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welcomeWe have teaching and research in more subjects than any otherUK university – so this prospectus can only offer you a briefintroduction to our exciting opportunities for postgraduates.

Find more detailed and up-to-date information about coursesand the University on our website, via the contact detailsprovided in each section of this prospectus, and via ouradmissions social media:

come and meet usFor information about open days and visitingthe University, see:www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate

If you require a copy of this prospectus, or certainsections of it, in an alternative format, please contactStudent Marketing and Admissions:

tel +44 (0)161 275 4740

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Life

The university 2

International research excellence 4

Enhancing your employability 8

Your study options 12

Support 16

International postgraduate support 18

Finance 20

Applying 22

English language requirements and support 24

Accommodation 26

Campus 28

City 36

Study

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences 42

EPS programmes 46

Faculty of Humanities 56

Humanities programmes 60

Faculty of Life Sciences 82

LS programmes 86

Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences 88

MHS programmes 92

Manchester Doctoral College 96

MDC programmes 97

Index 100

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the university

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With a distinguished history of academicachievement and an ambitious agenda for thefuture, The University of Manchester offers you alearning experience rooted in a rich educationalheritage and boosted by cutting-edge research andinnovation – all at the heart of one of the world’smost vibrant cities.



Our tradition of success stretches back over 180 years.The birth of the modern computer, the splitting ofthe atom, the founding principles of moderneconomics – these and many more world-changinginnovations have their roots at our University.

Today, our research is internationally renowned acrossdiverse disciplines and we actively assist our staff andstudents in turning many research and entrepreneurialideas into commercial business ventures. We havemore Nobel Prize winners on our current staff thanany other UK university – including both of the 2010joint winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics.

Our mission – backed by an ongoing £650 millioninvestment in facilities, staff and buildings – is tobecome one of the world’s top 25 universities andthe preferred destination for the best tutors,researchers and students.

Choose The University of Manchester and you willjoin one of Britain’s most forward-thinkinguniversities, which builds on its success year on year –and invites you to do the same.


international research excellence

Our global reputation for pioneering research andproactive relationships with industry and publicservices makes us a centre for academic excellenceand a dynamic force for positive change –achievements that you can both benefit from andcontribute towards as a postgraduate student.

Manchester offers you…

• Official ranking of third in the UK, after Oxfordand Cambridge, in terms of “research power”

• Close industrial partnerships that inform ourresearch and your courses, and boost yourcareer prospects

• Multidisciplinary research environments

• Cutting-edge facilities boosted by ongoingmultimillion-pound investment

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A research-intensive university

Many major 20th century advances began in ourlaboratories, such as the work by Rutherford leadingto the splitting of the atom and the development ofthe world's first programmable computer in 1948.

Today, research remains at the heart of The Universityof Manchester. We research in a wider range ofacademic areas than any other British university and weare officially rated third in the UK in terms of “researchpower”, close on the heels of Oxford and Cambridge.

We have also risen in the prestigious Shanghai JiaoTong Ranking of the World’s Top Universities, from53rd in the world in 2005 to 44th in 2010 (and ninthin Europe).

In 2008/09, the University attracted more than£270m of research-related income from externalsources. We are one of the top three universities forgrant funding from the main UK bioscience andscience and engineering research councils.



Supporting business innovation

Manchester also has an impressive track record whenit comes to turning ideas into commercial reality. Ourtechnology transfer company, University ofManchester Intellectual Property Ltd (UMIP), workswith researchers, entrepreneurs, business people,professional advisers and investors to handlehundreds of invention disclosures submitted by ouracademics and to help create spin-out companiesbased on our current research. UMIP also helps toattract world-class academics to the University byproviding a dynamic, top-class support system inwhich they can participate and succeed incommercialisation projects.

Investment in y/our future

Committed to providing first-class facilities for ourstudents and researchers, we are currently investingmore than £650 million in the largest and mostambitious capital building programme in Britishhigher education. Projects recently opened include:our flagship building, University Place; Alan TuringBuilding, for Mathematics, Physics and PhotonSciences; Arthur Lewis Building, for Environment andDevelopment, and Social Sciences; AV Hill Building,home to Life Sciences; and the ManchesterInterdisciplinary Biocentre. Also set to open in 2012 is the Alan Gilbert Learning Commons (see p28).

This unrivalled programme of investment in talentand facilities is driven by ‘Towards Manchester 2015’,our ambitious agenda for the future, which aims todrive Manchester further at the forefront of globalhigher education.

Recent research developments

The University is committed to breaking downlimitations and introducing fresh, interdisciplinaryways of working, which are opening up exciting newareas of study and discovery in our 22 academicschools and our University research institutes.

In the past few years, we have launched newinterdisciplinary research institutes in: aerospace;bioscience and biomedicine; health sciences; globalpoverty; neuroscience; cancer research; photon science;social change; environmental sustainability; science,ethics and innovation; nuclear science; cosmopolitancultures; public policy; and molecular imaging. Inaddition to these institutes, there are more than 50specialist research centres at the University, eachundertaking pioneering research into areas rangingfrom genetic disorders to artificial intelligence.

Partnership with other universities has led toinitiatives such as the Northern Aerospace TechnologyExploitation Centre (NATEC), which aims to help tomaintain and enhance the competitiveness of the UKaerospace industry.

What our research credentials mean for you

High-quality facilities and teaching combined withour interdisciplinary approach to research enable youto benefit from world-class research and learningopportunities throughout your time at The Universityof Manchester.

As a postgraduate student here, you will make amajor contribution to our research excellence. You’lladd to the dynamic research culture flourishingthroughout our Schools and benefit frominternational research leadership under distinguishedscholars. Whether studying for a taught postgraduateaward or a research degree, you will be directlyinvolved with cutting-edge research and pushing thebarriers to creativity.

Decades of excellent working relationships withorganisations from a diverse range of industry areasalso provide exceptional opportunities for researchwith commercial applications, as well as the chanceto develop business and entrepreneurial skills andexperience relevant to your future career choices.

If your ambition matches ours and you are lookingfor an unparalleled commitment to excellence, wewarmly invite you to join us at Manchester.


Ranking3* University

FTE researchactivity

judged to be 4* and 3*

1 University of Oxford 1,580

2 University of Cambridge 1,452

3 The University of Manchester 1,194

Source: HEFCE RAE 2008

the rae resultsUnit of

assessment

FTE staffsubmittedfor

assessment

% of researchactivity judged

to be 4* and 3*

Allied Health Professionsand Studies

24 50%

Anthropology 24 50%

Applied Mathematics 29 60%

Archaeology 13 60%

Asian Studies 7 35%

Biological Sciences 107 65%

Business andManagement Studies

182 65%

Cancer Studies 39 90%

Cardiovascular Medicine 24 75%

Chemical Engineering 33 75%

Chemistry 58 65%

Classics, Ancient History,Byzantine and ModernGreek Studies

17 55%

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The Research Assessment Exercise 2008

The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) measures thequality of research conducted in universities andother higher education institutions in the UK againstinternational standards of excellence, and enables thehigher education funding bodies to distribute publicfunds on the basis of quality. These funds allow us tocontinue to recruit the best research staff andstudents, continue building strong links withindustrial and research partners, and sustaininvestment in our facilities.

The University put forward research staff from eachsubject area for the most recent RAE in 2008, whoseresearch activity was assessed and judged to fitwithin the following categories of quality:

4* World-leading in terms of originality, significanceand rigour.

3* Internationally excellent in terms of originality,significance and rigour, but falls short of thehighest standards of excellence.

2* Recognised internationally in terms of originality,significance and rigour.

1* Recognised nationally in terms of originality,significance and rigour.

Unclassified Falls below the standard of nationallyrecognised work.

Throughout the ‘study’ pages in this prospectus, youwill find an ‘RAE key’, which reveals what percentageof research activity carried out within each subjectarea fits within the above starred categories.

The table here reveals the number of full-timeequivalent (FTE) research staff from each subject areawho were submitted for assessment to the 2008RAE– and the percentage of research activity by thesestaff members that was judged to be either worldleading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*).

Find out more: www.manchester.ac.uk/research

We are delighted with our impressive ratings in theRAE 2008, which places us third in the UK in termsof “research power” as we continue to increase thenumber of first-rate professorships, build on ourstrong links to industry, and invest in world-classfacilities for our staff and students.


Unit of assessment


assessment


to be 4* and 3*

Computer Science and Informatics

72 85%

Dentistry 20 75%

Development Studies 37 65%

Drama, Dance andPerforming Arts

10 85%

Earth Systems andEnvironmental Sciences

37 70%

Economics andEconometrics

35 80%

Education 41 55%

Electrical and ElectronicEngineering

46 70%

English Language and Literature

33 75%

Epidemiology and Public Health

21 60%

French 15 50%

General Engineeringand Mineral and MiningEngineering

52 70%

Geography andEnvironmental Studies

22 65%

German, Dutch andScandanavian Studies

11 55%

History 34 60%

History of Art,Architecture and Design

17 80%

Iberian and LatinAmerican Languages

14 75%

Italian 7 55%

Law 62 50%

Linguistics 15 55%

Metallurgy and Materials

49 80%

Unit of assessment


assessment


to be 4* and 3*

Middle Eastern and African Studies

12 60%

Music 14 85%

Nursing and Midwifery 58 85%

Other Hospital-BasedClinical Subjects

39 70%

Other Laboratory-BasedClinical Subjects

15 50%

Pharmacy 32 70%

Philosophy 14 45%

Physics 83 55%

Politics and International Studies

46 50%

Pre-Clinical and HumanBiological Studies

73 65%

Primary Care and OtherCommunity-BasedClinical Subjects

13 80%

Psychiatry, Neuroscienceand Clinical Psychology

40 50%

Psychology 31 45%

Pure Mathematics 27 60%

Russian, Slavonic and East EuropeanLanguages

6 70%

Social Work and SocialPolicy andAdministration

13 45%

Sociology 49 60%

Statistics andOperational Research

11 55%

Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies

24 65%

Town and CountryPlanning

18 60%



enhancing youremployability

Whether you want to work in business,academia, industry, public services, or not-forprofits, or you simply want to keep your optionsopen, postgraduate study at Manchester canhelp you to realise your ambitions.

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• A globally recognised postgraduatequalification from a university with anoutstanding reputation

• One of the most targeted UK universities bythousands of graduate recruiters

• One of the UK’s best careers services,consistently earning distinctions and awards

• Advice from trained careers consultants whospecialise in working with postgraduates

• Practical skills-development courses andworkshops to help you stand out from thepostgraduate crowd

More than a degree...

While postgraduate study in itself will further yourknowledge and prospects, in today’s competitivegraduate jobs market you need more than academicsuccess. You need to build your skill set anddemonstrate your employment potential – and atManchester we offer you many exciting opportunitiesto enhance your postgraduate CV.

Why Manchester?

You will join a distinguished community of worldclass academics at the cutting edge of research, withdiverse opportunities to develop skills, learn fromacademic and industry professionals and demonstrateyour potential to employers.

Innovative Faculty skills-training programmes forresearch students help to improve your research skillsand increase your employability, with opportunities tolearn from employers and alumni.



Manchester graduates are greatly in demand bymajor employers and our alumni have an impressivetrack record of becoming leaders in their fields, suchas philosopher Wittgenstein, novelist AnthonyBurgess, flight pioneer Arthur Whitten-Brown andwomen's rights campaigner Christabel Pankhurst; or,more recently, Dr Alan J Wood, Chairman at Siemens,and actor/writer Meera Syal.

