SOAS has an international reputation for excellence in the field of South Asian studies earned by the world leading research undertaken. The South Asia Section of the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics welcomes applications for the degrees of PhD on any topic related to the research interests and disciplines of the Department’s research-active staff. Prospective candidates should consult the details of the various staff members’ research areas and adapt their proposal accordingly. These presently include, but are not limited to: Indian film and screen studies, diaspora studies, postcolonial literature, literary studies associated with Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, and Sanskrit, classical Hinduism, feminism, translation, current representations of Muslims, the politics of Nepal, Bhutan and Pakistan.All students register in year 1 of the programme as MPhil students. The upgrade from MPhil to PhD takes place at the end of the first academic session for full time students (or at the end of the second academic session for part time students). All new MPhil/PhD students are provided with a supervisory committee of three members, comprising a main or primary supervisor, and a second and third supervisor. The split in time commitment across the supervisory committee is 60:25:15. In the first year students are expected to meet their main supervisor on a fortnightly basis for a period of at least one hour.