minimum of three years would be normally maximum of 2 years expected) Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

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ACT ACCREDITED CFA RECOGNITION

Birmingham Business School is accredited for the professional qualifications awarded Our MSc Investments programme by the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT). All students graduating from our has been acknowledged as MSc Financial Management programme will, in addition to their degree qualification, incorporating at least 70% of the be able to gain the ACT’s professional qualifications – the Certificate in Treasury CFA Program Candidate Body of Fundamentals and Certificate in Treasury – if they meet the required criteria either Knowledge (CBOK) and placing through exemption or further study. ACT qualifications are recognised as the global emphasis on the CFA Institute Code standard for treasury and are an indicator that those holding them are qualified to of Ethics and Standards of Practice work in treasury roles in both local and multinational organisations. within the programme.

This programme positions students ‘MY DEGREE HELPED ME TO DEVELOP VARIOUS SKILLS NEEDED FOR A CAREER IN well to obtain the Chartered Financial ACADEMIA. MOREOVER THE PHD ASSISTS IN DEVELOPING TRANSFERABLE SKILLS, Analyst® designation, which has SUCH AS FOR EXAMPLE INTERPERSONAL SKILLS, PRESENTATION SKILLS OR become the most respected and PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS. PHD CANDIDATES ARE ALSO PROVIDED WITH recognised investment credential MANY NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN BE USED IN THE FUTURE.’ in the world. GABRIELA ROZENFELD, DOCTORAL RESEARCHER IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Accounting PhD 2:1 Honours degree and a Masters degree with at least £4,180 FT £16,740 FT 3 years FT UK Merit level in Accounting or a related subject £2,090 PT 6 years PT Finance PhD 2:1 Honours degree and a Masters degree with at least £4,180 FT £16,740 FT 3 years FT UK Merit level in Finance or a related subject £2,090 PT 6 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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ECONOMICS TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Development Economics MSc 2:1 Honours degree in Economics or a related discipline £7,020 FT £17,100 FT only 1 year FT £3,510 PT 2 years PT Development Economics MSc A recognised degree (including in an unrelated subject area) £7,020 FT £15,210 FT only 2 years FT with MSc pre-Masters Economics MSc 2:1 Honours degree in Economics or a related discipline £7,020 FT £17,100 FT only 1 year FT £3,510 PT 2 years PT Economics MSc pre-Masters A recognised degree (including in an unrelated subject area) £7,020 FT £15,210 FT only 2 years FT with MSc Environmental and Natural 2:1 Honours degree in Economics or a related discipline £7,020 FT £17,100 FT only 1 year FT Resource Economics MSc £3,510 PT 2 years PT Environmental and Natural A recognised degree (including in an unrelated subject area) £7,020 FT £15,210 FT only 2 years FT with MSc Resource Economics MSc £3,510 PT pre-Masters Financial Economics MSc 2:1 Honours degree in Economics or a related discipline £12,780 FT £17,820 FT only 1 year FT

International Economics MSc 2:1 Honours degree in Economics or a related discipline £7,020 FT £17,100 FT only 1 year FT £3,510 PT 2 years PT International Economics MSc A recognised degree (including in an unrelated subject area) £7,020 FT £15,210 FT only 2 years FT with MSc pre-Masters International Money and 2:1 Honours degree in Economics or a related discipline £12,780 FT £17,820 FT only 1 year FT Banking MSc £6,390 PT 2 years PT International Money and A recognised degree (including in an unrelated subject area) £7,020 FT £15,210 FT only 2 years FT with MSc Banking pre-Masters Mathematical Finance MSc 2:1 Honours degree in Mathematics or a related numerate subject £17,820 FT £17,820 FT only 1 year FT such as a science, computer science or engineering subject £8,910 PT 2 years PT Money, Banking and 2:1 Honours degree in Economics or a related discipline £12,780 FT £17,820 FT only 1 year FT Finance MSc £6,390 PT 2 years PT

Money, Banking and A recognised degree (including in an unrelated subject area) £7,020 FT £15,210 FT only 2 years FT with MSc Finance MSc pre-Masters

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

CONTACT US MSc Admissions – +44 (0) 121 415 8273; [email protected]

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ECONOMICS DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Economics PhD 2:1 Honours degree and a Masters degree with at least UK Merit level £4,180 FT £16,740 FT 3–4 years FT in Economics or a related subject with relevant mathematical and £2,090 PT 6 years PT statistical techniques * Tuition fees per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

ECONOMICS I am Assistant Vice President PRE-MASTERS of Business Reporting and Analytics at Barclaycard. The pre-Masters year is designed to Birmingham gave me the tools bridge the gap between your current to really get a head start in my qualification and the postgraduate career. The guest lecturers that programme at Birmingham. One third came in to present to us offered of your pre-Masters year will be spent some unique insights into developing your English skills and international business strategy, academic skills; allowing you to and the case studies that approach academic reading and we worked on helped me writing with confidence. You will to develop skills that are develop both subject-specific applicable in my career. knowledge in the area of Economics DAVID KETTLE, International you have chosen to study and your academic English. On successful Business MSc alumnus. completion of the pre-Masters year David is pictured at Barclaycard you will progress to an MSc in one headquarters in London. of the following: Development Economics; Economics; Environmental and Natural Resource Economics; International Economics; International Money and Banking; or Money, Banking and Finance.

For further information contact: [email protected]

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MANAGEMENT TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Human Resource Management 2:1 Honours degree from a UK university or international equivalent £8,910 FT £18,540 FT 1 year FT MSc 2 years FT (for those who do not meet the standard requirements) Human Resource Management 2:1 Honours degree from a UK university or international equivalent £9,460 FT £19,090 FT 1 year FT with CIPD Pathway MSc International Business MSc 2:1 Honours degree from a UK university or international equivalent £12,780 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT 2 years FT (for those who do not meet the standard requirements) Distance Learning International 2:1 Honours degree from a UK university or international equivalent Contact the School Contact the 2.5 years Business MSc for information School for information Management MSc 2:1 Honours degree from a UK university or international equivalent £10,710 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT in Business, Management, Economics, or similar subject area Management: Entrepreneurship 2:1 Honours degree from a UK university or international equivalent £10,710 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT and Innovation Pathway MSc in Business, Management, Economics or similar subject area Management: Operations 2:1 Honours degree from a UK university or international equivalent £10,710 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT Pathway MSc in Business, Management, Economics, or similar subject area Management: Organisational 2:1 Honours degree from a UK university or international equivalent £10,710 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT Leadership and Change Pathway in Business, Management, Economics, or similar subject area MSc Management: Strategy Pathway 2:1 Honours degree from a UK university or international equivalent £10,710 FT £19,890 FT 1 year FT MSc in Business, Management, Economics or similar subject area Graduate Diploma in Business A degree or equivalent qualification £7,140 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Administration * Tuition fees per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

THE HUMAN RESOURCE CONTACT US MANAGEMENT MSc programmes MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME WITH MSc admissions Management students are able CIPD PATHWAY PROVIDES AN to study a mixed pathway, tailoring OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A +44 (0)121 415 8273; the programme to match their [email protected] exact requirements. MEMBER OF THE CHARTERED Distance Learning INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL +44 (0)800 032 7101 AND DEVELOPMENT.

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Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

n A flexible diploma route to MBA and MSc programmes n An essential and recognised qualification in business n 12 modules over one academic year n English language support throughout the programme n A wide range of teaching and learning methods n Enhanced employment opportunities for participants

MANAGEMENT MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Management MPhil/MSc by Research 2:1 Honours degree and a Masters degree £4,180 FT £16,740 FT MPhil: 2 years FT 4 years PT with at least UK merit level £2,090 PT MSc by Research: 1 year FT 2 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

MANAGEMENT DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Integrated Study (Business and 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject and a £4,180 FT £16,740 FT 4 years FT Management) PhD with Integrated Study Masters degree with at least UK Merit level £2,090 PT 8 years PT Management PhD 2:1 Honours degree and a Masters degree £4,180 FT £16,740 FT 3 years FT with at least UK Merit level £2,090 PT 6 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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MARKETING TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration International Marketing MSc 2:1 Honours degree from a UK university or international £10,710 FT £19,170 FT 1 year FT equivalent 2 years FT (for those who do not meet the standard requirements) Marketing MSc 2:1 Honours degree from a UK university or international £10,710 FT £19,170 FT 1 year FT equivalent 2 years FT (for those who do not meet the standard requirements) Marketing Communications MSc 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject with at least £10,710 FT £19,170 FT 1 year FT two marketing modules 2 years FT (for those who do not meet the standard requirements) Strategic Marketing and Consulting MSc 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject with at least £10,710 FT £19,170 FT 1 year FT two marketing modules 2 years FT (for those who do not meet the standard requirements) Graduate Diploma in Business A degree or equivalent qualification £7,140 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Administration * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (GDBA) CONTACT US Our GDBA programme provides a thorough grounding in functional issues in MSc programmes management and is a qualification in its own right. It also empowers those who seek MSc admissions – to gain entry to any of the MSc Marketing programmes. The 24-month programme consists of the first year on the GDBA followed by a second year on your chosen +44 (0)121 415 8273; Marketing programme. This study option provides international students with [email protected] additional time to develop spoken and written English skills, as well as being an alternative option if you don’t quite meet the 12-month entry requirements.

ALL MARKETING PROGRAMMES ARE ACCREDITED BY THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MARKETING (CIM) AND COUNT TOWARDS THE CIM PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA IN MARKETING

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MARKETING MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Marketing MPhil/MSc by 2:1 Honours degree and a Masters degree £4,180 FT £16,740 FT MPhil: 2 years FT Research with at least UK merit level £2,090 PT 4 years PT MSc by Research: 1 year FT 2 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

MARKETING DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Marketing PhD 2:1 Honours degree and a Masters degree £4,180 FT £16,740 FT PhD: 3 years FT with at least UK Merit level £2,090 PT 6 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

‘The University of Birmingham has a awareness. While my MBA contributed strong reputation, is ranked in the top to my skill set academically, it was my 100 universities globally and is a redbrick involvement in the broader University university. A postgraduate degree from experience that showed employers that such a highly regarded institution sends I had talents beyond the MBA qualification. a strong message to prospective If you make the most of the opportunities employers. My experience at Birmingham available to you at Birmingham, you will and gaining my MBA from the University be able to clearly differentiate yourself helped shape me, further building my from your competitors when applying confidence, independence and cultural for jobs.’

ANDREW DALE, MBA alumnus and a Director at HSBC UK.

GET IN TOUCH WITH OUR MENTORS: www.pg.bham.ac.uk/mentors

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MBA TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration MBA in International Business 2:1 Honours degree plus five years’ work MBA 12 months: £25,000 MBA 12 months: £25,000 12 months, experience with evidence of extensive MBA 21 months: £3,570 (year 1) MBA 21 months: £7,605 21 months or managerial experience or professional £25,000 (Year 2) (Year 1) £25,000 (Year 2) 24 months FT responsibility. Three years’ exceptional work MBA 24 months: £7,140 (Year 1) MBA 24 months: £15,210 experience meeting this criteria will also £25,000 (Year 2) (Year 1) £25,000 (Year 2) be considered. MBA Executive 2:1 Honours degree plus a minimum of £25,000 PT £25,000 PT 2.5–4.5 years PT five years’ experience with evidence of management MBA Global Banking and 2:1 Honours degree plus a minimum of MBA 12 months: £25,000 MBA 12 months: £25,000 12 months, Finance three years’ professional finance-related MBA 21 months: £3,570 (Year 1) MBA 21 months: £7,605 21 months or work experience £25,000 (Year 2) (Year 1) £25,000 (Year 2) 24 months FT MBA 24 months: £7,140 (Year 1) MBA 24 months: £15,210 £25,000 (Year 2) £25,000 FT (Year 1) £25,000 (Year 2) £25,000 FT Global MBA in Singapore 2:1 Honours degree plus five years’ work $32,528 Contact the School for the Contact the School for the experience $32,528 latest information latest information Graduate Diploma in Business A degree or equivalent qualification; post- £7,140 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT Administration graduation work experience is desirable but not mandatory Distance Learning MBA 2:1 Honours degree plus three years’ work To be confirmed – contact the To be confirmed – contact Minimum duration of experience School for the latest information the School for the latest 2.5 years information * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

All MBA programmes are triple accredited by the Association of FACT MBAs (AMBA), the UK accrediting n Our Distinguished Leaders Series body and Association to Advance offers students insights into what CONTACT US Collegiate Schools of Business makes a great leader through MBA Recruitment and (AACSB) and EFMD Quality influential guest speakers Improvement System (EQUIS). For Admissions Officer – n You will have exposure to further information about any of the +44 (0)121 414 4378; successful senior alumni who MBA programmes, contact: MBA [email protected] provide company projects, give Recruitment and Admissions advice and offer career opportunities Officer – +44 (0)121 414 4378; [email protected]

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School of Education EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM IS RANKED 6TH IN THE GUARDIAN UNIVERSITY The original Department of Education was founded in GUIDE 2017 AND TENTH IN THE 1896, and we have a long-standing reputation as a centre COMPLETE UNIVERSITY GUIDE 2017. of excellence for teaching and research in a wide range of areas of educational practice and policy. POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAMMES The School is home to three departments, as well as a number of pioneering research POSTGRADUATE The School also provides wide and centres including the Centre for Research STUDY varied opportunities to undertake in Race and Education and the Jubilee research programmes that support Centre for Character and Virtues. The The School offers a wide variety the growth of research skills and School employs over 100 academic staff of Initial Teacher Education, Masters build on subject knowledge, including who teach more than 2,500 students. It and Professional Development taught doctoral programmes and has a history of five-star-rated research programmes and postgraduate research degrees by thesis. and is an international leader in education. research programmes, which are ideal for teachers and other Learn more professionals who wish to study www.birmingham.ac.uk/education towards higher qualifications or FACILITIES obtain mandatory qualifications in a broad range of educational fields, The School of Education is located linked to the research interests at the heart of the campus and MASTERS AND of members of staff. It provides provides students with access to PROFESSIONAL specialist training and expertise in a wide range of facilities including DEVELOPMENT many areas of educational practice well-equipped classrooms, a student PROGRAMMES and policy, including: Autism; common room, computer facilities Bilingualism in Education; Education and its own café. If you study on for Health Professionals; Inclusion our distance education programmes, The School also provides and Special Educational Needs; you can enjoy being part of an specialist training and expertise International Studies in Education; online community with excellent peer in many areas of educational Management of Special Education in support. There is a wealth of teaching practice and policy. Programmes Developing Countries; Multisensory materials including online access to are award-bearing from Certificate Impairment; and Teaching English journals, e-library, paper-based study to Masters-level and are delivered as a Foreign Language (TEFL). materials and online discussions. within a field of study, each of which has an academic tutor responsible for all programmes. The School recognises the need for flexibility by delivering programmes in a variety CAREER PROGRESSION AND EMPLOYABILITY of modes of study on a full- or part-time basis and via web-based Whether you are at the start of your career in education or you are looking to or distance learning. develop in a new direction within education, our graduates are highly successful and obtain jobs or continue working within schools, colleges, local authorities, government departments, residential care, support and therapeutic services, community projects, sector-specific organisations and the third sector. College of Social Sciences 157

EDUCATION TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Postgraduate Diploma Primary Education: 2:1 Honours degree or above in any subject; plus English Language, £9,000 FT only £15,660 FT only 38 weeks FT Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in one of the Mathematics and Science at GCSE grade C or above, or the equivalent; plus following subjects: Primary; Primary with at least five days’ teaching experience in a maintained primary school. You Early Years; Primary Mathematics Specialist must also pass Professional Skills Tests in numeracy and literacy; provide a satisfactory medical form; complete an enhanced DBS/police check; complete a Declaration of Suitability to Teach; and adhere to a Code of Professional Conduct and Fitness to Practise. Postgraduate Diploma Secondary 2:2 Honours degree or above relevant to the area you wish to teach; plus £9,000 FT only £15,660 FT only 36 weeks FT Education: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) English Language and Mathematics at GCSE grade C or above, or the in one of the following subjects: English; equivalent. You must also pass Professional Skills Tests in numeracy and Geography; History/History and Citizenship; literacy; provide a satisfactory medical form; complete an enhanced DBS/ Mathematics; Modern Languages: French/ police check; complete a Declaration of Suitability to Teach; and adhere to German/Spanish; Physical Education; a Code of Professional Conduct and Fitness to Practise. Physics with Mathematics; Religious Education; Science: Biology; Science: Chemistry; Science: Physics Postgraduate Certificate Primary Education: 2:1 Honours degree or above in any subject; plus English Language, £9,000 FT only £15,660 FT only 38 weeks FT Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) (School Mathematics and Science at GCSE grade C or above, or the equivalent; plus Direct) in Primary or Primary with Special at least five days’ teaching experience in a maintained primary school. You Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) must also pass Professional Skills Tests in numeracy and literacy; provide a satisfactory medical form; complete an enhanced DBS/police check; complete a Declaration of Suitability to Teach; and adhere to a Code of Professional Conduct and Fitness to Practise. Postgraduate Diploma Secondary Education: 2:2 Honours degree or above relevant to the area you wish to teach; plus £9,000 FT only £15,660 FT only 36 weeks FT Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) (School English Language and Mathematics at GCSE grade C or above, or the Direct) in one of the following subjects: equivalent. You must also pass Professional Skills Tests in numeracy and English; Geography; History; Mathematics; literacy; provide a satisfactory medical form; complete an enhanced DBS/ Modern Languages: French/German/ police check; complete a Declaration of Suitability to Teach; and adhere to Spanish; Physical Education; Religious a Code of Professional Conduct and Fitness to Practise. Education; Science: Biology; Science: Chemistry; Science: Physics Postgraduate Diploma Teaching Studies Applicants should be practising teachers who are required to have a first degree £2,340 PT only £5,220 PT only Normally 1 and a PGCE with QTS at Masters level. For primary school teachers a first degree year PT classification of 2:2 or higher is necessary. All applications are subject to academic reference and a potential candidate will need the support of their head teacher. * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION CONTACT US The School is an Outstanding Provider of Teacher Training for Primary and Secondary Education, as accredited by OFSTED. It offers Primary and Secondary [email protected] Initial Teacher Education through the Postgraduate Diploma in Education, which is a one-year teacher training programme leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and is available in a number of subjects. We also offer School Direct places in partnership with local schools as routes into teacher training. 158 College of Social Sciences

EDUCATION TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees International fees Duration Autism (Adults) MEd by DL/ MEd: a degree or equivalent qualifications; plus a professional MEd: £3,430 PT only MEd: £5,220 PT only MEd: 3 years PT PGDip by DL/PGCert by DL training programme; plus relevant experience PGDip: £3,430 PT only PGDip: PGDip: 2 years PT PGDip/PGCert: a degree or equivalent qualifications PGCert: £3,430 PT only £5,220 PT only PGCert: 1 year PT PGCert: £5,220 PT only Autism (Children) Campus MEd: a degree or equivalent qualifications; plus a professional MEd: £7,020 FT £3,430 PT MEd: £15,660 FT MEd: 1 year FT MEd/PGDip/PGCert training programme; plus relevant experience PGDip: £4,680 FT £2,340 PT £5,220 PT 3 years PT PGDip/PGCert: a degree or equivalent qualifications PGCert: £2,340 PT only PGDip: £10,440 FT PGDip: 1 year FT £5,220 PT 2 years PT PGCert: PGCert: 1 year PT £5,220 PT only Autism (Children) Distance MEd: a degree or equivalent qualifications; plus a professional MEd: £3,430 PT MEd: £5,220 PT MEd: 3 years PT Learning MEd by DL/PGDip training programme; plus relevant experience PGDip: £3,430 PT PGDip: £5,220 PT PGDip: 2 years PT by DL/PGCert by DL PGDip/PGCert: a degree or equivalent qualifications PGCert: £3,430 PT PGCert: £5,220 PT PGCert: 1 year PT

Bilingualism in Education MEd: a degree or equivalent qualifications; plus a professional NASSEA-funded students: NASSEA-funded MEd: 3 years PT MEd by DL/PGDip by DL/ training programme; plus relevant experience £2,340 PT only students: PGDip: 2 years PT PGCert by DL PGDip/PGCert: a degree or equivalent qualifications Non-NASSEA-funded £5,220 PT only PGCert: 1 year PT students: £3,115 PT only Non-NASSEA-funded students: £5,220 PT only Character Education MA Applicants must have a first degree at 2:1 level or equivalent and £2,340 PT only £5,220 PT only 3 years PT by DL should have some relevant and related experience in the field of education. Account will be given to equivalent professional qualifications and experience. Education MA/PGDip/ Applicants must have a first degree at 2:1 level or equivalent and MA: £7,290 FT £2,430 PT MA: £16,380 FT MA: 1 year FT PGCert should have some relevant and related experience in the field PGDip: £4,860 FT £2,430 PT £5,220 PT 3 years PT of education. Account will be given to equivalent professional PGCert: £2,430 PT only PGDip: £10,920 FT PGDip: 1 year FT qualifications and experience. £5,220 PT 2 years PT PGCert: PGCert: 1 year PT £5,220 PT only Education for Health A degree or equivalent qualifications; normally a position within £3,570 PT only £3,570 PT only MEd: 3 years PT Professionals MEd/PGDip/ the health service or other involvement in the training of health PGDip: 2 years PT PGCert professionals. Entry to the PGDip requires completion of the PGCert, PGCert: 1 year PT and entry to the MEd requires completion of the PGDip. Education of Learners with A degree or equivalent qualifications £3,495 PT only 2 years PT Multisensory Impairment (Deafblindness) (Mandatory Qualification) PGDip by DL Education of Learners with MEd: a degree or equivalent qualifications; plus a professional MEd: £3,115 PT only MEd: £5,220 PT only MEd: 3 years PT Multisensory Impairment training programme; plus relevant experience PGDip/PGCert: a PGDip: £3,115 PT only PGDip: PGDip: 2 years PT (Deafblindness) (Non degree or equivalent qualifications PGCert: £3,115 PT only £5,220 PT only PGCert: 1 year PT Mandatory Qualification) PGCert: MEd by DL/PGDip by DL/ £5,220 PT only PGCert by DL College of Social Sciences 159

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees International fees Duration Inclusion and Special MEd: a degree or equivalent qualifications; plus a professional MEd: £3,115 PT MEd: £5,220 PT MEd: 3 years PT Educational Needs MEd by training programme; plus relevant experience PGDip: £3,115 PT PGDip: £5,220 PT PGDip: 2 years PT DL/PGDip by DL/PGCert PGDip/PGCert: a degree or equivalent qualifications PGCert: £3,115 PT PGCert: £5,220 PT PGCert: 1 year PT by DL International Studies in A degree or equivalent qualifications £7,650 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT Education MA £2,550 PT £5,220 PT 3 years PT International Studies in A degree or equivalent qualifications £7,650 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT Education (Education and £2,550 PT £5,220 PT 3 years PT Development) MA Language, Literacies and A degree or equivalent qualifications; plus at least one year’s relevant £2,800 PT only £5,220 PT only MEd: 3 years PT Dyslexia MEd by DL/PGDip experience; plus regular access to learners/students with dyslexia- PGDip: 2 years PT by DL/PGCert by DL type needs throughout the duration of the programme PGCert: 1 year PT Management of Special A degree or equivalent qualifications; plus a professional training £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT Education in Developing programme; plus relevant experience Countries MA School Improvement and A degree or equivalent qualifications MA: £7,020 FT £2,340 PT MA: £15,660 FT MA: 1 year FT Educational Leadership PGDip: £4,680 FT £2,340 PT £5,220 PT 3 years PT MA/PGDip/PGCert PGCert: £2,340 FT/PT PGDip: £10,440 FT PGDip: 1 year FT £5,220 PT 2 years PT PGCert: PGCert: 1 year FT £5,220 FT/PT 1 year PT Severe, Profound and Applicants need to have relevant experience with learners who have MEd: £2,800 PT only MEd: £5,220 PT only MEd: 3 years PT Multiple Learning Difficulties SLD/PMLD and access to at least one learner with SLD/PMLD during PGDip: £2,800 PT only PGDip: PGDip: 2 years PT MEd/PGDip/PGCert the modules. In addition: PGCert: £2,800 PT only £5,220 PT only PGCert: 1 year PT MEd: a degree or equivalent qualifications; plus a professional PGCert: training programme; plus relevant experience £5,220 PT only PGDip/PGCert: a degree or equivalent qualifications Social, Emotional and MA: a degree or equivalent qualifications MEd: £3,430 PT only MEd: £5,220 PT only MEd: 3 years PT Behavioural Difficulties MEd MEd: a degree or equivalent qualifications; plus a professional PGDip: £3,430 PT only PGDip: PGDip: 2 years PT by DL/PGDip by DL/PGCert training programme; plus relevant experience PGCert: £3,430 PT only £5,220 PT only PGCert: 1 year PT by DL PGDip/PGCert: a degree or equivalent qualifications PGCert: £5,220 PT only Special Educational Needs Applicants are required to have a 2:1 Honours degree or above (or MA: £7,020 FT MA: £15,660 FT MA: 1 year FT and Disabilities MA/PGDip/ equivalent for international students) in a related field and some PGDip: £4,680 FT PGDip: £10,440 FT PGDip: 1 year FT PGCert relevant experience with children or young people with special PGCert: £2,340 FT PGCert: £5,220 FT PGCert: 1 year FT educational needs, but individuals from a range of educational and professional backgrounds are considered. A satisfactory DBS check is required from accepted candidates before registration on the PGDip and MA. A small additional fee will be necessary in addition to the standard fees. International applicants will need to provide evidence of English proficiency. Special Educational Needs Applicants should be SENCOs with Qualified Teacher Status or £2,340 PT £5,220 PT 1 year PT Co-ordination (National teachers working in pupil referral units Award) PGCert Teachers of Children Candidates wishing to gain recognition from the National College MEd: £3,750 PT only MEd: 3 years PT with Hearing Impairment for Teaching and Leadership as a qualified teacher of the deaf must PGDip: £3,750 PT only PGDip: 2 years PT (Mandatory Qualification) already be qualified to teach school-aged children in England and MEd by DL/PGDip by DL are expected to have a minimum of two years’ teaching or other appropriate professional experience. In addition: MEd: a degree or equivalent qualifications; plus a professional training programme; plus relevant experience PGDip: a degree or equivalent qualifications

