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Gender MA

Explore gender in a global and social context through our interdisciplinary MA. Study gender alongside another social science, so you can focus on the social issues that matter most to you.

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Start date(s):

  • September 2025
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Overview

MA Gender is a unique interdisciplinary Masters where you'll study gender alongside another social science subject of your interest.
 
You'll choose from one of the following pathways:

  • Gender and Sociology
  • Gender and Global Sustainable Futures
  • Gender and Public Policy
  • Gender and International Relations

Our pathways allow you to study gender in a way that complements your other interests and opens up opportunities that work for you.

Focus on key contemporary issues such as:

  • conflict and violence
  • poverty and inequality
  • reproductive rights
  • the environment
  • migration
  • identity and belonging

Utilise Newcastle’s long tradition of working with communities to create real social impact, helping you to put your academic knowledge into practice.

Explore gender in a global context and understand how it intersects with other issues such as race, nation, class, disability, and sexual identity.

You’ll take a range of optional modules that allow you to tailor your masters to your interests and take a research project on your own specialist area, under expert supervision.

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What you'll learn

You’ll study gender alongside another social science, enabling you to:

  • gain a strong intellectual grounding and apply academic theory and methods to create social change
  • understand gender and intersecting issues at a high level of complexity
  • become an independent researcher who can design, conduct and write up your own projects
  • learn key transferable skills in research, communication, project management and ethics

Our pathways

You'll choose from one of the following pathways:

  • Gender and Sociology
  • Gender and Global Sustainable Futures
  • Gender and Public Policy
  • Gender and International Relations

Our pathways allow you to study gender in a way that complements your other interests and opens up opportunities.

Gender and Sociology

On this pathway you'll engage with gender and how it's shaped by various societal intersections, including:

  • identity
  • citizenship
  • social transformation
  • social inequalities
  • race
  • class
  • sexuality
  • health
  • criminology

Gender and Global Sustainable Futures

On this pathway you’ll develop the advanced knowledge and skills needed to identify challenges and solutions in sustainable futures.

You’ll also equip yourself with the skills to consider how these two subject areas can inform each other.

Gender and Public Policy

On this pathway you'll identify challenges and solutions in policymaking at regional, national, and international levels, and how these intersect with gender.

Gender and International Relations

On this pathway you'll identify challenges and solutions in international politics and gender and how they intersect with each other.

 

Modules

You will study modules on this course. A module is a unit of a course with its own approved aims and outcomes and assessment methods.

How you'll learn

Your development

Throughout your degree you'll develop a range of professional, research and practical skills desired by a range of employers. 

You will:

  • Learn how to critically analyse important and pressing issues related to Gender and your combined subject area.
  • Receive training from research active academics engaged in real world research.
  • Become part of a vibrant research community and participate in research activities within the School.
  • Develop your own supervisor-guided research project and present your work in progress at our annual MA conference.

At the end of your course you will have experience of:

  • research design
  • conducting fieldwork or document-based projects
  • analysing and communicating rich and complex data
  • communicating your ideas in diverse ways

Your future

You'll graduate prepared for a wide range of careers across the world, including:

  • government and policy
  • non-government organisations (NGOs)
  • journalism
  • social and legal research
  • education
  • equalities and diversity work within corporations.

You'll also receive research training and practice. This is excellent preparation if you're interested in further academic study and research, as well as other careers that require excellent analytical skills.

Our Careers Service

Our award-winning Careers Service is one of the largest and best in the country, and we have strong links with employers. We provide an extensive range of opportunities to all students through our ncl+ initiative.

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Quality and ranking

All professional accreditations are reviewed regularly by their professional body

Facilities

You'll be based in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology in the Henry Daysh Building. Here you'll have access to high quality modern classrooms, comfortable study spaces, and research facilities. The School also provides access to kitchen facilities and social areas. There is also a café on the ground floor of the School building.

Our department staff all have offices on the same floor and are on hand to support you with your assignments and academic work.

The School is centrally located on Newcastle University’s vibrant city centre campus with nearby access to the University’s Robinson Library, Student Union, and the city centre. 

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees for 2025 entry (per year)

What you're paying for

Tuition fees include the costs of:

  • matriculation
  • registration
  • tuition (or supervision)
  • library access
  • examination
  • re-examination
  • graduation

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Entry requirements

The entrance requirements below apply to 2025 entry.

Qualifications from outside the UK

English Language requirements

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Credit transfer and Recognition of Prior Learning

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) can allow you to convert existing relevant university-level knowledge, skills and experience into credits towards a qualification. Find out more about the RPL policy which may apply to this course

INTO International Pre-Master's - Pathway course

Our Business and Humanities Pre-Master's will prepare you for Master's study at Newcastle. If you're successful then you're guaranteed a place on this Master's course. 

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3921 
Email: Sociologyadmissions@newcastle.ac.uk

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