Degrees in Exeter 
- MPhil/PhD Arab and Islamic Studies
- MPhil/PhD Ethno-Political Studies
- MPhil/PhD Kurdish Studies
- MPhil/PhD Middle East Politics
- MPhil/PhD Palestine Studies
- MA Ethno-Politics
- MA Gender and Identity in the Middle East
- MA Gulf Studies
- MA Iranian Studies
- MA Islamic Studies
- MA Kurdish Studies
- MA Middle East and Islamic Studies
- MA Middle East History
- MA Middle East Studies
- MA North African Politics
- MA Palestine Studies
- MRes Humanities (Middle East and Islamic Studies)
- MRes Middle East Studies
- Largest centre for Middle East Studies in a UK university
- Scholarships available and HRH Prince Alwaleed Al Saud Awards to support study visits to Arab countries
- Strong links with the leading universities and research institutes in the Islamic world
- Unique research resources including Europe’s most important research collection on the Arab world
- ESRC-recognised PhD and MRes programmes
- Learn Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Kurmanji or Sorani Kurdish as part of your postgraduate degree
The Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies is one of the most important centres of Arab, Middle East and Islamic studies in the UK. We enjoy an international profile for our pioneering regional focus on the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula and expertise in Islamic studies. The Institute holds the annual Gulf Conference and a seminar and lecture series featuring distinguished scholars and public figures from the Islamic world and the West. Our first class facilities provide the perfect setting in which to study your postgraduate degree: our impressive building is the best purpose-built Middle East centre in the UK and is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities.