The Careers Service

Our Careers Service runs popular careers fairscovering finance, business, science, engineering,technology, and law, and advertises vacancies withmore than 4,000 recruiters each year through anonline service exclusively available to our studentsand graduates.

Other services include: an information-packed careerswebsite; a well-equipped Careers Resource Centre;diverse career events; and one-to-one guidancesessions by postgraduate consultants, who can helpyou to explore your options and work to achieve yourcareer goals.

Pioneering services for international recruitmentinclude live global webcasts with overseas employers,Manchester networking events and work experienceopportunities exclusively for international students.We also run popular and informative careers blogs,including two dedicated respectively to postgraduateand international students.

Our Manchester Gold careers mentoring schemeoffers you focused support in your chosen careerfrom an expert in your field. An active Students’Union supports a wide range of societies andcampaigns that you can join to boost your CV. Finally, our Careers Service advertises volunteeringopportunities, enabling you to contribute to yourlocal community, demonstrate real achievements toemployers and feel part of our vibrant city duringyour postgraduate studies.

Act quickly and investigate opportunities at ourCareers Service as soon as you start your course, in order to get the best chance for a successful,fulfilling future.www.manchester.ac.uk/careers http://manchesterpgcareers.wordpress.com


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Why are you interested in recruiting Universityof Manchester postgraduates?

“Manchester is a consistently high-ranking universitywith a great reputation for producing top-classpostgraduates across a range of academic subjectareas, which are relevant to our business. Wecurrently have 14 employees with PhDs fromManchester and they do a fantastic job of creatinginnovative software solutions to solve a variety ofreal-world problems.

“We recruit postgraduates in general because thetransferable skills gained in academic research givethem the knowledge and expertise to readilyunderstand our customers’ business issues and equipthem with the tools to transform our customers’requirements into innovative solutions. Over 60% of our staff have PhDs; this is what makes Tessellaunique and so successful.”

What careers activities do you participate in at the University that postgraduates mightbenefit from?

“Each year we exhibit at the PhD Zone in thesummer, as well as at the Science, Engineering andTechnology Careers Fair in the autumn. We alsoparticipate in smaller, more targeted recruitmentevents arranged by specific departments.”

What do you look for in a postgraduateemployee?

“We look for a combination of scientific expertiseand software programming skills, as well as softerskills such as communication, presentation andorganisation. A desire to work in varied andchallenging role is a must; from the start of theircareers at Tessella, our staff work on and contributeto real projects for our customers, solvingchallenging problems across a range of differentscience and engineering industries, not necessarilydirectly related to their field of research.”

Are extra-curricular activities important?

“Yes, extra-curricular activities are very important.They develop the softer skills, such as team working,leadership and effective communication, which arejust as vital to our success as technical ability,especially for our growing consulting services.”

What advice would you offer a newpostgraduate student at Manchester?

“Although your research will equip you with thenecessary technical skills, be sure to broaden yourexperience and get involved in extra-curricularactivities to develop your soft skills.”

employerprofileName Neil BarrettJob title Graduate RecruiterCompany Tessella plc


Why did you choose to come to Manchester?

“As an American looking to further my studies in theHistory of Science, Technology and Medicine, I knewthere are very few, if any, masters courses in this fieldin the United States.

“I specifically chose Manchester for two reasons.First, CHSTM is listed as a Wellcome Unit. Itsaffiliation with the Wellcome Trust, one of the largestfunders of history of medicine research in the UK,indicated to me that CHSTM had a level of bothinstitutional support and standards that I respected.Second, there are a number of professors withwhom I was eager to work, based on my familiaritywith their writing in the history of genetics and thehistory of medicine.”

What was the highlight of your degree?

“CHSTM has a close-knit community of professors,post-docs, and graduate students. I enjoyedinteracting with them in small class settings, as wellas at weekly seminars, departmental events, andinformally in the CHSTM library. The highlight for mewas being a part of this community, where I felt Iwas constantly learning as well as contributing.”

How has your career progressed sincegraduating?

“In the field of library science – in which I hadpreviously worked and received a masters degreebefore attending The University of Manchester – thestandard for advancement is to have a secondmasters degree in a subject area. Having the secondsubject-area specialty opened up a higher pay gradeto me and allowed me to apply for jobs to which Icould not have previously applied.

“I am now the Systems Manager for all libraries at theNew School University in New York, with additionalduties developing science collections and reference asa science librarian. I oversee the digital laboratory,maintain all library servers and databases, troubleshootour Integrated Library System, and plan technologyimplementation for the libraries. Because of my sciencebackground, I am also in charge of selecting newlibrary acquisitions for the science department andproviding reference support for the sciences.

“My masters at CHSTM helped me sharpen mywriting and researching skills, which are both vitalparts of librarianship. Those are the very skills I amhelping others hone through their research.”

graduateprofileName Anthony Dellureficio, graduate (2009)

Age 29

From New York, USA

Course MSc in History of Science, Technology and Medicine

Job title Systems Manager, New School University, New York



your study options

Like most potential postgraduate students, youprobably have a clear idea of what subject youare interested in pursuing. However, you may beless certain of the way in which you want tostudy it, and to what level.

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Modes of study

The different modes of study available for eachqualification are outlined in the course andprogramme lists in the subject sections of thisprospectus.

Most of our students study for a postgraduatequalification on a full-time basis, but many taughtcourses and research programmes can be studiedpart-time. International applicants from non-EUcountries should note that the terms of entry into theUK normally prevent you from registering for aprogramme on a part-time basis.

Several Schools offer postgraduate qualifications –mainly taught masters – via distance learning (alsoknown as distributed learning, or e-learning).Distance learning allows you to learn through self-study, using printed materials and web-basedresources.

Here follows a brief guide to the different types ofqualification we offer and the different ways in whichyou can study them.

Levels of study

Taught courses

Postgraduate diplomas and certificates: Diplomasusually last nine months and certificates usually lastsix months. They include specialised courses, such asthe Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) andthe Diploma in Social Work (DipSW), as well asgeneral courses. They are structured either in a similarway to masters courses (but without the need for adissertation), or – as in the case with the PGCE andDipSW – they are specifically vocational.

Masters degrees: These are intensive taught courseswith a dissertation or project, which usually last for 12months full-time, or 24 months part-time (compared totwo years full-time in most other countries). The MBAcourse lasts 18 months full-time and up to five yearspart-time. Masters degrees include the Master of Arts(MA), Master of Business Administration (MBA), Masterof Education (MEd), Master of Science (MSc), Master ofLaw (LLM), Master of Music (MusM) and Master ofResearch (MRes). Masters degrees usually involve twosemesters of classes and assessed work, followed by fiveor six months’ research, culminating in a dissertation.The balance of the taught and research elements andthe methods of assessment vary from course to course.



The Master of Research (MRes) is structuredslightly differently and provides you with anopportunity for extensive research training andsubject-specific advanced learning, with a view toproceeding to doctoral research.

Research programmes

We are committed to providing a research culture andpostgraduate researcher experience that supports youthrough every stage of your research programme. Aspart of our researcher development strategy weprovide you with opportunities to acquire skills thatwill complement your research programme and helpyou to achieve your personal and career developmentgoals. Developed on the basis of a 'personaldevelopment plan' and 'skills audit', the training isdelivered on-demand, to meet your individual needs.

MSc by Research: A 12-month programmeincluding subject-specific taught course units,research skills training and a substantial researchproject, or series of research projects.

Master of Philosophy (MPhil): Usually lasting 12months and assessed by the submission andexamination of a shorter thesis than that required fora PhD, setting out the results of an original, individual

programme of investigational work. You may followsuccessful completion of the MPhil (including thepreparation of a detailed plan for a doctoral researchproject) by registration for a PhD.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): Lasting at least threeyears and awarded in recognition of the successfulcompletion of a programme of supervised researchwithin the allocated time, the results of which showevidence of originality and independent, criticaljudgement and constitute an addition to knowledge.Although instructional courses are included in thetraining, you spend most time undertakingindependent research, with progress closelymonitored throughout the period of study.Assessment is based upon an oral examination andexamination of your final thesis.

Integrated PhD: Usually lasts four years, combiningwork towards the award of a full University ofManchester PhD with masters-level taught units andpersonal development training.

Collaborative PhD: This is designed to provide youwith the opportunity to undertake a research projectwith a sponsoring partner from industry orcommerce. For further information, contact theSchool you are interested in.


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Split-site PhD: There may be opportunities in somesubject areas for you to undertake a PhD on a splitsite basis. Please contact the relevant School orFaculty for further information.

Doctor of Engineering (EngD): A four-yearprogramme combining the academic strengths of aconventional PhD with the practical benefits oflinking the research to the specific needs of acollaborating company. You also receive training inmanagement theory, leading to the award of aDiploma in Enterprise Management. For furtherdetails, contact the EngD Centre: tel +44 (0)1613064157 email [email protected]

Master of Enterprise (MEnt): A 12-month researchmasters designed to train and support you indeveloping business ideas, the MEnt comprises twocompulsory enterprise units and two optional unitsfrom any discipline, as well as a project. The projectcombines the subject-specific knowledge andenterprise skills required to develop a viable businessproposition.

Enterprise Doctorate (EntD): A four-yearprogramme involving discipline-specific research anddevelopment, enterprise training and experience inknowledge transfer and business. The core is aproject that embraces research work andcommercialisation from the concept to themarketplace. For further information on MEnt orEntD, contact the Enterprise Centre:www.manchester.ac.uk/msec

Professional Doctoral Programme: These relate tospecific professional areas and incorporate a taughtelement. They are available in:

• Counselling (DCouns)

• Drama (Doctor of Applied Theatre)

• Educational Psychology (DEdPsy)

• Educational and Child Psychology (DEdChPsy)

• Education (EdD)

• Clinical Psychology (ClinPsyD)

• Business Administration (DBA)

• Practical Theology (DPT)



Skills training

Studying for a postgraduate award at The Universityof Manchester means more than deepening yourknowledge in an academic discipline. We arecommitted to providing you with the environmentand support that allow exceptionally high qualityresearch to flourish.

A key factor is the support we offer our postgraduateresearch degree students. Each Faculty offerscomprehensive skills-training programmes thatcontribute not only to the quality of our researchoutput, but also to the employability of our researchdegree students. For more details, please contact theSchool or Faculty you are interested in.

Our award-winning Careers Service also runs a rangeof activities dedicated to all postgraduates to helpyou to enhance your employability while studying.

See Enhancing your Employability, p8.

Start dates

Taught postgraduate courses (with the exception ofthe MBA) and research masters have one annualintake, starting mid to late September each year.

For research programmes (MPhil and PhD), there arefour possible points for enrolment: late September,January, April and July.


support

We are committed to providing all ourpostgraduate students with the academic, personal and professional support you need to help you.

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• A wide range of experienced and sympatheticpeople, support and advice to help you find asolution to any difficulty – financial, academic,personal, or administrative

• Dedicated support for different student groups

Student support

Whatever the issue – financial, academic, personal, oradministrative – we have experienced and sympatheticpeople, support groups and advice services to helpyou. Find out about counselling, academic advice andvarious other student support services: www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/crucial-guide

Funding and finance

Find out more about tuition fees and student finance,including international fees, payment options, cost ofliving and managing debt:www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/crucial-guide/financial-life

Childcare

There are two centres associated with the Universityfor children between six months and five years ofage: Dryden Street Nursery and Echoes Nursery. Findout more about funding options, private nurseries,playgroups and schools:www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/crucial-guide/university-life/student-parents



Religious support

There are two chaplaincy centres for the majorChristian churches. St Peter’s House provideschaplains for the Anglican, Baptist, Methodist andUnited Reformed Churches, while the RomanCatholic Chaplaincy is at Avila House. Hillel Houseprovides facilities for Jewish worship. There are prayerfacilities on campus for Muslim students and studentsocieties for many religions.

