ask@bheuni.io
+44 (0) 2033 189 380 (UK) |

PhD/MA African Studies (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)

... United Kingdom
... University of Birmingham
See University Details Apply with BHE UNI
... Share ...

Course Overview

World-leading research: Times Higher Education ranked the Department of African Studies and Anthropology second among all Area Studies departments in the country for its performance in the latest Research Excellence Framework exercise: 44% of research at the University of Birmingham for Area Studies was top 4* rated ‘world-leading’. A further 49% was rated 3* ‘internationally excellent’.

Fantastic research environment: Graduate students play a vital and active role in the Department’s research community, contributing to and organising a range of activities from weekly departmental seminars, which bring leading researchers in African Studies to present their work, to frequent international conferences on cutting-edge research topics hosted on campus.

General Eligibility

For MRes and MA by Research programmes, entry to our programmes usually requires a good (normally a 2:1 or above) Honours degree, or an equivalent qualification if you were educated outside the UK, usually in a relevant area.

Applicants for a PhD will also need to hold a Masters qualification at Merit level or above (or its international equivalent), usually in a relevant area.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

  • English requirements

    IELTS - 6.5

    TOEFL - 88

Programme Information
...
Course Category

Communication

...
Campus Name

Birmingham, England

...
Course Level

Postgraduate

...
Duration

Full-time, 1 year

...
Available Intake

September

...
IELTS Score

6.5

...
Tuition Fees Range

Home full-time: £19,800, International full-time: £22,847,

Apply Now
Subject Recommendations for You
MPhil Nanoscale Science and Technology
The University of Newcastle
Campus

London

Entry Score

6.0

Course Level

Postgraduate

Total Course Fee

GBP 27300

MSc Advanced Computer Science with Business
University of Exeter
Campus

London

Entry Score

6.0

Course Level

Postgraduate

Total Course Fee

UK: £10,000 full-time; £5,000 part-time & International: £23,000 full-time; £11,500 part-time

