This fall semester course is taken during the first year. Faculty presentations introduce students to the substantive interests, research and professional background of the sociology faculty. It is graded pass/fail.
To count toward degree requirements, core curriculum courses other than the Proseminar (which is graded Pass/Fail) and the Trial Paper Research series of courses must be passed with a grade of B- or higher. After the core course requirement is satisfied, additional methods courses from the list above may be used to fulfill the five-elective course requirement.
In addition to the core curriculum, graduate students must enroll in five additional graduate-level courses. At least four of the five electives must be JHU Sociology department courses. Up to four of the five electives may be fulfilled by a combination of:
All must be passed with a grade of B- or higher. While students are free to select these courses, the department strongly recommends that they be taken from diverse fields of specializations so as to maximize the breadth of exposure to core areas of sociology and other disciplines.
As part of their preparation for future academic work, graduate students are required to register for AS.230.811 Teaching Assistantship and serve as a teaching assistant for at least one semester.
The Sociology Department no longer requires certification of fluency in a foreign language as part of the Ph.D. requirements. Students should be proactive in gaining the language skills necessary to conduct their TRP and dissertation research, and should work closely with their advisor to determine whether additional language education is needed.
A minimum of two consecutive semesters of full-time residence is mandatory for all degrees. However, at least six semesters of full-time residence is recommended by the department for completion of the core curriculum, electives, and completion of a research apprenticeship and a trial research paper. By the end of the fourth year in the program, the student is expected to have written a dissertation proposal and have defended it successfully before the appropriate examining committees.
AS.230.801 Research Assistantship and AS.230.804 Research Apprenticeship
Students are required to develop practical research expertise through professional-level participation (data analysis, literature searches/reviews, non-routine data processing or coding, preparation and refinement of research instruments, and data/file management). This requirement is fulfilled by satisfactorily completing a Research Apprenticeship, which is required during the student’s first year of full-time graduate study in the department. The standard for certification is substantial research accomplishment as judged by the faculty supervisor.
( AS.230.685 TRP Seminar I , AS.230.690 TRP Seminar II , AS.230.815 Trial Research Paper I , AS.230.816 Trial Research Paper II , AS.230.817 Trial Research Paper III )
Students begin working on a Trial Research Paper (TRP) no later than the spring semester of their second year. The TRP affords students the experience of planning and executing a research project that leads to a publishable quality paper. The TRP is expected to be a serious, complete work of scholarship, suitable for conference presentation or journal submission. Whether or not the topic of the TRP is similar to that of the eventual dissertation, we believe all students will benefit from going through this exercise before planning for the dissertation.
By the end of the fall semester of their second year, students should invite a faculty TRP advisor to supervise the design and execution of the TRP project. Regular or adjunct faculty members whose positions entitle them to serve as dissertation advisors are eligible to serve as faculty TRP advisors. Work on the TRP generally will be done over three semesters. In order to facilitate progress on the TRP, students register for courses that are meant to consist of one-on-one meetings with their TRP advisor (TRP I, AS.230.815 Trial Research Paper I in the spring of your second year, TRP II, AS.230.816 Trial Research Paper II in the fall of your third year, and TRP III, AS.230.817 Trial Research Paper III in the spring of your third year.)
In order to facilitate student progress on the TRP, the department has also introduced two required TRP seminars, for which all students register in the spring of their second and third year. These are: AS.230.685 TRP Seminar I (spring of second year) & AS.230.690 TRP Seminar II (spring of third year). These courses will be graded pass/fail and will not count toward the fulfillment of the elective courses required for the Ph.D.
A TRP proposal must be approved by the faculty TRP advisor by the end of the spring semester of the second year. By the end of the fall semester of the third year, the TRP advisor must approve a draft of the paper which will then be reviewed by another department faculty member. The TRP advisor, at their discretion, may extend this deadline to the end of the intersession period following the fall semester. The faculty reviewer will evaluate the paper and, if necessary, recommend revisions that should be made before the paper is certified. The TRP advisor will determine required revisions and must certify a final TRP by the end of the spring semester of the third year.
