This is the only PPE programme available for part-time evening study in the UK. Our Departments of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy and Politics each have an international research reputation, as recognised by the government’s Research Excellence Framework and other indicators. The programme is a potential stepping stone to MPhil/PhD research in any of the three departments or in interdisciplinary combinations. Birkbeck Library has large politics, philosophy and economics collections, including the major specialist journals, and provides you with access to an extensive range of online materials. You can also take advantage of the rich research collections nearby, including Senate House Library, which is right next door to Birkbeck, the British Library, which is five minutes’ walk away, and the British Library of Political and Economic Science at the London School of Economics, which is walkable from Birkbeck.

To be considered for direct entry to a Master's degree at Birkbeck, you will normally be required to have successfully completed a Bakalavr/Specialist Diploma from a recognised university with a minimum final grade of 3.5 for programmes requiring a UK 2:2