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Masters in Humanities/Medical Humanities Bursaries

School/Department: College of Arts, Humanities, and Law

Funding Availability: 6 x £1,000 Masters in Humanities/Medical Humanities Bursaries(Open to UK/EU and International Applicants)

Closing Date for Applications: 30 September 2011

The Masters in Humanities is an exciting and innovative programme that allows the student maximum opportunity to devise their own specialised programme of study in arts and humanities subjects while our Masters in Medical Humanities is an interdisciplinary degree which studies the relationship of the arts to medical practice.

We are delighted to offer six bursaries for students joining us in October 2011:

• 5 x Wellcome Trust Bursaries in Medical Humanities (MA in Medical Humanities)
• 1 x College Bursary (MA in Humanities)

Postgraduate Study in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Law

The College of Arts, Humanities, and Law has a large and vibrant postgraduate community. Across the College we offer a range of taught and research postgraduate programmes, with both campus based and distance learning students. Postgraduates make an important contribution to the College's academic and research culture and in 2011 the College will be introducing a number of new taught masters degrees and other taught postgraduate programmes. This includes a new Certificate in Medical Humanities which, following the success of the Masters in Medical Humanities, is designed to partially fulfil the CPD needs of General Practitioners.

To learn more about postgraduate study across the College, please click here.

Entry Requirements

Applicants must meet the University's standard entry requirements for these degrees. These bursaries are available to both UK/EU and International (i.e., from outside the EU) applicants. The bursaries are available for full- and part-time campus based study and applicants must be able to commence their studies in October 2011.

Applications

Applying for postgraduate study at the University of Leicester is now easier than ever. You can submit your application online or by post, allowing you to choose the option that suits you best. For more information and to submit your application, please click here.

Applicants must have been awarded a place on the Masters in Humanities/Medical Humanities programmes starting October 2011 to be considered for these bursaries. Bursary winners will be determined on the overall strength of the application and early application is advised.

About the College of Arts, Humanities, and Law

The College is one of four that together make up the University of Leicester. It is home to seven Schools/Departments and has a large and vibrant postgraduate community.

To learn more about the College, please click here.

About the University

The University of Leicester is one of the UK's leading universities, committed to international excellence through the creation of world changing research and high quality, inspirational teaching. It is consistently in the top 20 of all national tables and in 2010 was ranked in the top 2% of world universities by the QS World University Rankings.

In 2008/2009 we were named the Times Higher Education's University of the Year, with the judges describing us as "elite without being elitist".

The publication of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in December 2008 confirmed the University of Leicester’s position as a leading research university well placed to offer degree opportunities in a wide variety of disciplines and allow our students to benefit from working with staff at the cutting edge of their disciplines. The knowledge, expertise and sense of innovation and discovery evident in our departments create an excellent environment in which to undertake study at postgraduate level.