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Aims: Museums have become an important field of study, with a wide range of research focusing on their history, collections, practices and social roles. The MLitt in Museum Studies makes much use of the University's own internationally important collections and museums to explore these issues and to give practical experience of working in a museum, working closely with professional as well as academic staff.

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This unique MA is designed for students who wish to adopt a twin-tracked approach to the past by using both historical and archaeological evidence. The aim of the programme is to provide research training in preparation for further study for a PhD or for a career outside academia that requires research skills.

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This innovative new masters programme from the University of Edinburgh allows students both locally and across the world to take advantage of Edinburgh's remarkable range of historical expertise. Taught by leading academics at one of the great world centres for the study of the human past, this flexible new online MSc in History gives you the opportunity to study at one of the world's leading universities without the expense of relocating and whilst being able to balance your existing personal and work commitments.

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Everything we do is aimed at helping you to appreciate the approaches and methods used by historians, and as a result you will gain a deeper knowledge of historical trends, processes and events over the past 300 years. We provide you with the opportunity to explore a range of social and cultural developments in the history of Britain, Europe and the wider world, while the historical research of our teaching staff is of international standing and feeds into our course content.

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Classical studies was one of the first academic subjects to appreciate the possibilities of the digital age. This department is part of a strong research grouping in digital humanities at the OU, and hosts a number of funded research projects of which Dr Elton Barker is Principal Investigator: HESTIA (with colleagues at Southampton, Oxford and Birmingham), Google Ancient Places (with colleagues at Southampton, Edinburgh and UC Berkeley) and Pelagios (with Southampton and the Austrian Institute of Technology).

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We welcome suitable postgraduates in any of our areas of research expertise. We cover a vast range of classical subjects, from material culture and history, through language and literature, to philosophy and the history of science and medicine.

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We run regular postgraduate and research seminars, and all students are encouraged to attend and to present papers. In addition, our Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate School organises a comprehensive training programme for postgraduate students that covers research techniques, professional/key skills and provides support for personal development.

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The programme offers a fast-track route to a professional qualification and is one of the most successful heritage programmes internationally. Two specialist pathways are available: Education and Interpretation, and Management.

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The programme provides specialised postgraduate training in the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of the history of medicine. The programme offers comprehensive coverage of the history of medicine from classical antiquity to the twenty-first century and provides the necessary research training that will either link into further study at PhD level or act as a stand-alone MA.

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Designed primarily for students who have studied Latin, Greek or classical studies in their first degree, this flexible programme provides training in a range of research techniques, improves your knowledge of classical language, literature and culture, and enables you to pursue your own interests. You take compulsory modules in approaches to classics research and dissertation training (60 credits) and then tailor the MA more closely to your specific interests from a range of optional modules (60 credits).

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