Anthropology
Top 15 in the UK for Anthropology
11th in the Guardian University Guide 2025
82% of our research is internationally excellent
Research Excellence Framework 2021
Internationally recognised for work in philosophical anthropology and the sociology of culture
Funding opportunities available through ESRC South West Doctoral Training Centre - a hub of world-class social sciences research
Degrees in Exeter
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Anthropology at Exeter is one of the most exciting, relevant and varied subjects you can study at university. We have a contemporary outlook and our research is grounded in a variety of social settings and institutions including NGOs, hospitals, farming communities in the South West of England, markets in South Korea, English multicultural communities, social media in Jordan and Japanese urban art collectives.
Based in the department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology, our academic staff hold doctorates in Sociology, Philosophy, Anthropology, History, Biochemistry and Physics. We are one of the most diverse academic units in any UK university. This interdisciplinarity means we are able to provide research and teaching programmes that unite empirical, historical-epistemological, practical, theoretical and critical perspectives.
Our work is both descriptively and normatively oriented and our research has been published by Cambridge, Oxford, MIT, Chicago, University of California, Harvard, Routledge, Sage and other leading publishers.
*Based on research rated 4* + 3* in REF 2021, our research in Sociology, Philosophy, Anthropology and Criminology was returned to this UoA
The course material was far broader and deeper than I had imagined. It satisfied my curiosity, and left me wanting more.
Also, the experience/support of my fellow students in this relatively new field was extremely enriching, and the expertise/insight of instructors was outstanding.
Diane
MA Anthrozoology graduate
Exciting options including anthropology of music, media, addiction, childhood, and human/animal interactions