Disability support

If you have additional needs arising from a medicalcondition, a physical or sensory disability, or a specificlearning difficulty, you are strongly encouraged tocontact the University's Disability Support Office todiscuss your needs, any arrangements that may benecessary and the extent to which appropriatesupport is available.www.manchester.ac.uk/dso

tel +44 (0)161 275 7512minicom +44 (0)161 275 [email protected]

Alumni

After your studies, our Alumni Association will keepyou connected both to the University and toManchester alumni worldwide via the interactivealumni web community ‘Your Manchester Online’and a programme of events, reunions andnetworking opportunities. A wide variety of benefitsand services for alumni are provided and, if you keepus updated with your address, you will receive thefree, annual magazine.www.manchester.ac.uk/yourmanchester

tel +44 (0)161 306 [email protected]


international postgraduate support

As an international student, you can be sureof a warm welcome here at The University ofManchester. This year, 9,500 students fromover 150 countries are studying with us.

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Specialist services and support forinternational students

Arriving in a new country is an exciting time, but weknow that it can also be a somewhat daunting prospect.We want you to feel welcome and settle in quicklywhen you arrive in Manchester. To help you to dothis, we offer a number of services to make thisprocess as straightforward as possible. These include:

Arrival guide – Before you arrive in Manchester, wewill send you this in-depth publication with usefuladvice and information to help you to make yourpreparations for coming to Manchester.

Airport collection service (available in September) –Provides a warm welcome with free collection andtransportation service from Manchester Airport toyour accommodation.

Orientation programme – Our practical orientationcourses cover everything from finding your wayaround, to using public transport and buyingessential items, opening bank accounts, etc. Inaddition, Welcome Week and Orientation socialevents help you to make new friends, settle into yournew life and relax a little before your studies begin.

For more information about orientation and welcomeservices, see:www.manchester.ac.uk/international/arrival

International student societies

The University has many student societies, including avariety run by and for specific international studentgroups. These are a great way to socialise and getinvolved in activities outside of your studies.

In addition, the International Society, based oncampus, organises a comprehensive social andcultural programme for all students in Manchester.

International Advice Team

The University is committed to supporting internationalstudents at all levels. Our range of support includes adedicated International Advice Team, which can provideassistance on any issues you may have during your timewith us, including visa advice or working in the UK.Please contact us via email: [email protected]

Find out more

Contact the International Office: [email protected]/international

“I am a member of the International Society,which has a lot going for internationalstudents, like trips to different places in theUK, cultural evenings; sometimes there aresome free tickets to the Royal NorthernCollege of Music Concerts and lots of otheractivities. Everyone, irrespective of personalityand interest, would find a suitable activity.The society also sends us regular emails,which keep us abreast with social issues andkeep us entertained and informed.

“The student services centre is also brilliant.You can always drop in and your query willbe answered. They send us emails advisingus on topical visa issues, immigration issues,and help us keep up-to-date with thechanges that take place from time to time.

“I am a Commonwealth Scholar, meaningthat I am fully funded by theCommonwealth. They pay my tuition, aswell as provide me with a monthly stipend.The scholarship is competitive.”Olive Sabiiti, PhD LawFrom Kampala, Uganda


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finance

The University of Manchester firmly believes inthe value of postgraduate education. Checkingwhat’s included in your tuition fees,investigating potential sources of funding andbeing aware of likely expenses will all help youto manage your budget while you study foryour postgraduate degree.

Tuition fees

University tuition fees cover the cost of your study atthe University, as well as charges for registration, tuition,supervision, examinations and graduation. By payingtuition fees, you are also entitled to membership of theLibrary, the Students’ Union and the Athletic Union.

Tuition fees vary and are sometimes dependent onthe type of subject being studied.

For all current tuition fees and further informationrelating to the fees due for individual programmes ofstudy, refer online: www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees

Funding

You can either pay all your own tuition fees andliving costs, or you can seek whole or partial fundingfrom various sources.

External funding

It is essential that you start thinking about how tofund your postgraduate studies as early as possible,since many funding bodies have strict deadlines.Please note that most funding bodies require you tohold at least a provisional offer of a place to study atthe University before applying for a studentship.

University funding

As well as attracting substantial external funding, TheUniversity of Manchester has a significant number ofits own funds within its Schools and Faculties. Contactthe School or Faculty that you are thinking of applyingto for further details of any available funding.


Estimated postgraduateliving expenses *

Per year, 52 weeks (£)

Accommodation (average cost for self-catering halls)

£5,450

Meals £1,820

Books and stationery (dependingon your course, and if you buynew or second-hand)

£480

Clothes (including provision of warmclothing and footwear)

£480

Transport £640

Other expenses (eg entertainment, sport,photocopying, phone calls, etc)

1,800

Total £10,680

* This table presents approximate costs for the2011/12 academic year. Actual costs will dependon your lifestyle.


From October 2011, The University of Manchester islaunching the President’s Scholar Award. This majornew University investment in doctoral funding will beused to recognise and support the most outstandingpostgraduate research students. Details can be foundon the University website or by contacting yourSchool or Faculty.

All funding

Full details of all sources of available funding, bothexternal and internal, can be found by searching thepostgraduate funding opportunities database at:www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding

Cost of living

Relative to some other UK cities, Manchester is anaffordable place to live – in fact, the NatWest StudentLiving Index 2010 found Manchester to be the thirdmost cost-effective student city in the UK. This issomething to bear in mind as you calculate theprocess of essentials such as accommodation, foodand books.


applying

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How to apply

You can apply online for our taught and researchdegrees at: www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/howtoapply

In some overseas countries, we also have a networkof Educational Consultants who can assist you withpreparing and submitting your application. Visit therelevant country page in the international section ofour website at: www.manchester.ac.uk/international/country

Admission to our postgraduate courses andprogrammes is covered by our Student AdmissionsPolicy. You can find this at:www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/howtoapply/policies

Entry requirements

The qualifications, skills and qualities needed forpostgraduate study at Manchester vary from Schoolto School. Use the ‘find out more’ sections in thisprospectus to discover the relevant information foryour chosen course or programme of study. Werecognise many different qualifications from aroundthe world. For details of international entryrequirements and equivalencies, visit:www.manchester.ac.uk/international/country

English language requirements

A high level of English is required for all courses toensure that you get the most from your studies. Ifyour first language if not English, you will also needto provide evidence of your English languageproficiency to the required level (this can vary fromcourse to course). If you need to undertake furtherstudies in English language, the University LanguageCentre (ULC) provides a variety of British Council-accredited language programmes.

See p24-25 for more advice in this area.

We aim to make the application process for allour degrees as straightforward as possible, withcomprehensive information and sources ofsupport available to you.



Disability support / Applicants withadditional support needs

We welcome applications from people withadditional support needs as a result of a long-termmedical condition, mental health difficulty, disability,or specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia,dyspraxia, etc. All such applications are considered onexactly the same academic grounds as otherapplications.

If you are a candidate with additional support needs,our University Disability Support Office (DSO) canoffer you confidential advice and you can discuss anysupport needs you may have, arrangements thatmaybe necessary, and the extent to whichappropriate support may be available. The DSO cansupply further information and a member of staff willbe pleased to meet you, by prior arrangement, if youwould like to visit.

Visit our website for more detailed information:www.manchester.ac.uk/dso

Alternatively, contact our DSO direct:tel +44 (0)161 275 7512/8518minicom +44 (0)161 275 [email protected]

Equality and diversity

The University of Manchester is committed toproviding a positive learning environment free fromdiscrimination, harassment and bullying, where allstudents are treated with respect and dignity. We aimto ensure that all students have equal access to thefull range of institutional facilities, wherever possible.We also involve and consult with students on keyissues that are important to them.

Visit our website for more detailed information:www.manchester.ac.uk/equalityanddiversity

Alternatively, contact the Equality and Diversity Team:tel +44 (0)161 306 [email protected]


english languagerequirements and support

An ability to communicate effectively in English isvital to academic performance and progress at theUniversity. Non-native English speakers musttherefore have a high level of fluency in the Englishlanguage to allow you to benefit fully from ourlectures and tutorials. This will also be a valuableskill that can improve your job prospects at aninternational level.

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Specific requirements

For most international students who have notachieved a grade C or above in GCSE, IGCSE, or O-level English, you will be required to demonstrateyour English proficiency through an approved testingsystem, such as IELTS, TOEFL, Pearson, or CambridgeESOL.

These internationally recognised assessments ofEnglish language proficiency are designed todetermine the ability of non-native speakers ofEnglish who intend to study or train in English.

IELTS, for example, is accepted by most British,Australian, Canadian and New Zealand academicinstitutions. It is also accepted by many professionalorganisations, such as the UK General MedicalCouncil. Minimum requirements vary acrosspostgraduate courses, but tend to be in the region of6.5 to 7.0 IELTS.

The course listings on our University website provideinformation on specific language requirements forindividual courses.

The University does accept some other testingsystems for individual countries. Find out informationon these by visiting your country page on ourinternational website(www.manchester.ac.uk/international), or bycontacting our International Office.

The table opposite shows some common Englishlanguage tests we accept at The University ofManchester.

Please note that IELTS and TOEFL scores remain currentfor two years. If you are applying with a certificate thatwas achieved more than two years prior to yourapplication, you will need to retake the test.

To identify a suitable testing centre in your homecountry for IELTS or TOEFL, please contact your localBritish Council office. Alternatively, you can findinformation from the following websites:www.ielts.org www.ets.org (for information on TOEFL)


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6.0 550 213 5 80 C 50-59 C C 51-58

5.5 527 197 5 71 D 40-49 C C 43-50

Common English Language tests accepted by The University of Manchester


English language support

The University Language Centre (ULC) has over 30years’ experience of running English languagecourses for international students. These courses areaccredited by the British Council. The ULC is an IELTStesting centre and its pre-sessional courses areaccredited by BALEAP (British Association of Lecturersin English for Academic Purposes).

Find out more

Contact the International Office: [email protected]/international

1PTE: Pearson Test of English: Academic


accommodation

We do everything we can to help all our newstudents settle in and find somewhere to livewhere they’ll feel right at home. Whether youprefer university halls of residence, or privatehousing, Manchester has a massive choice ofaccommodation available for ourpostgraduate students.

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• More spaces in University-managedaccommodation than virtually any otheruniversity in the country

• Extensive housing choice, from modern self-catering flats to traditional collegiate-stylehalls of residence

• The option of postgraduate-only Universityaccommodation

• Guaranteed University accommodation forinternational (non-EU) students throughoutyour studies

University accommodation

With more than 9,200 rooms, The University ofManchester has more spaces in University-managedaccommodation than virtually any other university inthe country, almost all of which is within two miles of campus.

Some residences are reserved exclusively forpostgraduates; in others, graduate students areroomed together.

We’ve got options to suit all tastes: from modern,self-catering flats, to traditional, collegiate-style,catered halls of residence. Both single and mixed sexaccommodation is available, and there is the choiceof en-suite or standard facilities.

We also offer some specially adapted rooms forstudents with disabilities, and have a limited supplyof family and partner accommodation. With theexception of some family accommodation, all roomsare internet-connected.