The student must propose and conduct original research presented in a dissertation suitable for publication. The department administers an oral examination which must be passed before the student is allowed to defend before a university board. The dissertation must then be defended either at a Graduate Board preliminary oral examination, based on the dissertation proposal, or at a Graduate Board final oral examination, based on the completed dissertation.
The department offers two special programs that coordinate activities in its two focus areas. Doctoral students may affiliate with one or both of these programs at their discretion. These programs function as fields of doctoral specialization within the Department of Sociology.
This focus area of graduate study focuses on cross-national, comparative research and long-term, world-scale social change. The goal of the program is to give students knowledge of the various theoretical perspectives in these areas, experience in data collection and analysis, and expertise in one or more substantive fields.
The program does not focus on a particular geographic area, although faculty members have conducted extensive research on Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Instead of a geographical approach, the emphasis is on issues of development and social change that cut across different countries and world regions. Examples are globalization and regionalization, labor and development, city systems and urban primacy, social movements and revolutions, state violence, migration and labor force formation, family structure and change, social structure and personality, and national and international stratification. Students enroll in a sequence of courses and seminars and participate actively in ongoing faculty projects dealing with one or more of the above issues.
In addition, the interdisciplinary character of graduate education at Johns Hopkins University offers students ample opportunity to enroll in courses or collaborate in research of faculty in other departments. Faculty associates of the program include distinguished scholars in anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, and public health.
A graduate focus area is not required of Ph.D. students.
This focus area of graduate study focuses on the causes and consequences of social inequality, the social processes that sustain it, and how social policies can reduce it. These questions are addressed in terms of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and immigration status/citizenship.
The program is designed to train students in the sociological analysis of social inequality among individuals and groups. This training includes course work in areas such as social stratification, the sociology of the family, the sociology of education, sociology of immigration, social structure and personality, social policy, and research design and methods. Students in the PSI program enroll in a sequence of courses and seminars and participate actively in ongoing faculty projects dealing with one or more of the above issues.
In addition, the interdisciplinary character of graduate education at Johns Hopkins University offers students ample opportunity to enroll in courses or collaborate in research with faculty in other departments. Faculty associates of the program include distinguished scholars in anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, and public health.
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There are a range of scholarships, studentships and awards available to support both UK and overseas postgraduate researchers, details of which can be found via the links below.
To apply University of Manchester funding, you must indicate in your application the competitions for which you wish to be considered. The deadline for most internal competitions, including School of Social Sciences studentships is 1 December 2024.
All external funding competitions have a specified deadline for submitting your funding application and a separate (earlier) deadline for submitting the online programme application form, both of which will be stated in the funding competition details below.
You will need to be nominated by your proposed supervisor for a number of our scholarships. Therefore, we highly recommend you discuss these funding opportunities with your supervisor first, so they can advise on your suitability and ensure you meet nomination deadlines.
For more information about funding, visit our funding page to browse for scholarships, studentships and awards you may be eligible for.
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What can i expect from the sociology ph.d. program .
The Ph.D. program in sociology at Baylor University is collegial, rigorous, and supportive. A defining feature of the program is mentorship. Faculty and students work closely together in research and teaching. We offer special concentrations in community analytics, sociology of health, and the sociology of religion (see below), but students are free to pursue their own research interests.
The first three years of the program concentrate on coursework. By the end of the second year, students will complete research resulting in a journal article or its equivalent, culminating in a master’s thesis. Upon completing comprehensive exams after the third year of the program, students are admitted to Ph.D. candidacy and spend their fourth and fifth year writing their dissertation.
We also have a two-semester teacher-in-training sequence that all students must complete before they are allowed to teach a course at Baylor. This training will help students understand the many different areas of preparation that are necessary to establish and successfully manage a college course.
The Sociology Department offers the Doctor of Philosophy degree. Students admitted into the PhD program will also earn an M.A. along the way. The M.A. in sociology is only available to students admitted into the Ph.D. program which is usually completed by the second year of the program. For students seeking to enter the program with previous post-baccalaureate experience, the admissions committee will evaluate the work of the student and may apply a maximum of nine semester hours of previous graduate coursework toward their graduate work at Baylor University.
