You'll focus on a particular area of Chinese studies that you'd like to carry out postgraduate research on. You will normally work on a research project which comprises two to four research assignments and a longer dissertation. Your supervisor will be an expert in your chosen field, and will receive support if necessary from an experienced research supervisor. Our research staff work in a diverse range of fields from sociocultural, historical and political studies, to film and literature, linguistics and sociolinguistics. The School has strong links with interdisciplinary research centres and groups, including: Centre for Caribbean and Latin American Studies Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Sciences Research Centre in Film and Digital Media Gender Research Group Medieval and Early Modern Studies Postcolonial Research Group

A 2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent, in a related discipline. TOEFL, IELTS results