Join one of the leading Anthropology departments in the UK where a diverse community of expert faculty and doctoral students carry out cutting-edge research. You’ll be part of a lively and global PhD community of researchers who conduct ethnographic and theoretical research on social and human life across the world. We’re proud of our interdisciplinary engagement with a range of fields, and we have a particularly close affinity with development studies, cultural studies, global health and human geography amongst others.Within the School of Global Studies, we host one of the UK’s largest doctoral research communities in Anthropology, where diversity, inclusion and representation give our community a unique identity.Areas of studySussex Anthropology has a reputation for world-leading research and a commitment to studying global issues, including:health, science and the bodygender and sexualityhuman rights, justice and violencepolitics, power and political movementsthe global economy, finance and developmentmoral and alternative economiesrace, ethnicity and indigeneityreligion and religious practicesenvironment, natural resources and extractive industriesmigration, transnationalism and connectivityvisual anthropology, culture and media.You can choose to study for a PhD or an MPhil. PhD and MPhil degrees differ in duration and in the extent of your research work.For a PhD, your research work makes a substantial original contribution to knowledge or understanding in your chosen field.For an MPhil, your work is an independent piece of research but in less depth than for a PhD. You’ll graduate with the degree title Master of Philosophy. You might be able to change to a PhD while you study for an MPhil.