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PhD in Social Anthropology

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The PhD in Social Anthropology is intended for students who already have full training at undergraduate and/or Master's level in the methods and perspectives of Social/Cultural Anthropology. A first class Honours degree or strong High Pass in a Master's degree in Social Anthropology is normally required.

The course includes intensive fieldwork training in the first year, a research period of 12 to 18 months, and a further year for writing the dissertation (a maximum of four years is allowed in total). Students work under the guidance of a principal Supervisor and a Faculty Advisor, and the Department also provides compulsory training and specialist seminars which students are expected to attend. Opportunities are available for teaching practice for senior PhD students.

The PhD course consists in the first place of nine months training in research issues and methods culminating in the preparation of a research proposal. This training can be undertaken through the nine-month (three-term) Pre-Fieldwork Course. Students undertaking the PhD Pre-Fieldwork Course can expect to leave for field research at the end of their third term (June-July).

Students whose PhD projects will require fluency in an unfamiliar language must build into their application statement and their research proposal a consideration of how and when they will acquire the necessary language skills for their fieldwork.

For information on postgraduate supervision and facilities see the  Supervision and Facilities  page.

Further details about the PhD in Social Anthropology, including information about eligibility, funding, training and assessment and how to submit your supporting documents can be found on the Postgraduate Admissions website .   To apply, visit the PhD pages in the Postgraduate Admissions Course Directory .

Applications for each academic year open from mid-September and close on 30 April each year. Applications for funding close early December each year.

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Fully Funded PhD Programs in Sociology

Last updated March 29, 2022

Next in my series on How to Fully Fund Your PhD , I provide a list of universities that offer full funding for a PhD in Sociology. Sociologists study human social relationships and institutions. A PhD in Sociology can support a wide range of career paths, including positions in academia, counseling, marketing, public relations, human resources and industrial relations.

“Full funding” is a financial aid package for full time students that includes tuition remission and an annual stipend or salary for the three to six-year duration of the student’s doctoral studies. Funding is typically offered in exchange for graduate teaching and research work that is complementary to your studies. Not all universities provide full funding to their doctoral students, which is why I recommend researching the financial aid offerings of all the potential PhD programs in your academic field, including small and lesser-known schools both in the U.S. and abroad.

You can also find several external fellowships in the  ProFellow database  for graduate and doctoral study, as well as dissertation research, field work, language study and summer work experience.

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1. Brown University, Department of Sociology

(Providence, RI): The Graduate School currently provides five years of funding to students in good standing. Funding usually consists of a mix of fellowship, TA, and RA appointments.

2. Cornell University, Department of Sociology

(Ithaca, NY): Cornell funding packages typically offer five years of support, covering all tuition and providing a stipend for living expenses (including during the summer). In recent years, the field has been able to support students beyond their fifth year, usually through grant-funded graduate research assistantships.

3. Harvard University, Department of Sociology

(Cambridge, MA): For PhD students, Harvard awards full financial support for five years, typically for the first four years of study as well as the completion year.

4. New York University, Department of Sociology

(New York, NY): The NYU Department of Sociology only accepts students whom we can fully fund for a minimum of five years. The funding generally covers full tuition, fees, student health insurance plus a fellowship stipend. In addition, students have the opportunity to teach. Teaching is separate from the funding package, and any teaching compensation is above and beyond the fellowship support.

5. Rice University, Department of Sociology

(Houston, TX): Students accepted into the PhD program will be fully funded. In addition to tuition waivers, each student will receive a generous stipend. Some will be eligible for summer funding as well.

6. Stanford University, Department of Sociology

(Stanford, CA): The department offers a standard funding package consisting of a stipend or salary, and the payment of tuition and health insurance. Both domestic and international students are eligible for this standard package. The Department provides 6 years of support, including support over 5 summers, to all graduate students making satisfactory academic progress.

7. University of Chicago, Department of Sociology

(Chicago, IL): The University of Chicago offers most doctoral students competitive funding packages, which cover tuition and student health insurance, as well as a stipend for living expenses and research support. These awards are typically for five years.

