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Qualification
MPhil - Master of Philosophy
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Location
University of Cambridge
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
OCT
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Duration
9 Months
Course summary
Our Department is ranked first for Sociology in the Complete University Guide League Table 2025 with a 100% score, and second for Sociology in the Guardian's Best Universities league table 2025. The Times Higher Education World University ranking 2025 rates our department second overall in the UK for the Social Sciences. The QS World University rankings list our department as sixth of 375 sociology departments across the world in 2025. This pathway provides students with the opportunity to study the major themes and debates of Political and Economic Sociology at an advanced level. This pathway aims to integrate the consideration of political and economic debates with the study of substantive topics, as well as give a thorough grounding in research methods. There are four elements to the pathway: A core course of eight 2-3 hour sessions in the first term (Michaelmas) and a one-hour Field Review Essay preparation session in the second (Lent), covering some of the major theoretical contributions to the study of political and economic sociology and some key substantive topics. Part time students must attend these sessions in their first year of study but may wish to attend additional sessions in their second year. Both core and optional topics vary from year to year. Students will receive training in the craft of sociology and in research skills, including sessions on: research ethics, turning a literature review into research questions, critical reading and academic writing, and Talking History. Students will also have the opportunity to take courses and attend lectures on many other aspects of research method and design. They will then select these courses in discussion with their Supervisor. Eight to ten hours of optional seminars during the second term (Lent). Part-time students can attend these sessions in either their first or second year of study. Dissertation: all students will write a dissertation on a topic of their choice that allows for theoretically informed empirical analysis of some aspect of political and economic sociology. The choice of dissertation topic is made in consultation with your Supervisor, who can advise you on the suitability and feasibility of your proposed research and on research design. A dissertation workshop provides the opportunity to present aspects of your dissertation work and to receive constructive feedback from academics and fellow students.
Application deadline
26/02/2026
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University information
University of Cambridge
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University League Table
1st
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Campus address
University of Cambridge, The Old Schools, Trinity Lane, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
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Subject ranking
1st out of 76
1st out of 103
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Entry standards
/ Max 223223 100%1st
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10094.0 94%1st
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 43.14 78%33rd
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/ Max 200195 98%3rd
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/ Max 10086.0 86%1st
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