Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
- PhD: 3-4 years full-time; MPhil: 2 years full-time
- Part-time
- 36 months
- PhD: 6 years part-time; MPhil: 3 years part-time.
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
It is possible to start a PhD degree at any point in the year at most academic Schools, subject to agreement with the supervisor.
Language
English
- Duolingo English Test: 120
- TOEFL iBT: 85
- PTE Academic: 62
- IELTS: 6.5
Credits
360 alternative credits
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
Bangor, United Kingdom
Disciplines
German and Scandinavian studies
Overview
Depending on the chosen research area on the German Studies programme offered at Bangor University, students will be assigned one or two supervisors and are guaranteed full access to computing facilities (including translation memory software), library provision and all School resources including the film library.
Key facts
- There is a dedicated postgraduate study area within the School which students are encouraged to use as often as they can.
Programme Structure
Research Areas
- Contemporary Austrian literature
- Post-War German poetry
- East German history, society and politics
- Memory in contemporary Germany
- Monuments and memorials in Germany and Austria
- Post-1945 and contemporary German literature and film
- (Generational) narratives of trauma and memory
- Post-war Austrian society and politics
- German Romanticism
- Nineteenth-century women's writing in Germany
- German/Spanish literary relations (19th century)
- Space, place and identity in contemporary Germany
- Representations of ageing, illness and death
- German critical theory in translation
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: Upper Second Class
English requirements
- Duolingo English Test: 120
- TOEFL iBT: 85
- PTE Academic: 62
- IELTS: 6.5
Other requirements
General requirements
- Applicants should normally have a first or upper second class honours undergraduate degree and a Masters degree in a relevant subject. Non-native speakers of English will normally be required to have IELTS 6.5 or above (no element below 6.0).
- Applications are always considered individually, and applicants are also judged on their individual merits, work experience and other relevant qualifications.
- Students with an overall score of 5.5 on the IELTS can take a summer pre-sessional course in the University's English Language Centre for Overseas Students (ELCOS).
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
International: 37,143 AUD / year (≈ 19,500 GBP / year)
Domestic: 9,535 AUD / year (≈ 5,006 GBP / year)
Additional Details
Part-time Postgraduate Research tuition fee is 50% of the full-time Postgraduate Research tuition fee per annum
Living costs
Bangor, United Kingdom: 1,257-2,171 AUD / month