PhD Development Studies

PhD Development Studies is a PhD program taught at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

PhD Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London is an on-campus PhD programme in Development Studies. PhD researchers join SOAS’s Department of Development Studies research community and work with seminars from development professionals and practitioners, plus weekly research seminars on specific research methods.

Students have a supervisory committee with a main supervisor and one other academic. PhD researchers attend the Department’s Postgraduate Research Training Seminar, which supports the upgrade paper and a viva in Term 3. The programme also requires participation in weekly research seminars. SOAS highlights departmental research clusters, including Agrarian Change and Development, Labour, Activism and Global Development, Violence, Conflict and Peace, Migration, Mobility and Development, and Environment.

The minimum requirements for admission in PhD Development Studies at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London as pre-requiste for admission in PhD Development Studies.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

We normally require a 2.1 bachelor's degree plus a Masters degree with a Merit classification in a Social Science plus one reference. In exceptional cases we may accept applicants who do not meet these criteria if they show evidence of a strong Masters degree and/or appropriate level of relevant work experience. International applicants should also see Doctoral School English language requirements.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-course/mphil/phd-development-studies

• Amnesty International
• BBC World Service
• British Embassy Brussels
• Department for International Development
• Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
• Embassy of Japan
• Government of Pakistan
• Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• KPMG LLP
• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
• National Health and Medical Research Council
• Overseas Development Institute
• Oxfam
• Royal Norwegian Embassy
• Save the Children UK
• The World Bank
• Thinking Beyond Borders
• US Department of State
• UN World Food Programme
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees
• WaterAid

85 fully funded scholarships are listed for UK. See UK scholarships.