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Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees International fees Duration Teachers of Children with Candidates wishing to gain recognition from the National College MEd: £3,115 PT only MEd: £5,220 PT only MEd: 3 years PT Hearing Impairment (Non for Teaching and Leadership as a qualified teacher of the deaf must PGDip: £3,115 PT only PGDip: PGDip: 2 years PT Mandatory Qualification) already be qualified to teach school-aged children in England and £5,220 PT only MEd by DL/PGDip by DL are expected to have a minimum of two years’ teaching or other appropriate professional experience. In addition: MEd: a degree or equivalent qualifications; plus a professional training programme; plus relevant experience PGDip: a degree or equivalent qualifications. Teaching English as a MA: a degree or equivalent qualifications MA: £7,290 FT £2,430 PT MA: £16,380 FT MA: 1 year FT Foreign Language (TEFL) PGDip/PGCert: a degree or equivalent qualifications PGDip: £4,860 FT £5,220 PT 3 years PT MA/PGDip/PGCert AdCert: professional qualifications; or the equivalent of 240 credits PGCert: £2,430 FT only PGDip: £10,920 FT PGDip: 1 year FT from a two-year full-time higher education programme; or five years’ PGCert: PGCert: 1 year FT relevant professional experience and a background in education £5,460 FT only Vision Impairments: Applicants must have Qualified Teacher Status and at least three MEd: £3,750 PT only MEd: £5,220 PT only MEd: 3 years PT Mandatory and Non- years’ teaching experience. They must have access to children PGDip: £3,750 PT only PGDip: PGDip: 2 years PT Mandatory Qualification for with vision impairments throughout the duration of the programme. £5,220 PT only Teachers of Children and Applicants who are not currently working with children with vision Young People with Vision impairments will be required to undertake a programme of visits as Impairments MEd by DL/ directed by the programme tutors, and/or to align themselves to PGDip by DL an appropriate school or service prior to commencing their studies. In addition: MEd: a degree or equivalent qualifications; plus a professional training programme; plus relevant experience PGDip: a degree or equivalent qualifications. * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

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EDUCATION MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Education MA by Research 2:1 Honours in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT 2 years PT Educational Studies MRes 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 1 year FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT 2 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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EDUCATION DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Applied Educational and Child Psychology Applicants should have a good Honours degree in Psychology Contact the School Contact the School 3 years FT Doctorate (AppEd and Child PsyD) and be able to provide evidence of their eligibility for for information for information the GBC (Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership) of the British Psychological Society. Applicants must have undertaken a minimum of one year’s full-time equivalent postgraduate work experience with children and young people within the 0–19 year age range. Education EdD 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £2,090 PT 6 years PT Education PhD 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT 6 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

I chose this course because it matched my interests well. The staff on the course are all knowledgeable and supportive. The course is interdisciplinary and receiving tuition from two different departments gives a broader perspective. My fellow students are from all over the world and we all benefit from hearing the views of others with different backgrounds.

MILLA-LOTTA HUHTALA, MA International Studies in Education (Education and Development).

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School of Government and Society

The School Government and Society brings together a number of internationally renowned departments to offer an extensive portfolio of innovative and interdisciplinary programmes in an exciting and creative environment, underpinned by a vibrant research culture.

The School is home to three departments: Postgraduate study n Department of Political Science and The School offers a wide range STUDENT International Studies (POLSIS) of taught Masters (MA and MSc) EXPERIENCE n International Development Department programmes, as well as Postgraduate (IDD) Diplomas, Certificates and other In the School of Government and n Institute of Local Government Studies qualifications that can be taken on Society we offer much more than a (INLOGOV) a full-time, part-time or modular basis. degree. As a student here, you have Covering a wide range of subjects the opportunity to take part in a wide Additionally, the School is home to a including politics, international range of events, with some or all of the number of pioneering and internationally development, and local government costs paid for by the School. Some of recognised research centres, including: studies, our taught postgraduate courses these are targeted to help you build n Institute for Conflict, Cooperation and are ideal for those wishing to develop skills and experience for your CV, Security (ICCS) a specialism in an area or practitioners others are more open events designed n Institute for German Studies (IGS) looking to further their knowledge and to expose you to high-level speakers n Centre for Russian, European and enhance their career prospects. on current debates relevant to all Eurasian Studies (CREES) Additionally, we also offer distance School students. Examples of these learning courses in the International include study trips and exchanges Development Department. with our international partner universities, high-profile speaker Learn more visits and trips to the Model UN www.birmingham.ac.uk/govsoc and NATO conferences.

CAREER PROGRESSION AND EMPLOYABILITY FACILITIES Graduates from the School have gone on to work in a range of careers, with recent graduates working with organisations such as the United Nations, Foreign The School of Government and and Commonwealth Office, local authorities in the UK and overseas and the Society is located in Muirhead Tower Department for International Development. on the University’s main Edgbaston

The School takes employability very seriously and as well as linking students campus, offering state-of-the-art to the central careers services, also incorporates opportunities to enhance their teaching and research study facilities, employment prospects, including highlighting work experience opportunities including free Wi-Fi throughout the and encouraging volunteering in extracurricular projects. building and dedicated study areas for postgraduate research students. College of Social Sciences 163

CENTRE FOR RUSSIAN, EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Russian and East European Masters degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT Studies PhD/PhD by DL £2,090 PT 6 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

I’m at Birmingham because of the reputation of CREES as a leading language-based Area Studies department. Living in one of the most multicultural cities in Britain has enabled me to make friends with people from all kinds of backgrounds, which has really enriched my time here.

NINO KEMOKLIDZE, PhD student and mentor for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies.

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DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Development Management MSc: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject; MSc: £8,190 FT £15,660 FT MSc: 1 year FT MSc/GDip or 2:2 Honours degree with excellent work experience £4,095 PT 2 years PT GDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject GDip: £8,190 FT GDip: 9 months FT £4,095 PT 2 years PT Development Management MSc: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject; or a 2:2 £65.50 per credit £65.50 per credit MSc: 1 year FT 2 years MSc/PGDip by DL Honours degree with excellent work experience PT PGDip: 9 months FT PGDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject 2 years PT Development Management with A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International students only £15,210 FT 2 years FT Integrated Pre-Masters MSc subject area) Development Management (Aid MSc: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject; MSc: £8,190 FT £15,660 FT MSc: 1 year FT 2 years PT Management) MSc/GDip or 2:2 Honours degree with excellent work experience £4,095 PT GDip: 9 months FT GDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject GDip: £8,190 FT 2 years PT £4,095 PT Development Management (Aid A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International students only £15,210 FT 2 years FT Management) with Integrated subject area) Pre-Masters MSc Development Management MSc: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject; MSc: £8,190 FT £15,660 FT MSc: 1 year FT (Human Resources and or 2:2 Honours degree with excellent work experience £4,095 PT 2 years PT Development Management) GDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject GDip: £8,190 FT GDip: 9 months FT MSc/GDip £4,095 PT 2 years PT Development Management A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International students only £15,210 FT 2 years FT (Human Resources and subject area) Development Management) with Integrated Pre-Masters MSc Development Management MSc: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject; MSc: £8,190 FT MSc: £15,660 FT MSc: 1 year FT (Public Economic Management or 2:2 Honours degree with excellent work experience £4,095 PT GDip: £15,660 2 years PT and Finance) MSc/GDip GDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject GDip: £8,190 FT FT only GDip: 9 months FT £4,095 PT 2 years PT Masters in Public A good first degree or equivalent professional qualification £8,190 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT Administration (MPA) £4,095 PT 2 years PT

* Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees CONTACT US All taught programmes Debra Beard – +44 (0)121 414 5034; [email protected] Adrian Campbell – +44 (0)121 414 4973; [email protected] www.birmingham.ac.uk/idd

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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration International Development MSc: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject; MSc: £8,190 FT MSc: £15,660 FT MSc: 1 year FT MSc/GDip or a 2:2 Honours degree with excellent work experience £4,095 PT GDip: £15,660 FT 2 years PT GDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject GDip: £8,190 FT GDip: 9 months FT £4,095 PT 2 years PT International Development MSc: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject; £65.50 per credit £65.50 per credit MSc: 1 year FT MSc/PGDip by DL or a 2:2 Honours degree with excellent work experience 2 years PT PGDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject PGDip: 9 months FT 2 years PT International Development with A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International students only £15,210 FT 2 years FT Integrated Pre-Masters MSc subject area) International Development MSc: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject; or a 2:2 MSc: £8,190 FT MSc: £15,660 FT MSc: 1 year FT (Conflict, Security and Honours degree with excellent work experience £4,095 PT GDip: £15,660 FT 2 years PT Development) MSc/GDip GDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject GDip: £8,190 FT GDip: 9 months FT £4,095 PT 2 years PT International Development MSc: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject; or a 2:2 £65.50 per credit £65.50 per credit MSc: 1 year FT (Conflict, Security and Honours degree with excellent work experience 2 years PT Development) MSc/PGDip PGDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject PGDip: 9 months FT by DL 2 years PT International Development A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International students only £15,210 FT 2 years FT (Conflict, Security and subject area) Development) with Integrated Pre-Masters MSc International Development MSc: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject; MSc: £8,190 FT MSc: £15,660 FT MSc: 1 year FT (Environment, Sustainability or a 2:2 Honours degree with excellent work experience £4,095 PT GDip: £15,660 2 years PT and Politics) MSc/GDip GDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject GDip: £8,190 FT FT only £4,095 PT International Development A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International students only £15,210 FT 2 years FT (Environment, Sustainability subject area) and Politics) with Integrated Pre-Masters MSc International Development MSc: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject; MSc: £8,190 FT MSc: £15,660 FT MSc: 1 year FT (Governance and or a 2:2 Honours degree with excellent work experience £4,095 PT GDip: £15,660 FT 2 years PT Statebuilding) MSc/GDip GDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject GDip: £8,190 FT £4,095 PT International Development A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International students only £15,210 FT 2 years FT (Governance and subject area) Statebuilding) with Integrated Pre-Masters MSc International Development MSc: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject; MSc: £8,190 FT MSc: £15,660 FT MSc: 1 year FT (International Political or a 2:2 Honours degree with excellent work experience £4,095 PT GDip: £15,660 FT 2 years PT Economy and Development) GDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject GDip: £8,190 FT GDip: 9 months FT MSc/GDip £4,095 PT 2 years PT

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Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration International Development A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International students only £15,210 FT 2 years FT (International Political subject area) Economy and Development) with Integrated Pre-Masters MSc International Development MSc: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject; or a 2:2 MSc: £8,190 FT MSc: £15,660 FT MSc: 1 year FT (Poverty, Inequality and Honours degree with excellent work experience £4,095 PT GDip: £15,660 FT 2 years PT Development) MSc/GDip GDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject GDip: £8,190 FT GDip: 9 months FT £4,095 PT 2 years PT International Development A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International students only £15,210 FT 2 years FT (Poverty, Inequality and subject area) Development) with Integrated Pre-Masters MSc International Development MSc: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject; or a 2:2 £65.50 per credit £65.50 per credit MSc: 1 year FT (Poverty, Inequality and Honours degree with excellent work experience 2 years PT Development) MSc/PGDip PGDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject PGDip: 9 months FT by DL 2 years PT International Development MSc: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject; or a 2:2 MSc: £8,190 FT MSc: £15,660 FT MSc: 1 year FT (Urban Development) MSc/ Honours degree with excellent work experience £4,095 PT GDip: £15,660 FT 2 years PT GDip GDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject GDip: £8,190 FT GDip: 9 months FT £4,095 PT 2 years PT International Development A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International students only £15,210 FT 2 years FT (Urban Development) with subject area) Integrated Pre-Masters MSc * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016. Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

The International Development CONTACT US Department (IDD) is undertaking a review of its postgraduate taught All taught programmes programmes and changes are Debra Beard – +44 (0)121 414 5034; [email protected] expected for 2017–18. Please see Adrian Campbell – +44 (0)121 414 4973; [email protected] www.birmingham.ac.uk/idd for more information. www.birmingham.ac.uk/idd

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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration International Development MPhil 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 2 years FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration International Development PhD/PhD A good Masters degree plus a 2:1 Honours degree at £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT by DL undergraduate level, in a relevant subject £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) International Development PhD with 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject, or undergraduate £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 4 years FT Integrated Study and postgraduate degrees in a less relevant subject * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

Birmingham is one of the top world-class universities and offers great facilities and expertise in my area of research. It is a well-established university with a long history, which makes me confident about studying here. It was my ambition to do my doctoral research at Birmingham because I have met so many inspiring people in my country who graduated from the University.

