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Entry requirements

You will be required to have:

• a good honours degree from a UK university or equivalent (first or upper-second class), although applicants will usually tend to have obtained a master's degree before entry

Candidates with other qualifications are considered on their merits.

As a part of the application process, you are required to submit a research proposal outlining how you intend to investigate your topic of interest. In the proposal, you will need to clearly state your research questions, aims and objectives, as well as your review of the literature on the topic and the corresponding research design. The document needs to specify what your original contribution to the knowledge will be. You can find more information about the structure and content of the research proposal . Please note that your application cannot be processed without the proposal and you will be able to upload it, once you click 'Apply now' and start the application process.

The University only offers supervision to candidates if there is adequate available supervisory expertise in the area of the research project.

Accreditation of Prior Learning

Any university-level qualifications or relevant experience you gain prior to starting university could count towards your course at London Met. Find out more about applying for Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) .

English language requirements

To study a degree at London Met, you must be able to demonstrate proficiency in the English language. If you require a Student visa (previously Tier 4) you may need to provide the results of a Secure English Language Test (SELT) such as Academic IELTS. This course requires you to meet our standard requirements .

If you need (or wish) to improve your English before starting your degree, the University offers a Pre-sessional Academic English course to help you build your confidence and reach the level of English you require.

Modular structure

We have PhD students in all our Schools: the School of Art, Architecture and Design; Guildhall School of Business and Law; the School of Computing and Digital Media, the School of Human Sciences, the School of Social Professions and the School of Social Sciences.

Each PhD project is unique, and yours will be fine-tuned in consultation with the two supervisors dedicated to your research. Recent research areas include:

• Gujarati women in London learning English
• Putting the Syrian “Spring” in context
• Occupational stress in Malta
• Counter-terrorism in the UK
• The Left in West Germany
• The experiences of counselling trainees
• Childhood malnutrition in Khartoum
• Depression among black and ethnic minority men
• Smartphones and machine learning
• Managers and self-directed learning
• Leadership development in the hotel industry

This is in addition to many others across all schools and disciplines.

PhD study is self-directed. Students are allocated a supervisory team composed of a lead supervisor and at least one other supervisor. These are allocated on the basis of the candidate's application, research topic and interview. We only offer supervision to candidates when we have adequate available supervisory expertise.

What our students say

"The supervisory team was excellent - they had first rate knowledge and research expertise, were highly supportive and always willing to help. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at London Met and would recommend studying here for a doctorate."

Dr Deborah Butcher

Where this course can take you

Many people with an PhD become lecturers, teachers or researchers, but these are by no means the only destinations.

Depending on your discipline, you may go into industry (this is frequently the case for graduates in biological or computer science), the City (business and law graduates), public sector management and/or policy-making (social science and business graduates), international governmental organisations (social science and business graduates), the social professions or non-governmental organisations.

Many of our graduates are mid-career and use their degree for career enhancement in areas such as social services, education, counselling, health and social care, or diplomacy.

Distance learning

There is a distance learning option available. 

PhD by prior publication/output

The University will award the degrees of Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) to registered students who successfully complete approved programmes. All proposed research programmes will be considered for research degree registration on their academic merits.

A PhD by prior output allows students who don't have traditional qualifications but have produced research and developed their knowledge to a doctoral level to gain academic recognition.

The publications of the student must be accessible to scholars or other interested persons. The work submitted must have been subjected to peer review by the relevant academic community and also provide evidence of an independent, original and significant contribution to knowledge and critical judgement. All work should have been published in the last 10 years and be traceable in publicly available databases, catalogues etc.

Programmes of research may be proposed in any field of study, as long as the proposed programme is capable of leading to scholarly research. The written thesis may be supplemented by material other than written form, if special provision has been made and agreed.

What is the difference between the MPhil and PhD?

Research students at London Met can work towards a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). To obtain a PhD you’re expected to investigate a topic and make an original contribution to knowledge. At MPhil level, your research should represent an extension of existing knowledge, although the demands of originality and sustained enquiry are less than those required for a PhD.

