Course summary
Overview If you work in the social sciences or humanities and want to improve your career prospects or prepare for a PhD, this flexible MRes degree – a postgraduate taught course, featuring a large research project – is the perfect way to achieve your ambitions. On this course, you'll choose to study within any of the faculty's schools: the School of Education and Sociology (SES), the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics (SLAL) and the School of Area Studies, History, Politics, and Literature (SASHPL). You'll have the flexibility to choose your learning methods, set your own timetable and specialise in your chosen field. You'll develop your research skills alongside specialist staff, and get a Master's degree without needing to sacrifice your job. This degree is perfect for progressing your career, and can help you to pursue ambitious new roles, or seek promotion opportunities. You can choose to study this course over 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time as a campus-based learner or by distance learning. What you'll experience On this course you'll:
- Focus your research interest in the humanities and social sciences field
- Learn to translate your learning into research, such as submitting peer reviewed publications and presentations
- Access the University's respected research centres, including CEISR (Centre for European and International Studies Research) and ICJS, one of the UK's largest centres in criminology and criminal justice studies
- Benefit from the professional training and supervision of our Graduate School
- Access all the books and material you'll need in our library, along with electronic resources, including thousands of online ejournals and newspapers
- MRes African Studies
- MRes American Studies
- MRes Applied Linguistics
- MRes Childhood Studies
- MRes Communication
- MRes Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies
- MRes Development Studies
- MRes Education
- MRes European Politics
- MRes Forensic Investigation
- MRes Gender Studies
- MRes History
- MRes International Relations
- MRes Literary Studies
- MRes Mental Health and Wellbeing
- MRes Politics
- MRes Public Administration
- MRes Security Risk Management
- MRes Security Studies
- MRes Sociology
- MRes TESOL
- MRes Translation
Modules
Core modules
- Research Preparation and Development (60 credits)
- Research Placement (30 credits)
- Research Project (120 credits)
- Research Project (90 credits)
Assessment method
Structure: This course is offered on two pathways. Pathway A: you will either focus one third of your time in research training and development and two-thirds of your time in your individual research project Research Preparation and Development (60 credits), Research Project (120 credits). Pathway B: you will spend half of your time in the taught element of your course, covering your chosen subject specialism training and research training and development, and the other half in your individual research project. Subject Specialism (30 credits), Research Preparation and Development (60 credits), Research Project (90 credits), Teaching. The units involve a number of taught sessions which are selected by you and your supervisory team from those available with the Graduate School Development Programme (GSDP) and from Faculty and Department/School subject-specific provision. These will support a route towards further research that synergises with research themes in the Faculty.
Entry requirements
A minimum of a second-class honours degree or equivalent in a subject relevant to the proposed subject specialism. Please check the course details online for information about subject specialisms that can be supported. You will be asked to write a short research proposal upon receipt of your application. Applicants to the Forensic Investigation area of supervision will be invited to attend an interview.
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0. | |
| Cambridge English Advanced | Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169. | |
| Cambridge English Proficiency | Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169. | |
| TOEFL (iBT) | 91 with a minimum of 20 in Reading, 19 in Listening, 21 in Speaking and 20 in Writing. | |
| PTE Academic | An overall score of 61 with a minimum of 54 in each skill. |
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| EU | £8900 | Year 1 |
| England | £8900 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £8900 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £8900 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £8900 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £8900 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £8900 | Year 1 |
| International | £17200 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Students who are resident in EU countries: please note that the net fee is inclusive of the Transition Scholarship.
Fees are accurate at the time of publishing and are subject to change at any time without notice.
Fees may also go up in later years, in line with inflation.
Provider information
University of Portsmouth
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP