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SOAS University of London MA African Studies and Intensive Language
SOAS University of London

MA African Studies and Intensive Language

London, United Kingdom

2 up to 4 Years

English

Full time, Part time

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Sep 2025

GBP 25,320 / per year *

On-Campus

* for overseas student fees | home student fees: GBP 12,220 per year

Introduction

The MA in African Studies and Intensive Language from SOAS provides students with competency in language skills and intercultural awareness and understanding. Familiarity with the region will have been developed through a combination of the study of language, history, cinema, politics, economics or law.

Students in this postgraduate degree programme will develop their ability to engage with and explore relationships between indigenous African aesthetics and contemporary literary theories.

Why study African Studies and Intensive Language at SOAS?

  • SOAS is ranked 1st in London and 9th in the UK in the Complete University Guide 2023 for Middle Eastern and African Studies
  • We are ranked 6th in the UK for employability (QS World University Rankings 2023)
  • Top 10 in the UK for African and Middle Eastern Studies (Complete University Guide 2023)
  • Modern Languages and Linguistics at SOAS has been ranked 10th in the UK in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021
  • 4th for research environment - with 100% of our research ranked as 'internationally excellent' and 85% as 'world-leading' - and 8th for research outputs in the REF 2021
  • You will be eligible to apply for internships, available to students starting 2023/24

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Two calendar years (full-time), four years (part-time)

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