At Baylor we take academics very seriously so we have made it a priority to offer full graduate assistantships and tuition remission to all whom we accept into the program. This funding maximizes the amount of time that students have to pursue their own independent research. We only admit a small cohort of student each Fall in order to ensure that quality funding and attention will be given to each student. With continued satisfactory progress toward the terminal Ph.D., funding is renewed for five years. All students have their own workspace and desktop computer with access to a wide variety of data analysis software (STATA, SAS, SPSS, GIS, Geoda, HLM, R, Nivio).
All graduate students in the department of sociology of are expected - and financially supported - to attend and present research papers at annual meetings for field-related associations, such as the Southwestern Sociological Association and the American Sociological Association. Students can expect support from the department and from the graduate Graduate school School for two meetings per year.
In addition to cutting-edge sociological research, the Baylor sociology department is recognized for its outstanding pedagogical training. Graduate students participate in a two-semester Seminar in Teaching, equipping them to design, implement, and evaluate their own college courses. While students will teach their own college course at least once during their doctoral studies, financial packages are designed to maximize the amount of time students have to conduct research projects they choose.
Additionally, our department is the home to the nationally-recognized Baylor Religion Survey . Every three to four years we partner with the Gallup Organization to measure the religious beliefs and values of the American population. In the past we have examined the relationships of religion in its varied forms to trust and civic engagement, politics, the paranormal, image of God, consumption patterns, race, gender, family, health, and work to name a few.
The Health and Society track in the Department of Sociology at Baylor focuses on understanding how social forces are linked to individual health and health behaviors. As a transdisciplinary area of study, Health and Society infuses sociological theories and principles with allied work in public health, epidemiology, and gerontology. Social mechanisms are emphasized as are sociological approaches to illuminating the roles of biology, genetics, and stress in evolving levels of mental and physical well-being across the life course.
Course offerings include Sociology of Health, Population Health, Health Inequalities in America, and Sociology of Mental Health. Students also learn to use advanced quantitative methods to address key population health issues. Graduate students conduct research independently and in collaboration with our highly-productive faculty. We tailor research mentorship to each student’s interests and goals. In addition, health items have become an integral aspect of the ongoing Baylor Religion Survey [LINK], reflecting faculty and student interest in the link between religion and health.
The Department of Sociology at Baylor University is recognized for its distinction in training sociologists of religion. Our curriculum combines seminars of substantive interests and independent research. Two required seminars introduce students to theory in the sociology of religion. We train all students in advanced quantitative data management and analytic techniques, and a required methods course on doing research with sociology of religion data. In addition, students may choose among six elective seminars on such topics as religiosity, family and religion, religious organizations, religious deviance, and race/gender and religion. It is our belief that students learn best by hands-on experience. Consequently, our financial packages are designed to maximize the amount of time students have to pursue their independent research topics.
Students also have exclusive access to the Baylor Religion Survey , which many students use to write their M.A. theses and Ph.D. dissertations. This survey is administered every three to four years and is the most comprehensive national religion survey in the United States. All graduate students in the sociology of religion are expected, and financially supported, to attend and present research papers at the annual meetings of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Students also routinely present research papers at the American Sociological Association annual meetings. Students can expect support from the department for two meetings per year.
The community analytics track for a Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology provides preparation for a career path in government agencies, institutes and corporations in which specialists in applied research are desired, or for a career path in teaching and research at the college and university setting. Graduates in this concentration are highly trained in mail, telephone, and web-based survey methodology, needs assessment, interviewing and focus group research skills, mock juries and jury selection, demographic modeling, GIS, and the ability to use major statistical techniques and programs to analyze and interpret the results of such research.
Students also work at the Baylor Center for Community Research and Development (CCRD) . The CCRD is a multi-disciplinary/method laboratory in which sociologists perform most of the research, while experts from varying fields lend their support. CCRD researchers employ several methods, and oftentimes extend their studies beyond the Waco metropolitan area. The philosophy of the CCRD is to encourage Baylor faculty and students to engage in “hands-on” projects that positively and tangibly change organizations and communities. Students learn to apply community analytics methods to real-life settings and gain an understanding of an exceptional model for relations between community and academia.
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Please contact the Graduate Program Coordinator or the Graduate Program Director.
The PhD program in the Department of Sociology at Stanford offers rigorous training in sociological knowledge and research methods, and prepares students to embark on successful professional careers in sociology. Our program prides itself on world-renowned faculty, cutting-edge research programs, and close interactions between faculty and students.
Through coursework, workshops, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships, students work closely with faculty members to develop research skills and experience and gain expertise in the substantive areas of sociology. In collaboration with Stanford Law School, as well as other research programs on campus, we offer a JD/PhD joint degree and a multidisciplinary environment for students to pursue their intellectual interests in different areas.
Finalists for the Knight Hennessy scholarships work with Stanford lecturers. Photo credit: Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News Service
The Knight-Hennessy Scholars develops a community of future global leaders to address complex challenges through collaboration and innovation. Each year, up to 100 students are awarded with funding to pursue any graduate degree at Stanford and participate in an experiential leadership development program that emphasizes collaboration and innovation. Citizens of any country may apply. Visit khs.stanford.edu to learn more.
The Department’s central focus in graduate training is doctoral education. In years one and two, students are focused mostly on coursework and producing their own independent empirical research project for the qualifying paper. In years three and four, students work on their exams and their dissertation proposal. Years five and six are spent researching and writing. Later years also emphasize specialized training, particularly in two special field areas, helping prepare students for graduate scholarship and, later, their initial job placement . While Ph.D. students are funded fully for seven years, many students complete their Ph.D. in year six.
Students not yet ready to make a commitment to the Sociology Ph.D. may explore several more specialized M.A. programs, which allow one to take courses across the social sciences, strengthening a future application to a Chicago Ph.D. program. For example, see the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences . The Ph.D. program receives over 200 applications each year, out of which it gets an entering class of about 6-8 students. If you have any questions about the information provided under curriculum , click here .
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This article delivers you the one-stop guide for scholarships. From the application to disbursement, all the essential steps in your scholarship journey are explained. It also contains top 15 scholarships (for higher studies) from around the world along with their eligibility criteria, the application process, and benefits.
In academics, a scholarship is a great way for students to utilize their intelligence, talent, and skills to secure financial support to fulfil their dreams. Scholarships not only help in overcoming financial constraints but also serve as motivation to excel. Educational institutions worldwide provide national as well as international scholarships to help hardworking students move ahead.
Scholarships are a form of financial aid, grants, and awards given to students in need. They are sponsored by governments, organisations, institutes, colleges, universities, business companies, and even non-profits. They are different from loans as you don’t need to repay them. Scholarships are assessed based on assignments, exams or interviews, and the financial situation of the student, along with aptitude and dedication of the student is taken into consideration while granting scholarships.
You can apply for scholarships in high school, college, and even for PhD studies. It is open for all students (with certain criteria) to apply, both nationally and internationally.
The first step is an application form. After careful assessment, the selected students are notified about selection or the next step. The process of applying can also vary according to institutional guidelines, either the scholarship application is submitted with an admission form or after securing admission. Some scholarships are also provided in between the course duration based on academic excellence.
It can be partially or fully funded which means some scholarships provide half of the course fee, while some sponsor the entire amount. There are a few scholarships which support accommodation needs too.
Firstly, decide if you want to pursue further education in your home country or abroad. As rules can differ for national and international scholarships, preparation and application should be done accordingly. All institutions have certain eligibility criteria, which often include excellent academic scores and outstanding achievements. Every institution also specifies a minimum score required for applying.
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If you are looking forward to studying at the prestigious Oxford University, then the Department of Sociology at Oxford offers various courses like MSc, MPhil, and DPhil in Sociology. Studying and living in the UK can seem challenging for international students, but the Rhodes Scholarship allows you to fulfil your dream.
