MSc Society and Space

We urgently need new ways of thinking about society and space, as we face the profound global challenges of climate change, overconsumption, energy transition, and political conflict. Human geography provides invaluable insights into the interconnections between these crises. By examining the relationships between places, people, and environments, human geography can unveil social, political, and cultural dynamics that often go unnoticed. Geographical perspectives reveal both subtle and overt injustices and inequalities, and can theorise bold and creative frameworks for better futures. Human geography is a dynamic field, holding profound influence over current debates in the social sciences, humanities, and policy. The MSc in Human Geography: Society & Space provides you with a robust grounding in social theory, combined with options for expert training in qualitative, quantitative, and digital research methods. We welcome a diverse array of students from different subject backgrounds interested in the cutting-edge of theoretical and empirical discussions in human geography today, for example debates around affect, embodiment, and materiality, creative and experimental methodologies, decolonial and postcolonial geographies, and feminist approaches. Since its foundation in 1992, this prestigious programme has been a world leader in delivering innovative research in contemporary human geography. It has trained a number of leading figures in geography today, and it has equipped students to succeed beyond academia, in arts and heritage, policy and advocacy, and social justice and community work.

You will typically need an upper second-class honours degree or international equivalent in Anthropology, Architecture, Communication Studies, Criminology, Cultural Studies, Economics, English Literature, Environmental Humanities, Geography, History, International Relations, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, or Teaching. We will consider your application if your interim grades are currently slightly lower than the programme's entry requirements and may make you an aspirational offer; this offer would be at the standard level, so you would need to achieve the standard entry requirements by the end of your degree. We will also consider your application if your final overall achieved grade is slightly lower than the programme's entry requirement. If your achieved grade is lower than our entry requirements, your application may be more likely to receive an offer if you have additional relevant work experience or qualifications.