Costs

Accommodation costs vary, depending on facilities,but in 2011-12 the average costs are:

• £93.00 per week for a single self-catering roomwith shared facilities

• £116.00 per week for a single self-catering roomwith en-suite facilities

• £125.00 per week for a single room with sharedfacilities in a catered hall

International students guarantee

If you are an international student (ie non-UK/EU),you are guaranteed an offer of a place in one of ourhalls of residence for the full duration of your course,provided you meet the following conditions:

• Come to the University alone

• Have a firmly accepted place at the University

• Apply for accommodation by 31 August

• Reapply for accommodation in subsequent years bythe due deadline and for the full academic session

If your application falls outside the conditions of theguarantee, you are still welcome to apply for Universityaccommodation, but you should note that the offer ofa room may not be available to you immediately.

Find out more

Contact the Accommodation Office:tel: +44 (0)161 275 2888www.manchester.ac.uk/accommodation

Private accommodation

Outside halls of residence, Manchester has plenty ofprivate accommodation for rent. You can getinformation about properties available, plus moregeneral housing advice, from Manchester StudentHomes. Owned jointly by the Manchester universities,this is the city’s only housing bureau that advertisesUniversity-approved accommodation.

tel +44 (0)161 275 7680manchesterstudenthomes@manchester.ac.ukwww.manchesterstudenthomes.com


campus

The University of Manchester’s location gives youthe best of both worlds: city and campus. Ourcomprehensive facilities offer you plenty to do, see,explore and experience while furthering yourstudies as a postgraduate student at Manchester.

“Manchester’s developed asurprisingly close-knit studentcommunity. The two halves of thecampus are compact and close-by,so no one gets isolated.”The Push Guide to Which University

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Our campus boasts a distinctive blend of architecture,from grand, traditional Victorian buildings, toinnovative, brand-new facilities. Although it covers alarge area close to the city centre, it still offers quietcorners, landscaped gardens and secluded quadrangles.

Currently undergoing an exciting period oftransformation and improvement, we are well on theway to completing the largest programme of capitalinvestment ever seen in British higher education.

The Alan Gilbert Learning Commons

Set to open on campus in 2012, this is a flexible,ultra-modern and stimulating space dedicated to ourstudents in which you’ll be free to relax and learn.Uniquely designed to support the learning needs ofthe 21st-century student, it will include cutting-edgeIT facilities, a host of student-centred activities andvarious learning support services, all available on a24/7 basis for your convenience.

Library and information services

With more than four million printed items in stock –including some of the greatest printed books andmanuscripts ever produced, and a collection of


• Balance between city life and campuscommunity

• Outstanding facilities, boosted by ongoinginvestment

• On-campus museum, art gallery and theatre

• World-class sports facilities

• The UK’s largest Students’ Union



electronic resources that is unrivalled in the country –the John Rylands University Library (JRUL) is one ofthe best-resourced academic libraries in the UK. JRULis also widely recognised as one of the world’s greatresearch libraries, and is the only one of the country’sNational Research Libraries to be located outside ofthe South of England.

Faculty teams look after the needs of students of allsubjects taught and researched at the University. As partof the University's commitment to research skills training,the Library offers a high quality skills programmespecifically aimed at researchers and their needs.

The Main Library has long opening hours, including24-hour opening during exams. For those times youare unable to visit, the vast majority of the JRUL’selectronic resources can be used remotely via the web.www.manchester.ac.uk/library

IT services

The University’s teaching and research activities aresupported by extensive IT services. Our facilities include:

• More than 3,000 student PCs accessing a hugerange of software, academic data and resourcesfrom across the world

• WiFi networking in key locations across campus

• University halls of residence fully networked via theHORNET system (a small yearly fee applies forprivate halls of residence), which provides high-speed access to your University account and theinternet from your study bedroom

• Access to computer facilities 24 hours a day inselected clusters on campus and in Owen’s Parkhalls of residence

• University email account and a secure personal filestorage area on the University network for allstudents

If you have demanding computer requirements, ourspecialist research support services offer academicsand researchers access to national datasets,visualisation and high-performance computing.

See: www.manchester.ac.uk/rcs

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Cultural facilities

Manchester claims to be the cultural capital of the North, and we are lucky enough to have some of the city’s finest cultural assets here on ourUniversity campus.

These key visitor attractions include:

The Manchester Museum, where you can find anarray of treasures from the natural world and themany cultures it is home to. Highlights include a T.rexand fossils of other pre-historic creatures, ancientEgyptian artefacts, the acclaimed new Living Worldsgallery and live amphibians and reptiles. You canhandle objects from the collection, take part in hands-on activities or enjoy a glass of wine whilst exploringthe latest ideas in science, culture and the arts.www.manchester.ac.uk/museum

The Whitworth Art Gallery, ten minutes’ walkdown the road, provides further attractions. In theleafy setting of Whitworth Park, the Gallery containsone of the world’s finest collections of Englishwatercolours, as well as an inspiring mix of historicand contemporary artworks. An internationallyacclaimed exhibitions programme complements theGallery’s own outstanding collections of prints,

drawings, sculptures, textiles and wallpapers.www.manchester.ac.uk/whitworth

Contact is Manchester’s award-winning home forexplosive new theatre, inspiring future artists andleaders to take creative risks and make art, drama,spoken word and music.www.contact-theatre.org

The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Dramais a performance space comprising a concert hall, a studio theatre and an electroacoustic music studio.The Centre hosts many musicians, performers andprizewinning authors. It provides a popular space formusic and drama events and holds a reading seriesthat has in the past featured such literary luminariesas Martin Amis, Will Self and John Banville.www.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre

The John Rylands Library, Deansgate, houses someof the most significant books and manuscripts everproduced. The magnificent neo-gothic building inManchester's city centre is a major visitor attraction, aswell as a research library of world renown. Collectionsinclude exquisite medieval illuminated manuscripts andexamples of the earliest forms of European printing,including the Gutenberg Bible, as well as the personal



papers of distinguished historical figures, includingElizabeth Gaskell, John Dalton and John Wesley.www.manchester.ac.uk/library

The University’s Jodrell Bank Discovery Centreopened in spring 2011. Based in the heart of theCheshire countryside, it showcases the work of theworld-famous Lovell Telescope and the work of theJodrell Bank Observatory, part of the School of Physicsand Astronomy, and other connected groups withinthe University. The Centre has a wonderful glass-walled café, with stunning views of the telescope,and beautiful gardens, which are currently beingupgraded to include new pathways and a new gardenmaze based on the structure of our own galaxy, theMilky Way.www.jodrellbank.net

Sport and fitness

Sport and fitness is very much a part of University life.With a variety of sports clubs and fantastic facilitieswe like to think we have something for everyone. Weaim to get everyone involved in creating a more activecampus and encourage you to find the right lifestylebalance to fit in the recommended 30 minutes ofphysical activity, three times a week!

You can take part in a range of organised activitiesthrough the following programmes:

• Health and Fitness: 80+ weekly health, fitness andwellbeing classes, from yoga to high energy aerobics,strength-building kettlebells to fun dance classes

• Campus Sport: 3,500 students take part in theintra-mural leagues each week, giving beginnersand recreational players the chance to play in afun, yet competitive environment

• Athletic Union: 40+ sports clubs compete weeklyagainst other universities in the British Universityand Colleges Sport league and championships(currently ranked 9th)

• Manchester Sport Scholarship programme:Receive up to £2,500 worth of support throughthis programme, including access to expert serviceslike 'strength and conditioning', and physiotherapy

• Sport Volunteering: Gain valuable experience,achieve coaching qualifications, develop personalskills and meet new people through this scheme


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Prefer to play or exercise in your own time? As astudent, you will be entitled to discounted fees andmemberships at any of the following sports facilities:

• Armitage Centre: Plans to extend and refurbishthe fitness gym will be completed by the time youarrive, offering you a whole host of brand newequipment and a spacious environment. Alsoavailable are a double-sized indoor sports hall, amulti-activity room and a variety of fitness classes.

• Sugden Sports Centre: Fantastic fitness facilities,workout classes and various indoor sports in twodouble-sized sports halls, at the heart of campus

• Manchester Aquatics Centre: Two Olympic-sized50-metre swimming pools, built for the 2002Commonwealth Games, plus other mixed leisurefacilities

• Wythenshawe Sports Ground: 27 full-sizepitches covering 90 acres – one of the biggest UKfacilities dedicated to football

We also have close links to many of Manchester’sCommonwealth Games facilities, includingManchester Velodrome, Regional Tennis Centre,National Squash Centre, Regional Athletics Centreand City of Manchester Stadium.www.manchester.ac.uk/sport

Students’ Union

The Students’ Union is an organisation run by studentsto provide representation, support, activities andcampaigns for the student body of the University. TheStudents’ Union building is the social hub on campus,with spaces to relax, eat, drink and engage in manyactivities and events to have fun, help improve thecommunity and enrich your qualifications.

Together we aim to make sure that all students get themost out of their time at university, by being inclusivein everything we do and taking your voice to theUniversity at every level. Students make the decisions,run the societies, plan events and even pull the pints;students are at the core of everything we do.

For postgraduate students, we strive to create servicesthat cater to your needs, such as careers seminars andworld-class speakers at events, and to bring changesto the University that benefit you specifically.



The Burlington Society is specifically forpostgraduate and mature students and has its ownpremises offering tailored information, advice andsupport, as well as social events, a coffee bar and apopular vegetarian café. See the society website:www.manchester.ac.uk/burlington

Many societies are also run by and for internationalstudents, including the welcoming International Society.

The Students’ Union complements the Universityprovision of support and welfare services. Both ourUnion buildings have advice centres that are staffedby professional advisers and specially trained studentofficers. They can help you with academic and non-academic matters and, in particular, with the needsof international, mature and female students.www.umsu.manchester.ac.uk

Find out more

So far we’ve given you just a taste of what you canfind here – so why not come and visit us to see foryourself why we believe that The University ofManchester offers you so much more than youraverage university campus?

If you can make it, you could join one of ourUniversity Open Days, or take your own trip aroundthe grounds and soak up the atmosphere at one ofthe many cafes, bars and restaurants on campus.

Alternatively, simply find out more online:www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate


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Welcome to Manchester: a lively, vibrant metropoliswith events, amenities and cultural attractions toappeal to every lifestyle. The University ofManchester is at the heart of this exciting city, bothgeographically and culturally – and our ownbuildings, history and people are integral toManchester’s unique, appealing character.

“Shopping, bars and the epicarchitecture of the city’s industrialpast and vibrant present are all ashort walk away...” The Guardian University Guide

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Meet Manchester…

… a dynamic, cosmopolitan city with a sense of style;an illustrious city of opportunities; a place where youcan study, learn, enjoy yourself and join in. As apostgraduate student here, you’ll be welcomed intoManchester’s diverse, sociable community, whereimagination thrives and ambitions are realised.

Although Manchester is one of the largest cities inthe UK, with all the amenities you would expect froma modern metropolis, it is also extremely accessibleand easy to navigate. Its compact and friendly centreis easy to get around, either on foot or via anextensive public transport system. This includesrelatively inexpensive buses, taxis, a modernMetrolink tram system and a large train network withconnections throughout the UK.

Manchester International is a major airport with dailyflights jetting to 225 global destinations – more thanany other UK airport – and a frequent air-shuttleservice to London’s two main airports, Heathrow andGatwick, as well as to most major European citiesand further afield.



History and architecture

Manchester's ability to welcome and embrace changethroughout its history has given the city a rare energy.

Manchester was at the epicentre of the industrialrevolution, and the spirit that brought the world intothe modern age is evident in its trademark Victorianbuildings and monuments, such as the gothic Town Hallin Albert Square, or the University’s own Old Quad.

In more recent years, the city centre has beenreshaped: new public spaces have been created andimaginative buildings and developments haveappeared, transforming Manchester's skyline.

