Master of Science (MSc) and Master of Arts (MA) courses
Department of Economics
- MSc Applied Economics – 1 year full-time
- MSc Applied Economics with Banking and Financial Markets – 1 year full-time
- MSc Economics – 1 year full-time
- MSc Economics and Finance – 1 year full-time
Department of Education
- MA Education (distance learning) - 2 to 4 years part-time
- MA Education (campus-based) - 1 to 2 years full-time and part-time
- MA International Education and Globalisation - 1 year full-time
- MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) - 1 year full-time
- Postgraduate Certificate in International Education (PGCiE) – 1 to 2 years part-time (distance learning)
Department for Health
- MSc Football Medicine in association with FIFA - 3 to 5 years part-time (distance learning)
- MSc Sport and Exercise Medicine – 3 to 5 years part-time (distance learning)
- Postgraduate Diploma Sport and Exercise Medicine – 2 to 4 years part-time (distance learning)
- MSc Sport Management - 1 year full-time
- MSc Sports Physiotherapy – 3 to 5 years part-time distance learning
Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies
Euromasters degrees
- MA Contemporary European Studies: Politics, Policy and Society (Euromasters) - 2 years full-time
- MA Contemporary European Studies with Transatlantic Track (Euromasters) - 2 years full-time
Gender and politics degrees
Politics and international relations degrees
- MA International Relations - 1 year full-time
- MA International Relations - 2 years part-time
- MA International Security - 1 year full-time
- MA International Security - 2 years part-time
Interpreting and Translating (European path) degrees
- MA Interpreting and Translating - 1 year full-time (French and German)
- MA Interpreting and Translating - 1 year full-time (French and Italian)
- MA Interpreting and Translating - 1 year full-time (French and Russian)
- MA Interpreting and Translating - 1 year full-time (French and Spanish)
- MA Interpreting and Translating - 1 year full-time (German and Spanish)
- MA Interpreting and Translating - 1 year full-time (Italian and German)
- MA Interpreting and Translating - 1 year full-time (Italian and Spanish)
- MA Interpreting and Translating - 1 year full-time (Russian and German)
- MA Interpreting and Translating - 1 year full-time (Russian and Spanish)
- MA Interpreting and Translating - 1 year full-time (Russian and Italian)
Interpreting and Translating (Chinese path) degree
Translation and Professional Language Skills degrees
- MA Translation and Professional Language Skills - 1 year full-time (French)
- MA Translation and Professional Language Skills - 1 year full-time (French and German)
- MA Translation and Professional Language Skills - 1 year full-time (French and Italian)
- MA Translation and Professional Language Skills - 1 year full-time (French and Russian)
- MA Translation and Professional Language Skills - 1 year full-time (French and Spanish)
- MA Translation and Professional Language Skills - 1 year full-time (German)
- MA Translation and Professional Language Skills - 1 year full-time (German and Spanish)
- MA Translation and Professional Language Skills - 1 year full-time (Italian)
- MA Translation and Professional Language Skills - 1 year full-time (Italian and German)
- MA Translation and Professional Language Skills - 1 year full-time (Italian and Spanish)
- MA Translation and Professional Language Skills - 1 year full-time (Russian)
- MA Translation and Professional Language Skills - 1 year full-time (Russian and Italian)
- MA Translation and Professional Language Skills - 1 year full-time (Russian and Spanish)
- MA Translation and Professional Language Skills - 1 year full-time (Russian and German)
- MA Translation and Professional Language Skills - 1 year full-time (Spanish)
Translation with Business Interpreting (Chinese) degree
Department of Psychology
- MSc Applied Clinical Psychology – 1 year full-time
- MSc Applied Clinical Psychology – 2 years part-time
- MSc Applied Forensic Psychology with Placement - 2 years full-time
- MSc Applied Psychology (Conversion) - coming 2026 (subject to approval)
- MSc Applied Psychology and Economic Behaviour – 1 year full-time
- MSc Clinical Associate in Psychology - 18 months, part-time
- Foundation in Systemic Theory and Practice
- MSc Health Psychology – 1 year full-time
- MSc Health Psychology – 2 years part-time
Department of Social & Policy Sciences
- MSc Criminology - 1 year full-time
- MSc Criminology - 2 years part-time
- MSc Humanitarianism, Conflict and Development - 2 years part-time (distance learning)
- MSc International Development - 1 year full-time
- MSc International Development - 2 years part-time
- MSc International Development with Conflict and Humanitarian Action - 1 year full-time
- MSc International Development with Conflict and Humanitarian Action - 2 years part-time
- MSc International Development with Economics - 1 year full-time
- MSc International Development with Economics - 2 years part-time
- MSc International Development with Education - 1 year full-time - NEW FOR 2025
- MSc International Development with Education - 2 years part-time - NEW FOR 2025
- MSc International Development, Social Justice and Sustainability - 1 year full-time
- MSc International Development, Social Justice and Sustainability - 2 years part-time
- MSc Public Policy - 2 years part time (distance learning)
Master of Research (MRes) courses
MRes degrees prepare you for doctoral (PhD) study or a range of careers requiring data analysis skills. Find out more about our MRes programmes, their benefits, and how to apply.
Discipline-specific
- MRes Economics - 1 year full-time*
- MRes Economics - 2 years part-time*
- MRes Education - 1 year full-time*
- MRes Education - 2 years part-time*
- MRes European Social Policy - 1 year full-time
- MRes European Social Policy - 2 years part-time
- MRes International Development - 1 year full-time*
- MRes International Development - 2 years part-time*
- MRes Politics and International Studies - 1 year full-time*
- MRes Politics and International Studies - 2 years part-time*
- MRes Psychology - 1 year full-time*
- MRes Psychology - 2 years part-time*
- MRes Social Policy - 1 year full-time*
- MRes Social Policy - 2 years part-time*
- MRes Social Work - 1 year full-time*
- MRes Social Work - 2 years part-time*
- MRes Sociology - 1 year full-time
- MRes Sociology - 2 years part-time
* May also form a discipline pathway for the South West Doctoral Training Partnership (SWDTP)
Interdisciplinary pathways
We also offer interdisciplinary pathways delivered collaboratively as part of the SWDTP:
- MRes Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences - 1 year full-time
- MRes Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences - 2 years part-time
- MRes Climate Change, Sustainability and Society – 1 year full-time
- MRes Climate Change, Sustainability and Society – 2 years part-time
- MRes Global Challenges: Geopolitics, Inequalities and Mobilities – 1 year full-time
- MRes Global Challenges: Geopolitics, Inequalities and Mobilities – 2 years part-time
- MRes Health, Wellbeing and Society - 1 year full-time
- MRes Health, Wellbeing and Society - 2 years part-time
- MRes Sociotechnical Futures and Digital Methods – 1 year full-time
- MRes Sociotechnical Futures and Digital Methods – 2 years part-time