Additional costs

Please note, in addition to the tuition fee there may be additional costs for things like equipment, materials, printing, textbooks, trips, fieldwork, specialist conferences or professional body fees.

Additionally, there may be other activities that are not formally part of your course and not required to complete your course, but which you may find helpful (for example, optional field trips). The costs of these are additional to your tuition fee and the fees set out above and will be notified when the activity is being arranged.

Important information for international applicants

Due to unprecedented demand for our courses for the autumn 2023 intake, international admissions are now closed for this course. Any future intakes that are already open to applications can be found in the fees and key information section of this course page. If no future intakes are available, please check back at a later date.

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RPPPFCOU - Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology

• Course Specification - Start year 2020/21
• London Met Course structure - Modules offered in 2023/24

Course Specification

About the course and its strategy towards teaching and learning and towards blended learning/e-learning.

The learning outcomes of the course cover a wide range of personal, intellectual, professional, clinical and academic competencies, which reflect the standards of proficiency required of counselling psychologists laid out by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and British Psychological Society (BPS). This is reflected in the course’s teaching and learning strategy, which utilises a range of methods to support student development and provide ongoing feedback. Lectures are used to present core areas of knowledge and theory. Discussion and debate encourage students to engage with complex ideas and develop their critical abilities. In-class exercises, demonstrations and workshops provide opportunities for students to observe and practice relevant clinical and research skills and techniques, and to think about professional and ethical issues. Supervised counselling psychology practice provides a key context in which students can then learn to apply theory and skills in their practice, and develop proficiency in a range of professional competencies under the tutelage of an experienced practitioner, in a variety of settings. Reflective practice groups enable students to discuss personal experiences of translating theory into practice and to develop a deeper awareness of therapeutic processes. Personal therapy supports students’ personal development, and self-reflective skills and capacities. Research supervision supports the development of students’ competencies in counselling psychology research and the successful execution of their doctoral research projects. Annual individual reviews and appraisals provide opportunities for staff and students to monitor evaluate and feedback on development. Weblearn is used to provide a readily accessible range of additional resources and information for students, which support autonomous self-directed learning. The University’s library service also provides a range of texts, journals and resources to support advanced scholarly activity. This includes an expanding number of e-books and e-journals, as well as inter-library loans, which enable students to order texts and articles for collection from the University library from other libraries across the UK. Students also have access to a dedicated Psychology Subject Librarian, who can provide one-to-one support and tutorials, for example on relevant research databases and academic software. The University’s campus and libraries also provide extensive access to computing, photocopying and IT facilities, including on-site Wi-Fi.

Course aims

The principle aims of the course are to produce graduates who are:

1. Competent, informed, reflective, ethical and professionally sound practitioners of counselling psychology; who are able to work in a range of settings, and committed to their own personal and professional development.

2. Able to understand, develop and apply models of advanced psychological inquiry and research that enable the creation of new knowledge and which recognise the complex nature of human experience and relationships

3. Able to adopt a questioning and evaluative approach to the philosophy, practice, research and theory that constitutes counselling psychology; and aware of the wider social, cultural and political domains within which counselling psychology operates.

4. Possess a set of skills and competencies that are transferable to a variety of professional contexts and which enhance employability

5. Able to demonstrate the range of counselling psychology competencies needed to be eligible to apply for chartered status with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and registration with the Health Professions Council (HPC).

Course learning outcomes

The following learning outcomes incorporate and depend on the creation and interpretation of new knowledge, through original research or other advanced scholarship, of a quality to satisfy peer review, extend the forefront of [the discipline], and merit publication.

On successful completion of the DProf Counselling Psychology students will be able to:

1. underpin their work with a systematic acquisition and understanding of a substantial body of knowledge that is at the forefront of Counselling Psychology

2. conceptualise, design and implement a research project for the generation of new knowledge or understanding at the forefront of researching work and to adjust the research design in the light of unforeseen problems

3. apply on the basis of a detailed understanding, techniques for research and advanced academic enquiry

4. make informed judgements on complex issues in specialist fields, often in the absence of complete data, and be able to communicate their ideas and conclusions clearly and effectively to specialist and non-specialist audiences

5. continue to undertake pure and/or applied research and development at an advanced level, contributing substantially to the development of new techniques, ideas or approaches

6. apply the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and largely autonomous initiative in complex and unpredictable situations, in professional or equivalent environments.

