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MRes Humanities (Taught)

  • MRes
  • 1 Years
  • Full-time
  • September 2025
  • Postgraduate
Stirling
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Course summary

The Master of Research in Humanities offers you the opportunity to pursue a bespoke, one-to-one programme of Masters study in a structured, interdisciplinary and research-driven environment. In it, you will undertake an extended piece of research within a programme of study designed together between you and your supervisor(s). The MRes can be pursued for personal or career development, or as a stepping-stone to doctoral study (PhD) and is available across a broad range of disciplines in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities including Communications, Media, and Culture, English literature, Film and cinema, History, Law, Linguistics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Scottish literature. We have particularly strong offerings in the following areas, among others:

Eighteenth-Century Studies
Gothic studies
History of the Book / History of Reading
Renaissance studies
Scottish studies
Translation

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Stirling

Study options

  • MRes • Full-time • 1 Years

Start dates

  • September 2025

Entry requirements

A minimum of a second class honours degree (2.1 preferred) or equivalent in a relevant subject. Applicants without these formal qualifications but with significant appropriate/relevant work/life experience are encouraged to apply.

A research proposal is required along with your application. It should be a maximum of 1,500 words.

English language requirements

For further information on English Language requirements, please see the university website: https://www.stir.ac.uk/international/international-students/english-language-requirements/

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

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

For further information on course costs, please refer to the University website:
https://www.stir.ac.uk/courses/?filter__level=Postgraduate&filter__method=&filter__faculty=&filter__startdate=

Sponsorship information

For information on funding and scholarships, please see here: https://www.stir.ac.uk/study/fees-funding/postgraduate-loans-and-funding/

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