South Asian Studies

Entry requirements

A UK 2:1 honours degree or its international equivalent, and a UK masters degree with an overall mark of 65% or its international equivalent.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Edinburgh has one of the largest concentrations of South Asianists in the UK, constituting a wide range of expertise.

Examples of our recent research include the study of:

• social, historical and anthropological aspects of Joint Forest Management Agreements in India
• socio-historical research on the Indian Uprising of 1857
• sociological and human geographical aspects of secondary schooling in north India
• sociological and anthropological aspects of pharmaceuticals in India and Nepal
• federalism and ethnic conflict management in South Asia

Other cross-disciplinary areas where students are particularly welcome include:

• the historical and contemporary study of religion (Buddhism, Islam, Christianity and Hinduism) and South Asian societies
• gender, family and population
• nationalism and caste
• the media
• the South Asian diaspora
• contemporary politics and identity
• territorial politics (federalism, regionalism)
• India as a global emerging power