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Scholarship application process:
2. Western Illinois University Scholarships
If you are looking to pursue a degree in the USA, then Western Illinois University (WIU) has several scholarships to help you achieve your dream. WIU provides full scholarships on tuition fees for international undergraduate and graduate students.
Scholarships offered for international students:
More details about various scholarships and courses offered by the WIU are available on their university website.
If you are looking forward to pursuing your undergraduate or postgraduate studies here, then the Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship at Newcastle University will help you follow your dreams.
The scholarship is provided by St. Lawrence College, Ontario, Canada and is valued at Partial Funding, CAD 2000. Scholarships are available for Master’s degrees. This scholarship is open to students from around the world.
How to Apply:
The departments accept applications for all projects but have certain prioritized subjects each year, so look out for that. More details about the themes on which the school works are available on their website.
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The university has a renowned and eminent Department of Sociology, which was established in the year 1924. The sociologists conduct research around the world, collaborating with various stakeholders and across multiple disciplines. The University offers undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate programs in sociology.
7. Kazakhstan Government Scholarship for International Students
The government of Kazakhstan offers scholarships to international students from different countries and for multiple universities and programs. The scholarship is also available for students of Kazakh identity and communities who are not residing in Kazakhstan. Currently, Kazakhstan is the first and only country in Central Asia recognised as a full member of the European higher education area.
One of the biggest scholarship funding organisations, DAAD scholarships help students experience top-notch education in Germany without frantically worrying about the financial burden. The DAAD scholarship allows international students to pursue their master’s education, fully funded in Germany. The scholarships are provided for a period of 10 to 24 months, depending upon the duration of the course.
The applicant can select respective courses and universities in which they wish to pursue future education. The monetary aid is €934 a month with insurance and travel allowance. After the fulfilment of the 1st year of the academic course, the performance of the student will be scrutinised for the renewal of the scholarship.
9. Global Korea Scholarship
If you want to pursue Sociology as your major, the Global Korea Scholarship will allow you on the international level to interact with different communities and ethnicities. It will give you a chance to make a global impact and bring about a change. The scholarship covers tuition fees, airfare costs, living and language courses allowance, medical insurance, and research support among other facilities.
The Orange Knowledge Programme (OKP) is an opportunity for international students to pursue their education in the Netherlands, the land of tulips and canals. However, before applying to the OKP, a student must take into account that currently the programme is available to citizens of 38 countries. The list of OKP-eligible countries is constantly updated on their official website.
The student can browse and select the universities which collaborate with this program and then continue with the process. As a student of Sociology, the Orange Knowledge Programme will prove to be beneficial as it engages more in field study and research.
Studying sociology in Japan under this programme will help you to interact with various communities and enrich your knowledge and experience. The best part is that IELTS or TOEFL exam scores and knowledge of the Japanese language are not a compulsion.
The students who fulfil all the requirements and qualify will get the benefits of the scholarship which they can utilise for their study, research, and stationery purposes.
If you are willing to create a social change with the help of fundamental skills, then the University of Sydney is the right place for you. With the help and support of the International Scholarship fund, studying at this prestigious university is a dream open to all students.
The Faculty of Arts International Master’s Degree Scholarship is provided by the University of Auckland, New Zealand, in the field of Arts. It is open to students from all nationalities. The scholarship provides partial funding of up to $10,000. The grant is especially for tuition fee purposes.
Besides these, there are various other scholarships available concerning courses, countries, and universities.
Harvard Kenneth E. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences offers a comprehensive program of financial support, including grants and fellowships from internal and external sources, traineeships, teaching fellowships, research assistantships, and other academic employment opportunities.
For PhD students, Harvard awards full financial support for five years, typically for the first four years of study as well as the completion year. Ordinarily, in cases where the length of PhD study extends beyond five years, students secure financial support through various Harvard and non-Harvard opportunities, including research fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching fellowships.
All incoming students receive a merit-based award, regardless of need. This includes a fellowship for tuition and health fees, as well as a stipend for living expenses, for up to five years. Unlike at many other institutions, students at Harvard have no teaching responsibilities during the first two years of graduate study. In addition, Harvard’s standard funding package includes Summer Research Awards for the first four years.
