Postgraduate Anthropology Degrees | Durham University

Postgraduate Study

Anthropology at Durham is one of the largest integrated anthropology departments in the UK, carrying out cutting-edge research across social and evolutionary anthropology, and the anthropology of health. Continue reading or ask us anything.

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Discover Postgraduate Anthropology

Our postgraduate anthropology degree programmes offer a range of skills to equip you for the job market. Our students have gone on to have successful careers in development, health, government, policy, social research, culture, heritage and media.

Our taught Masters courses offer you the opportunity to pursue advanced specialist courses and ‘conversion’ from other degrees. If you’re a PhD applicant, the sheer number of staff here means you are likely to find someone who can supervise and nurture your research interests.

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Taught Masters

We offer a range of postgraduate taught programmes offering the opportunity to pursue advanced specialist courses and also conversion courses from other degrees.

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Masters by Research

We offer an MA in Sociocultural Anthropology by Research and an MSc in Biological Anthropology by Research.

PhD in Anthropology

Anthropology PhD students can choose from either a sociocultural or biological route, both of which last three years and are examined by thesis.

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Our Facilities

The Department of Anthropology hosts a range of state-of-the-art research facilities that are used and run by academic members of staff and their postgraduate students.

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The calibre of the academic staff and their work here is truly remarkable. I am confident that my time at Durham and the mentorship I’ve received here have prepared me for a successful future as a researcher.

Janelle Wagnild

PhD Biological Anthropology

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Research, Impact and Engagement

In each of our research fields we are opening up new areas of enquiry and have world-leading expertise in a range of topics such as energy use, temporality, aesthetics, the evolution of brain and cognition, primatology, global health, and infant sleep.