Associate Studentships, Goldsmiths, University of London

Associate Studentships

Associate Graduate Studentship

This is a 'tailor-made' postgraduate level programme where you select a portfolio of courses from our Master's programmes and effectively create your own programme content. This allows you to spend from three months up to a year following classes and studying under the supervision of a tutor at Goldsmiths. You may simply wish to explore a topic at a graduate level or you might be registered at another university and want to specialise your study and research as part of a wider study plan. You choose courses – from one or more departments – which run during the terms you are at Goldsmiths and add up to the correct number of credits for your period of study. Goldsmiths' academic year works on a three term system – Autumn, Spring and Summer. You are expected to undertake a full course load for your period of study.

If you intend to follow this course as a part of another programme at another university, you will need to check with your home university the courses you may be required to take to obtain credit, and provide suitable alternatives to your first choices. It is not always possible to offer you your first choice of course because of limits on numbers, or timetabling. Your performance is examined or assessed on each course, and a grade is awarded under the British grading system. Your transcript also records Goldsmiths' advice as to the number of credits you have taken, but the interpretation of these credits is a matter for your home university or college. There are set requirements for each course which you will be expected to meet. No classes can be taken by audit. We invite you to submit an application, with an indication of the courses you wish to follow and the time period you wish to attend. You are supported by the academic structure of the relevant department, which includes tutorial contact and lectures and seminars.

Entrance requirements
Normally a Bachelor's (undergraduate) degree or the equivalent in a relevant subject, or a proven record or professional/work experience in the subject.

How to apply
Please complete the postgraduate taught applications form. Please provide a list of the individual courses you would like to follow, and indicate the dates you would like to spend at Goldsmiths.

Associate Research Studentship

This is a high-level 'tailormade' programme with a clear emphasis on independent study. You negotiate the content with the relevant department. This allows you to spend up to a year undertaking research and study under the supervision of a tutor at Goldsmiths. You might want to explore a topic in depth or to further your research as part of a programme of study at your home institution.

We invite you to submit an application and proposal outlining the development of your research and the relevant critical enquiries. If we accept this proposal, you are provided with appropriate supervisor, and have access to Goldsmiths facilities. You are supported by the academic structure of the Department, which includes tutorial contact and possibly lectures and seminars – depending on the agreed path of your research. This academic and/or technical support leads to the realisation of the aims and objectives outlined in your proposal.

Entrance requirements
Normally a Master's degree or the equivalent in a relevant subject, or a proven record or professional/work experience in the subject.

How to apply
Please complete the postgraduate research application form and provide a research outline, which is a statement of the proposed area of research you want to undertake at Goldsmiths. This statement should include: delineation of the research topic; why it has been chosen; an initial hypothesis (if applicable); a brief list of major secondary sources (no more than two pages) and an indication of whether there are any taught courses at Goldsmiths that you would also like to follow as part of your studies. Please also indicate the dates you would like to spend at Goldsmiths.