Overview
The Humanities and Social Sciences programme from Hamad Bin Khalifa University is flexible, accommodating students who wish to apply their interdisciplinary research in a variety of subjects in the fields of humanities and social sciences, while allowing for specializations through a pathway to a PhD in an established field at the time of graduation.
It exposes them to identity making, policy-making, development strategies, institution building, leadership guidance, and sustainable development.
Graduates of the program are equipped to:
- Engage with themes and ideas that cut across disciplines
- Demonstrate expertise in disciplines within relevant fields
- Demonstrate expertise in theory
- Acquire knowledge for advancing research towards societal and scholarly impact
- Produce original interdisciplinary research
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Explorations in Global Humanities
- Explorations in Interdisciplinarity
- Proseminar
- Dissertation
- Doctoral Qualifying Exam
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
English requirements
- TOEFL® IBT: 79
- IELTS: 6.5
Other requirements
General requirements
- Application
- Academic Transcripts
- Standardized Test Results
- Letters Of Recommendation
- Personal Statement Of Interest
- Resume/curriculum Vitae
- Identification Document
- Tuition And Student Funding