The Centre for Gulf Studies offers the world's only MA in Gulf Studies.Centre for Gulf Studies
Postgraduate study
Taught MA in Gulf Studies
The Centre for Gulf Studies offers the world's only MA in Gulf Studies. It provides students with an in-depth knowledge of the contemporary Gulf states (Arabia, Iraq, and Iran), their modern histories, societies, economic structures, and resources.
Research degrees in Gulf Studies
The IAIS offers two research degrees: MPhil and PhD.
The Centre for Gulf Studies staff can supervise dissertations in:
- Anthropology
- Arabic
- Development studies
- Economics
- History
- International relations
- Islamic studies
- Kurdish
- Literature
- Material culture
- Persian
- Political economy
- Political science
- Sociolinguistics
Please see the staff profiles at the Centre for Gulf Studies regarding their areas of supervision.
Scholarships
Doctoral research students wishing to undertake policy-relevant research on the United Arab Emirates are eligible to apply for the Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al-Qasimi Scholarship. The scholarship is open to PhD students from all nationalities.
More about funding.
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
