Durham’s Taught MA programmes offer a gateway to advanced scholarly inquiry within one of the world’s leading centres for the Arts and Humanities. Our curriculum is designed for those seeking to master complex disciplinary frameworks and contribute to the vibrant intellectual life of a historic university. Whether you are refining a research specialism for doctoral study or cultivating the high-level analytical skills required for professional leadership, you will find a culture of academic rigor and collaborative discovery.
Our graduates have progressed into influential roles within a variety of sectors, such as the Heritage and Museums sector, Publishing, International Relations, Education, and the Civil Service.
Alongside our extensive range of departmental MA taught courses, the Faculty offers six outstanding interdisciplinary courses linked to creativity, culture and heritage, digital humanities, environmental and medical humanities, and medieval and early modern studies:
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This MA adopts the perspectives of the humanities and social sciences to gain a better understanding of the human experience as it relates to health and illness.
Explore how research in the humanities can be applied to make a difference as we respond to the ever-growing global environmental crisis.
This MA travels through 1,500 years of human existence to prepare you for your own research journey through history.
This MA equips you with cutting-edge analytical tools and humanistic insight, preparing you to lead innovation in fields like digital heritage, cultural analytics, publishing, and public policy.
This MA looks across time and place to offer you the opportunity your knowledge of visual culture and arts, and to understand how and why we interact with objects and images.
Study the impacts of cultural heritage around the world and fire up your interest in the way it reflects people's lives in the past and present, as well as the role it plays in shaping a sustainable future.
Across our 15 postgraduate taught programmes (PGT), our range of Postgraduate Taught elective modules offers the flexibility to create a degree that reflects your intellectual passions and your future ambitions.
The Department of Philosophy and the Department of Theology & Religion also offer Graduate Diplomas for applicants who hold an undergraduate degree in another discipline. This is a good opportunity for students who want to gain knowledge of a new discipline at a level that would permit them to undertake further study at Masters level.
We are The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide University of the Year 2026. We are also joint runner-up University of the Year for Graduate Employment and ranked third overall, up two places from last year.
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