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MSc - Master of Science
Main Campus
Full Time
Sep 2027
1 Year
Our flagship MSc Philosophy degree programme offers you an excellent opportunity to enhance your learning and join a large, vibrant and supportive postgraduate community.This programme provides an intensive grounding in philosophy, its methodology and techniques of research. It is excellent preparation for those who intend to pursue a PhD, as well as those who wish to delve more deeply into philosophy at the postgraduate level before pursuing a non-academic career.We provide a broad, advanced education in philosophy, covering all the core areas of contemporary analytic philosophy:epistemologymetaphysicslogicphilosophy of mind and languagephilosophy of scienceethicssocial/political philosophyBeyond contemporary analytic philosophy, we also regularly offer courses in:Africana philosophyIslamic philosophyJapanese philosophyBuddhist philosophyhistory of ancient Greekmodern European philosophy, including post-Kantian traditions such as existentialism and phenomenology
