Global Migration

Migration in today's globalised world stands at the heart of key national and international debates; including migrants' and asylum seekers' rights and citizenship; state security and border management; and the globalisation of skilled labour markets. This interdisciplinary MSc offers the best of migration teaching from across UCL's Faculties.

The programme combines theoretical and policy debates about migration. Students are equipped with the advanced skills, methods, concepts and theories essential for the study of global migration and gain the opportunity to apply them in both general and more specialised contexts relating to the processes, policies and politics of migration.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of two core modules (30 credits), a compulsory methods module (15 credits), and five elective modules (75 credits) and a research dissertation (60 credits).

Core modules

• Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Migration
• Issues in Global Migration
• Social Science Research Methodologies and Methods I

Elective modules

• Students choose a range of modules for courses offered across UCL which offer specialisation on migration which may include the following::
• Social Science Research Methodologies and Methods II (essential only if intending further research training)
• Thinking Space
• Migration and Urban Multiculture
• Mining Social and Geographic Datasets
• Globalisation and Security
• Gender, Generation and Forced Migration
• Ethnicity, Migration and Health
• Migration in the European Union
• International Human Rights Law
• Gender, Generation and Forced Migration
• Anthropology of Nationalism, Ethnicity and Race
• Anthropology and Development
• Postcolonial Cultural Geographies
• Comparative Human Rights Law
• Globalisation in the Twentieth Century
• Equality, Justice and Difference
• Population and Development
• Economics of Migration (Economics prerequisites)

Dissertation/report

All MSc students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a dissertation of 10-12,000 words.

Teaching and learning

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, presentations, discussions, independent reading, practicals and workshops. The majority of modules are assessed through coursework although a small number are assessed by examination.

Normally a minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Professional experience in relevant fields will be considered alongside academic qualifications.

Possible funding opportunities include: UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Chevening Programme, Commonwealth Scholarships and Fellowships Plan and Ford Foundation International Fellowships Programme.

Other possible funding opportunities include: Marshall Scholarships - Marshall Commission, Fulbright Traditional Postgraduate Student Awards, US-UK Fulbright Commission and Thomas Wall Trust.