Course learning outcomes / Module cross reference

Module Code PY7173 PY7174 PY7175 PY7176 PY7177 PY7164 PY7PB4 PY8PB7 PY8PB8 PY8PB6

Learning Outcomes LO1 - LO6

Assessment strategy

The assessment strategy used on the course combines a variety of methods that reflect the range of professional competencies and experience that students develop on the programme. This includes: • case studies and process reports to assess students’ ability to effectively plan, implement, reflect on, evaluate and make recommendations regarding psychological interventions, within a recognised model of therapy and service context; • essays and examinations to assess areas of professional knowledge and understanding; • practice placement competency evaluations to rate the level of proficiency attained by students in their placement work; • mid-year reviews and end-of-year appraisals to monitor students’ performance across the programme and their accrual of the necessary experience; • research assignments to assess knowledge and understanding of a range psychological research methods; • a reflexive critical literature review and proposal to assess students’ ability to appraise the state of knowledge in a professionally relevant topic area and design a coherent research study for the generation of new knowledge; • a research thesis to assess the student’s ability to conduct and write up a piece of doctoral level research that extends the forefront of the discipline and makes an original contribution; and • attendance monitoring to ensure that students demonstrate adequate engagement with the taught curriculum.

Organised work experience, work based learning, sandwich year or year abroad

Counselling psychology practice placements are central to the training programme, providing the key context in which students learning to translate theory into practice and develop proficiency in the range of competencies needed for independent practice. Specifically, over the three years of the (full time) programme, students must:

• Complete a minimum of 450 hours of supervised counselling psychology practice in at least two different placements, to be approved and supported by the Placement Coordinator, with at least 100 of the 450 hours completed in a non-specialist placement • Gain a range of practice placement experience including work in more than modality of therapy, i.e. individual, couple, family or group work • Undertake placements that will normally last for at least 6 months • Complete a minimum of 60 hours of personal psychological therapy during the period of enrolment, of which at least 20 must be accrued by the end of year 1 • Receive a minimum of 64 hours of clinical supervision, of which at least 40 must be provided by a counselling psychologist.

Further details about practice placements and requirements are provided below in section 25.

Course specific regulations

i) Practice placement requirements Students on the doctoral programme are required to complete 450 hours of supervised client-contact hours by the time they complete the course in order to meet BPS requirements. Practice placement work may only be undertaken whilst a student is enrolled on the course.

To meet Year 1 course requirements students must complete a minimum of 80 (and maximum of 100) hours of supervised client hours, at a ratio of one hour of supervision to every five hours of client contact time. Accordingly, Year 1 students will require a minimum of 16 hours of supervision. Client and supervision hours during Year 1 can be obtained at one placement or across multiple placements. If adequate supervision is not provided by the placement provider, the student will need to obtain additional external supervision. Year 1 students on the part-time pathway can take two years to accumulate the required 80 client and 16 supervision hours. By the end of Year 2, students on the doctoral programme must have accrued a minimum of 250 client hours (maximum of 275) and, by the end of Year 3, the total of 450 must be secured. Once 100 client-contact hours have been accrued, the required supervision ratio for students on the doctoral programme becomes one hour of supervision to every eight hours of client contact time. This equates to a minimum of 64 hours of supervision over the duration of the programme.

Please read Course Handbook for the full text.

Modules required for interim awards

All of the course modules at Level 7 and 8 are core-compulsory and required for the award of Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology. Students who do not complete the Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology may be eligible for the following awards:

MSc in Psychological Therapy Students who pass all seven modules at Level 7 attaining 180 credits, but who do not go onto complete the doctoral programme, will be eligible for the award of MSc in Psychological Therapy.

Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Therapy Students who pass six core modules at Level 7 and accrue 120 credits, but who do not successfully complete either the Research Project and Critical Skills or Advanced Research Design and Analysis for Psychology modules, will be eligible for a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Therapy

Postgraduate Certificate in Psychological Therapy Students who successfully complete the following three core modules at Level 7 accruing 60 credits will be eligible for a Postgraduate Certificate in Psychological Therapy:

• Psychological Knowledge and Models of Therapy • Therapeutic and Reflective Skills • Counselling Psychology Practice and Development

Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Psychology Studies Students who accrue 60 credits at Level 7 involving a combination of modules that differs from the above will be eligible for a Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Psychology Studies.

Arrangements for promoting reflective learning and personal development

The concepts of reflective learning, practice and personal development are important components of the professional identity of counselling psychology, and as such form key features of the course. Developing skills in reflecting on practice are integrated into the curriculum, for example in ‘reflective practice groups’. Many of the forms of coursework used on the programme include sections in which students are required to reflect on their learning and identify future development needs. This process is also formalised within annual individual reviews and appraisals between students and staff, through which progress is formally monitored and evaluated; and future learning needs identified. The course aims to foster an ongoing commitment to personal and professional development in students.

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QAA descriptors, Levels 7 and 8

Professional Statutory and Regulatory Body (PSRB) accreditations & exemptions

The Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology leads to a doctoral qualification that automatically confers professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and accreditation as a fully qualified chartered counselling psychologist with the British Psychological Society .

Career, employability and opportunities for continuing professional development

Career opportunities for counselling psychologists include posts in a variety of areas. These include NHS settings, such as primary care, IAPT services, community mental health teams, drug and alcohol, rehabilitation, eating and personality disorder services, as well as the prison service, voluntary sector, private practice, academia, training, supervision, management and consultancy. Graduates from the programme frequently go into work in one or more of these areas. Some have gone onto provide practice placements, or to supervise or teaching students on the programme. The range of advanced clinical and research skills and abilities gained through the course prepare graduates to undertake work in a variety of fields of activity.

Career opportunities

Career opportunities for counselling psychologists include posts in a variety of areas. These include National Health Service (NHS) settings such as primary care, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services, community mental health, drug and alcohol, rehabilitation, eating and personality disorder services, as well as the prison service, voluntary sector, private practice, academia, training, supervision, management and consultancy.

Graduates often find permanent employment within a few months post-qualification, with many trainees holding part-time clinical employment whilst they are in the final year of the training because their clinical skills and knowledge are of such a high standard. Other graduates from the programme have found work in academia in visiting or permanent teaching posts or as research fellows.

The range of advanced clinical and research skills and abilities gained through the course will prepare you to undertake work in a variety of fields.

Past students have even returned to London Met to supervise or teach students on the programme or provide practice placements.

Entry requirements

You will be required to have:

• Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society
• a minimum of an upper second class (2:1) honours degree in Psychology
• practical experience of using counselling skills in an emotionally demanding helping role gained over at least one year prior to application and ideally some training in counselling skills
• a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

You will also need to submit a personal statement (maximum of 2,000 words) that shows:

• a level of professional and theoretical understanding adequate to support work in practice placements with vulnerable clients from the beginning of the programme
• evidence of personal maturity, self-awareness and reflective capacity
• a clear and appropriate rationale for wanting to train as a counselling psychologist
• evidence of a realistic appreciation of and capacity to undertake professional training and research at postgraduate level
• research interests relevant to the field of counselling psychology and an ability to think about how these could be developed into a viable research project (applicants for the doctoral programme must submit a short draft research proposal)

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to the University for a clinical and research interview and a counselling role-play exercise.

To study a degree at London Met, you must be able to demonstrate proficiency in the English language. If you require a Tier 4 student visa you may need to provide the results of a Secure English Language Test (SELT) such as Academic IELTS. For more information about English qualifications please see our English language requirements .

If you need (or wish) to improve your English before starting your degree, the University offers a Pre-sessional Academic English course to help you build your confidence and reach the level of English you require.

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Doctor of Philosophy - MPhil / Phd

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Doctor of Philosophy - MPhil / Phd Doctor of Philosophy - MPhil / Phd London Metropolitan University

Course description.