DENY JUNANTO, Doctoral Researcher in International Development, pictured with fellow PhD student Mohammad Roudo.

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GERMAN STUDIES DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration German Studies (Social Sciences) PhD/ Masters degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT PhD by DL £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration International Political Economy MA: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject; or a MA: £7,290 FT MA: £16,380 FT MA: 1 year FT MA/PGDip 2:2 Honours degree with excellent work experience £3,645 PT PGDip: £10,920 FT 2 years PT PGDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject PGDip: £4,860 FT PGDip: 9 months FT £2,430 PT 2 years PT International Political Economy A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International students only £15,210 FT 2 years FT with Integrated Pre-Masters MA subject area) * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

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GLOBAL COOPERATION AND SECURITY TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Global Cooperation and 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £7,290 FT £16,380 FT only 1 year FT Security MSc £3,645 PT Global Cooperation and A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated subject area) International £15,210 FT 2 years FT Security with Integrated students only Pre-Masters MSc * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees CONTACT US Tereza Capelos – +44 (0)121 414 6366; [email protected]

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration International Relations MA/ MA: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject MA: £7,290 MA: £16,380 FT MA: 1 year FT 2 years PT PGDip PGDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject FT £3,645 PT PGDip: £10,920 FT PGDip: 9 months FT 18 months PT PGDip: £4,860 FT £2,430 PT International Relations with A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International £15,210 FT 2 years FT Integrated Pre-Masters MA subject area) students only International Relations MA: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject MA: £7,290 MA: £16,380 FT MA: 1 year FT 2 years PT (Contemporary Asia Pacific) PGDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject FT £3,645 PT PGDip: £10,920 FT PGDip: 9 months FT 18 months PT MA/PGDip PGDip: £4,860 FT £2,430 PT International Relations A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International £15,210 FT 2 years FT (Contemporary Asia Pacific) subject area) students only with Integrated Pre-Masters MA International Relations MA: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject MA: £7,290 MA: £16,380 FT MA: 1 year FT 2 years PT (Diplomacy) MA/PGDip PGDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject FT £3,645 PT PGDip: £10,920 FT PGDip: 9 months FT 18 months PT PGDip: £4,860 FT £2,430 PT International Relations A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International £15,210 FT 2 years FT (Diplomacy) with Integrated subject area) students only Pre-Masters MA International Relations MA: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject MA: £7,290 MA: £16,380 FT MA: 1 year FT 2 years PT (Gender) MA/PGDip PGDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject FT £3,645 PT PGDip: £10,920 FT PGDip: 9 months FT 18 months PT PGDip: £4,860 FT £2,430 PT International Relations A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International £15,210 FT 2 years FT (Gender) with Integrated subject area) students only Pre-Masters MA International Relations MA: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject MA: £7,290 MA: £16,380 FT MA: 1 year FT 2 years PT (International Peacekeeping) PGDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject FT £3,645 PT PGDip: £10,920 FT PGDip: 9 months FT 18 months PT MA/PGDip PGDip: £4,860 FT £2,430 PT International Relations A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International £15,210 FT 2 years FT (International Peacekeeping) subject area) students only with Integrated Pre-Masters MA International Relations MA: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject MA: £7,290 MA: £16,380 FT MA: 1 year FT 2 years PT (Security) MA/PGDip PGDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject FT £3,645 PT PGDip: £10,920 FT PGDip: 9 months FT 18 months PT PGDip: £4,860 FT £2,430 PT International Relations A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International £15,210 FT 2 years FT (Security) with Integrated subject area) students only Pre-Masters MA

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TAUGHT PROGRAMMES (CONTINUED)

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration International Relations MA: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject MA: £7,290 MA: £16,380 FT MA: 1 year FT 2 years PT (Terrorism and Political PGDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject FT £3,645 PT PGDip: £10,920 FT PGDip: 9 months FT 18 months PT Violence) MA/PGDip PGDip: £4,860 FT £2,430 PT International Relations A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International £15,210 FT 2 years FT (Terrorism and Political subject area) students only Violence) with Integrated Pre-Masters MA International Relations MA: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject MA: £7,290 MA: £16,380 FT MA: 1 year FT 2 years PT (Research Methods) MA/PGDip PGDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject FT £3,645 PT PGDip: £10,920 FT PGDip: 9 months FT 18 months PT PGDip: £4,860 FT £2,430 PT International Relations A recognised first degree (including in an unrelated International £15,210 FT 2 years FT (Research Methods) with subject area) students only Integrated Pre-Masters MA * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES The Institute for Conflict, Cooperation and Security (ICCS) PRE-MASTERS promotes a multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach to global security challenges. It draws on research expertise The pre-Masters year is designed to bridge the gap between in the fields of international relations, security studies, your current qualification and the postgraduate programme psychology (including neuroscience), global ethics and at Birmingham. During the pre-Masters year you will take a war studies to address issues of conflict and cooperation range of academic undergraduate modules which will provide relating to nuclear trust-building, global nuclear order, the necessary foundation knowledge for the postgraduate mediation and conflict transformation, and the military programmes, and one third of your programme will be spent and civilian uses of drones. developing your English language and academic skills, allowing you to approach academic reading and writing with confidence. There are a wide range of pre-masters programmes available in the School of Government and Society, and on successful completion of the pre-Masters CONTACT US year you will progress to one of the programmes on offer in Taught programmes the Department of Political Science and International Studies, Vicki Ahmed – the International Development Department or the Institute for Conflict, Cooperation and Security. +44 (0)121 414 5921; [email protected]

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Public Management MSc/ 2:1 Honours degree or an equivalent MSc: £9,810 FT £4,905 PT MSc: £15,660 FT MSc: 1 year FT PGDip/PGCert (with specialist professional qualification or experience PGDip: £6,540 FT £3,270 PT PGDip: £10,440 FT only 2 years PT pathways) PGCert: £3,270 FT/PT PGCert: £5,220 FT only PGDip/PGCert: 15–24 months PT Public Service Commissioning 2:1 Honours degree, 3.5GPA or an equivalent MSc: £9,810 FT MSc: £15,660 FT MSc: 1 year FT MSc/PGDip/GDip/PGCert/ professional qualification or experience £4,905 PT PGDip: £10,440 FT only 2 years PT GCert PGDip: £6,540 FT £3,270 PT GDip: £10,440 FT only PGDip/PGCert: GDip: £6,540 FT £3,270 PT PGCert: £5,220 FT only 9 months FT PGCert: £3,270 FT/PT 21 months PT Social Research (Local 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject MA: £7,020 FT £3,510 PT MA: £16,380 FT only 2 years FT Government and Public Policy) PGDip: £4,680 FT £2,340 PT PGDip: £10,920 FT only 4 years PT MA/PGDip/PGCert PGCert: £2,340 FT/PT PGCert: £5,460 FT only Masters in Public 2:1 Honours degree or postgraduate diploma from Contact the School for information Contact the School for 2.5 years Administration (MPA) by a UK university or equivalent information distance learning * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Local Government Studies 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 2 years FT MPhil £2,090 PT 4 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Local Government and Public Policy PhD High 2:1 or first-class Honours with evidence of research £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 4 years FT with Integrated Study ability; or undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in a less relevant subject Local Government Studies PhD/PhD by DL 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) 6 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Political Science MA/PGDip MA: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject MA: £7,290 FT MA: £16,380 FT only MA: 1 year FT PGDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject £3,645 PT PGDip: £10,920 2 years PT PGDip: £4,860 FT FT only PGDip: 9 months £2,430 PT Political Science (British Politics MA: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject MA: £7,290 FT MA: £16,380 FT only MA: 1 year FT and the State) MA/PGDip PGDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject £3,645 PT PGDip: £10,920 2 years PT PGDip: £4,860 FT FT only PGDip: 9 months £2,430 PT Political Science (Research MA: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject MA: £7,290 FT MA: £16,380 FT only MA: 1 year FT Methods) MA/PGDip PGDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject £3,645 PT PGDip: £10,920 FT 2 years PT PGDip: £4,680 FT PGDip: 9 months £2,430 PT Political Theory MA/PGDip MA: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject MA: £7,290 FT MA: £16,380 FT only MA: 1 year FT PGDip: 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject £3,645 PT PGDip: £10,920 2 years PT PGDip: £4,860 FT FT only PGDip: 9 months £2,430 PT Social and Political Theory MA 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £7,290 FT £16,380 FT only MA: 1 year FT £3,645 PT 2 years PT PGDip: 9 months * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

Graduates from our programmes have These MA programmes present gone on to work in a range of careers, opportunities for further advanced with recent graduates working with study for those with a formal CONTACT US organisations such as the United background in Political Science Tricia Carr Nations, Foreign and Commonwealth or International Studies but also Vicki Ahmed – Office, local authorities in the UK and welcome candidates from other +44 (0)121 414 5921; overseas and the Department for relevant academic fields who [email protected] International Development. seek a new challenge.

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POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Political Science and International High 2:1 or first-class Honours degree with evidence of research £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 2 years FT Studies MPhil ability; or undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in a less £2,090 PT relevant subject * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Political Science and International High 2:1 or first-class Honours degree with evidence of research £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT Studies PhD/PhD by DL ability; or undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in a less £2,090 PT £7,605 PT (DL only) relevant subject * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

I decided to undertake a Masters course because my goal is to go into politics or the social sector to help individuals and families struggling in the UK within the community. Over the year, I have developed my critical thinking, academic outlook, creativity and an extensive knowledge of social science, philosophy and politics. I have no doubt of success with the support gained in such a lovely environment.

ERNEST BEDIAKO, Social and Political Theory MA.

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School of Social Policy

The mission of the School of Social Policy is ‘to understand the world, but also to change it’ – using its world-leading research to make a practical difference in policy and practice. The School is an international leader in research and teaching in the fields of social policy, social work and health.