In the last couple of decades, the Imperial WarMuseum North (the first British building designed byDaniel Libeskind), the Bridgewater Hall and theBeetham Tower have all made a dramatic impact onthe city, both architecturally and culturally. Suchhuge investment and commitment is enabling ourcity to rival the best in Europe for 21st centuryelegance and appeal.

Eating and drinking

Various pavement cafés and bars offer the perfectopportunity to drink in the scenery along with yourpreferred tipple, from coffee to cocktails. Food-wise,you’re spoilt for choice: alongside diverse Britishrestaurants and fantastic local fare, there's a hugerange of international cuisine to sample. With thelargest Chinese community outside of London,Manchester’s Chinatown is the place to head to fororiental dishes, while the ‘curry mile’ in Rusholme islined with shops and restaurants selling Indian,Pakistani, Sri Lankan and Middle Eastern food. Othercommunities are no less well represented, from Italianto Indonesian, Turkish to Thai.

Music and theatre

Manchester’s vibrant music scene has launched someof the great names in music history, including TheSmiths, Joy Division, Oasis, Happy Mondays and theStone Roses. The city welcomes both famous namesand new talent alike, and is a major destination fortouring bands.


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Big name live music venues include the Apollo, theMEN Arena and the Academy here at our University’sStudents’ Union, which all form an important part ofthe city’s musical landscape. For smaller bands andunsigned talent, you’ll find a host of small venues,including Dry Bar and Night and Day; plus there arealso active folk, northern soul and jazz scenes.

Classical music is very important to Manchester, withChetham’s School of Music and the Royal NorthernCollege of Music both based here. Audiences have a wide choice of classical events held at theBridgewater Hall (home of the Hallé orchestra andwhere the BBC Philharmonic perform), the RoyalNorthern and The Lowry.

Theatre-goers can find a range of performance styles,from highbrow to avant garde, at one of the city’smany theatres. The Lowry’s theatre hostscontemporary productions, such as Opera North,while the Royal Exchange’s productions includeeverything from Shakespeare to Noel Coward. Fansof musicals head to Oxford Road’s Palace Theatre.

Museums and galleries

There are more than 50 museums and galleries inGreater Manchester, most of which are free to enter.

Two of the best – the Whitworth Art Gallery and theManchester Museum – are owned by the University.

The Whitworth, Cube and the Cornerhouse all mixcontemporary shows with classics, while theManchester Art Gallery hosts major new exhibitionsalongside its much loved Pre-Raphaelite collection.

The Imperial War Museum North explores the horrorsand heroics of war, while The Lowry holds much of thework of the famous British artist LS Lowry, whosedistinctive industrial landscapes and thin, harried workersare representative of Manchester’s past. The NationalFootball Museum is also set to relocate to Manchester,opening in the distinctive Urbis building in autumn 2011.

Sport

Manchester’s biggest name (the University aside) isManchester United FC. Unsurprisingly, their world-famous home at Old Trafford is the largest clubground in Britain. Rivals (and 2011 FA Cup winners)Manchester City are based on the other side of townat their Eastlands stadium, originally built for the2002 Commonwealth Games. The Games left alegacy of world-class sporting facilities, including theManchester Aquatics Centre on the Universitycampus, and the Manchester Velodrome.


Did you know?

Manchester is the best place to live in the UK,according to the 2011 ‘liveability’ survey by theEconomist Intelligence Unit, which considerseducation, stability, health care, infrastructure,culture and environment.

Source: Economist Intelligence Unit LiveabilitySurvey, 2011

Worried about finance? Manchester is also thethird most cost-effective university city in the UK.

Source: NatWest Student Living Index, 2010

And the city was also listed 20th in the New YorkTimes’ worldwide Top 41 Places to See in 2011.


National and international cricket can be enjoyed atLancashire’s Old Trafford Ground, rugby union at SaleSharks and rugby league at Salford, or nearby Wiganand Warrington.

Shopping

The city’s reputation as a shoppers’ paradise is welljustified. High street chains from Primark to HarveyNichols sit alongside international designers,including Vivienne Westwood, DKNY and Paul Smith,in the city centre. Manchester’s independent side isalso flourishing: interesting one-off shops abound,particularly in the city’s thriving Northern Quarter,where you’ll find products from all over the world –music, movies, fashion and more. Then there’s theTrafford Centre, a massive retail and leisure complexlocated out of town, for hundreds of diverse outletsunder one convenient roof.

Beyond the city

Manchester is a great base from which to exploreBritain’s North West. The natural beauty of the PeakDistrict, Lake District and North Wales are all withineasy reach, as are the picturesque, historic towns ofChester, York and Buxton. The coast is less than an

hour’s drive or train journey away – choose betweenthe unspoilt dunes and pine forests of Formby andthe illuminated entertainment of Blackpool. Furtherafield lies London, just over two hours away by fast-track train.


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Sat NavSackville St postcode M1 3BB

Oxford Rd postcode M13 9PL

All directions listed are to the Visitors Centre in UniversityPlace building 37 on the campus map(see pages 34-35).

By air

Manchester Airport isapproximately 10 miles from the University. The taxi fare from Manchester Airport is around £20.

By bus

From Piccadilly Train Station catch the 147.

From Piccadilly Bus Station catchany of the following:14, 16, 41, 42, 43, 44, 48, 111,140, 142, 157 and 250

From Victoria Train Station, catchthe Tram to Piccadilly Bus Stationand catch one of above services.

From Manchester Airport catch the 43.

By road

All approach routes are clearlysignposted ‘Universities’.

M62 (Eastbound), M602

Leave the M62 at J12 and join theM602. At the end of the M602join Regent Road (A57) andcontinue along and join the A57M(Mancunian Way). Leave at thesecond exit, sign-posted A34 (hair-pin bend). To go toSackville Street, keep right. To goto Oxford Road, keep left and jointhe A34 (dual carriageway) andget in the right hand lane. Turnright at the first set of traffic lightsinto Grosvenor Street. Stay in theleft hand lane and turn left at thenext set of traffic lights ontoOxford Road (B5117).

Go straight on through the next set of traffic lights and the University's Visitors Centre is on the left hand side inUniversity Place, (building 37 on the campus map).

M62 (Westbound), M60

Leave M62 at J18 and join M60ring road. Leave M60 at J22 andturn right at traffic lights ontoOldham Road (A62). Continuealong until the end and turn left tojoin Great Ancoats Street (A665).Follow signs for the Universitiesand join the Mancunian Way(A57M). Leave at the second exitonto Higher Cambridge Street.Turn left at the next set of trafficlights onto Booth Street West.Continue to the next set of trafficlights and turn right.

The University’s Visitors Centre is on the left hand side inUniversity Place, (building 37 on the campus map).

M6/M56

Leave the M6 at Junction 19 andturn right onto the A556. Followsigns for Manchester Airport andjoin the M56. Stay on M56 until itjoins Princess Parkway (A5103).

Continue for a further four miles before turning right at the Royal Brewery into Moss Lane East (B5219). Continue to theT-junction and turn left ontoOxford Road (B5117). Proceeddown Oxford Road past thehospitals and the Holy NameChurch on the right hand side. TheUniversity’s Visitors Centre is on the right in University Place (building 37 on the campus map).

From M67

At the end of the motorway, join Hyde Road (A57). Continuealong for approximately threemiles, following signs for the city centre.

Upon reaching a majorroundabout (the Apollo Theatre is on the left) take the second exit,Brunswick Street (signposted‘Universities’). Continue along andgo straight through the next set of traffic lights. Continueto the T-junction and turn rightonto Oxford Road (B5117). The University’s Visitors Centre is on the right hand side inUniversity Place (building 37 on the campus map).



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Our research

Many major scientific advances of the 20th centuryoccurred at The University of Manchester, includingthe first artificial splitting of the atom by ErnestRutherford, and the development of the world’s firststored program computer.

Today, research activities at the Faculty of Engineeringand Physical Sciences (EPS) remain at the cuttingedge, as witnessed by the award of the 2010 NobelPrize to Professors Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselovfor their discovery of graphene, a new material withastonishing properties. Our research is funded by anannual research income of around £70 million. Thequality, breadth and volume of this research areunrivalled: more than 70 specialist research groupsand centres each undertake pioneering research intoareas ranging from microwaves and nanotechnology,to tissue engineering and aeronautics.

Modern new facilities include the £40 million AlanTuring Building, which houses Mathematics, part ofPhysics and Astronomy, and the Photon ScienceInstitute. Work has also started on a £30 millionstate-of-the-art facility for the School of ChemicalEngineering and Analytical Science.

We’re involved in many multidisciplinary researchinstitutes at the University, tackling research andproviding interdisciplinary research training programmessupported by leading scientists from across theUniversity, in areas from nuclear fission andengineering, to sustainable consumption. SeeManchester Doctoral College (p96-99) for more details.

With decades of experience and a strong track recordof industry collaboration, our Schools are highly ratedin national and global evaluation exercises, and ourgraduates are recognised for their ability to flourish inindustrial and business environments. Key industrialpartners, like Shell, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, IBM, BPand Syngenta, and major pharmaceutical companiessuch as Astra Zeneca and GSK, are central to some ofthe Faculty’s most prolific research and to itscontinued innovation and success.

We look forward to welcoming you and helping youto develop your own skills, enthusiasm and expertiseas a postgraduate student in the Faculty ofEngineering and Physical Sciences.

www.manchester.ac.uk/eps



Centres of excellence

Dalton Nuclear Institute

• Set to become one of the world's elite centres fornuclear teaching and research

• Focuses on crucial issues of waste disposal,decommissioning and civil reactor technologies

• Chosen by the Government as one of the bodiesresponsible for managing the UK’s NationalNuclear Laboratory

Two Rolls-Royce University Technology Centres(UTCs)

• 1: Focuses on electrical systems for extremeenvironments (opened 2004)

• 2: Dedicated to nuclear technology (opened 2010)

The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change

• Leads the development of new sustainable andrenewable technologies

• Its research informs UK energy policy

Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre (MIB)

• £38 million interdisciplinary research centre

• Houses more than 600 scientists and 80 researchgroups

Photon Science Institute

• Fosters collaborations across the physical,engineering, material, medical and biologicalsciences in photon science research andknowledge transfer

The University of Manchester AerospaceResearch Institute (UMARI)

• Works with leading aerospace companies to studyall aspects of aerospace engineering

• Draws on the excellent facilities of the University-based Northwest Composites Centre

Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics

• At the heart of the E-Merlin project to link up UKradio telescopes using a high-speed data network,which will allow astronomers to probe theevolution of galaxies, stars and planets

• Designed and built radio receivers for a majorinstrument on board the European Planck satellite

• In 2011, chosen as the location for theinternational central project office for the SquareKilometre Array, the principal new astronomyfacility of the 21st century

EPS stats

70+ research centres and groups500+ academic staff450+ post-doctoral research staff


Why did you choose your degree?

“I did a BSc in Mathematics at The University ofManchester. I chose to do a PhD in AppliedMathematics because I love to see how maths canbe used in the real world. I applied for postgraduatecourses at universities other than Manchester, butthe reputation that Manchester has as a leader ininternational research meant that I wanted tocontinue studying here.”

What do you think of your course?

“Like all postgraduate courses, a PhD in AppliedMathematics is challenging and hard work, but thereward of reaching a solution makes it very muchworth it. We have access to a large number ofresearch journals both in the library and online,which is of vital importance.

“The staff are very approachable and always willingto talk about their research and yours. We have amorning coffee break where we can informallydiscuss problems that we have encountered, or justwhat we have planned for the weekend!

“I’ve done loads of things this year related to myPhD - I’ve been to a modelling camp, a study group,a UK applied maths conference, an interenationalsummer school and an international conference inVancouver. I feel very lucky!”