8. University of Toronto, Department of Sociology

(Toronto, Canada): The Faculty of Arts and Science has instituted a funding guarantee that covers PhD students for four or five years (depending on whether the student enters directly from a BA, or completes an MA before entering the program). The guarantee is equal to tuition plus $17,500. The guarantee is met by a balance of three components: the U of T Fellowship, Teaching Assistantships, and Research Assistantships.

9. University of Washington, Department of Sociology

(Seattle, WA): Automatic consideration for all applicants in both admission AND financial support. As a matter of departmental policy, admitted students are typically offered a multi-year funding package as part of their offer of admission. The vast majority of our students are funded throughout their time in graduate school, with a mix of teaching positions, research assistantships, and fellowships.

10. Vanderbilt University, Department of Sociology

(Nashville, TN): All students admitted to the Ph.D. program are offered funding, which includes a 12-month stipend, a full tuition waiver, and student health insurance. If students continue to make good progress in the program, funding typically continues for five years. Outstanding applicants may also be eligible for departmental, College of Arts and Science, or University fellowships that supplement the standard stipend.

11. Yale University, Department of Sociology

(New Haven, CT): All accepted students are fully funded for five years. In the first four years they receive full tuition and a living stipend and in the fifth or sixth year students are eligible for the dissertation write-up fellowship. In the third and fourth years students are required to serve as teaching fellows to receive their stipend.

Need some tips for the application process? See my article  How To Get Into a Fully Funded PhD Program: Contacting Potential PhD Advisors .

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MPhil in Sociology

The MPhil in Sociology is a one-year full time taught masters course. From October 2024 the MPhil is also available as a two-year part-time programme. The MPhil offers a world-class programme of postgraduate study. The course provides high-quality students, who already have a degree in a social science, with an in-depth knowledge of the key dimensions of sociology.

The overall aim of the Sociology MPhil is to provide you with an opportunity to study recent social change at an advanced level. It will enable you to combine your knowledge with an understanding of theory and research methods. This course will prepare you for research at doctoral level or its equivalent in other professional contexts.

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MPhil Pathways

The MPhil is organised into three different pathways to allow you the opportunity to study selected sociological subjects in depth.  You can find out more information about each track and making your application using the links below. The pathways are:

• Political and Economic Sociology
• Sociology of Marginality and Exclusion
• Sociology of Media and Culture

What’s in it for you?

The Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge is ranked first for Sociology in the  Guardian's Best Universities subject league table  and first for Sociology in the  Complete University Guide League Table 2025 . And the  QS World University rankings  list our department as 2nd out of over 500 Sociology Departments across the world in 2024.

• The MPhil course offers you the opportunity to develop your analytic and writing abilities to your full potential
• By maintaining a close relationship between teaching and research you will receive an education which reflects developments in your chosen discipline
• You will develop your ability to use diverse sources of information with efficiency and speed appropriate to your particular level of study
• The course will help you develop analytical abilities and writing skills which will enable you to make a significant contribution to your chosen career.

On completion of the course you will have:

• An advanced understanding of current research in specific areas
• Independent research skills and experience of putting them into practice
• An ability to apply modern social theories to substantive research topics.

Part-time MPhil

The part-time MPhil course is 21 months in length. Part-time students take the core-course sessions in their pathway in the Michaelmas term of their first year and complete the Field Review Essay in Easter term of their first year, attend a dissertation workshop in the Lent term of their second year and submit their dissertation during Easter term in their second year.   

• Part-time research students are expected to be in Cambridge for around 45 days per year, spread throughout the year, for lectures, supervision and other training.
• International students who require a student visa to study in the UK are expected to apply for the full-time programme. This is owing to the restrictions of a part-time student visa. The University will only sponsor a student visa for the part-time option if the reason for studying part-time is due to a disability. Further information is outlined on the  International Students webpages.

MPhil in Health, Medicine and Society

The MPhil in Health, Medicine and Society is a full-time one year course run jointly by the Departments of History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Social Anthropology.

