I am thinking about 3 options. Firstly I am thinking about applying for PhD studies at the Institute for Medieval Studies or the School of English at the University of Leeds. My second option is to do a MA in Sweden. My third option is to continue here at the University of Helsinki but that would be to focus on something that is completely different than the Middle Ages. I want to focus on the Middle Ages but here is not such a good opportunity for that. :(

Thank you Nataliephd for your help. That is much appreciated. :)

The BA certificate does not state what my overall grade is. If I look at my BA certificate it states that I got in my major subject a 4/5 in the first part (Basic studies) and 4/5 in the second part (Intermediate Studies for Major Subject). I also made a research for the BA exam.

Then I have studied minor topics. There I did receive a 4/5, 3/5 and 3/5. I did also have other studies. From those I did not get any grades.

If I calculate 4+4+4+3+3=18 and as 18/5=3,6 I have an overall grade for my BA a 3,6. Is that really the same as a 2:2 in Great Britain? Have I calculated this correctly?

Is Masters of Research really for History? I have understood that it is more for those who study arts and design.

I am now thinking about the MPhil. Should one have a MA for that as well? Does it effect presumptive jobs in the future if one has a BA and a MPhil not an MA?

Does it have a negative effect on the future if I have a higher 2:2 in my BA but have done better in a MA or MPhil?

I am pissed off at the personal at the University of Helsinki who always said to me that it does not matter what one gets as grades from the courses and only the grade one gets for the BA research. I could have done much higher grades for the courses if I would have known that the grades actually do matter. This is why I have so low grades for the entire BA and the best 5/5 for the BA research. :(

Boo and others,

Does it effect presumptive post-doc jobs if one has a BA and a PhD but not an MA?

I think that would be great. I did think the BA was really child's play and I would now like to write and dig deeper into a bigger question. I have done my BA here in Finland so I do not have anyone in England that supervised my work. If I would go to the UK I could theoretically have an opportunity to write my PhD for a person who is my friend since several years back. In other words I would theoretically even have a supervisor ready in the UK.

Would it be possible to apply directly for an MPhil exam? How many words is it usually in an MPhil? I would like to write a bigger research.

I have a BA exam from the University of Helsinki. I did achieve a 5/5 for the research itself but about 3,6/5 for the entire BA exam. We do not have the system of 1s or 2:1s in Finland. I would now like to get a PhD exam as the next degree and skip the MA altogether. This is mainly because of my age and because I would like to do a bigger research. This is why I have been thinking about starting my post-graduate studies in the UK where it is possible to do a PhD directly after a BA. I would like to focus on Viking-Age and Medieval Scandinavia or the contacts between Scandinavia and Europe during this time. At what universities would it be best for me to conduct my studies? Would it be possible to get any funding at all for the research?