Graduate studies
Graduate studies in anthropology
Our MA and PhD program in anthropology at the University of Victoria offers a research-intensive experience with exceptional fieldwork and lab-based opportunities.
Our graduate coursework enriches students experience through our innovative integrative themes (see below), which connect insights across the traditional subfields of anthropology.
Through thematic coursework and research-intensive thesis and dissertation work, our students gain a deep exposure to key theoretical and methodological insights, revealing the best of contemporary anthropology.
For more details about our graduate program see our Anthropology Graduate Handbook 2023-24
Find a supervisor
Contact faculty whose research interests you and ask about doing your degree with them. Our faculty are working around the world — check out our fieldwork map to see what they are up to.
How to apply
Annual application deadline is January 15. See How to apply for more information.
Our integrative research areas
Evolution and Ecology
This research theme connects the traditional subfields of archaeology and biological anthropology to address questions of how humans and non-human primates relate to their environments over both short and long-term time scales.
Space, Place, Knowledge and Power
This research theme works across anthropological and archaeological approaches to see the significance of social spaces, meaningful places and the situated nature of knowledge, through ideas of belonging, cultural landscapes, displacement, borders, land tenure, and built environments—in shaping human life.
Culture, Health and Inequality
This research theme recognizes the significance of understanding the role of social inequality and cultural interpretations in shaping human experience and addressing pressing global issues.
Visual Anthropology and Materiality
This research theme connects the work of visual and cultural anthropologists with archaeologists who are investigating human visual communication and the cultural effects of the production, circulation and consumption of images and objects.