Program Overview
The Hispanic at University of Bristol is a MPhil programme in Humanities over 12 months, delivered On-campus. This programme equips graduates with advanced knowledge and practical skills for professional and academic careers in the field.
Students gain a rigorous grounding in both the theoretical foundations and applied dimensions of humanities. The programme combines coursework, research components, and practical projects that develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and specialist expertise relevant to industry and research needs.
Graduates of the Hispanic programme are well-prepared for careers in academia, industry, government, and the private sector across United Kingdom and internationally. The programme provides an internationally recognised qualification within the Bologna higher education framework.
Key Program Features
- Duration: 12 months
- Language of instruction: English
- Study mode: On-campus
- English requirement: IELTS 6.5
- Tuition: GBP 15,500 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 4,185 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
- Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the Hispanic programme are prepared for diverse careers in humanities:
- Researcher / Academic
- Cultural Programme Manager
- Editor / Writer
- Translator / Interpreter
- Museum Curator
- Communications Specialist
Program Curriculum
Course Structure
- volcanoes and disasters (School of Earth Sciences)
- Atlantic studies (School of Arts, School of Humanities)
- sport (Department of Italian, School of History of Art)
- landscapes (Graduate School of Arts and Humanities)
- internationalism (School of History of Art)
- linguistics (Department of German)
- Dr Matthew Brown, (Reader), Digital humanities; historical links between Britain and Latin America; historical studies of Latin America, 18th to 20th centuries; sport history; sterilization and rural communities (Peru).
- Dr Joanna Crow, (Senior Lecturer), Chile-Peru connections; digital humanities; indigenous cultures, agency, and networks in Chile; Latin American studies; modern Latin American literature.
- Professor Andrew Ginger, (Professor), 19th-century studies; Atlantic studies; comparative studies; deep time; genesis of modernism; Spanish and Latin American experimental literature; thought from 18th-century to the present; translation from Spanish; universalisms; visual arts (including film).
- Dr James Hawkey, (Lecturer), Hispanic sociolinguistics; language policy and language contact; multilingual speech communities.
- Dr Edward King, (Lecturer), Brazilian literary and visual culture (including the graphic novel); interconnections between culture and technology; power dynamics connected to technological change; science fiction.
- Dr Sally-Ann Kitts, (Senior Lecturer), 18th-century Spanish studies; digital humanities; Spanish theatre from the Golden Age to the Second Republic; the idea of the modern self: British-Spanish connections in the Enlightenment.
- Dr Jose Lingna Nafafe, (Lecturer), 17th and 18th century Portuguese and Brazilian history; Lusophone Atlantic African diaspora; migrant culture and integration; race, religion and ethnicity postcolonial theory and the Lusophone Atlantic; slavery and wage-labour.
- Dr Paco Romero Salvado, (Reader), modern Spanish history; praetorian politics; revolution; social conflict; Spain as a laboratory of European conflict; the Spanish Civil War.
- Dr Caragh Wells, (Senior Lecturer), contemporary Spanish literature; feminism and gender studies; literary theory; the concept of oneness; women writers and urban fiction.
- Dr Caroline Williams, (Senior Lecturer), Atlantic studies; colonial Spanish American history; frontier and border studies; volcano studies and earth science.
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
- MPhil: An upper second-class degree (or international equivalent). Please note, acceptance will also depend on evidence of your readiness to pursue a research degree.
- MPhil/PhD: A pass at Master\'s level (or international equivalent).
English Proficiency: IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.
Tuition & Financial Information
Tuition Fee
GBP 15,500 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 4,185 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
Tuition fees: GBP 15,500 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 4,185 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
IELTS requirement: 6.5
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Contact University of Bristol directly for scholarship, grant, and financial aid information for this programme. Many European universities offer merit-based and need-based funding for international and domestic students.
About University of Bristol
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
University of Bristol is a distinguished institution of higher education committed to academic excellence, innovative research, and preparing students for leadership in their chosen fields. The...
University Profile- Application Deadline 2001-12-17
- Start Date 2018-01-01
- Language English
- Duration 12 months