Expand+MA Race, Migration & Decolonial Studies (W430) Full Time
EU fee per year - € 7315
nonEU fee per year - € 19900

MA Race, Migration & Decolonial Studies (W431) Part Time
EU fee per year - € 4760
nonEU fee per year -...

Hide-MA Race, Migration & Decolonial Studies (W430) Full Time
EU fee per year - € 7315
nonEU fee per year - € 19900

MA Race, Migration & Decolonial Studies (W431) Part Time
EU fee per year - € 4760
nonEU fee per year - € 9950

***Fees are subject to change

Tuition fee information is available on the UCD Fees website. Please note that UCD offers a number of Masters scholarships for full­time international students, who have been offered a place on a UCD Masters degree programme. For further information please see International Scholarships.


The Mary Kelly Bursary comprises an award of €2,000 towards university fees to students who have been accepted to one of the School of Sociology’s Masters programmes as a full-time student. For more informatoin please see Funding Opportunities

Expand+Please note that UCD offers a number of Masters scholarships for full­time international students, who have been offered a place on a UCD Masters degree programme. For further information please see International Scholarships.


The Mary Kelly B...

Hide-Please note that UCD offers a number of Masters scholarships for full­time international students, who have been offered a place on a UCD Masters degree programme. For further information please see International Scholarships.


The Mary Kelly Bursary comprises an award of €2,000 towards university fees to students who have been accepted to one of the School of Sociology’s Masters programmes as a full-time student. For more informatoin please see Funding Opportunities online (view course webpage)

Expand+Applicants should normally have a primary degree in sociology or social science, or a closely related discipline.

A Second Class Honours Grade One (2:1) or higher is required but Second Class Honours Grade Two (2:2) standard or equivalent may be c...

Hide-Applicants should normally have a primary degree in sociology or social science, or a closely related discipline.

A Second Class Honours Grade One (2:1) or higher is required but Second Class Honours Grade Two (2:2) standard or equivalent may be considered. Applicants who do not meet the academic requirements but can confirm professional qualifications and/or experience will be considered. Applicants may be called for an interview.

All candidates are expected to be proficient in written and spoken English. Applicants whose primary language is not English must submit evidence of a certificate of proficiency (such as TOEFL, Cambridge or IELTS). Test results must be less than two years old.

These are the minimum entry requirements – additional criteria may be requested for some programmes

A NOTE ON SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION:

Supporting documentation must be submitted by all students. Applications will not be considered unless all documents are submitted immediately and received by UCD before the closing date. Documents must be uploaded to the Online Applications system.

Expand+MA Race, Migration & Decolonial Studies

Graduate Taught (level 9 nfq, credits 90)

Why is the Black Lives Matter movement so necessary and, for many, so threatening? How can Europeans disavow migrants from their own former colonies who seek refu...

Hide-MA Race, Migration & Decolonial Studies

Graduate Taught (level 9 nfq, credits 90)

Why is the Black Lives Matter movement so necessary and, for many, so threatening? How can Europeans disavow migrants from their own former colonies who seek refuge on their shores? What is intersectional activism? What is necessary to cultivate veritable solidarity across differences? How can we imagine, think and act beyond the constraints of the western, state-centred status quo?

Well over 100 years ago W.E.B. DuBois warned that the colour-line would constitute the defining issue of the 20th century. The 21st is already noteworthy for the deepening impunity of state and everyday violence towards ‘minorities’ of all persuasions. It is also increasingly characterised by large scale political surges to the extreme right, which have been empowered by mass incitement to hatred through the vilification of migrants. Why and how has ‘race’ played so central a role in these conditions and the extraordinary acts of resistance engaged to transform them? Why does a chronic lack of public knowledge concerning the social, political and economic histories fostering them continue to undermine effective collective action and positive change?

This unique programme examines the global historical legacies and entanglements of colonialism, imperialism and neoliberalism as they underpin these and other contemporary injustices exacted upon the vulnerable, the precarious, the stigmatised. In the tradition of black feminist, critical race and decolonial perspectives, the theories and practices of scholars, cultural workers and activists of colour and other ‘others’ constitute central components of its pedagogy.

Students will build on core modules in critical race and decolonial scholarship, global migration and creative art/research practices, with optional modules available from across a range of disciplines, literatures and societal issues. The minor dissertation project is an opportunity for students to further develop conceptual frameworks, methodologies and forms of knowledge mobilisation for use in their chosen fields and sectors – whether academic, activist, art, practitioner and/or policy focused.

Expand+Core Modules include:
Critical Race & Decolonial Paradigms
Global Migration
Art, Knowledge & Social Change

Optional Modules include:
Geographies of the Global South
Postcolonial Geographies
Queer Frictions
Theory of Sexuality & Gender
Eth...

Hide-Core Modules include:
Critical Race & Decolonial Paradigms
Global Migration
Art, Knowledge & Social Change

Optional Modules include:
Geographies of the Global South
Postcolonial Geographies
Queer Frictions
Theory of Sexuality & Gender
Ethnicity & Nationalism
Everyday Nationalism
Social Research
Economic Globalisation
Qualitative Research
Organised Violence & Society
Global Justice & Development
Racism & Anti-Racism
Human Rights Law & Equality
Immigration & Asylum Law
Travellers Rights & Nomadism
Gender, War & Violence

The options for 2020/2021 may be subject to change. Internships available on a limited basis to qualified students.

Expand+There are exciting opportunities for students in a wide and dynamic range of professions including careers in: Media and Public Relations? Policy Analysis and Service Provision? Social, Community and Youth Development? Politics and Civil Society? and...

Hide-There are exciting opportunities for students in a wide and dynamic range of professions including careers in: Media and Public Relations? Policy Analysis and Service Provision? Social, Community and Youth Development? Politics and Civil Society? and in Cultural and Creative Industries.

Past Graduates have taken the following career and development destinations:

University Lecturers, Ireland & internationally
NGOs, IGOs and QUANGOs, Ireland & internationally
Funded doctoral programmes across Europe
University international student support offices
Government, Public Service and Civicorganisations, nationally & Internationally
Independent Research and Private Consultative Companies
The have worked with Irish Organisations such as:

Irish Refugee Council
New Communities Partnership
Dublin City Council
Finglas Library
Royal College of Surgeons
Economic and Social Research Institute
Immigrant Council of Ireland

And International Organisations which include:

UN Secretary General Offices
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions & Human Rights
International Organisation for Migration
Hague Institute for Global Justice
Save the Children International & UNICEF
Red Cross
Eurofound
International Potato Centre

A large number of our Graduates continue through to PhD level. Some professions require further training, qualifications or certification.