Modern Languages offers the possibility to do a PhD/MPhil in Chinese Studies (three years full-time; six years part-time). The School has a long tradition of excellent postgraduate student support, and students will be assigned two supervisors. Students are guaranteed full access to computing facilities (including translation memory software), library provision and all School resources including the film library. There is a dedicated postgraduate study area within the School which students are encouraged to use as often as they can.

Research Areas:

• Chinese history
• Chinese literature (Classic & Contemporary)
• Contemporary Chinese Studies: Sino-West Relations; Geopolitics; Images of China (Representations and Self-representations); Chinese films & documentaries; Western films & documentaries on China
• Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
• Translation Studies (from and into Chinese)

Co-supervision of comparative topics within the School can also be offered

We offer research-based postgraduate degrees covering a broad range of specialist and interdisciplinary areas within French, German, Hispanic, Italian, Chinese and Translation Studies. At Bangor you will find a lively and expanding postgraduate community and will be part of a close-knit and supportive learning environment.