A PhD at London Met is conducted purely by research. Each PhD is the unique development of a student’s individual research project, conducted under the guidance of at least two supervisory members of staff with expertise in the research area. A PhD can be pursued in any area of research within the University where suitable expertise is available to support the proposed research. The University provides a supportive framework for research and each student’s work is carefully overseen. It is also possible to study a PhD via distance learning at London Met.

Each PhD is an individual and unique project. The research may be conducted in any of the University’s disciplines (or across disciplines) where there is appropriate research expertise.

Although the degree is awarded for research with no taught component, research students are provided with research training and have access to any master's level module that will facilitate the research.

Your progress is closely supported by your supervisors and School. You will be encouraged to attend conferences, write papers and publish while pursuing your research.

The University has strong links with industry, business, the legal profession, and governmental and non-governmental organisations that facilitate your research and future career.

Research students are an important part of the academic community at London Metropolitan University and are included in all conferences, lecture series and research seminar series.

The University has a large number of specialist research areas, many (although not all) of our research students are associated with one of these. These include: The Global Policy Institute, The Centre for Communications Technology, The Intelligent Systems Research Centre, Statistics Operational research and Mathematics, and The Cellular and Molecular Immunology Research Centre; just to name a few.

 Staff undertake research and offer supervision in areas including:

• architecture for rapid change and scarce resources
• architecture practice and theory
• banking, finance and economics
• curation and socially engaged art practices
• education with a commitment to social justice
• fine art and photography
• intelligent systems 
• interiors and environmental design
• migration and migrants
• molecular sciences
• politics learning and teaching in higher education
• urban policy
• violence against women and children and the emergence of trafficking
• visual communication
• work and working lives

Course Content

We have PhD students in all our Schools: The Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design; Guildhall School of Business and Law; the School of Computing and Digital Media, the School of Human Sciences, the School of Social Professions, and the School of Social Sciences.

Each PhD project is unique, and yours will be fine-tuned in consultation with the two supervisors dedicated to your research. Recent research areas include:

• Gujarati women in London learning English
• Putting the Syrian “Spring” in context
• Occupational stress in Malta
• Counter-terrorism in the UK
• The Left in West Germany
• The experiences of counselling trainees
• Childhood malnutrition in Khartoum
• Depression among black and ethnic minority men
• Smartphones and machine learning
• Managers and self-directed learning
• Leadership development in the hotel industry

This is in addition to many others across all schools and disciplines.

PhD study is self-directed. Students are allocated a supervisory team composed of a lead supervisor and at least one other supervisor. These are allocated on the basis of the candidate's application, research topic and interview. We only offer supervision to candidates when we have adequate available supervisory expertise.

Entry Requirements

You will be required to have:

• a good honours degree from a UK university or equivalent (first or upper-second class), although applicants will usually tend to have obtained a master's degree before entry

Candidates with other qualifications are considered on their merits.

To study a degree at London Met, you must be able to demonstrate proficiency in the English language. If you require a Tier 4 student visa you may need to provide the results of a Secure English Language Test (SELT) such as Academic IELTS. For more information about English qualifications please see our English language requirements.

If you need (or wish) to improve your English before starting your degree, the University offers a Pre-sessional Academic English course to help you build your confidence and reach the level of English you require.

The University only offers supervision to candidates if there is adequate available supervisory expertise in the area of the research project.

Assessment Methods

To obtain a PhD the candidate is expected to investigate a topic and make an original contribution to knowledge.

During the course of the research, each student’s work is assessed annually by a Research Student Progress Group in order to ensure that good progress is being made and that adequate guidance is available.

The degree Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is awarded by the University after the successful presentation of a thesis based on an original piece of research, completed under the supervision of University staff, and the successful defence of the thesis at an oral examination.

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Key information

Home student fees (full-time) : £4,860 per year Home student fees (part-time) : £2,430 per year Overseas student fees (full-time) : £22,490 per year Overseas student fees (part-time) : £11,245 per year

Please note that fees go up each year.   See  research fees  for further details.

We normally require a 2.1 bachelor's degree (or its equivalent) plus a Masters degree in appropriate subject area plus one reference. In exceptional cases we may accept applicants who do not meet these criteria if they show evidence of a strong Masters degree and/or appropriate level of relevant work experience. International applicants should also see  Doctoral School English language requirements

Course overview

Graduate students in the Research Degrees: Finance and Management PhD programme of the School of Finance and Management study towards the University of London PhD.