Our research and teaching interests range widely across the fields of social policy, SUPPORTING YOUR LEARNING social care and health and professional practice, and we offer a range of taught Our breadth of interest is reflected in the facilities for graduate research and research programmes, as well as supervision and the range of programmes offered at postgraduate level. Our continuing professional and management research programmes are recognised by the ESRC and regular postgraduate development opportunities in relation to: seminars are offered. There are specialist research training courses to support n Social Policy both research and taught postgraduate students. n Social Work n Health Services Management You will have the opportunity to take part in a range of Departmental, College and University-wide events. Some of these are social; others are targeted to help you build up a portfolio of experiences and skills for your CV; others are more open events designed to expose you to high-level speakers on current POSTGRADUATE debates relevant to all Social Policy students. STUDY

The School of Social Policy offers a wide range of taught Masters (MA PRE-ARRIVAL CAREER and MSc) programmes, as well as SUPPORT PROGRESSION/ Postgraduate Diplomas, Certificates EMPLOYABILITY and other qualifications that can be The School undertakes a series of taken on a full-time, part-time or open days, applicant visit days and Graduates from the School are modular basis. These cover a wide online events to make it easier for pursuing careers in a variety of fields, range of subjects, including social enquirers, applicants and offer-holders including leadership roles in the NHS policy, health services management, to make contact with our current and social care, practitioner roles in social work, and migration and students and staff. For details on social work and care professions, superdiversity. upcoming events, please visit our management and developmental website or contact the School directly. roles in local or central government The School offers the opportunity to We will also keep in contact with and NGOs, and in research and study for research degrees (MPhil you by email up until the point of higher education. and PhD) in a wide variety of topics enrolment, to ensure you are kept relating to social research, social up to date with developments in policy, social care practice and the School/Department and to health services policy and help prepare you for your management. forthcoming studies. College of Social Sciences 175

FACILITIES SCHOLARSHIPS The Department of Social Policy and AND STUDENTSHIPS Social Work is largely based within the refurbished Muirhead Tower on A variety of scholarships are available. the University’s main Edgbaston Please consult the University’s campus, offering state-of-the-art postgraduate funding database: teaching and research study facilities. www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfunding The Health Services Management Centre is based in Park House – located close to the heart of the campus with fully equipped library Learn more and information services, comfortable www.birmingham.ac.uk/social-policy teaching rooms, restaurant, IT/internet services and onsite administration.

I am a graduate of the Social Policy MA. I chose Birmingham because the MA programme is recognised by the Economic and Social Research Council and run by a Russell Group university that conducts world-leading research. Doing the MA has been a really positive experience; I’ve gained a lot of skills and have covered pretty much every major research method used in social science.

OLIVIA VICOL, Social Policy MA alumna.

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HEALTH SERVICES MANAGEMENT TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Health Care Policy and 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject, MSc: £10,710 FT £5,355 PT Contact the School MSc/PGDip: 1 year FT Management MSc/PGDip/PGCert or a professional qualification and experience PGDip: £9,300 FT £4,650 PT for information 2 years PT PGCert: £4,650 FT/PT PGCert: 9 months PT Health Care Policy and 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject, MSc: £10,710 FT £5,355 PT MSc: £17,820 MSc/PGDip: 1 year FT Management (Quality and Service or a professional qualification and experience PGDip: £9,300 FT £4,650 PT FT only 2 years PT Improvement) MSc/PGDip/PGCert PGCert: £4,650 FT/PT PGDip: £13,680 PGCert: 9 months PT FT only * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

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HEALTH SERVICES MANAGEMENT MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Health Services Management 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 2 years FT MPhil £2,090 PT 4 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

HEALTH SERVICES MANAGEMENT DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Health Services Management PhD 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT 6 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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NHS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PROGRAMMES THE ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON PROGRAMME LEADING CARE II NHS Leadership Academy programmes This programme is for dynamic mid-level leaders determined are the first in a new set of NHS professional to challenge the status quo and have wider impact by leading development programmes to combine a culture of compassion at a senior level of the NHS. Successful successful leadership strategies from completion of the programme will lead to an NHS Leadership Academy award in Senior Healthcare Leadership and an MSc international healthcare, private sector in Healthcare Leadership. organisations and academic expert content. THE NYE BEVAN PROGRAMME LEADING CARE III The Health Services Management Centre has been selected For senior leaders looking to move into an executive leadership to support the NHS to deliver two of the three professional role and drive change through the very highest levels of the development programmes available to over 25,000 staff healthcare system. Completing the programme will help you including doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, support a culture of ever-improving patient care across your healthcare scientists and HR and finance staff. organisation and the wider care communities. It will lead to an NHS Leadership Academy award in Executive With a programme for each level of leadership responsibility, Healthcare Leadership. the NHS Leadership Academy is providing targeted development for NHS staff from all backgrounds, experience and levels who Learn more have what it takes to create a more capable and compassionate For further details and to apply to either of the programmes healthcare system. If you are looking to develop the knowledge, go to: www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/programmes skills, expertise, attitudes and behaviours to support the next steps in your personal leadership journey, then one of these or to find out more about our involvement visit: programmes will be for you. www.birmingham.ac.uk/hsmc

I am Associate Director of Nursing at University Hospitals Birmingham. When I spoke to the HSMC Postgraduate Programmes Manager to talk about the fact that I was a mature student without the experience of a recent academic challenge, she was very warm and sympathetic and she gave me the confidence that actually it was something I could do.

TRACY NIGHTINGALE, Health Services Improvement MSc alumna.

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SOCIAL POLICY TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Migration, Superdiversity and 2:1 Honours degree in a social science or Contact the School for information Contact the School for MA: 1 year FT Policy MA/PGDip/PGCert related field; relevant work experience will information 2 years PT also be considered Policy into Practice MA/PGDip/ 2:1 Honours degree or equivalent professional This programme is designed for MA: £15,660 FT only MA: 1 year FT PGCert qualification international students PGDip: £10,440 FT only 2 years PT PGCert: £5,220 FT only Policy into Practice (with 2:1 Honours degree or equivalent professional This programme is designed for MA: £15,210 FT only MA: 21 months FT Integrated Placement) MA/PGDip qualification international students PGDip: £11,410 FT only PGDip: 9 months FT 18 months PT Policy into Practice with Integrated 2:1 Honours degree or equivalent professional This programme is designed for £11,410 FT only 1 year FT Placement (Health) PGDip qualification international students Social Policy MA 2:1 Honours degree in a social science or related £7,020 FT £15,660 FT 1 year FT field; or five years’ relevant work experience £3,510 PT 2 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

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SOCIAL POLICY MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Social Policy MPhil 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 2 years FT £2,090 PT 4 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

SOCIAL POLICY DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Social Policy PhD 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT £2,090 PT 6 years PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

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SOCIAL RESEARCH TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Social Research (Health and Wellbeing) 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject MA: £7,020 FT £3,510 PT MA: £16,380 FT only MA: 1 year FT 2 years PT MA/PGDip PGDip: £4,680 FT £2,340 PT PGDip: £10,920 FT only PGDip: 9 months FT 18 months PT Social Research (Social Policy) MA/PGDip 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject MA: £7,020 FT £3,510 PT MA: £16,380 FT only MA: 1 year FT 2 years PT PGDip: £4,680 FT £2,340 PT PGDip: £10,920 FT only PGDip: 9 months FT 18 PGCert: £2,340 FT/PT PGCert: £5,460 FT only months PT Social Research (Social Work and 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject MA: £7,020 FT £3,510 PT MA: £16,380 FT only MA: 1 year FT 2 years PT Professional Practice) MA/PGDip PGDip: £4,680 FT £2,340 PT PGDip: £10,920 FT only PGDip: 9 months FT 18 PGCert: £2,340 FT/PT PGCert: £5,460 FT only months PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

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SOCIAL RESEARCH MA (INTRACOLLEGE PROGRAMME)

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Social Research MA/PGDip/PGCert 2:1 Honours degree, or international MA: £7,020 FT £3,510 PT MA: £16,380 FT 1 year FT equivalent PGDip: £4,680 FT £2,340 PT 2 years PT PGCert: £2,340 FT/PT * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees

Contact us WHAT YOU WILL LEARN For further information contact the School directly or email: The programme of modules provides you with rigorous training in a broad range [email protected] of social science research designs and methods. You will gain an overview of the philosophy of social research and the ways in which it informs research design, methodology, methods of data collection and analysis. You will also develop an Learn more ability to use a wide range of research methods, and a sound understanding of their www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/ merits and limitations, while being conversant and sympathetic to approaches used courses/taught/socsci/social- by other social scientists. Above all, you will learn how to communicate research research.aspx findings effectively and develop an understanding of the potential impact of your research within and beyond academia. 180 College of Social Sciences

SOCIAL WORK TAUGHT PROGRAMMES

Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Advanced Child Protection Studies 2:1 Honours degree or evidence of ability to study at postgraduate Contact School for Contact School for fee Flexible PT (by distance learning) MA/ level, plus relevant experience fee information information PGDip**/PGCert Practice Education PGCert An Honours degree or evidence of ability to study at postgraduate Contact School for N/A Flexible PT level, and you must be a registered social worker working in a social care fee information or social work setting and must have been working as a qualified social worker for a minimum of two years Social Work MA 2:1 Honours degree plus at least six weeks’ social care experience; 2:2 £5,355 FT only £15,660 FT only 2 years FT Honours degree may also be considered if experience is particularly strong. You must also have English and Mathematics at GCSE grade C. Social Work with Children, Young An Honours degree or evidence of ability to study at postgraduate Contact School for N/A Flexible PT People, Their Families and Carers level, plus a social work qualification fee information MA/PGDip/PGCert Specialist Social Work with Adults An Honours degree or evidence of ability to study at postgraduate level, Contact School for Contact School for fee Flexible PT MA/PGDip/PGCert plus a social work qualification fee information information * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees **Availability subject to University programme approval

SOCIAL WORK MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Social Work MPhil 2:1 Honours degree or Masters qualification in social work. £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 2 years FT Candidates with other qualifications and substantial social work £2,090 PT 4 years PT experience may also be considered. * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

SOCIAL WORK DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Programmes Entry requirements UK/EU fees* International fees* Duration Doctorate in Social Work 2:1 Honours degree in social science, or a lower qualification plus a £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT Masters degree. You will usually need a relevant professional qualification £2,090 PT 6 years PT and three years’ work experience. Social Work PhD 2:1 Honours degree or Masters qualification in social work. Candidates £4,180 FT £15,210 FT 3 years FT with other qualifications and substantial social work experience may also £2,090 PT 6 years PT be considered. * Tuition fees are per year and are correct at time of going to print (September 2016). Some programmes may charge additional fees to those stated here (such as bench fees). EU fees will continue to match UK fees provided that this continues to be permitted by law. For the most up-to-date fees information visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfees For UK/EU postgraduate research students, the annual University fee level is set at UK Research Council rates and as such is subject to change. The indicative fee level for 2017–18 will increase in line with the GDP deflator and will be announced by Research Councils UK in spring 2017.

DOCTORAL For full details of our PhD programmes and staff research interests, please order your RESEARCHER bespoke copy of the Doctoral Research Prospectus at: www.birmingham.ac.uk/drp Index and small print 181

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We would encourage you to visit our online prospectus, which will provide a better indication of the breadth of research activity currently available at Birmingham and the large range of taught programmes, including continuing professional development and distance-learning courses. For a complete listing of all degrees and programmes, follow the links from: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgcourses

Antiquity, Late MRes 67 A Applied and Petroleum B Accounting and Finance, Micropalaeontology MSc 125 Bilingualism in Education MEd by International MSc 147 Applied Educational and Child DL/PGDip by DL/PGCert by DL 158 Accounting MPhil/MSc Psychology Doctorate Biochemical Engineering MSc/PGDip 91 by Research/PhD 147, 148 (AppEd and Child PsyD) 161 Biomedical Research – Integrative Advanced Chemical Engineering Applied Health Research PhD/ and Translational MRes 140 MSc/PGDip 91 MSc by Research 142 Biomedical Sciences PhD/ Advanced Child Protection Applied Linguistics MA/MA by DL 53 MSc by Research 142 Studies (by distance learning) Applied Linguistics with TESOL MA 53 Biosciences MSc by Research/ MA/PGDip/PGCert 180 Applied Linguistics, English Language PhD/PhD by DL 122 Advanced Clinical Practice and MA by Research/PhD/ Brain Imaging and Cognitive MSc/PGDip/PGCert 137 PhD via Distance Learning 54 Neuroscience MSc 129 Advanced Computer Science MSc 101 Applied Mathematics MRes/PhD 108 Business, International MSc 151 Advanced General Dental Practice Applied Meteorology and Byzantine Studies MRes 65 (Distance Learning) MSc 137 Climatology MSc 125 Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Advanced Manipulative Archaeology MA/PGDip/PGCert/ Studies MA by Research/MA by Physiotherapy MSc/PGDip 132 MA by Research/MA by Research by DL/PhD/PhD by DL 65 Advanced Mechanical Research by DL/MRes/ Engineering MSc 110 PhD/PhD by DL 66, 67, 68 Advancing Physiotherapy Archaeology, Greek MRes 67 C Practice MSc/PGDip 132 Art History and Curating MA 75 Cancer and Genomics PhD/ Africa and Development MA 62 Art, History of MA/MA by Research/ MSc by Research 142 African Studies MA/PGDip/ MA by Research by DL/MRes/ Cancer Sciences MRes 140 MRes/MA by Research/MA PhD/PhD by DL 75, 76 Cardiovascular Science MRes/ by Research by DL/PhD/ Atmospheric Sciences and PhD/MSc by Research 140, 142 PhD by DL 62, 63 Air Pollution PhD with Character Education MA by DL 158 Air Pollution Management Integrated Study 126 Chemical Engineering PhD/PhD and Control MSc/PGDip 91, 125 Autism (Adults) MEd by DL/ with Integrated Study 92 Ancient History MRes 67 PGDip by DL/PGCert by DL 158 Chemical Engineering Science Ancient History, Classics and MA Autism (Children) Campus MRes/MSc by Research 92 by Research/MA by Research MEd/PGDip/PGCert 158 Chemical Engineering, Advanced by DL/PhD/PhD by DL 67, 68 Autism (Children) Distance MSc/PGDip 91 Antiquity MA 66 Learning MEd by DL/PGDip Chemistry PhD 94 Antiquity MA (Byzantine by DL/PGCert by DL 158 Civil Engineering and Management Studies pathway) 64 MSc/PGDip/PGCert 97 Civil Engineering MSc/PGDip/ MSc by Research/MPhil/PhD 97, 99 Programmes index 183

