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MSc - Master of Science
Royal Holloway, University of London
Full Time
Sep 2026
1 Year
Our Masters in Geography by Research offers an opportunity to experience our inspiring research culture and undertake a supervised project linked with an academic and their research interests.
The course is ideal both for graduates who would like to carry out original research without committing themselves to a three-year PhD, and for students who want to gain a research-based Masters before embarking on their PhD.
You’ll refine your research and analytical skills and develop advanced knowledge in your chosen area in a written dissertation.
You’ll join a vibrant Geography research community ranked 5th in the UK for research excellence in the most recent REF2021 assessment. You’ll contribute to our renowned research culture with your own independent dissertation project. You will work with leading researchers based in physical geography.
Reflecting the collaborative and outward facing nature of our research culture, there is potential for research engagements with external partners.
At Royal Holloway, University of London, postgraduate students join a community of forward-thinkers and game-changers, p...
