In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), Sociology at Birkbeck was ranked 13th in the UK. The Department of Psychosocial Studies has a formal link with the University of São Paulo, Brazil. This link enables students on this programme to undertake an option module at the university as part of their programme of study at Birkbeck. As well as the core programme staff, lectures on our summer programme are likely to be given by internationally renowned Birkbeck associates. See our film Spaces of Psychoanalysis (2016), directed by Bartek Dziadosz and produced by Lily Ford of Birkbeck's own Derek Jarman Lab.

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