It introduces students from a range of backgrounds to research skills and specialist knowledge relevant to their research interests, and provides them with the opportunity to carry out focused research under close supervision by senior members of the University. Students will develop a critical and well-informed understanding of discourses of history, philosophy, sociology and anthropology of health and medicine, and those intending to go on to doctoral work will learn the skills needed to help them prepare a well-planned and focused PhD proposal.

This course is administered by the Department of History and Philosophy of Science . For more information, and to apply for this course, visit the Postgraduate Admissions website.

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Dr Charlotte Proudman

Dr Charlotte Proudman is a Senior Research Associate, researching and teaching gender inequality under the law. Charlotte is an award-winning barrister and academic with an interest in challenging legislation that discriminates against women, girls and marginalised people. She focuses on gendered issues such as FGM, rape, domestic abuse, coercive control, prostitution, pornography and abortion. Charlotte has supervised students in a variety of areas of interest including: the male gaze in pornography, the barriers for LGBTQIA+ people seeking support for domestic abuse, vigilante justice and homelessness for migrant women with no recourse to public funds.  Charlotte was awarded a doctorate in FGM law and policy from King's College, Cambridge. Oxford University Press published her book in 2022, 'FGM: When Culture and Law Clash'. As an expert in FGM, Charlotte was instrumental in the introduction of FGM Protection Orders (FGMPOs) and she continues to represent victims of FGM in the family and immigration courts.

In her capacity as a barrister, Charlotte represents survivors of rape and domestic abuse in court whilst also challenging misconceptions across the sector. She uses her knowledge and experience of the justice system to advocate for legal change to ensure protection and support for victims and survivors. Ranked as Legal 500’s Leading Junior, Charlotte is described as: ‘Charlotte is taking the protection of vulnerable women and children in the Family Court to the next level by a unique combination of academic rigour and unashamedly activist passion. She has made more of a contribution to changing the landscape around the conversation on violence against women and girls than any other junior at the family Bar. She is intellectually first class, an incisive advocate and absolutely fearless in vindicating the rights of some of the most vulnerable in society.‘

For over a decade, Charlotte has fearlessly advocated for legal change to advance the rights of women. Along with women’s rights organisations, she has successfully spearheaded campaigns to change the law for women. Charlotte was instrumental in the criminalisation of forced marriage, virginity testing, hymenoplasty and child marriage. Alongside Girls Not Brides, Charlotte campaigned for the age of marriage to increase from 16 to 18 years old. She is a legal advisor to Our Streets Now and Plan UK, a campaign to criminalise public sexual harassment and Bloody Good Period, which aims to make period products freely available in Britain. Charlotte is an advisor to the Vagina Museum and ila, a start-up working to provide safe spaces for victims of abuse. In partnership with the Good Law Project, Charlotte has founded ‘Right to Equality’, a not for profit that  campaigns to change the law for women and girls.

Key Publications - Books

Proudman, C. (2022). Female Genital Mutilation: When Culture and Law Clash. Oxford University Press.

Key Publications - Journal Articles

Gerry, F., Proudman, C., Ali, H., Home, J., & Rowland, A. G. (2021). Widespread concerns still exist in relation to discrimination towards women and girls and FGM. Archives of disease in childhood, 106(9), 929-929.

Gerry QC, F. R., Rowland, A., Proudman, C., Home, J., & Ali, H. (2021). FGM–health, law, education and sustainable goals through upstream and downstream approaches.

Rowland, A., Gerry, F., Proudman, C., & Home, J. (2021). The time is right to introduce an independent commissioner. British Journal of Midwifery, 29(1), 50-51.

Gerry QC, F. R., Proudman, C., Rowland, A. G., Home, J., & Walton, K. (2020). Why it is time for an FGM Commissioner–practical responses to feminised issues. Family Law Journal, (2020), 1317-1327.

Home, J., Rowland, A., Gerry, F., Proudman, C., & Walton, K. (2020). A review of the law surrounding female genital mutilation protection orders. British Journal of Midwifery, 28(7), 418-429.

Proudman, C. R., & Ekaney, K. (2019). Reviewing the law on travels bans in FGM cases. Family law, 49(11), 1305-1309.

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