Classics and Ancient History MA Development Management Electronic, Electrical and Computer by Research/MA by Research (Aid Management) MSc/GDip/ Engineering MRes/MSc by DL/PhD/PhD by DL 67, 68 Integrated Pre-Masters MSc 164 by Research/PhD 105 Classics MRes 67 Development Management (Human Engineered Materials for High Clinical Health Research MRes 133, 140 Resources and Development Performance Applications in Clinical Neuropsychiatry MSc/ Management) MSc/GDip/ Aerospace and Related PGDip/PGCert 137 Integrated Pre-Masters MSc 164 Technologies EngD 114 Clinical Oncology MSc/PGDip 137 Development Management (Public Engineering Management MSc 110 Clinical Primary and Community Economic Management and English Language and Applied Care MSc/PGDip/PGCert 137 Finance) MSc/GDip 164 Linguistics MA by Research/ Clinical Psychology Doctorate Development Management PhD/PhD via Distance Learning 54 (ClinPsyD) 130 MSc/PGDip by DL/GDip 164 English Literature MA by Research/MA Clinical Psychology MRes/Top Development Management with by Research by DL/PhD/PhD by DL 56 Up Doctorate (CPD route) 130 Integrated Pre-Masters MSc 164 Environmental and Biological Clinical Sciences PhD/MSc Distance Learning International Nanoscience MRes 126 by Research 142 Business MSc 151 Environmental and Natural Resource Cognitive Robotics, Computational Distance Learning MBA 155 Economics MSc/MSc pre-Masters 149 Neuroscience and MSc 129 Doctorate in Social Work 180 Environmental Health and Risk Colonial and Postcolonial Studies MA 77 Drama and Theatre Studies MA by Management MSc by Commercial Law LLM 49 Research/MA by Research Research/PhD 126 Commercial Law, International LLM 49 by DL/PhD/PhD by DL/ Evangelical and Charismatic Studies Communications Engineering MSc 104 Practice-Based PhD 52 MA by DL/PGDip by DL/ Computational Neuroscience and PGCert by DL 85 Cognitive Robotics MSc 129 Exercise and Sport Sciences Computer Science MSc/PhD 101, 102 E MSc/MRes 132, 133 Computer Science, Early Modern History MA/MRes 68, 70 Exercise and Sports Medicine Advanced MSc 101 Economics MSc/ (Football) MSc/PGDip 132 Construction Management MSc pre-Masters/PhD 149, 150 MSc/PGDip 97 Education for Health Professionals Contemporary History MA 68 MEd/PGDip/PGCert 158 F Creative Writing MA/PhD/ Education MA/PGDip/MA by Film and Television: Research PhD by DL 57, 58 Research/ PGCert/EdD/ and Production MA 57 Criminal Justice, Criminal Law PhD 158, 160, 161 Film Studies MRes/MA by Research/ and LLM 49 Education of Learners with Multisensory MA by Research by DL/PhD/ Criminal Law and Criminal Justice LLM 49 Impairment (Deafblindness) PhD by DL/Audio-Visual PhD 58 Cultural Heritage MA by Research/ (Mandatory Qualification) Finance MPhil/MSc by MA by Research by DL/PhD/ PGDip by DL 158 Research/PhD 147, 148 PhD by DL 72 Education of Learners with Multisensory Financial Economics MSc 149 Cuneiform and Ancient Near Eastern Impairment (Deafblindness) (Non Financial Engineering MSc 107 Studies MRes 67 Mandatory Qualification) MEd by Financial Management MSc 147 Curating, Art History and MA 75 DL/PGDip by DL/PGCert by DL 158 Food Safety, Hygiene and Cyber Security MSc 101 Educational Studies MRes 160 Management MSc/PGDip/PGCert 91 Efficient Fossil Energy Forensic Clinical Psychology Doctorate Technologies MSc 91 (ForenClinPsyD)/(CPD route)/ D Egyptology MRes 67 (ForenPsyD) 130 Dental Practice, Advanced General Electrical Power Systems MSc 104 Formulation Engineering EngD 92 (Distance Learning) MSc 137 Electrical Power Systems with French Studies MA by Research/ Dentistry PhD/MSc by Research 142 Advanced Research MSc 104 MA by Research by DL/PhD/ Development Economics Electronic and Computer PhD by DL 78, 79 MSc/MSc pre-Masters 149 Engineering MSc 104 Functional and Clinical Anatomy MSc 137 184 Programmes index

Hispanic Studies MA by Research/ International Commercial Law LLM 49 G MA by Research by DL/PhD/ International Development (Conflict, Genomic Medicine MSc/PGDip/ PhD by DL 78, 79 Security and Development) MSc/ PGCert 138 History MA by DL/MA by Research/ PGDip by DL/GDip/Integrated Geography and Environmental MA by Research by DL/PhD/ Pre-Masters MSc 165 Sciences MSc by Research/PhD 126 PhD by DL 68, 70 International Development Geotechnical Engineering and History of Art MA/MA by Research/ (Environment, Sustainability Management MSc/PGDip/PGCert 97 MA by Research by DL/MRes/ and Politics) MSc/GDip/ Geotechnical Engineering PhD/PhD by DL 75, 76 Integrated Pre-Masters MSc 165 MSc/PGDip/PGCert 97 History of Warfare MA 68 International Development (Governance German Studies (Social Sciences) History, Ancient MRes 67 and Statebuilding) MSc/GDip/ PhD/PhD by DL 168 History, Contemporary MA 68 Integrated Pre-Masters MSc 165 German Studies MA by Research/ History, Early Modern MA 68, 70 International Development (International MA by Research by DL/PhD/ History, Global MA 68 Political Economy and Development) PhD by DL 78, 79 History, Medieval MRes 70 MSc/GDip/Integrated Global Banking and Finance MBA 155 History, Military MA by DL 68 Pre-Masters MSc 165, 166 Global Cooperation and Security Holocaust and Genocide International Development (Poverty, MSc/Integrated Pre-Masters MSc 168 MA/PGDip/PGCert 68, 77, 85 Inequality and Development) Global Ethics MSc/PhD/PhD Human Computer Interaction MSc 101 MSc/PGDip by DL/Integrated by DL 83, 84 Human Geography, Pre-Masters MSc 166 Global History MA 68 Research in MSc/MRes 125, 126 International Development (Urban Global MBA in Singapore 155 Human Resource Management Development) MSc/GDip/ Golf Coaching Advanced Certificate 132 MSc/with CIPD Pathway MSc 151 Integrated Pre-Masters MSc 166 Government Studies, Local Human Values and Human Rights MSc 83 International Development MSc/ MPhil/PhD/PhD by DL 171 Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and their PGDip by DL/GDip/MPhil/ Graduate Diploma in Business Applications MRes/ PhD/PhD by DL PhD with Administration 147, 151, 152, 153, 155 PhD with Integrated Study 92 Integrated Study/Integrated Governance and Statebuilding Hydrogeology MSc 125 Pre-Masters MSc 165, 167 (International Development) International Economics MSc/ MSc/GDip 165 MSc pre-Masters 149 Graduate Entry Medicine I International Heritage Management and Surgery MBChB 138 Immunology and Immunotherapy MA/MA by DL 71 Greek Archaeology MRes 67 MSc/PhD/MSc by Research 138, 142 International Law, Ethics Inclusion and Special Educational and Politics MA 49, 83 Needs MEd by DL/PGDip by International Law: Crime, Justice H DL/PGCert by DL 159 and Human Rights LLM 49 Health Care Policy and Management Industrial Project Management International Marketing MSc 153 (Quality and Service Improvement) MSc/PGDip/PGCert 91 International Money and Banking MSc 149 MSc/PGDip/PGCert 176 Inflammation and Ageing PhD/ International Political Economy MA/ Health Care Policy and Management MSc by Research 142 PGDip/Integrated Pre-Masters MA 168 MSc/PGDip/PGCert 176 Infrastructure Asset Management International Relations (Contemporary Health Economics and Econometrics (IAM) MSc/MSc by DL/PGDip/ Asia Pacific) MA/PGDip/Integrated MSc/PGDip 138 PGDip by DL/PGCert/ Pre-Masters MA 169 Health Economics and Health Policy PGCert by DL 98 International Relations (Diplomacy) MSc/PGDip 138 Integrated Study (Business and MA/PGDip/Integrated Health Research Methods Management) PhD with Pre-Masters MA 169 MSc/PGDip/PGCert 138 Integrated Study 152 International Relations (Gender) MA/ Health Research, Applied International Accounting and PGDip/Integrated Pre-Masters MA 169 PhD/MSc by Research 142 Finance MSc 147 International Relations (International Health Services Management International Business MSc 151 Peacekeeping) MA/PGDip/ MPhil/PhD 176 International Business, Integrated Pre-Masters MA 169 Distance Learning MSc 151 Programmes index 185

International Relations (Research Management: Operations Modern European History MRes 70 Methods) MA/PGDip/Integrated Pathway MSc 151 Modern Greek Studies, Byzantine, Pre-Masters MA 170 Management: Organisational Ottoman and MA by Research International Relations (Security) MA/ Leadership and Change MA by Research by DL/PhD/ PGDip/Integrated Pre-Masters MA 169 Pathway MSc 151 PhD by DL 65 International Relations (Terrorism and Management: Strategy Pathway MSc 151 Modern Languages MRes/ Political Violence) MA/PGDip/ Marketing and Consulting, Audio-Visual PhD 78, 79 Integrated Pre-Masters MA 170 Strategic MSc 153 Molecular and Cellular International Relations MA/PGDip/ Marketing Communications MSc 153 Biology MRes 122 Integrated Pre-Masters MA 169 Marketing MSc/MPhil/MSc by Molecular Biotechnology MSc 121 International Studies in Education Research/PhD 153, 154 Molecular Mechanistic (Education and Development) MA 159 Marketing, International MSc 153 Toxicology MRes 122 International Studies in Education MA 159 Masters in Public Administration Money and Banking, International Investments MSc 147 (MPA)/by distance learning 164, 171 MSc/MSc pre-Masters 149 Islamic Studies MRes 86 Materials Science and Money, Banking and Finance Italian Studies MA by Research/ Engineering MSc 113 MSc/MSc pre-Masters 149 MA by Research by DL/PhD/ Mathematical Modelling MSc 107 MSc by Research (Taxation) 147 PhD by DL 78, 79 Mathematics, Applied MRes/PhD 108 Music MA 80 Mathematics, Operational Research, Music Performance Practice MA Statistics and Econometrics by Research/MA by Research L (MORSE) MSc 107 by DL/PhD/PhD by DL 81 Language, Culture and Mathematics, Pure MRes/PhD 108 Musical Composition MA by Communication MA 53 MBA 155 Research/MA by Research Language, Literacies and Dyslexia MBA Executive 155 by DL/PhD/PhD by DL 81 MEd by DL/PGDip by DL/ MBA Global Banking and Finance 155 Musicology MA by Research/MA by PGCert by DL 159 MBA in International Business 155 Research by DL/PhD/PhD by DL 81 Languages, Modern MRes/ Mechanical Engineering MSc Audio-Visual PhD 78, 79 by Research/PhD 111 Late Antiquity MRes 67 Mechanical Engineering, N Law MPhil/MJur/PhD/PhD by DL 50 Advanced MSc 110 Natural Computation MRes 102 Law, Commercial LLM 49 Medieval History MRes 70 Nuclear Decommissioning and Law, International Commercial LLM 49 Medieval Studies (Byzantine Waste Management MSc 116 Linguistics, Applied MA/MA by DL/ Studies pathway) MA 64 Nursing PhD/MSc by Research 142 with TESOL MA 53 Medieval Studies (Medieval Literature and Culture MA 55 Archaeology pathway) MA 66 LLB for Graduates 49 Medieval Studies (Medieval O LLM (General) 49 History pathway) MA 68 Operations Management MSc 110 Local Government and Public Policy Medieval Studies (Medieval PhD with Integrated Study 171 Literature pathway) MA 55 Local Government Studies MPhil/ Medieval Studies MRes 56 P PhD/PhD by DL 171 Metabolism and Systems Research Pharmacy PhD/MSc by Research 142 PhD/MSc by Research 142 Philosophy MA/MRes/PhD/ Metallurgy and Materials MPhil/ PhD by DL 83, 84 M MSc by Research/PhD/PhD Philosophy of Health and Management Mathematics with Integrated Study 113, 114 Happiness MA/MA by DL 83 MRes/PhD 108 Microbiology and Infection Philosophy of Mind and Management MSc/MPhil/MSc MSc/PhD/MSc by Research 121, 142 Cognitive Science MA 83 by Research/PhD 151, 152 Migration, Superdiversity and Philosophy of Religion and Management of Special Education Policy MA/PGDip/PGCert 178 Ethics MA/MA by DL/PGDip 83, 85 in Developing Countries MA 159 Military History MA by DL 68 Physical Education and Management: Entrepreneurship Modern East Mediterranean Sport Pedagogy MSc 132 and Innovation Pathway MSc 151 History MRes 65 186 Programmes index