Do you receive any funding for your course?

“I get funding from the EPSRC, which covers tuitionfees and maintenance over a period of three and ahalf years. I also received a CASE award, which isextra funding from a company who has an interest inmy research area. In return, I commit to up to threemonths working in the company during the courseof my PhD.”

What do you most value about studying here?

There is a big emphasis on being in touch with otherresearchers, both in my field and away from it. Mysupervisors make a great effort to provide smallseminars for postgraduate students to learn aboutcutting-edge research in areas that are similar to myown, to give us a broader view of research andincrease our understanding.

“Manchester has a great reputation as a researchUniversity and good links with industry, which I hopewill provide me with knowledge of different careers.”

studentprofileName Victoria AndrewAge 21From Manchester, UKDegree PhD in Applied

MathematicsGraduates 2014

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researcherprofileName Uli Sattler

Job title Professor ofComputerScience

School ComputerScience

From Andernach,Germany

What are your specialist areas of interest?

“Logic-based knowledge representation, ontologylanguages and ontology engineering.”

What are you currently working on?

“We are designing computer-processable languages,so-called ontology languages, which can be used todescribe the terms used within an ‘applicationdomain’ (ie area of expertise), such as medicine. Forsuch a language to be useful, a lot of tool support isrequired to support the expert – eg a clinician – todescribe their knowledge. This tool support is oftenbased on logical reasoning problems that weinvestigate and develop automated reasoningprocedures for.

“We are also involved in standardisation efforts andapplications to eScience, the Semantic Web, andLinked Data.”

Why is Manchester a good place for research inyour area?

“Manchester has been internationally leading in thisarea for the last decade, and we provide an inspiringenvironment for research.”

What relevant facilities and resources doesManchester offer you?

“My area is rather undemanding in terms offacilities, but Manchester provides extremely usefulopportunities to interact with other researchers;namely, those who build ontologies and work withthem – eg in health care and life sciences. Theirfeedback and experience is an invaluable source ofinspiration and motivation to me.”

How does your research benefit postgraduatestudents at Manchester?

“In our MSc courses, we have a couple of courseunits that provide students with the theoretical andpractical understanding of leading-edge solutions forthe Semantic Web, and for logic and knowledgerepresentation more generally.

“Also, our MSc courses include a substantial project;students whose projects are supervised by me or bymembers of our group typically choose projectsaround ontologies – eg building and using anontology in a specific application, such as inbusiness, or in healthcare.”



ChemicalEngineering andAnalytical Science• World-leading, industrially

relevant research andteaching

• State-of-the-art facilities• Graduates in high demand• Wide range of programmes

for students from manybackgrounds

RAE 4*20% 3*45% 2*35% 1*0%

Chemical Engineering andAnalytical Science at Manchester is a world leader in industriallyrelevant research and teaching thatbrings together a diverse range ofdisciplines focused on science andtechnology for the processindustries. We are world-renownedand have an excellent reputationamongst employers for the highcalibre of our graduates.

We are unique in the UK becauseof the breadth of disciplinesrepresented, including chemicalengineering, bioscience, physics,chemistry, mathematics andanalytical and measurementscience. The School is a vibrantand stimulating environment inwhich to study and gives ourstudents experience of aninterdisciplinary environment,which is highly valued by industryworldwide. Employers know thatour courses are academicallychallenging and our graduates aretop class – that is why they will beso keen to employ you.

Our innovative teaching style andstate-of-the-art facilities will helpto make your experience as apostgraduate student hugelyenjoyable. You can benefit fromusing equipment such as high-techmonitoring and measuring devices,

advanced computing andindustrial-scale process plant testrigs.

You will have even greater accessto expertise and facilities throughthe University’s Research Institutes,such as the ManchesterInterdisciplinary Biocentre and thePhoton Science Institute.

Taught courses are stronglyinformed by our leading-edgeresearch and have been designedwith input from world-renownedacademics and the innovators andmanagers of prestigiousinternational companies. You canchoose from a range of flexiblestudy options, which includedistance-learning courses, givingyou the choice of studying withouttaking a career break, or withoutmoving to Manchester.

Our research groups are: TheEnvironment and SustainableTechnology; Process Integration;Instrumentation; AnalyticalScience; Multi-Scale Modelling;Biocatalysis; Systems Biology;Colloids, Crystals, Interfaces andMaterials; Chemical Engineering;Generic Theme: ChemicalEngineering and Analytical Science.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/ceas/postgraduate

Research [email protected] tel +44 (0)161 306 4360

Taught [email protected] tel +44 (0)161 306 4837

You can apply online to all of thefollowing:

Research programmes

Analytical Science PhD/MPhil FT PTBiocatalysis PhD/MPhil FT PTChemical Engineering PhD/MPhil FT PTChemical Engineering andAnalytical Science PhD/MPhil/MEnt FT PTChemical Engineering andAnalytical Science EngD*/EntD FTChemical Engineering andAnalytical Science Integrated PhDFTColloids, Crystals, Interfaces andMaterials PhD/MPhil FT PTInstrumentation PhD/MPhil FT PTMulti-Scale Modelling PhD/MPhil FT PTProcess Integration PhD/MPhil FT PTSystems Biology PhD/MPhil FT PTThe Environment and SustainableTechnology PhD/MPhil FT PT

*For further details, see the EngDsection, p14

Doctoral Training Centreprogrammes**

Engineering for Manufacture EngD FTIntegrative Systems Biology FTNanoscience FTNuclear FIRST FT

** For further details, seeManchester Doctoral College, p96-99

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Taught courses

Advanced Chemical EngineeringMSc/PgDip/PgCert FT PTAdvanced Chemical Process DesignMSc/PgDip/PgCert FT DLAdvanced Process Design forEnergy MSc/PgDip/PgCert FT DLBiotechnology MSc/PgDip/PgCertFT PTChemical Engineering with DesignMSc/PgDip/PgCert FT PTEnvironment and SustainableTechnology MSc/PgDip/PgCert FT PTRefinery Design and OperationMSc/PgDip/PgCert FT PT DL

Chemistry• World-leading research• Outstanding facilities• Exceptional depth and range

of expertise• Alumni in top jobs

RAE 4*20% 3*45% 2*35% 1*0%

The School of Chemistry continuesManchester's long anddistinguished history of chemicalinnovation, from the birth ofmodern chemistry with John Dalton,through to recent Nobel Prizewinners and Manchester studentsJohn Polanyi and Michael Smith.

We are the premier institution forchemistry in the North of England,and one of a handful of trulyinternationally competitive chemistryschools in the UK, with 62 teachingand 142 research staff. We also haveone of the largest research schoolsin the UK, with 230 postgraduatestudents and 700 undergraduates.

In the 2008 Research AssessmentExercise, the School was rankedfourth in the UK, based on“research power”. We havecomprehensive academic coverageacross the chemical sciences,excellent in-depth research in allthe core sub-disciplines ofchemistry, outstanding facilitiesand a strong portfolio ofpostgraduate degree programmes.

Our School is a major partner inthe Manchester InterdisciplinaryBiocentre (MIB), a novel researchinstitute housed in an innovativenew MIB building and in thePhoton Science Institute andDalton Nuclear Institute. The MIBbuilding is specifically designed toaccommodate an interdisciplinaryresearch community derived fromthe biosciences, physical sciences,engineering and mathematics,with the aim of becoming apowerhouse of innovative researchand technology development atthe interface with biology.

We currently have a large portfolioof EPSRC research and BBSRCgrants, alongside significantindustrial and European funding,and the School currently holds £50million of research grant. We enjoyworld-class facilities and haveseveral other centres stronglysupported by industry, including:

• Centre of Excellence forBiocatalysis (CoEBio3)

• Organic Materials InnovationCentre (OMIC)

• Centre for RadiochemistryResearch

• Centre for NanoporousMaterials

• Michael Barber Centre for MassSpectrometry

OMIC and the Centre forNanoporous Materials form part ofthe Knowledge Centre forMaterials Chemistry.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/chemistry

[email protected] +44 (0)161 306 9279


Research programmesBiological Chemistry PhD/MPhil FT PTChemistry EngD*/EntD/MSc byResearch FT PTChemistry PhD/MPhil/MEnt FT PTInorganic Chemistry PhD/MPhil FT PTMaterials Chemistry PhD/MPhil FT PTOrganic Chemistry PhD/MPhil FT PTPhysical Chemistry PhD/MPhil FT PTTheoretical Chemistry PhD/MPhil FT PT


Doctoral Training Centreprogrammes**Engineering for Manufacture EngDFTNanoscienceFTNuclear FiRSTFTNuclear EngDFT

**For further details, seeManchester Doctoral College, p96-99

Taught coursesChemistry MSc/PgDip/PgCertFT PTPolymer Materials Science andEngineering*** MSc/PgDip/PgCertFT PT DL

***Joint course with School ofMaterials

Research Assessment Exercise % of research activity judged to be:Key

FT full-timePT part-timeDL distance learning

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4* world leading3* internationally excellent

2* internationally recognised1* nationally recognised


Computer Science• Top rated for research• World-class facilities• Unrivalled depth and

breadth of expertise• Alumni in top jobs in

industry and research

RAE 4*30% 3*55% 2*15% 1*0%

Choose to study at The Universityof Manchester and you will bejoining one of the most innovativeand successful Schools ofComputer Science in the world.Manchester saw the birth ofcomputer science, with thecreation of the world’s first stored-program computer in 1948, andhas contributed over the years tosome of the discipline’s mostexciting and important innovations.

We continue to work onpioneering research, includingcutting-edge image processingsoftware, new technologies toexploit the power of the web,medical imaging software, lowpower chip design, new ‘brain-like’computer architectures, and muchmore. Such world-class activitiesinform the content of ourpostgraduate programmes,enabling you to work with leadingedge technologies and researchstaff of international renown.

Today, we are rated amongst thetop UK departments for the qualityof our research. When both thequality and size of our researchcontributions are taken intoaccount, Computer Science atManchester ranks second in theUK and first in England.

The School’s Centre for DoctoralTraining in Computer Scienceoffers a new four-year PhD, whichcombines deep technical researchwith training in creativity andinnovation.

Manchester is also renowned forits innovative approach to MScteaching. Our size and researchstrength enable us to offer acombination of breadth, depth andflexibility that is difficult to findelsewhere. You are free to shapeyour own course by choosing froma wide spectrum of computerscience and interdisciplinary topics.

