Swansea University

Global Migration, MSc by Research

Swansea UniversitySingleton Park Campus, United Kingdom

Course overview

Start date: MSc by Research - 1st October, 1st January, 1st April & 1st July. The MSc by Research in Global Migration allows you to undertake a year-long individual programme of personally and professionally enriching research. Your global migration research project will be shaped by participation in activities such as seminars, workshops, laboratory activity and fieldwork, as well as your involvement in one of our established research groups.

The range of our current human geographical research in this area includes Multi-sensuous geographies of movement and the ways they are governed; The diversity of mobile experiences (labour migrations, cultural mobility, spiritual mobilities) and the divisions they produce; Mobile subjectivities, socialities and politics of mobility; Inequalities and power dynamics of different mobilities and migrations. Rethinking care for marginalised people: different ways of com-passionate being together with mobile others; Developing broader (excessive) understanding of ethical responsibility for people in need; We are ranked: Top 100 in the World (Shanghai Ranking Subject Rankings 2024) 90% of our research outputs have been recognised as world leading and internationally excellent - Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 100% of the environment was rated as world leading and internationally excellent - Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 Top 201-250 in the World (QS World University Rankings 2025)

Key highlights

  • Year-long individual research project in global migration
  • Join an established human geography research group
  • Research shaped by seminars, workshops, laboratory activity and fieldwork
  • Explore labour migration, cultural mobility and spiritual mobilities
  • Study inequalities, power dynamics and politics of mobility
  • Rethink care and ethical responsibility for marginalised mobile people

Entry requirements

  • Degree: 2:1 — or above

Scholarships

  • Chevening Scholarships

  • International Postgraduate Alumni Bursaries

    First Class - £5,000 per year; Second Class, First division - £3,000 per year; Second Class, Second division - £1,000 per year; Taught Masters to Research Degree - £3,000 per year subject to satisfactory progress.

  • Swansea University International Postgraduate Research Excellence Scholarship (SUIPRES)

    The SUIPRES Scholarship covers the difference between the International and the Home tuition fee rate for the duration of the PhD/Professional Doctorate programme.

Careers this course leads to

  • Migration policy officer
  • Social researcher
  • Refugee and asylum caseworker
  • NGO programme officer
  • Humanitarian project coordinator
  • PhD researcher in human geography

Cost of study

UK/Home: £5,006 per year | International: £21,950 per year

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 Swansea University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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