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Postgraduate study

We have a vibrant, welcoming and diverse postgraduate community, with international students from Brunei, China, Colombia, Cyprus,  Egypt, Hong Kong, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States.

Our graduate students are fully integrated into the Department's activities; and they are involved in the student-run Sociology Society, which organises a range of social events, as well as invited talks from some of the UK's most prominent social scientists.

Postgraduate life at York

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Postgraduate Funding - Entry 2012

Please click here to transfer to the award and application information.  Details about funding opportunities for October 2012 will be available in January.

Postgraduate programmes

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