Physical Sciences for Health Project Management MSc 110 Science of Occupational Health, (Sci-Phy-4-Health) Psychology MA/MSc/MSc Safety and the Environment Integrated PhD 92, 94, 99, by Research/PhD 129, 130 MSc/PGDip 125 102, 105, 108 Psychology, Clinical MRes/ Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Physician Associate Studies MSc Top Up Doctorate (CPD route) 130 Difficulties MEd/PGDip/PGCert 159 (Distance Learning)/PGDip 139 Public and Environmental Health Sexuality and Gender Studies Physicians’ Assistant Sciences MSc 125 MA by Research/MA by (Anaesthesia) PGDip 139 Public Health – Statement of Extra Research by DL/MRes/PhD/ Physics and Astronomy PhD 116 Accredited Learning (SEAL) MPH 139 PhD by DL 78, 79 Physics and Technology of Public Health (Health Technology Shakespeare and Creativity MA/ Nuclear Reactors MSc 116 Assessment) MPH/PGDip/PGCert 139 PhD with Integrated Study 59, 60 Physiotherapy (preregistration) MSc 132 Public Health (International) Shakespeare and Education Physiotherapy Practice, MPH/PGDip/PGCert 139 MA/MA by DL 59 Advancing MSc/PGDip 132 Public Health MPH/PGDip/PGCert 139 Shakespeare and Theatre MA/ Policy into Practice (with Integrated Public Management MSc/PGDip/ MA by DL/PGDip/PGDip by DL 59 Placement) MA/PGDip 178 PGCert (with specialist pathways) 171 Shakespeare Studies MA/MA by Policy into Practice Public Service Commissioning MSc/ Research/MA by Research MA/PGDip/PGCert 178 PGDip/GDip/PGCert/GCert 171 by DL/PhD/PhD by DL 59, 60 Policy into Practice with Integrated Pure Mathematics MRes/PhD 108 Sikh Studies MRes 86 Placement (Health) PGDip 178 Social and Political Theory MA 172 Political Economy, International MA/ Social Policy MA/MPhil/PhD 178 PGDip/Integrated Pre-Masters MA 168 R Social Research (African Studies) MA 62 Political Science (British Politics Railway Risk and Safety Management Social Research (Economic and and the State) MA/PGDip 172 MSc/MSc by DL/PGDip/PGDip Social History) MA 68 Political Science by DL/PGCert/PGCert by DL 98 Social Research (Health and (Research Methods) MA/PGDip 172 Railway Systems Engineering and Wellbeing) MA/PGDip 179 Political Science and International Integration MSc/MSc by DL/ Social Research (Local Government Studies MPhil/PhD/PhD by DL 173 PGDip/PGDip by DL/PGCert/ and Public Policy) Political Science MA/PGDip 172 PGCert by DL 98 MA/PGDip/PGCert 171 Postgraduate Certificate Primary Railway Systems Integration MRes 99 Social Research (Social Policy) Education: QTS in Primary or Religion, Politics and Society MA 85 MA/PGDip 179 Primary with Special Educational Research in Human Social Research (Social Work and Needs and Disabilities (SEND) 157 Geography MRes 125, 126 Professional Practice) MA/PGDip 179 Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive River Environments and Social Research MA/PGDip/PGCert 179 Behavioural Therapy (High their Management MSc 125 Social Work MA/MPhil/PhD 180 Intensity IAPT course) 129 Road Management and Social Work with Children, Young Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Engineering MSc/PGDip 98 People, Their Families and Carers Behavioural Therapy Robotics MSc 101 MA/PGDip/PGCert 180 (Route 1)/(Route 2) 129 Russian and East European Studies Social Work, Doctorate in 180 Postgraduate Diploma in PhD/PhD by DL 163 Social, Emotional and Behavioural Compassion Focused Therapy 129 Russian Studies MA by Research/ Difficulties MEd by DL/PGDip Postgraduate Diploma Primary MA by Research by DL/PhD/ by DL/PGCert by DL 159 Education: Qualified Teacher PhD by DL 78, 79 Special Educational Needs and Status (QTS) 157 Disabilities MA/PGDip/PGCert 159 Postgraduate Diploma Special Educational Needs Teaching Studies 157 S Co-ordination (National Award) Practical Theology Doctorate 87 School Improvement and Educational PGCert 159 Practice Education PGCert 180 Leadership MA/PGDip/PGCert 159 Specialist Social Work with Adults Pre-Masters Certificate in Science and Engineering MA/PGDip/PGCert 180 Mathematics CertHE 107 of Materials MRes 113 Sport Coaching MSc/PGDip 132 Professional Doctorate in Pharmacy 142 Programmes index/general index 187

Sport Policy, Business and Teaching English as a Foreign Management MSc 132 Language (TEFL) U Sport Sciences, Exercise and MA/PGDip/PGCert 160 Urban and Regional Planning MSc/MRes 132, 133 Teaching English to Speakers MSc/PGDip 125 Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation of Other Languages (TESOL) Sciences PhD 133 MA/MA by DL 53 Strategic Marketing and Theology and Religion MA/MA by V Consulting MSc 153 Research/MA by Research by Vision Impairments: Mandatory and Structural Engineering and DL/MRes/PhD/PhD by DL 85, 86, 87 Non-Mandatory Qualification for Practice MSc/PGDip 98 Toxicology MSc 121 Teachers of Children and Young Translation Studies MA/MA by People with Vision Impairments DL/MA by Research/MA MEd by DL/PGDip by DL 160 T by Research by DL/PhD/ Taxation (MSc by Research) 147 PhD by DL 77, 78, 79 Teachers of Children with Hearing Translational Quantum Technology W Impairment (Mandatory Qualification) MRes/PhD 116 Warfare, History of MA 68 MEd by DL/PGDip by DL 159 Trauma Science MSc 139 West Midlands History MA 68 Teachers of Children with Hearing Twentieth Century British World Heritage Studies MA 71 Impairment (Non Mandatory History MRes 70 Qualification) MEd by DL/ PGDip by DL 160

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Application process 42–43 Languages for all 10 Sources of finance 38–39 Bramall Music Building 14, 22 Lapworth Museum of Geology 22 Special Collections and archives 23 Cadbury Research Library 23 League table results 9 Sport facilities 15 Café Masters and Café PhD 19 Loans 38 Student representation 12 Campus life 20–23 Music facilities 14 Students’ Union Campus tours 19 Online learning 32 (The Guild of Students) 12 Careers support 9 Open days 3, 19 Study abroad 10 Chaplaincy 18 Overseas qualifications 41 Study options 28–35 Childcare 18 Part-time work opportunities 39 Support for disabled students 18 City of Birmingham 24 Postgraduate and Mature Students Support for international students 17 Distance learning 28, 32 Association (PGMSA) 13 Support for taught students 16 Distance learning, flexible Postgraduate groups and societies 13 Supporting your research 17 learning options 32–33 Postgraduate mentors 3 Supporting your wellbeing 18 Drama facilities 14 Postgraduate Study Fairs 19 Taught programme options 30–31 Enabling disabled students 18 Pritchatts Park Village accommodation 45 The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 22 English language courses 41 Private sector accommodation 44 The Guild of Students (students’ union) 12 English language requirements 41 Research and Cultural Collections 23 The Vale Village accommodation 45 Global community 10 Research Council-funded Tuition fees and living costs 40 How to apply for a distance collaborations 36 Universitas 21 10 learning programme 43 Research programme options 34–35 University Graduate School 17 How to apply for a Scholarships and funding 38–39 Virtual Open Days 3 research programme 42 Selly Oak Village accommodation 45 Winterbourne House and Garden 22 How to apply for a taught programme 42 Skills Training and Development 16 188 The small print

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THE FOLLOWING SECTION COVERS ESSENTIAL INFORMATION FOR ALL APPLICANTS, INCLUDING IMPORTANT TERMS, CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS THAT THE UNIVERSITY WILL APPLY AND RELY UPON IN ITS FUTURE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU READ THEM CAREFULLY.

If you decide to accept your offer, a Application and admission to the and what information we need to arrange contract will be formed between you and University: information and requirements it. If you choose not to tell us about your the University. Your rights and obligations It is essential that you provide accurate disability, provide this information with to the University and the University’s and complete information in your short notice before your course or obligations to you arising under that application form. If you fail to do so examination/assessment start dates or do contract are set out in the documents the University can withdraw the offer not provide full information about it before listed below which form the terms and of a place and insist that you leave. or during your programme of study, we will conditions of your student contract: do our best to help you but you might not n Your offer letter Criminal convictions be able to have access to the full range n The Undergraduate or Postgraduate If your offer of a place is conditional on of support which might otherwise be Prospectus, as appropriate you obtaining a satisfactory Disclosure available to you. n The Code of Practice on Admission of and Barring Service (DBS) check, the Students (see: www.birmingham.ac.uk/ University will decide if any convictions Programme entry requirements applicantinformation) or information revealed are incompatible The programme requirements for n The University’s Royal Charter, Statutes, with a place on the programme. If they are, admission are set out in the relevant Ordinances, Regulations and Codes of you will be notified and your offer will be section of the prospectus. Please Practice which can be viewed at: withdrawn. If your situation changes after consider these carefully to ensure you www.birmingham.ac.uk/ the offer of a place, please notify the are eligible for your chosen subject. applicantinformation where a summary admissions tutor for your programme, of any changes which might be made or if you have already registered, the Fitness to Practise programmes from time to time is also displayed. programme director. If you are applying for a Fitness to Practise n The University’s health and safety programme, you may be asked to provide policies and guidance, General Disabilities information about your health, undergo Conditions of Use of Computing and If you have a disability the University will a health check and provide evidence Network Facilities, Data Protection seek to support you whenever possible of immunisation. Your offer of a place is Policy, Equality Scheme, Public Interest and reasonable to do so. If you have not conditional on such requirements being Disclosure Policy and Anti-Bribery yet disclosed that disability, we encourage met. You will also be required to sign & Corruption Policy (see: www. you to do so at the earliest opportunity. a Code of Professional Conduct and birmingham.ac.uk/applicantinformation) As individual students’ needs (even those Fitness to Practise which is provided n Programme requirements, which are with the same condition) can vary, it is with the offer letter. shown for each programme on the important that you contact the Disability Course finder section of our website and Learning Support Service at: www. Blood-borne viruses at: www.birmingham.ac.uk/students/ birmingham.ac.uk/undergraduate/support/ The requirements on the screening and courses/index.aspx disability/index.aspx before you accept admission to medical schools of students any offer of a place to find out what type with blood-borne viruses are subject of support is likely to be available to you to change from time to time, and so you The small print 189