The value of a ManchesterComputer Science postgraduatedegree is further reinforcedthrough our ties with otherdisciplines, reflected in the breadthand interdisciplinary nature ofmany of the themes and pathwaysavailable on our programmes.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/[email protected] tel +44 (0)161 275 6181

Research programmes

Computer Science PhD FT PTComputer Science MPhil FT PTComputer Science MEnt FTResearch projects are available inthe following areas:• Advanced Interfaces and

Computer Graphics• Advanced Processor

Technologies• Bio-Health Informatics• Computer Vision• Embedded and Hybrid Systems• Formal Methods• Information Management• Machine Learning and

Optimisation• Nano Engineering and Storage

Technology• Software Engineering• Text Mining

A list of research projects andfunding opportunities is availableonline:www.manchester.ac.uk/cs/phd/researchprojects

Doctoral Training Centreprogramme*

Computer Science PhD (4 years) FT

*For further details, see ManchesterDoctoral College, p96-99

Taught courses

Advanced Computer Science (ACS) MSc FT PTYou can opt to follow the standardcourse, or to flavour your MSc bychoosing a particular ‘pathway’.These enable you to graduate fromthe long-established and highlyrespected ACS course, but with aspecialism that reflects yourinterests and career aspirations.Pathways include:

• ACS: Advanced Web Technology• ACS: Applications of NLP• ACS: Artificial Intelligence• ACS: Computer Security• ACS: Computer Systems

Engineering• ACS: Data and Knowledge

Management• ACS: Digital Biology• ACS: Multi-Core Computing• ACS: Semantic Technologies• ACS: Software Engineering • Computer Science Foundation

Route DLAdvanced Computer Science andIT Management MSc** FT PT

**Taught in collaboration withManchester Business School



In addition to our full time and part-time programme variants, a numberof modular and distance learningoptions are offered by our AdvancedProfessional Education unit:

• MSc Digital Biology DL

• MSc Multi-Core Computing DL

Individual course units for deliveryvia face-to-face or distancelearning are also available. Forfurther information, see: www.manchester.ac.uk/cs/ape

[email protected] +44 (0)161 275 0140

Earth, Atmosphericand EnvironmentalSciences• Excellent graduate

opportunities• At the forefront of

international research • Superb campus facilities

and fieldwork stations

RAE 4*20% 3*50% 2*25% 1*5%

Our School’s research focuses onthe processes that shape the Earthand influence our atmosphere.Research specialisations range fromthe formation of elements in stars,to the safe disposal of radioactivewaste and humanity's effects onthe Earth and its atmosphere.

Our academic staff haveexperience and expertise across awide range of disciplines and theSchool is uniquely placed to offer a broad spectrum of research andtaught postgraduate degreecourses, and to provideauthoritative teaching and trainingacross the breadth of the subject.

The School’s excellent ResearchAssessment Exercise rating for

research activities (see above)demonstrates that we are at theforefront of international research– and we actively promote linksbetween our current research andour teaching courses. We alsopromote our science to the public,most recently through the populartelevision programmes ‘Walkingwith Dinosaurs’, ‘Live fromDinosaur Island’, ‘Jurassic CSI’, andthe BBC series on ‘Rain, Snow andWind’ – and via our regular‘Barometer podcast’ on the Schoolwebsite, which covers weather andclimate issues.

We have a large and very activeResearch School, with substantialsupport from the Government andindustry. Research activity centreson the following seven majorresearch groups:

• Atmospheric Sciences

• Basin Studies and PetroleumGeoscience

• Environmental Geochemistryand Geomicrobiology

• Isotope Geochemistry andCosmochemistry

• Palaeontology

• Physics and Chemistry ofMinerals and Fluids

• Structural and PetrologicalGeoscience

Our superb equipment basesupports research and teaching,together with associated samplepreparation and workshopfacilities. Fieldwork related to earthand atmospheric sciences takesplace at a huge variety of locationsaround the world. In addition toour wealth of laboratory facilities,we also maintain hilltop stations inthe Southern Pennines and run aCessna light aircraft (uniqueamong UK university groups).

Increasing environmentalawareness, climate change

concerns and a buoyant oilindustry provide a wealth ofopportunities for our graduates.Our alumni can be foundworldwide in environmentalconsultancies, in oil and powergeneration companies, and inresearch positions, both industrialand academic.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/[email protected] +44 (0)161 275 0776


Research programmes

Atmospheric SciencesPhD/MPhil/MSc by Research FT PTBasin Studies and PetroleumGeoscience PhD/MPhil/MSc byResearch FT PTEarth, Atmospheric andEnvironmental SciencesPhD/MPhil/MEnt/MSc byResearch/EntD FT PTEnvironmental Geochemistry andGeomicrobiology PhD/MPhil/MScby Research FT PTIsotope Geochemistry andCosmochemistry PhD/MPhil/MSc byResearchFT PTPalaeontology PhD/MPhil/MSc byResearchFT PTPhysics and Chemistry of Mineralsand Fluids PhD/MPhil/MSc byResearch FT PTStructural and PetrologicalGeoscience PhD/MPhil/MSc byResearch FT PT







Doctoral Training Centreprogrammes*

Nuclear FiRST FTSustainable Consumption InstituteFT

* For further details, see ManchesterDoctoral College, p96-99

Taught courses

Master of Environmental Sciences,Policy and Management(MESPOM) FTPetroleum Geoscience forExploration MSc FTPetroleum Geoscience for ReservoirDevelopment and Production FTPollution and EnvironmentalControl MSc FT PT

Electrical and ElectronicEngineering• Research income: Over

£8m per year (average)• Research themes: While

involved in all areas ofresearch in the subject, wehave particular interests inEnergy, Agri-Electronics andAutonomous Systems.

• Outstanding experimentalfacilities

• Around 15% of our taughtpostgraduates stay on tostudy for a research degree

RAE 4*25% 3*45% 2*30% 1*0%

The School of Electrical andElectronic Engineering is one of thelargest schools of this discipline inthe UK. We have a postgraduatepopulation of more than 400students, with approximately 180 ofthese studying for research degrees.

More than 50 members of research-active academic staff are distributedbetween six research groups, whichcover the broad spectrum ofactivities involved in the subject ofelectrical and electronic engineering:

• Control Systems

• Electrical Energy and PowerSystems

• Microelectronics andNanostructures

• Microwave and CommunicationSystems

• Power Conversion

• Sensing, Imaging and SignalProcessing

Our excellence in research washighlighted by the 2008 ResearchAssessment Exercise (RAE), whichranked us second in the UK interms of “research quality”. This isfurther confirmed by ourcollaborations with companies suchas Rolls-Royce, BP, National Grid,Syngenta, Oxford Instruments, EDF,National Instruments, Agilent, BT,HMGCC, Nexia, Rapiscan Systemsand the European Space Agency.

The aim of our research is alwaysto advance fundamentalknowledge and applications acrossa wide spectrum by working withindustry, national facilities andUniversity groups, or by pursuingcommercial exploitation.

The great breadth and depth of theresearch interests of our academicstaff ensures a high standard oflectures and provides excellentopportunities for challenging andstimulating research projects.

We offer a number of high quality,specialist taught MSc courses,which attract a large number ofoutstanding students each year.Graduates from our School arehighly sought after by employers.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/eee

Research [email protected] tel +44 (0)161 306 4800

Taught [email protected] tel +44(0)161 306 4701

Research programmes

When applying online, enter oneof the following titles in theProgramme Description field:Electrical and ElectronicEngineering PhD/MPhil/Split-sitePhD/MSc by Research FT PTElectrical and ElectronicEngineering EntD FTElectrical and ElectronicEngineering MEnt FT PTElectrical and ElectronicEngineering EngD*FT


In the Proposed Research sectionwithin the online application form,enter one of the following in theResearch Title field:

• Control Systems (CS)

• Electrical Energy and PowerSystems (EEPS)

• Microelectronics andNanostructures (M&N)

• Microwave and CommunicationSystems (MACS)

• Power Conversion (PC)

• Sensing, Imaging and SignalProcessing (SISP)

If you are unsure of the appropriateresearch programme/group, pleaseindicate the area of research thatyou are interested in and we willcirculate your application to theappropriate staff.




Engineering for Manufacture EngDFTNanoscience FT


Taught courses

You can apply online to thefollowing:Advanced Control and SystemsEngineering MSc FTCommunication Engineering MSc FTDigital Image and Signal ProcessingMSc FT PTElectrical Energy ConversionSystems MSc FT PTElectrical Power SystemsEngineering MSc FT PT

The School is continually developingits portfolio of MSc courses; visit ourwebsite for the latest informationwww.manchester.ac.uk/eee

Materials• Exceptional breadth of

research and training• World-class facilities• Industrially driven degree

programmes• Excellent career prospects

RAE 4*20% 3*60% 2*15% 1*5%

Materials are at the heart of themodern world and we are at theforefront of developing the sciencebehind them. At our School, weencompass a unique andexceptional breadth of research

and training in materialsengineering, science andtechnology –biomaterials, ceramics,nanostructured materials, polymers,technical textiles, ceramics andglasses, corrosion and protection,metallic materials and composites –and in cutting-edge textile design,fashion, retailing and management.These activities are built on ourglobal reputation for excellenceand our award-winning research.

We are supported by leadingresearch councils and organisationsworldwide, many of which havefunded specialist research centres(the Materials Performance Centreand the Northwest CompositesCentre); an EPSRC ProgrammeGrant, LATEST 2 (Light AlloysTowards Environmentally SustainableTransport Second Generation); andthe Centre for Doctoral Training inAdvanced Metallic Systems.

Industry drives the development ofour programmes, ensuring asought-after qualification withtransferable skills to prepare youfor your chosen career. Our alumnienjoy challenging careers inindustry and academia, and manyare invited to work alongside theSchool in our strategicdevelopment, ensuring that weretain our international standing asa centre of excellence andinnovation in the materials sector.

At an exciting time in the materialsworld, with our graduates in highdemand and an unrivalled range ofpostgraduate programmes, theopportunities for you are endless.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/materials

[email protected] +44 (0)161 306 5777

Research programmes

Advanced Aerospace MaterialsEngineering MSc by ResearchFT PTBiomedical MaterialsPhD/MPhil/MSc by Research FT PTCeramics and GlassesPhD/MPhil/MSc by Research FT PTComposite MaterialsPhD/MPhil/MSc by Research FT PTCorrosion and ProtectionPhD/MPhil/MSc by Research FT PTFashion Technology MSc byResearch FT PTMaterials EngD*/EntD FTMaterials MEnt/PhD/MPhil/MSc byResearchFT PTMetallic Materials PhD/MPhil/MScby ResearchFT PTNanostructured MaterialsPhD/MPhil/MSc by Research FT PTPaper Science PhD/MPhil/MSc byResearch FT PTPolymer Science and EngineeringPhD/MPhil/MSc by ResearchFT PTTechnical Textiles MSc by Research FT PTTextile Design, Fashion andManagement PhD/MPhil/MSc byResearch FT PTTextile Science and TechnologyPhD/MPhil/MSc by Research FT PTTextiles and Fashion MEntFT








Doctoral Training Centreprogrammes**Advanced Metallic Systems FTEngineering for Manufacture EngD FTNanoscience FTNuclear Engineering EngDFTNuclear FIRST FT


Taught coursesAdvanced Composites MSc FT PTAdvanced Engineering MaterialsMSc/PgDip/PgCert FT PT DLBiomaterials MScFTCorrosion Control EngineeringMSc/PgDip/PgCert FT PT DLInternational Fashion Retailing MSc FTInternational Fashion Retailing(Business Process Improvement) MSc FTInternational Fashion Retailing(Multichannel Management) MSc FTMaterials and Surface Design MRes FT PTPolymer Materials Science andEngineering MSc/PgDip/PgCert*** FT PT DLTextile TechnologyMSc/PgDip/PgCertFT PT DLTextile Technology (Digital PrintTechnology) MSc FT PTTextile Technology (TechnicalTextiles) MSc FT PT

***Offered jointly with the Schoolof Chemistry

Mathematics• Sixth in the country for

“research power”

• New, purpose-builtmathematics building

• Comprehensive coverage ofsubject

Applied MathematicsRAE 4*25% 3*35% 2*40% 1*0%

Pure MathematicsRAE 4*20% 3*40% 2*35% 1*5%

Statistics and OperationalResearchRAE 4*20% 3*35% 2*30% 1*15%

The School of Mathematics is amajor international research centrethat covers the entire breadth ofthe subject, including pure andapplied mathematics, probabilityand statistics. We have a long anddistinguished history in bothteaching and research, and ourgraduates are influential in manyspheres of activity worldwide. Weare proud of our lively and diversepostgraduate research communityand aim to attract the very bestmathematicians to Manchesterfrom all over the world.