MSc Forensic Science
University of Central Lancashire
Campus

Lancashire

Entry Score

6.5

Course Level

Postgraduate

Total Course Fee

8400

Discover Your Next Read
...
Why you will go UK for better study ? Learn more from this blog...
Dr. Shafiq 16 March 2023 5 Comments 3 Minutes Ago
...
Why you will go UK for better study ? Learn more from this blog...
Dr. Shafiq 16 March 2023 5 Comments 3 Minutes Ago
Messages1TimelineExceptionsViews4RouteQueries13Models15MailsGateSessionRequest
Request history8.1.11PHP Version962msRequest Duration2MBMemory UsageGET course-details/{id?}Route
  • warninglog[17:34:34] LOG.warning: Calling static trait method App\Traits\Service::get_intake_with_next_year is...
  • Booting (16.83ms)time
  • Application (946ms)time
  • 1 x Application (98.25%)
    946ms
    1 x Booting (1.75%)
    16.83ms
    4 templates were rendered
    • course-detailscourse-details.blade.php#?blade
    • ajax.homejshomejs.blade.php#?blade
    • layouts.appapp.blade.php#?blade
    • ajax.menusearchjsmenusearchjs.blade.php#?blade
    uri
    GET course-details/{id?}
    middleware
    web
    controller
    App\Http\Controllers\CourseController@details
    namespace
    prefix
    where
    file
    app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:130-145
    13 statements were executed, 3 of which were duplicates, 10 unique. Show only duplicated917ms
    • Connection Establishedstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Backtrace
      • 15. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 16. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `courses` where `id` = '5a534a0b7f8b49bea430c586910a7ffe' limit 1
      2.94msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 5a534a0b7f8b49bea430c586910a7ffe
      Backtrace
      • 16. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 20. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` in ('53')
      1.63msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 53
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `represent_countries` where `represent_countries`.`id` in ('1')
      930μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 26. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 28. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 29. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 30. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `countries` where `countries`.`id` in ('235')
      820μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 235
      Backtrace
      • 31. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 32. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 33. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 34. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 35. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` in ('2')
      730μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 2
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `categories` where `categories`.`id` in ('41') order by `category_name` asc
      800μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 41
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `courses` where `course_level_id` = '2' order by RAND() limit 3
      904msstaging_liveCourseController.php#138
      Bindings
      • 0: 2
      Backtrace
      • 15. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:138
      • 16. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '10' limit 1
      1.51msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 10
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '2' limit 1
      900μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 2
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '42' limit 1
      950μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 42
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '2' limit 1
      690μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 2
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '4' limit 1
      910μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 4
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '2' limit 1
      730μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 2
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    App\Models\Course
    4Course.php#?
    App\Models\Institute
    4Institute.php#?
    App\Models\CourseLevel
    4CourseLevel.php#?
    App\Models\RepresentCountry
    1RepresentCountry.php#?
    App\Models\Country
    1Country.php#?
    App\Models\Category
    1Category.php#?
        _token
        04iShyt7sL3ivNw1ykY5TcdGhNzWeWFpOBTlmNhe
        current_url
        https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/5a534a0b7f8b49bea430c586910a7ffe
        _previous
        array:1 [ "url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/5a534a0b7f8b49bea430c586910a7ffe" ]
        _flash
        array:2 [ "old" => [] "new" => [] ]
        PHPDEBUGBAR_STACK_DATA
        []
        path_info
        /course-details/5a534a0b7f8b49bea430c586910a7ffe
        status_code
        200
        status_text
        OK
        format
        html
        content_type
        text/html; charset=UTF-8
        request_query
        []
        request_request
        []
        request_headers
          0 of 0   
        array:15 [▼
  "priority" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "u=0, i"