are advised to consult the Medicine and the law or government requirements). University may also take legal action Surgery MBChB page: www.birmingham. It is your responsibility to make sure against you to recover any unpaid fees. ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/med/ your fees and all expenses relating to medicine.aspx#CourseDetailsTab for your programme are paid in full and on If you do not pay any other (non-tuition) up-to-date information. time. The University’s requirements on fees or other sums you owe, the University the payment of fees can be found in may take action to recover those sums. Deferred entry Regulation 5 (see: www.birmingham.ac.uk/ This may include withholding any service Applicants who wish to apply for applicantinformation). for which you owe money (for example, deferred entry should enter this against if you do not pay library fines you may the University of Birmingham choice on When you register online, you will be not be allowed to access the Library their UCAS form. Applicants wishing to asked to indicate how your fees will be or use some or all of its facilities) or defer entry until September 2017 must paid. If you are paying your tuition fees taking legal action against you. meet all the conditions of their offer by yourself, you must either pay the full 31 August 2016. amount at the beginning of the academic If as part of your programme you spend year or apply to pay by instalments time in another university, institution or The tuition fees stated on your offer letter using the University direct debit scheme. organisation in the UK or abroad, the rules are based on the start date shown in the If you are a sponsored student, you are and regulations of that university, institution offer letter and will apply for the duration responsible for payment if your sponsor or organisation will apply to you while you of your programme. However, if you does not pay your tuition fees. Unless your are there. Some overseas institutions choose to defer your entry and you are an offer letter says otherwise, the tuition fee might impose academic sanctions, for international applicant, that is you are not quoted in your offer letter does not include example, they might refuse to release a Home/EU applicant; or you have applied any charges for residential accommodation, your marks, if you do not pay either tuition for a postgraduate programme your tuition examination re-sits, extensions to the fees or any other fees or costs (such as fees may be more than is stated in your designated period of study, travelling accommodation or meal plan fees) which offer letter, and you should contact the expenses or any other miscellaneous you owe them. This might mean that you Admissions Office for more information. expenses which may be related to your are not able to complete your programme programme of study (such as the cost as planned. If you decide to defer, please note of field trips). Details of any other that the programme and/or its modules, miscellaneous expenses you are Cancelling your acceptance programme requirements and University likely to incur on your programme are After you have accepted your offer of a services and facilities as currently indicated on the Course Finder section place, you can cancel your acceptance. described in the prospectus or on our of our website: www.birmingham.ac.uk/ If you do so within 14 days from the date website may change for your chosen students/courses/index.aspx we receive your acceptance, any deposit year of entry. Please keep referring to the or administration or other fees you have Course finder and Applicant Information Non-payment of fees paid will be refunded in full. sections of the University’s website where If you do not pay your tuition fees in full up-to-date information will be published or on time, the University may impose Deposits as soon as it is available. penalties which are set out in Regulation We reserve the right to charge a deposit 5 (see: www.birmingham.ac.uk/ for some programmes. Full details Fees and payment applicantinformation). As a result, will be included in our offer letter The tuition fees stated in your offer you may not be allowed to progress where appropriate. letter will apply for the duration of your on your programme or you may be programme (subject to any changes in expelled from the University. The 190 The small print

Scholarships, grants and bursaries We may disclose information relating to the programme or module is reliant on that At Birmingham we ensure that fears your academic progress to your sponsor person’s expertise) or where the minimum about finance do not constrain prospective (if you have one). Medical information or maximum number of students needed students from considering university and disclosed to the University’s Medical to ensure a good educational or student that excellence is rewarded. The University Officer or the Student Support and experience has not been met or has been offers a range of additional financial Counselling Services will be treated exceeded. Other circumstances outside support for students studying at as confidential and only disclosed in the reasonable control of the University Birmingham in the form of bursaries, accordance with the Data Protection include unexpected lack of funding, grants and scholarships. Details are Act 1998. Information arising from DBS industrial action, severe weather, fire, on the University’s website at: checks will be used only in accordance civil disorder, political unrest, government www.birmingham.ac.uk/undergraduate/ with the DBS’s code of practice (see: restrictions or serious concern about the fees/funding/index.aspx www.gov.uk/government/publications/ transmission of serious illness making dbs-code-of-practice). a course unsafe to deliver. If changes to Student Hardship Fund your programme are made after you have In addition to scholarships, grants and We will also ask for emergency contact accepted your offer, the University will try bursaries, the University is able to provide details and by providing them, you confirm to give you early notification of those financial assistance to students who suffer that these individuals have consented to changes and minimise their impact by financial hardship during their studies – the processing of their personal data by offering suitable alternative arrangements, see the Student Hardship Fund page the University. All information will be kept helping you find an alternative programme of our website: for a reasonable period in accordance with or University or providing compensation www.birmingham.ac.uk/undergraduate/ legal requirements and for administration where it believes there is a fair case to support/moneyadvice/shf.aspx purposes. Further information can be found do so. at: www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/ Data protection and disclosure governance/policies-regs/data-protection. Conduct and attendance of personal information aspx Students are required to attend such The University will collect a range of lectures, tutorials, examinations and other information about you from the application Changes to programmes, courses, activities as form part of their programme. and registration procedures, as part of modules and services This includes the requirement to submit your academic progress including and Information set out in the prospectus and theses, dissertations and coursework on from carrying out Disclosure and Barring on the University website is accurate at the time. Students must also be aware of and Service (DBS) checks or health checks date of publication. However, changes to observe the University’s regulations and (if necessary). The University and the programmes, modules, University services codes of practice relating to conduct, organisations we work with to deliver and the content of the prospectus may plagiarism, attendance and reasonable programmes will use this to support be necessary, for example, to meet the diligence – see: www.birmingham.ac.uk/ you on your programme and for the requirements of an accrediting body or applicantinformation The University can administration and management of the to keep courses contemporary by updating impose penalties if you do not follow these University, including statistical analysis. practices or areas of study. Changes to requirements, and in serious cases the Some information may be disclosed programmes or modules may also be University can suspend or expel you from outside the University, for example, at needed because of circumstances outside the University. your request, with your consent or in the reasonable control of the University, order to meet statutory obligations. such as a key member of staff leaving the Diversity and equality University or being unable to teach (where The University prides itself on being a The small print 191

diverse community within a diverse city. n You do not pay your tuition fees to members of staff. In other cases, Our commitment to equality and diversity in accordance with the University’s the University will apply the Intellectual and the elimination of discrimination is Regulations Property guidance. See: www.birmingham. embodied in the University’s Charter and n You are dismissed or expelled from ac.uk/applicantinformation for the our aim is to ensure that the University any other organisation which you are Regulations and guidance. remains an inclusive environment where required to attend or be a member equality of opportunity and tolerance for of as part of your programme Accommodation all are fostered and promoted. n You do not have the correct visa or If you apply to the University to reside immigration permission to study on your in University accommodation, this is Visas and immigration permissions programme at the University, and you dependent on you continuing to study If you are an international non-European are an international non-EU student at the University. There are separate Union (non-EU) student and need a visa needing a visa to enable you to be in terms and conditions which apply to your to enable you to be in the UK to study, you the UK to study occupation of University accommodation, will have to attend a Right to Study Check n The University has reason to believe and further details of these are available when you first arrive at the University. that you have not supplied all relevant at: www.birmingham.ac.uk/accommodation If you do not attend this Right to Check information or have supplied false or or cannot provide conclusive proof that misleading information relating to your Religious observance you have the correct visa or immigration application to the University While the University promotes an permission, you will not be allowed to n As a result of your actions, the egalitarian learning community, applicants begin your programme of study and/ University is unable to find a suitable and students should be aware that: or you may be withdrawn from your placement which is required to n In an intensive course we have to programme in accordance with the complete your programme routinely schedule activities, including Code of Practice on Student Visa examinations, on Fridays and Saturdays. Requirements (see: www.birmingham.ac. A decision requiring you to leave the Where this may conflict with the uk/applicantinformation). It is essential that University will be taken in accordance observance of religious days for some you regularly read our emails (in the email with the relevant procedure and subject students, the University will endeavour account you used on your application to to any right of appeal or review. If the to make alternative arrangements where the University) and that you follow very University has good reason for expelling reasonably possible. Therefore students carefully the instructions for arrival, you and does so in accordance with the are advised to inform the relevant school collection of Biometric Residence relevant procedure, the University will not and/or the Examinations Office in writing Permits and Right to Study checks. compensate you for any loss or damage of such issues as soon as possible. you may suffer as a result. n While the University imposes no dress When you may be asked to leave code on its students, and welcomes the University Intellectual property the variety of appearance brought by You may be asked to leave the If you, with material input by the individual styles and choices of dress, University if: University’s academic staff or as part of there may be exceptions. For example, n Your academic performance is a collective project, develop an invention, the General Medical Council and the not satisfactory device, discovery, material, product, British Dental Association stipulate that n You are expelled from the University process, computer software or any other the wearing of gloves and/or burkas for breach of the conduct, Fitness to potentially valuable result or innovation, the is not permitted in the clinical setting. Practise, attendance or reasonable University’s Regulations 3.16 and 5.4 will Medical students are required to sign diligence requirements apply to you in the same way as they apply a code of conduct in which they agree 192 The small print

to show their faces at all times, and Complaints (see: www.birmingham.ac.uk/ Further information must be prepared to examine and applicantinformation) sets out a procedure This prospectus was published in touch patients of both sexes. for dealing with students’ complaints fairly, September 2016 and refers to entry See also: www.birmingham.ac.uk/ consistently and as quickly as possible. from September 2017 to July 2018. students/support Students who are dissatisfied with a If you have any complaints regarding the decision relating to a complaint they have accuracy or fairness of this prospectus, Visas and immigration permissions raised may be able to complain to the they should be addressed to the Director If you are an international non-European Office of the Independent Adjudicator of Communications and Marketing, Union (non-EU) student and need a visa to (OIA) an independent body which reviews who will investigate the matter and enable you to be in the UK to study, you student complaints; more information reply, in writing, within 21 days of will have to attend a Right to Study Check about the OIA is available on its website: receiving the letter. when you first arrive at the University. www.oiahe.org.uk The Code of Practice If you do not attend this Right to Check on Admissions (see: www.birmingham. The University is an exempt charity under or cannot provide conclusive proof that ac.uk/applicantinformation) sets out the Schedule 3 of the Charities Act 2011. you have the correct visa or immigration procedure for asking for a review of An exempt charity enjoys all the tax permission, you will not be allowed to decisions made in the application and exemptions and other benefits of a charity, begin your programme of study and/or you admissions process. but is exempt from certain requirements, may be withdrawn from your programme in including the need to register with the Charity accordance with the Code of Practice on General matters Commission. As it is not on the Register of Student Visa Requirements (see: www. The University will not be liable to you Charities, the University does not have a birmingham.ac.uk/applicantinformation). and you will not be liable to the University charity registration number, and although It is essential that you regularly read our for any failure or delay in performing it is a corporate body, the University is not a emails (in the email account you used obligations if the failure or delay is due limited company, therefore it is not registered on your application to the University) to any significant cause beyond the at Companies House. It does have a and that you follow very carefully the University’s or your reasonable control, tax-exempt Inland Revenue charities instructions for arrival, collection of such as fire, flood or industrial dispute. reference number (X7237). Biometric Residence Permits and Right to Study checks. Your contract with the University is between you and the University and Complaints only these two parties can enforce it. The University is committed to providing The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) a high-quality educational experience, Act 1999 does not apply. supported by a range of academic and administrative services and facilities. From The contract between you and the time to time, however, things do go wrong, University is governed by English and if the matter cannot be resolved law and is subject to any changes informally, the University provides students in the law which affect this contract. with a system for raising concerns and complaints about both academic and If you have any questions please contact non-academic matters. The Code of the undergraduate admissions tutor for Practice on Student Concerns and your school. The small print 193 194

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THE VALE VILLAGE

WESTMERE HOUSE POSTGRADUATE HUB

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS WINTERBOURNE HOUSE AND GARDEN

BARBER INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS

GUILD OF STUDENTS ASTON WEBB BUILDING BRAMALL MUSIC BUILDING

Artist’s impression of new library, open 2016

UNIVERSITY STATION (1 minute’s walk) BIRMINGHAM CITY CENTRE

THE VALE VILLAGE

WESTMERE HOUSE POSTGRADUATE HUB

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS WINTERBOURNE HOUSE AND GARDEN

MAIN LIBRARY BARBER INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS

MUNROW SPORTS CENTRE

GUILD OF STUDENTS SHOPS AND AMENITIES ASTON WEBB BUILDING BRAMALL MUSIC BUILDING

UNIVERSITY STATION (1 minute’s walk)

To take a virtual tour of our campus please visit: www.birmingham.ac.uk/virtualtour Artist’s impression of new sports centre, open 2016 Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom www.birmingham.ac.uk