Students who experience extreme financial hardship as the result of an emergency may apply to the Office of Financial Aid for funding . Download the application here . Qualified expenses include but are not limited to costs associated with:
Students of any gender enrolled in PhD programs at Harvard Griffin GSAS are eligible for the Parental Accommodation and Financial Support (PAFS) program following a childbirth or adoption event. Eligible Harvard Griffin GSAS PhD students receive a one-time supplemental stipend payment. This funding is intended to help with the additional expenses associated with a childbirth or adoption event. For the 2022-2023 academic year, the award amount is $7,158. At least four months in advance of the anticipated birth or adoption event, students must meet with PAFS coordinator Lisa Simpson, GSAS assistant director of financial aid and senior admissions officer, to review guidelines, benefits, and student-specific coordination of the program. To set up an appointment, email [email protected] .
Teaching Fellows assist in courses under the supervision of course heads, who hold formal teaching appointments. Duties may include teaching sections, conducting tutorials, recommending grades, supervising independent study projects, and monitoring students’ progress toward their degrees.
To qualify for stipends during their third and fourth years of graduate study, graduate students in Sociology ordinarily need to offer two sections of a standard lecture course each semester (a section is a once-weekly meeting of, ordinarily, fewer than twenty undergraduate students).
You can choose to defer your G3 and G4 teaching guarantee, allowing you to begin your fieldwork earlier, while still preserving your teaching guarantee for later use. You would have the same priority for teaching appointments as G3s and G4s if you notify Harvard Griffin GSAS Financial Aid in advance. If you defer your teaching guarantee in G3 and/or G4, you may be eligible for a top-up that will ensure that you receive stipend support equal to that received in G1 and G2.
You may combine teaching with RA work (note: all graduate students are permitted to work up to 20 hours per week when classes are in session). Students with fellowships should check with their Financial Aid Officer regarding work restrictions.
Over the course of their PhD studies at Harvard, many graduate students in Sociology work as Research Assistants. Such assistantships often carry financial support and are arranged with individual faculty.
You may combine RA work with teaching (note: all graduate students are permitted to work up to 20 hours per week when classes are in session). Students with fellowships should check with their Financial Aid Officer regarding work restrictions.
Please visit t his page for information about additional funding sources.
While the standard funding package is guaranteed, we encourage students to apply for external funding from various sources. Students in the Sociology PhD program have been awarded fellowships from many organizations, including:
The Harvard Griffin G SAS Fellowships and Writing Office provides a range of services to assist graduate students in their search for fellowship funding, including individual counseling and professional development seminars. Additional information about possible fellowships can be found in the CARAT database ( https://carat.fas.harvard.edu/ ), formerly the Graduate Guide to Grants.
Pro tip: Extremely restrictive searches don't yield many useful results and often erroneously exclude relevant opportunities. We recommend that you play around with different search terms, and provide the following suggested "Academic Stages" search parameters to help you get started:
Harvard Griffin GSAS also lists opportunities broken down by these fellowship categories:
For a comprehensive search for outside support, you can search Pivot (formerly Community of Science) at https://pivot.proquest.com/session/login ; read the FAS Research Guide to Pivot for instructions.
These universities have their own funding databases:
Students are encouraged to work with their faculty members to identify appropriate sources of funding for their unique research interests.
Another surprisingly effective approach is to Google CVs of scholars that you admire to obtain past funding sources.
Feel free to reach out to our alumni , who have received numerous fellowships and grants during their graduate careers.
A number of funding and networking opportunities are available to Harvard graduate students who affiliate with Harvard's many research centers and programs: Asia Center Center for American Political Studies (CAPS) Center on the Developing Child Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics Ethics Pedagogy Fellows Fund for Research on the Foundations of Human Behavior Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS) Joint Center for Housing Studies Korea Institute Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston Public Policy Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies South Asia Institute Tobin Project Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
To date, twenty-four graduate students have participated in an intensive two-week workshop on Geographical Information Systems (GIS) at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS). Students who are accepted to the Winter or Summer session should contact Jessica Matteson at [email protected] to arrange for the payment of the $100 student fee.