To be considered for the PhD programme in finance or management students must already have completed a good Masters degree in a relevant discipline and been awarded high grades. They must also submit an initial research proposal that demonstrates aptitude for academic research.

The full-time PhD programme normally requires three years of study in London.

Research topics

The School of Finance and Management PhD programme provides supervision in a number of fields within finance and management. We concentrate on topics in fields which are actively being researched by faculty members.

Currently the five principal areas are:

• corporate governance
• public policy and management
• regulation (in developed and developing countries) and sustainable development and agribusiness
• Corporate governance: finance, law, and regulation (in developed and developing countries)
• Corporate finance: determinants of firms' capital structure
• Finance and economic growth
• Financial regulation, central banking and bank supervision
• Public policy and management; public financial management
• Management in China; Management in Japan; and Management in the Middle East and North Africa

Research environment

For information on the School's research interests and supervision possibilities please see our  School's academic staff profiles .

Scholarships

There are a small number of competitive research scholarships within the Faculty that provide remission of tuition fees at the UK/EU rate and/or a maintenance allowance.   Graduate teaching positions are sometimes available for qualified students.

Referees and references

If you have been in education in the past three years, we will require references from your most recent post-graduate place of study. We normally require two academic references from senior or established faculty members who are in a position to comment on your research potential.

If you have been out of education for three years or more we will normally require at least one academic reference. We can also consider references from an earlier time or from your current place of work but only where these provide relevant recommendations to the course of study you are applying for. References from family members or friends are not acceptable.

Students in the PhD programme study advanced courses and carry out research for their thesis. They work closely with their supervisor from the School of Finance and Management and also with other faculty members and PhD students.

The first year of the programme involves research training seminars and advanced courses. At the same time, students work with their supervisor to develop a detailed research proposal, undertake the first stages of research and write some draft sections to outline the main arguments of the thesis.

Bloomsbury Postgraduate Skills Network

SOAS is also part of the Bloomsbury Postgraduate Skills Network sharing training opportunities with UCL, the Institute of Education, and LSE. SOAS students may apply for research funding to attend conferences and special courses.

Students are required to present their work and to participate in the PhD Seminar programme throughout the year. In addition to student presentations the PhD seminar also includes “Key Contributions to Management and Finance”, a forum where departmental staff reprise a frontier article that offers essential insights into different advanced research areas.

PhD students are also expected to attend departmental research seminars.

After about eight months of full time study the students progress is assessed by an upgrade committee and successful students go on to year two.

In their second year full time students carry out detailed research which usually includes gathering and processing data. Some research for this purpose may be carried out overseas if required. During the year students write draft chapters of their thesis and discuss them with their supervisor.

Full time students for the PhD would complete their research and write a final draft or near final draft of the thesis.

Any work at this stage normally involves redrafting chapters of the thesis to achieve the standards of publications. The examination must normally be completed in this year. Examination is by assessment of the thesis and an oral examination (viva voce) concerning the thesis and the research upon which it is based.

Part-time study

Students wishing to pursue part-time study are welcome to apply but will need to demonstrate that they have the commitment and resources to pursue their studies over the longer-time frame that this mode requires.

A part-present option is also available whereby students who are in employed by work-places that offer a supportive environment may take the last two years of the full-time programme by distance learning. This mode is being trialled for a small number of students in 2013-14 and further information will be posted here later.

Important notice

The information on the website reflects the intended programme structure against the given academic session. The modules are indicative options of the content students can expect and are/have been previously taught as part of these programmes. However, this information is published a long time in advance of enrolment and module content and availability is subject to change. 

Teaching and learning

SOAS is committed to providing support for research students. All full time first year students attend lectures for one SOAS research methods course and one other masters-level course following discussion with the lead supervisor. A range of additional development and training courses  are available.

Fees and funding

Fees for 2023/24 entrants per academic year.

Please note that fees go up each year. See  research fees  for further details.

