UK: Masters Studentships in Human Geography Research

The Department of Geography invites applications for admission to its Taught and Research Postgraduate Programmes. We have a number of studentship opportunities for September 2009, which include Masters Studentships as detailed below. Founded in 1908, the Department of Geography is one of the leading research departments in the country. According to the results of the independent 2008 Research Assessment Exercise the Department is by all measures within the top 10 Departments in the UK. It was also graded 5A in both the previous two Research Assessment Exercises. With over 30 full-time academic staff, a graduate school of over 50 PhD and Masters students, we are one of the largest Geography departments in the UK and a global leader in several research fields including Climate and Cryosphere, Drylands Research, Social and Cultural Geographies, and Social And Spatial Inequalities.

Masters Studentships

The Department of Geography is funding up to six £1,000 bursaries, exclusively for exceptional students wishing to take any of its Masters programmes. The department also has two dedicated Masters-level University Studentships that come with bursaries and a half stipend. In addition, there are a number of £2,000 bursaries available only to University of Sheffield graduates via the Alumni Office for our Masters degree programmes. We are also able to offer one fully-funded ESRC 1+3 PhD studentship to highly qualified students. Students following the “1+3” route must study in their first year on the MA in Human Geography Research (also see “1+3 studentships” above). The University of Sheffield also has a number of fully or half-funded PhD and Masters studentships. These awards are open to UK, EU and international applicants. International applicants are only eligible providing they can demonstrate that they have sufficient funds to cover the difference between the UK and international students tuition fee (for more information see: http://www.shef.ac.uk/pgresearch/studentships/uos.html ). In addition, the MSc in Social and Spatial Inequalities has up to six dedicated bursaries available for this course, offering fee-free places to students from the UK and other EU countries (please see below for more details).

To apply for one of our funding packages, in the first instance please contact:

MA in Human Geography Research
Dr Megan Blake, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Winter Street, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, United Kingdom
email: M.Blake@sheffield.ac.uk

MA in Social & Cultural Geographies
Dr Megan Blake, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Winter Street, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, United Kingdom
email: M.Blake@sheffield.ac.uk

MSc in Social and Spatial Inequalities
Dr Dan Vickers, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Winter Street, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, United Kingdom
email: D.Vickers@sheffield.ac.uk

MSc in Environmental Analysis of Terrestrial Systems
Professor John Wainwright, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Winter Street, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, United Kingdom
email: J.Wainwright@sheffield.ac.uk

MSc in Polar and Alpine Change
Professor Grant Bigg, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Winter Street, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, United Kingdom
email: Grant.Bigg@sheffield.ac.uk

MA in International Development
Dr Chasca Twyman, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Winter Street, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, United Kingdom
email: c.twyman@sheffield.ac.uk

MPH (Public Health) in International Development
Dr Chasca Twyman, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Winter Street, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, United Kingdom
email: c.twyman@sheffield.ac.uk

MSc in GeoArchaeology
Dr Mark Bateman, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Winter Street, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, United Kingdom
email: m.bateman@sheffield.ac.uk

MSc in Social and Spatial Inequalities dedicated bursaries
The MSc in Social and Spatial Inequalities has up to six dedicated bursaries available for this course, offering fee-free places to students from the UK and other EU countries. To apply for one of our funding packages, in the first instance please contact:
Dr Dan Vickers, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Winter Street, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, United Kingdom
email: D.Vickers@sheffield.ac.uk

Fee Scholarships

The Department also has a limited number of fee scholarships that are open to new UK/EU and international applicants (see http://www.shef.ac.uk/pgresearch/studentships/bursaries.html ).

For more information please contact:

* Human Geography postgraduate research admissions tutor: Dr Dimitris Ballas (ADD LINK: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/geography/staff/ballas_dimitris/index.html )
* Physical Geography postgraduate research admissions tutor: Professor John Wainwright (ADD LINK: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/geography/staff/wainwright_john/index.html )

Other Masters and PhD Funding Opportunities

You may also find a series of useful funding links which may be of interest to prospective UK/EU and international students at:

http://www.shef.ac.uk/geography/pg/masters/funding.html

http://www.shef.ac.uk/pgresearch/studentships/links.html

General Postgraduate enquiries
Mrs Mo Allum, Postgraduate Admissions Secretary, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Winter Street, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, United Kingdom
email: M.Allum@sheffield.ac.uk