  ]
  "accept-encoding" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "gzip, deflate, br, zstd"
  ]
  "sec-fetch-dest" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "document"
  ]
  "sec-fetch-user" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "?1"
  ]
  "sec-fetch-mode" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "navigate"
  ]
  "sec-fetch-site" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "none"
  ]
  "accept" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7"
  ]
  "user-agent" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)"
  ]
  "upgrade-insecure-requests" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "1"
  ]
  "sec-ch-ua-platform" => array:1 [▶
    0 => ""Windows""
  ]
  "sec-ch-ua-mobile" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "?0"
  ]
  "sec-ch-ua" => array:1 [▶
    0 => ""Chromium";v="130", "HeadlessChrome";v="130", "Not?A_Brand";v="99""
  ]
  "cache-control" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "no-cache"
  ]
  "pragma" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "no-cache"
  ]
  "host" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "staging.bheuni.io"
  ]
]
        request_cookies
        []
        response_headers
          0 of 0   
        array:5 [▼
  "content-type" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "text/html; charset=UTF-8"
  ]
  "cache-control" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "no-cache, private"
  ]
  "date" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "Sun, 18 May 2025 17:34:34 GMT"
  ]
  "set-cookie" => array:2 [▶
    0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IndyNjhINi9pOFhZREVLUkhTS1A2Vmc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiY3BHSTlMRlJGRnRsL1A1K1JoQXBaMkJhKzFwSTdiWjhFcm9CMldhYlYrVCs5UjRjZDdHSFZYdW9RS0lqOVVHNTY0UFZpYkpkZ1ZVa1ltV1kxODZFL3dUVkR0Mm1RZ0ZnbkllVk0vRC9oRmlaZ2pUT290NWpVb0tCc09RNVNTcVQiLCJtYWMiOiI5NGFlMTU3YzRiNmYzNjIxMTU1MTI5NjZlNmJiNzRiNTRmOTgxZDNmODcwZjQ0Nzg0ZDBlYzQxYjJiY2VkZjhmIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Mon, 19 May 2025 13:34:34 GMT; Max-Age=72000; path=/; domain=.bheuni.io; secure ◀XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IndyNjhINi9pOFhZREVLUkhTS1A2Vmc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiY3BHSTlMRlJGRnRsL1A1K1JoQXBaMkJhKzFwSTdiWjhFcm9CMldhYlYrVCs5UjRjZDdHSFZYdW9RS0lqOVVHNTY0UFZpY ▶"
    1 => "bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6Ii9KdExkT1pyMlNQbEhFZkdmWUhuR0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoibXViOG1PTE9EZFJpS1BIQ01CaXlDcXYrRTE1ZkpNSGthODdhRjFPdGQwQTdpZFZxczYzVlV0TllrOCtFUXM4NnJFMVV6S3VHV014Zi9LckVvYjJHL05uRW9ONjFJdVJXcmRkUTdRRkh6UlRTUm1tTVVoQ2lEK3VBRkdVdEovUU0iLCJtYWMiOiI3YmZlMDkwM2EzNzE2ZDkwOWI0MjZkZmE3NmY0MjJkY2U4YjcyMTZmY2QwYTAwOTBkZmJmOThhZDk2N2Y1NWQ4IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Mon, 19 May 2025 13:34:34 GMT; Max-Age=72000; path=/; domain=.bheuni.io; secure; httponly ◀bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6Ii9KdExkT1pyMlNQbEhFZkdmWUhuR0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoibXViOG1PTE9EZFJpS1BIQ01CaXlDcXYrRTE1ZkpNSGthODdhRjFPdGQwQTdpZFZxczYzVlV0TllrOCtFUXM4NnJF ▶"
  ]
  "Set-Cookie" => array:2 [▶
    0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IndyNjhINi9pOFhZREVLUkhTS1A2Vmc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiY3BHSTlMRlJGRnRsL1A1K1JoQXBaMkJhKzFwSTdiWjhFcm9CMldhYlYrVCs5UjRjZDdHSFZYdW9RS0lqOVVHNTY0UFZpYkpkZ1ZVa1ltV1kxODZFL3dUVkR0Mm1RZ0ZnbkllVk0vRC9oRmlaZ2pUT290NWpVb0tCc09RNVNTcVQiLCJtYWMiOiI5NGFlMTU3YzRiNmYzNjIxMTU1MTI5NjZlNmJiNzRiNTRmOTgxZDNmODcwZjQ0Nzg0ZDBlYzQxYjJiY2VkZjhmIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Mon, 19-May-2025 13:34:34 GMT; domain=.bheuni.io; path=/; secure ◀XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IndyNjhINi9pOFhZREVLUkhTS1A2Vmc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiY3BHSTlMRlJGRnRsL1A1K1JoQXBaMkJhKzFwSTdiWjhFcm9CMldhYlYrVCs5UjRjZDdHSFZYdW9RS0lqOVVHNTY0UFZpY ▶"
    1 => "bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6Ii9KdExkT1pyMlNQbEhFZkdmWUhuR0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoibXViOG1PTE9EZFJpS1BIQ01CaXlDcXYrRTE1ZkpNSGthODdhRjFPdGQwQTdpZFZxczYzVlV0TllrOCtFUXM4NnJFMVV6S3VHV014Zi9LckVvYjJHL05uRW9ONjFJdVJXcmRkUTdRRkh6UlRTUm1tTVVoQ2lEK3VBRkdVdEovUU0iLCJtYWMiOiI3YmZlMDkwM2EzNzE2ZDkwOWI0MjZkZmE3NmY0MjJkY2U4YjcyMTZmY2QwYTAwOTBkZmJmOThhZDk2N2Y1NWQ4IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Mon, 19-May-2025 13:34:34 GMT; domain=.bheuni.io; path=/; secure; httponly ◀bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6Ii9KdExkT1pyMlNQbEhFZkdmWUhuR0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoibXViOG1PTE9EZFJpS1BIQ01CaXlDcXYrRTE1ZkpNSGthODdhRjFPdGQwQTdpZFZxczYzVlV0TllrOCtFUXM4NnJF ▶"
  ]
]
        session_attributes
          0 of 0   
        array:5 [▼
  "_token" => "04iShyt7sL3ivNw1ykY5TcdGhNzWeWFpOBTlmNhe"
  "current_url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/5a534a0b7f8b49bea430c586910a7ffe"
  "_previous" => array:1 [▶
    "url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/5a534a0b7f8b49bea430c586910a7ffe"
  ]
  "_flash" => array:2 [▶
    "old" => []
    "new" => []
  ]
  "PHPDEBUGBAR_STACK_DATA" => []
]
        ClearShow all
        Date ↕MethodURLData
        #12025-05-18 17:34:34GET/course-details/5a534a0b7f8b49bea430c586910a7ffe141315