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Anthropology
National ratings
Research Assessment Exercise 2008: ranked 16th nationally for research quality, with 50% of our research rated “world-leading” or “internationally excellent”.
Taught programmes
Research programmes
Anthropology prides itself on its inclusive and interdisciplinary focus.
It takes a holistic approach to human society, combining biological and social perspectives. Kent has pioneered the social anthropological study of Europe and the Mediterranean, the use of computers in anthropological research, and environmental anthropology in its widest sense (including ethnobiology and ethnobotany). It maintains an active research culture, with staff working in many different parts of the world.
Our regional expertise covers Europe, the Middle East, South East and Southern Asia (especially Indonesia), Amazonia, Central Asia, New Guinea, and Polynesia.
Specialisation in biological anthropology includes forensics and paleopathology, osteology, evolutionary psychology and the evolutionary ecology and behaviour of great apes.
Higher degrees in anthropology create opportunities in many employment sectors including academia, the civil service and non-governmental organisations through work in areas such as human rights, journalism, documentary film making, and international finance. An anthropology degree also develops interpersonal and intercultural skills which make our graduates highly desirable in any profession that involves working with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.