MSc Gender

at London School of Economics

This is the most flexible degree the Department offers. You will take two compulsory courses and options to the value of one unit, options to the value of two units and a dissertation. In addition to the compulsory courses, you are able to choose options that will enable you to develop your own gender studies pathway or to focus on key research areas (for example, sexuality, culture, globalisation, development, postcoloniality or gendered politics).

(* denotes a half unit)

Gender Theories: An Interdisciplinary Approach*
Enables you to become familiar with the fullest range of gender theories, with particular attention to the intersections of gender, sexuality and race.

Gender, Knowledge and Research Practice*
Maps the history of debates about gender and feminist research, and asks what difference it makes to take gender as the subject or object of research.

Dissertation - Independent Research Project
An independent research project of up to 10,000 words on an approved topic of your choice.

Courses to the value of two units from a range of options

Minimum entry requirements for MSc Gender

Upper second class honours degree (2:1) or equivalent in social science or humanities.

Competition for places at the School is high. This means that even if you meet the minimum entry requirement, this does not guarantee you an offer of admission.

Every graduate student is charged a fee for their programme.

The fee covers registration and examination fees payable to the School, lectures, classes and individual supervision, lectures given at other colleges under intercollegiate arrangements and, under current arrangements, membership of the Students' Union. It does not cover living costs or travel or fieldwork.

Tuition fees 2022/23 for MSc Gender
Home students: £15,816
Overseas students: £24,456

Quick Careers Facts for the Department of Gender Studies
Median salary of our PG students six months after graduating: £25,000 

Top 5 sectors our students work in:

• Public administration and defence
• Education
• Management consultancy activities
• Social work activities
• Employment activities

The data was collected as part of the Graduate Outcomes survey, which is administered by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Graduates from 2017-18 were the first group to be asked to respond to Graduate Outcomes. Median salaries are calculated for respondents who are paid in UK pounds sterling.

Our students go on to work in varied career paths: research and consultancy for government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in developed and less developed countries, international organisations, humanitarian and charity work, personnel work, civil and diplomatic services, representative politics, advocacy, the legal profession, academia, media and communication and in education.