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Upcoming open days

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Colchester Campus
Saturday 22 June 2013 (booking soon)
Saturday 21 September 2013 (booking soon)
Saturday 26 October 2013 (booking soon)
Southend Campus
Saturday 14 September 2013 (booking soon)
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Wednesday 6 March 2013 (booking now)

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Study for a masters at Essex

Young scholars pursuing cutting-edge research

The intellectual excitement of our Department of Sociology is sparked by young scholars pursuing cutting-edge research. Do you want to be one of these people? With such a wide range of opportunities you can be sure to find a course to suit you.

Rigorous research methods training

All our postgraduate courses have rigorous research methods training embedded into the course syllabus. With rare first-hand access to key national research data and resources in our Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) and UK Data Archive, you can work with and analyse real data. As the UK's leading university for social sciences, and a focal point for social and economic research funding, you will learn from the best social researchers and analysts in the country.

A key role in our Doctoral Training Centre

Our Department plays a key role in the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Doctoral Training Centre (DTC), which offers 16 studentships worth up to £18,252 for talented Home/EU postgraduate students. A number of our courses are accredited pathways and eligible for ESRC funding through to doctoral research.

Our four year programme (1+3) comprises of one year's research training, at Masters level, linked to a three year PhD for those taking:

Training, events and support

As part of the DTC, the University offers Proficio, a comprehensive training package for all graduate students.

Fees and funding

Individual course fees can be found on the fee finder.

We provide a number of funding opportunities to postgraduate students, which you may be eligible to apply for. Our scholarship finder makes it easy for you to see what other funding is available.

Apply for Masters study

Apply to study a Masters at Essex using our online application form . You will need to send all your documentation to support your application before we can consider your application. Once you have received an offer you can then apply for funding.

Contact us

If you have any questions about applying and funding, please contact Michele Hall, our Graduate Administrator. If you would like any advice about the courses on offer, please contact Professor Joan Busfield, our graduate director.

 

ESRC Doctoral Training

ESRC Doctoral Training

Essex is one of just 21 ESRC-accredited Doctoral Training Centres in the UK, which reflects our outstanding reputation for social science and means we are able to award a number of scholarships for postgraduate study.

PG open day in March

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Book a place at our postgraduate open day, on Wednesday 6 March, to find out more about studying at a top ten UK research university. The event runs from 5pm to 7pm in The Tony Rich Teaching Centre at our Colchester Campus.

Key information

Key information

Want to know more? Our course finder, fee finder, research finder and scholarship finder will enable you to quickly search for all the information that you need to know.

What happens next?

What happens next?

We answer your questions about what happens after you submit your application for postgraduate study at Essex. Applying for a postgraduate course is a new experience for you, so we're here to explain the process clearly.