MA

Social Policy

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Key facts

  • Program
    Master's
  • Duration
    1 year
  • Program
    On campus
  • Pace
    Full-time
  • Annual tuition fee
    15,250GBP
  • Start date
    Jan

Program overview

What Liverpool Hope University says about their program:

This Master’s degree is a cutting-edge, new MA programme, which aims to set new standards in the critical study and application of social sciences. Learning from active researchers with diverse areas of expertise, you will be led through the key contemporary debates in social policy. Our Master’s degree has a strong focus on critical and radical approaches to the study of social policy both here in the UK and from international and global perspectives.

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Admission requirements

Undergraduate academic requirements

  • 120 - 112 UCAS points
  • IB Diploma at 28 points minimum
  • 50% in a recognized foundation program

Postgraduate academic requirements

  • A degree from a recognized institution equivalent to a UK honors degree

English proficiency

Undergraduate

  • IELTS

    6.0 reading and writing (no individual scores lower than 5.5)

IELTS: 6.5 (for nutrition)

Postgraduate

  • IELTS

    6.5 overall (no individual scores lower than 5.5)

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Fees and funding

Funding

Undergraduate scholarship

- Early payment discount, if you pay their full fees by September 1, you get £1,000 off - **Excellence bursary:** £500 off if they have done very well in their Year 1 - **Foundation Scholarship:** Hong Kong or Malaysia 50% off their first year

Postgraduate scholarships

- Excellence bursary £3,000 off (2:1 or equivalent in their undergraduate - based on students academic merit during bachelor's) - International postgraduate scholarship (only 5 available) - 50% off tuition - **Only students from commonwealth countries can access a full scholarship that includes:** Tuition accommodation flight costs - MA Education, MA Disability Studies, MSc Ecology and Environmental Management

Fee information

  • Undergraduate tuition

    £14,500 per year

  • Postgraduate tuition

    £15,250 per year

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