Newcastle University Postgraduate programs
Gender MA
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
MA
DURATION
24 months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
GBP 25,100 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* no application closing date for this course
** international students | GBP 11,200 - home students full-time | GBP 5,600 - home students part-time
Key Summary
MA Gender is a unique interdisciplinary Master's where you'll study gender alongside another social science subject of your interest.
You'll choose from one of the following pathways:
- Gender and Sociology
- Gender and Global Sustainable Futures
- Gender and Public Policy
- Gender and International Relations
Our pathways allow you to study gender in a way that complements your other interests and opens up opportunities that work for you.
Focus on key contemporary issues such as:
- conflict and violence
- poverty and inequality
- reproductive rights
- the environment
- migration
- identity and belonging
Utilise Newcastle’s long tradition of working with communities to create real social impact, helping you to put your academic knowledge into practice.
Explore gender in a global context and understand how it intersects with other issues such as race, nation, class, disability, and sexual identity.
You’ll take a range of optional modules that allow you to tailor your master's to your interests and take a research project on your own specialist area, under expert supervision.
- 42% of our research is classified as 4* world-leading research – Research Excellence Framework 2021
- 65% increase in research power since 2014 – Research Excellence Framework 2021
- Global Top 130 University - QS World University Rankings 2025
- Global Top 170 University - Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024
- Top 125 for Social Sciences – Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025
- Top 150 for Politics and International Studies - QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024
- Top 200 for Sociology - QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024
- Top 25 in the UK and Top 100 in the world for sustainable development – Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2024
- Top 40 for Geography - QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024
What you'll learn
You’ll study gender alongside another social science, enabling you to:
- gain a strong intellectual grounding and apply academic theory and methods to create social change
- understand gender and intersecting issues at a high level of complexity
- become an independent researcher who can design, conduct and write up your own projects
- learn key transferable skills in research, communication, project management and ethics
Our pathways
You'll choose from one of the following pathways:
- Gender and Sociology
- Gender and Global Sustainable Futures
- Gender and Public Policy
- Gender and International Relations
Our pathways allow you to study gender in a way that complements your other interests and opens up opportunities.
Gender and Sociology
On this pathway, you'll engage with gender and how it's shaped by various societal intersections, including:
- identity
- citizenship
- social transformation
- social inequalities
- race
- class
- sexuality
- health
- criminology
Compulsory modules
- SOC8054 Theorising Gender and its intersections
- SOC8070 Global Sex, Global Race
- HSS8001 Thinking About Research
- HSS8003 Dissertation Preparation
- SOC8097 Gender Dissertation
Optional modules
- SOC8049 The representation of culture: debates about ethnography in anthropology
- SOC8069 Environment and Society
- SOC8071 Exploring Contemporary Urban Life
- SOC8072 Social Divisions and Inequality
- SOC8073 Perpetual Wars? Crime, Policing and (in)security
If you have only taken 40 credits from the list above, you may choose a further 20 credits from the following:
- GEO8032 Children and Young People: Contemporary Global Challenges
- POL8026 Security: Politics, Space and Society
- GEO8028 Political Geographies of the Middle East
Gender and Global Sustainable Futures
On this pathway, you’ll develop the advanced knowledge and skills needed to identify challenges and solutions in sustainable futures.
You’ll also equip yourself with the skills to consider how these two subject areas can inform each other.
Compulsory modules
- SOC8054 Theorising Gender and its intersections
- SOC8070 Global Sex, Global Race
- HSS8001 Thinking About Research
- HSS8003 Dissertation Preparation
- SOC8097 Dissertation
Optional modules
- GEO8011 Environmental Humanities
- GEO8028 Political Geographies of the Middle East
- GEO8030 Geographical Inequalities and Policy
- GEO8032 Children and Young People: Contemporary Global Challenges
If you have only taken 40 credits from the list above, you may choose a further 20 credits from the following:
- LAW8572 International Human Rights and Development: Global Challenges
- LAW8583 Energy Justice: Theories, Systems, and Re-designing Policies
- POL8003 Integration in Europe
- POL8026 Security: Politics, Space and Society
- POL8044 Critical Geopolitics
Gender and Public Policy
On this pathway you'll identify challenges and solutions in policymaking at regional, national, and international levels, and how these intersect with gender.
Compulsory modules
- SOC8054 Theorising Gender and its intersections
- SOC8070 Global Sex, Global Race
- HSS8001 Thinking About Research
- HSS8003 Dissertation Preparation
- SOC8097 Gender Dissertation
Optional modules
- POL8072 Public Policy in Practice: from the Local to the Global
- POL8065 Introduction to Applied Data Science
- POL8066 Environmental Global Governance
- POL8071 The Moral Limits of the Market: Theory and Public Policy
If you have only taken 40 credits from the list above, you may choose a further 20 credits from the following:
- POL8059 The United Nations
- POL8070 Problem Solving for Defence
- SOC8072 Social Divisions and Inequality
Gender and International Relations
On this pathway, you'll identify challenges and solutions in international politics and gender and how they intersect with each other.
Compulsory modules
- SOC8054 Theorising Gender and its intersections
- SOC8070 Global Sex, Global Race
- HSS8001 Thinking About Research
- HSS8003 Dissertation Preparation
- POL8006 Theories of International Relations and Political Analysis
- POL8041 Thinking about Politics
- SOC8097 Gender Dissertation
Optional modules
- POL8025 Autocratisation in Global Politics
- POL8026 Security: Politics, Space and Society
- POL8039 Global Justice and Human Rights
- POL8044 Critical Geopolitics
- POL8059 The United Nations
- POL8065 Introduction to Applied Data Science
- POL8066 Environmental Global Governance
- POL8069 Studying International Relations
You'll graduate prepared for a wide range of careers across the world, including:
- government and policy
- non-government organisations (NGOs)
- journalism
- social and legal research
- education
- equalities and diversity work within corporations.
You'll also receive research training and practice. This is excellent preparation if you're interested in further academic study and research, as well as other careers that require excellent analytical skills.