The Department of Sociology has limited funding available to graduate students in the department who will be presenting their research at an academic conference. Students are eligible to receive up to $500 per fiscal year (July 1 - June 30) in travel grants. These awards are intended to defray the costs of graduate student conference travel; they are not reimbursements for all expenses related to such trips. Additional information about these grants, including information on how to apply, can be found on our Graduate Student Travel Funding .
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Edinburgh is one of the leading international centres of excellence for postgraduate study in sociology.
Our PhD degree is eligible for Economic and Social Research Council funding and our postgraduate research students come from all over the world and join our vibrant and diverse postgraduate student community, which plays a full role in the life of the department.
Many of our students have non-sociology backgrounds and bring with them experience and expertise from other disciplines in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Whatever your background, you will thrive at Edinburgh.
Potential applicants are encouraged to contact the Postgraduate Admissions Advisor (Research) to discuss their research proposals and the availability of appropriate research supervision, using the email address on the right-hand side of the page.
The PhD in Sociology is a three-year research programme (six years for part-time students).
The PhD degree is awarded for a thesis which must draw on your own research and which makes a significant contribution to knowledge in the chosen field of study and contains material worthy of publication. The thesis must demonstrate adequate knowledge of the field of study and relevant literature, and the ability to look critically at both your own work and that of other scholars in the field.
The normal progression for a PhD is that the first year is partly spent on preparing to undertake a PhD thesis by reading and reflecting on relevant literature and taking courses of importance to the researcher's work. A fully elaborated research proposal should be developed by the end of the first year.
Provided the proposal receives approval from a panel of members of staff with expertise relevant to the research project, the student will be registered as a PhD student at the beginning of year two.
The second year is typically spent on fieldwork and data collection, with the remaining time devoted to data analysis and write-up of the thesis.
You will work with a supervisor on an original research dissertation and participate in advanced sociology research-training workshops, work-in-progress seminars and a writing workshop.
A wide range of training facilities will be available to you. The Graduate School provides a range of ESRC-recognised research training courses for social science students across the University.
You are encouraged to participate in taught Masters level courses to assist your intellectual development and support you research.
The University’s Institute for Academic Development provides a range of courses and events to assist with methodological training and career development.
Research library and archive facilities in Edinburgh are outstanding.
You will be a member of the Graduate School of Social & Political Science, with full access to the Graduate School’s facilities in the Chrystal Macmillan Building.
Other library and archive facilities include the:
Proximity to the Scottish Parliament and other institutions of national government provides further research opportunities.
Entry requirements.
These entry requirements are for the 2024/25 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2025/26 academic year will be published on 1 Oct 2024.
A UK 2:1 honours degree or its international equivalent, and a UK masters degree with an overall mark of 65% or its international equivalent.
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Regardless of your nationality or country of residence, you must demonstrate a level of English language competency at a level that will enable you to succeed in your studies.
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If you are not a national of a majority English speaking country, then your degree must be no more than five years old* at the beginning of your programme of study. (*Revised 05 March 2024 to extend degree validity to five years.)
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Start date: September
Awards: PhD (36 mth FT, 72 mth PT)
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You must submit a research proposal demonstrating your knowledge of your field of research, which will be closely scrutinised as part of the decision-making process. We request that PhD research proposals are no more than four A4 typed pages in Times New Roman, 12pt font. This includes charts and figures but does not include references or a bibliography.
We require PhD applicants in particular to contact potential supervisors before applying to discuss their research proposal so we can ensure there is adequate supervision.
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The Department of Sociology through the Graduate School offers incoming doctoral students five or six years of guaranteed financial support , including a stipend and health and dental insurance subsidies, through mechanisms including teaching and research assistantships, fellowships, and traineeships. Students in good standing normally receive a fellowship in the first year of study and for one year after advancing to doctoral candidacy. The course of study for the sociology PhD is designed to be completed in five years and students are encouraged to do so. Students who need additional time and extend their course of study beyond five years must remain in good standing and will be encouraged to secure external funding.
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