Graduates from the School of Finance and Management leave SOAS with a coherent and solid knowledge of management and finance, with skills in statistics and computing, critical reasoning and analytical thinking.

Recent graduates have been hired by:

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• HM Treasury
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• Huaxia Bank, China
• IDB (Islamic Development Bank)
• J.P. Morgan Asset Management
• Lloyds Banking Group
• University of Oxford
• White & Case LLP
• World Food Programme

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Bayes business school (formerly cass business school), city, university of london.

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• 4 years Full time degree: £4,880 per year (UK)

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Royal holloway, university of london.

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Brunel university london.

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• 4 years Full time degree

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Ucl (university college london).

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• 5 years Full time degree: £6,035 per year (UK)
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MPhil/PhD at the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship

Goldsmiths, university of london.

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King's college london, university of london.

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London school of economics and political science, university of london.

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When you graduate, you will receive an Academic Transcript.  This document contains the details of your course, your results and your overall award.

University prizes and some non-degree related activities can also be included in your Academic Transcript, as they show wider success and experience beyond academic achievement. There is a national recommendation to standardise this information in a document called the Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR). 

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London Met is currently working towards fully implementing the HEAR for our students. The current London Met Academic Transcript follows the format of the HEAR and has been introduced for graduates awarded their degrees from July 2014 onwards. 

It is designed to demonstrate how you have made the most of your time at University, acquiring skills and experience that enhance your employability.

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As well as providing opportunities to have fun, socialise and develop your skills and experience, the additional activities you do during your university career will help to distinguish you from other graduates with similar qualifications. The HEAR form will capture these, and enable employers to easily see and appreciate your achievements. 

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The London Met Employability Award

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London Met Student Enterprise

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Career Mentoring Programme

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Certified copies of your Transcript

The University can supply certified copies of your transcript at a cost of £12 for the first copy and £2 for each additional copy when ordered in the same transaction. Requests must be made directly through Eshop . However, we cannot issue you with a transcript if you are suspended.

Certification Policy

Certification Policy 2023-24

Merger Letter

The University can provide a letter that confirms the value and standard of the original University of North London/London Guildhall University award is guaranteed by London Metropolitan University. For information regarding your entitlement to a London Metropolitan University, London Guildhall University or University of North London certificate please download the document below:

Merger Information (Word Document) 

Awards Issued prior to 1992

We do not provide certificates for pre-1992 awards given by the Polytechnic of North London or the City of London Polytechnic.

For verification of degrees awarded by the Council of National Academic Awards (CNAA) you will need to contact the Open University. The Open University provides a Pro-Forma Verification in a similar format to an award certificate.

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Graduate Attribute A1 - Self awareness

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• The new Honours graduate is able to seek and make use of feedback. S/he is able to plan and follow through a continuous professional development plan whether within a vocational or an academic career, using her/his skills to evaluate personal development needs and to find, evaluate and effectively use resources for self-development and continuous learning.
• The Honours graduate can represent her/his own abilities with confidence and self esteem, making use of communications media appropriate to the circumstances, and responding to challenge about her/his abilities in a professional manner. The graduate can take responsibility for her/his own work and be able to critique it.

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• To have the attribute of working through problems and making creative and purposeful change and adaptation with an awareness of ethical and moral codes and demonstrating integrity of conduct.
• The Honours graduate is confident and flexible in identifying and defining complex problems and the application of appropriate knowledge, tools/methods to their solution.
• At this level the graduate is aware of personal responsibility and professional codes of conduct and can incorporate a critical ethical dimension in complex unpredictable contexts where problem solving requires creativity, change and adaptation, and, as appropriate, an awareness of and a respect for cultural diversity.

A transcript is a document issued on behalf of the University which verifies the marks given to a student in respect of individual modules within a course. A transcript is automatically issued to all students other than those on short courses only if you have obtained a final award, if you have not obtained a final award a transcript is only issued by request from your  School Office .

A certificate is a formal document issued on behalf of the University which verifies that a student has achieved a specific award. A certificate is automatically issued to all students other than those on short courses only if you have obtained a final award, a certificate cannot be released if you do not have a final award.

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