研究学位（硕士/博士）在日本和韩国研究

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 bi-weekly basis for a period of at least one hour.

The student’s primary supervisor is always a member of the Department in which the student is registered. The second and third supervisors, who act in a supplementary advisory capacity, may be from the same Department, or other Departments/Centres in the Faculty of Languages and Cultures or in Departments/Centres in the other Faculties of the School. The student’s progress is further overseen by the Departmental Research Tutor.

Year 1

In the first year, students prepare for research by following a research training seminar series (RTS) convened at the Faculty level by the Associate Dean for Research and supported by the generic training on offer in the Doctoral School.

Students working in the fields of literature and cultural studies are also invited to participate in the additional training offered by the Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS).

Students may also be encouraged by supervisors to attend additional taught courses relevant to their research and to their training needs. These may include specialist disciplinary, language or regional culture courses or research training in other Departments outside the Faculty.

在第一学期末，全日制学生需要提交一份约 5000 字的文献综述。教师研究培训研讨会上会提供相关说明，学生将与导师讨论如何将这份文献综述整合到升级后的研究计划中 以及后来的论文。

对于升级过程，全日制一年级学生（兼职学生为二年级）需要提交一份 10,000 字的升级作品集，包括研究计划和核心章节。这两个要素的相对字数应由学生和指导委员会决定，但核心章节应不少于 3000 字。提交此作品集的截止日期为每年 5 月 15 日。

Research Proposal

The research proposal typically includes the following elements:

• Research rationale and context of proposed research
• Main research questions
• Literature review
• Theoretical and methodological framework and considerations
• Proposed research methods
• Ethical issues (where applicable)
• Outlining the structure of PhD dissertation
• Schedule of research and writing
• Bibliography.

Adjustments to one or more of these sections, including additions or deletions where appropriate, are possible by prior arrangement between the students and lead supervisors.

核心章节

The core chapter should ideally be an analytical piece of writing in which the student by way of a case study shows how the research proposal translates into actual research. Depending on the nature of the research project access to primary source material can be difficult before the student undertakes the second-year research and in such cases, the content should be agreed between the student and the supervisory committee.

从研究硕士升至博士学位的过程基于学生研究委员会对升级作品集的评估，以及 20-30 分钟的口头陈述，随后进行讨论。口头陈述面向部门工作人员和研究生。三位导师分别开会讨论升级结果并通知学生。成功完成升级作品集后，学生将正式升为博士学位并进入第二年学习。（如果评估人员认为作品集存在不足，学生将被要求对其进行修改，直到他们满意，然后才能确认升级为博士学位。）通常，在完成升级过程之前，学生不允许进入第二年学习。

Year 2

The second year (or part-time equivalent) is normally spent engaged in research. This may be by any combination of fieldwork and research in libraries and material collection as agreed between the student and the supervisor(s).

Year 3

The third year (or part-time equivalent) is devoted to writing up research for the PhD thesis. During this time, students will normally give a presentation in a research seminar organised by the Departmental Research Tutor, comprising a select number of staff members with special expertise in the topic and other research students. During the third year (or part-time equivalent) students will present draft chapters to their main supervisor for comment, before completing a final draft of the thesis. Once a full draft is complete, the work is assessed by all members of the supervisory committee and the student can either submit the thesis or move on to Continuation Status to be given a further 12 months to complete the thesis and submit it for examination. The thesis must be completed within 48 months from the time of registration (or part-time equivalent).

论文长度不超过10万字，将由该领域的两位权威人士进行审查，其中一人有伦敦大学审查经验，至少一人是SOAS以外的人士。

PhD Degrees are awarded by SOAS from registration in 2013 and are subject to SOAS regulations.