American Studies - MA, PhD

Key highlights

• Research clusters in the American West, environmental issues, race and borders
• Supervision available across a wide range of American topics
• Close links with North and South American research institutions and archives
• Library collections on slavery, Native American culture and visual materials
• Interdisciplinary approach to the American experience
• Established research culture in American Studies dating back to 1973

Entry requirements

Scholarships

• Chevening Scholarships

• Christine and Ian Bolt Scholarship

  Scholarship value up to £10,000.

• Kent Business School Beaconhouse PG Progression Scholarship

  Tuition fee discount scholarship of £6,000.

  Up to £6,000

• Kent Business School Dean's Excellence Scholarship Award

  Awards of up to £3,000

• Kent Business School MBA Scholarship

  50% off Tuition Fee.

  Up to 50% of fees

• Kent Graduate Scholarship

  20% fee reduction for post-graduate taught programmes at the University of Kent.

  Up to 20% of fees

• Kent International Scholarship Postgraduate Taught

  Scholarship value - £5000

  Up to £5,000

• Kent International Scholarship Postgraduate Taught (KBS)

  Scholarship value £3000

  Up to £3,000

• Kent LLM Solicitors’ Practice Scholarship (Canterbury)

  £2,000 tuition fee discount (Home Students); £2,000 tuition fee discount (Overseas Students).

  Up to £2,000

• Sasha Roberts Scholarship

  £3,000 stipend per annum split into two payments of £1,500 in October and January.

  Up to £3,000

• The “Ambition” Scholarship for University of Kent Graduates

  £1,500 for Full Time UK students; £750 per year for Part Time UK students; £3,000 for Full Time Overseas students.

• The CAMEMS Scholarship

  £3,000 stipend per annum split into two payments of £1,500 in October and January.

  Up to £3,000

• The Widening Participation Ambition Scholarship for University of Kent Graduates

  £5,000 for UK students (£2,500 per year for part time students).

Careers this course leads to

• University lecturer
• Postdoctoral researcher
• Archivist
• Museum curator
• Policy researcher
• Journalist

Cost of study

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Kent, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.