Our first class facilities provide the perfect setting in which to study your postgraduate degree.
The Arab World Documentation Unit, a valuable resource for research, includes the Gulf Collection and other holdings, located in the Institute’s building.Postgraduate study
The Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies is one of the most important centres of Arab, Middle East and Islamic studies in the UK. We enjoy an international profile for our pioneering regional focus on the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula and expertise in Islamic studies. The Institute holds the annual Gulf Conference and a seminar and lecture series featuring distinguished scholars and public figures from the Islamic world and the West. Our first class facilities provide the perfect setting in which to study your postgraduate degree: our impressive building is the best purpose-built Middle East centre in the UK and is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities.
The Institute is recognised as being among the main centres world-wide for social sciences and humanities teaching and research in relation to Arab and Islamic countries. We welcome students from all around the world and offer a lively and friendly learning environment with plenty of contact with students and staff. Our range of MA and PhD programmes reflect the broad range and depth of research interests and experience amongst members of staff
Supervision is offered in a wide range of specialisations covering language, literature, history, politics, economics, sociology/social anthropology, religion, and culture of the Arab and Islamic World.
Find out about our taught masters programmes.
Find out about our research programmes.
- Largest centre for Middle East Studies in a UK university
- Scholarships available and HRH Prince Alwaleed Al Saud Awards to support study visits to Arab countries
- Strong links with the leading universities and research institutes in the Islamic world
- Unique research resources including Europe’s most important research collection on the Arab world
- ESRC-recognised PhD and MRes programmes
- Learn Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Kurmanji or Sorani Kurdish as part of your postgraduate degree
More information
We welcome enquiries about our postgraduate programmes throughout the year. Please contact:
Taught postgraduate programmes
Professor Jonathan Githens-Mazer
Tel. +44 (0)1392 72 4032
Email j.githens-mazer@exeter.ac.uk
Research postgraduate programmes
Dr Klejda Mulaj
Tel. +44 (0)1392 72 4038
Email K.Mulaj@exeter.ac.uk
The Professors are simply an amazing source of knowledge and I cannot think of any place where I can find this level of expertise.
Reema Saffarini, MA Middle East Policy Studies, 2008-09
Find out more with a student's view of Arab and Islamic Studies in Exeter.