The School ranked sixth highest inthe country in the 2008 ResearchAssessment Exercise, based on the“research power” ratings of thethree disciplines: Pure Mathematics,Applied Mathematics, and Statisticsand Operational Research (see RAE above).

Our staff receive many accolades;we currently have two Fellows of theRoyal Society, one Fellow of theBritish Academy and one Member ofthe Russian Academy of Sciences onour academic staff. Many celebratedmathematicians, including OsborneReynolds, James Lighthill, LouisMordell, Alan Turing, Kurt Mahlerand Paul Erdös, have worked here.

Through the Manchester Institute forMathematical Sciences, we host anextensive programme of researchseminars from a wide range ofspeakers, providing ampleopportunity for furthering knowledgeand discussing current research fromall areas of mathematics.

The School disburses almost a millionpounds per annum towards thefunding of postgraduate students,including nearly half a million poundsof EPSRC funding, and substantialfunding from other institutions,including the European Commission.

Mathematics is located in a new,purpose-built and centrally locatedbuilding, which provides anexcellent environment for ourworld-class research and teaching.

Find out more

www.manchester.ac.uk/maths

www.manchester.ac.uk/maths/postgraduate/pgadmission

[email protected] tel +44 (0)161 275 5802/0176


Research programmes

Actuarial Science PhD/MPhil FT PTApplied Mathematics PhD/MPhilFT PTApplied Mathematics MSc byResearch FT PTApplied Numerical ComputingPhD/MPhil FT PTFinancial Mathematics PhD/MPhil FT PTMathematical Logic PhD/MPhil FT PTMathematics EngD* FTMathematics EntD FT



Mathematics MEnt FT PTProbability PhD/MPhilFT PTPure Mathematics PhD/MPhil FT PTStatistics PhD/MPhil FT PTStatistics MSc by Research FT PT*For further details, see the EngDsection, p14

Taught courses

Actuarial Science MSc FT PTBiostatistics MSc**FT PTMathematical Finance MSc*** FTMathematical Logic and the Theoryof Computation MSc FT PTMathematical Logic and the Theoryof Computation PgDipFTMathematics and ComputationalSciences MSc FTPure Mathematics MSc FT PTPure Mathematics PgDip FTQuantitative Finance and FinancialEngineering MSc*** FTStatistics MScFT PTStatistics PgDip FTTheoretical and Applied FluidDynamics° MSc/PgDipFT

** Offered jointly with the Schoolof Community Based Medicine

***Offered jointly withManchester Business School

° Offered jointly with Mechanical,Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Mechanical,Aerospace andCivil Engineering• Highly rated for research• World-class facilities• Unrivalled breadth and

depth of expertise• Alumni in top jobs in

industry and research

RAE 4*20% 3*50% 2*30% 1*0%

The School of Mechanical,Aerospace and Civil Engineering isone of Europe’s leading schools ofengineering. Our diverse and trulyinternational community creates astimulating and challenginglearning environment that producesworld-class professionals andachieves outstanding standards inresearch. Over 70% of researchactivity in our School is ranked as“internationally excellent” or“world-class”. We are ranked thirdin the UK in terms of “researchpower” and our combined recordof excellence is among thestrongest in the country.

The first engineering degree of itskind was offered in Manchesterand we can lay claim to some ofthe most significant discoveries inthe field. Perhaps the most famousis the Reynolds Number, namedafter the father of fluid mechanicsand Manchester’s first Professor ofEngineering, Osborne Reynolds.

We provide internationally leadingpostgraduate researchprogrammes. The range of researchtopics open to you covers all areasof engineering and includestheoretical and computationalresearch, experimental studies,systems, design and management.The areas of research activity aredefined by the Expert Groups inthe School and include:

• Advanced Flow Diagnostics andInstrumentation

• Bioengineering

• Built Environment

• Coastal Processes

• Computational Fluid Dynamics

• Construction Science

• Dynamics and Aeroelasticity

• Energy and Multiphysics

• Experimental Aerodynamics

• Geo-Engineering

• Impact and Explosion

• Management of Projects

• Marine Energy

• Nuclear Graphite

• Reliability, Availability,Maintenance and Safety

• Smoothed ParticleHydrodynamics

• Structures and Fire

• Turbulence Mechanics

Our taught courses are designed tosupport both research activitiesand industrial needs. We arecarrying out a review that willgenerate a portfolio of coursesreflecting the strengths of theacademic interest groups withinthe School:

• Advanced ManufacturingTechnology and MaintenanceEngineering

• Fluids Engineering

• Management and the BuiltEnvironment

• Structural and MechanicalEngineering Design

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/mace

[email protected] tel +44 (0)161 306 9219







Research programmes

Aerospace Engineering PhD/MPhil FT PTAerospace Engineering MSc byResearch FTCivil Engineering PhD/MPhilFT PTCivil Engineering MSc by Research FTEnvironmental EngineeringPhD/MPhilFT PTManagement of Projects PhD/MPhil FT PTManagement of Projects MSc byResearch FTMechanical, Aerospace and CivilEngineering EngD* FTMechanical Engineering PhD/MPhil FT PTMechanical Engineering MSc byResearch FTNuclear Engineering EngD* FTNuclear Engineering PhD/MPhil FT PT*For further details, see the EngDsection, p14


Engineering for Manufacture EngD FTNuclear Engineering FTNuclear FIRST FT


Taught courses

Advanced ManufacturingTechnology and SystemsManagement MScFTAerospace Engineering MScFTMaintenance Engineering andAsset ManagementMSc/PgDip/PgCertFT PT DLManagement of Projects MScFT PTManagement of Projects:Commercial Project ManagementMScFT PTManagement of Projects:Construction Project ManagementMScFT PTManagement of Projects:Engineering Project ManagementMScFT PTManagement of Projects:IT Project Management MScFT PTMechanical Engineering DesignMScFTPharmaceutical Manufacture andEngineering PGCertDL/e-learning°Structural Engineering MScFTTheoretical and Applied FluidDynamics MSc/PgDip***FTThermal Power and FluidEngineering MScFT

***Offered jointly withMathematics°Subject to approval

Physics andAstronomy• Top rated for research and

one of the UK’s largestschools in this discipline

• Two Nobel Prize winners onour current teaching staff

• Professor Brian Cox(University Research Fellow)is a member of the School’sHigh Energy Physics group

• Wide range of collaborativeprojects worldwide

• Alumni in top jobs in industry,research and teaching

RAE 4*20% 3*35% 2*30% 1*15%

The School of Physics andAstronomy at Manchester is one ofthe largest and most active schoolsof physics in the UK. We have along tradition of excellence in bothteaching and research, withinterests in most areas ofcontemporary research.

In the most recent ResearchAssessment Exercise (2008), 85%of our School’s research was ratedas being of international quality,with 20% considered “worldleading”. The volume of worldleading and internationallyexcellent research places ourSchool fifth in the UK.

We have a strong presence in anumber of Manchester-basedcentres for multidisciplinaryresearch: the Manchester Scienceand Enterprise Centre, the PhotonScience Institute, the ManchesterCentre for Non-Linear Dynamics,the Dalton Nuclear Institute andthe Mesoscience andNanotechnology Centre. TheJodrell Bank Observatory inCheshire is also part of our School.

Strong research activity exists in abroad range of physics topics,



funded by the Research Councils,including EPSRC, STFC, BBSRC, theEU and industry.

All our research groups offer well-equipped laboratories andcomputing facilities and are involvedin a wide range of collaborativeprojects with industry and otheracademic departments both in theUK and overseas, including theLarge Hadron Collider in Cern andthe upcoming SKA Project Office atJodrell Bank Observatory.

A physics research degree isregarded by employers as evidenceof thorough training in numerateproblem-solving and opens up awide range of career choices. Inaddition to a university or researchlaboratory career, PhD physicistsare found across the full spectrumof employment, including themedia, banking and finance,editorial work and medicine.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/physics


Research programmesWhen applying online, enter oneof the following in the ProgrammeDescription field:Astronomy and Astrophysics EntDFTAstronomy and AstrophysicsPhD/MSc by Research/MEnt FT PTPhysics PhD/MSc by Research/MEnt FT PTPhysics EntD/EngD* FT


In the Proposed Research sectionwithin the online application form,enter one of the following in theResearch Title field:

• Astronomy and Astrophysics

• Biological Physics

• Condensed Matter Physics

• Nonlinear and Liquid CrystalsPhysics

• Nuclear Physics

• Particle Physics

• Photon Physics

• Theoretical Physics


Engineering for Manufacture EngD FTNanoscience FTNuclear Engineering FTNuclear FiRST FT


Taught courses

Nuclear Science and TechnologyMSc/PgDip/PgCert***FT PT DLPhoton Science MSc FTRadio Imaging and Sensing MSc FT

***For details on this course,email [email protected] tel +44(0)161 275 4575, or visitwww.ntec.ac.uk







faculty of humanities

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Our research

Our Faculty of Humanities encompasses academicareas as diverse as arts, education, development, law,social sciences, and business and management, and iscommitted to developing new and innovative ways totransfer knowledge out of the University and applythis to ‘real world’ problems.

The last Research Assessment Exercise (2008)cemented our global reputation for outstandinghumanities research. The Faculty was behind onlyOxford and Cambridge in the number of worldleading staff returned. Of our research activity, 22%was classed “world leading” and a further 40%“internationally excellent”.

The Faculty hosts many institutes and centres thatprovide interdisciplinary research programmes in areasfrom sustainable consumption to world poverty (seeManchester Doctoral College, p96-99, and the pageopposite for examples).

We look forward to welcoming and developing yourown talents, motivation and ideas as a postgraduatestudent in the Faculty of Humanities.

www.manchester.ac.uk/humanities




Institute for Social Change

• Examines causes and consequences of social change

• Executive Director is Professor Ed Fieldhouse

• ‘Social Change: A Joint Project of Harvard andManchester Initiative’ directed by Professor RobertPutnam, Professor of Public Policy at Harvard, andVisiting Professor at Manchester

Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation

• Investigates ethical questions raised by 21stcentury science and technology

• Chaired by Nobel Laureate and genomic researchpioneer Professor John Sulston, working withworld-renowned authority on bioethics ProfessorJohn Harris

Brooks World Poverty Institute

• Conducts multidisciplinary research on povertyreduction, inequality and growth

• Chaired by Nobel Laureate and former World BankChief Economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz; ExecutiveDirector is Professor David Hulme

• Aims to become the leading European researchcentre in this field

Global Urban Research Centre

• Launched in 2008, focusing on globalurbanisation, poverty, inequality and exclusion

Chronic Poverty Research Centre

• International partnership of universities, researchinstitutes and NGOs, based at our Institute forDevelopment Policy and Management

• Informs the work of all who seek to combatpoverty, such as NGOs, political parties, researchersand trade unions

Manchester Institute for Innovation Research

• Our largest and longest-standing research institute,known worldwide for influential publications

• Teaches and researches in technology strategy,science and innovation policy, foresight andsustainability

• Has greatly influenced the direction of Europeanand national research, innovation policies andmanagement practice

Eco Cities

• Aims to create an integrated climate changeadaptation strategy for urban areas, based onscientific research, stakeholder engagement and‘best practice’ examples

• Involves the Manchester Architecture ResearchCentre, directed by Professor Simon Guy; Centrefor Urban Regional Ecology, directed by Dr IainWhite; and Brooks World Poverty Institute

• Funded by Bruntwood

Centre for Equity in Education

• Involves practitioners, policy-makers andresearchers in collaborative development andresearch projects that focus on the challengesfacing the education service, particularly educatingvulnerable groups

Centre for Chinese Studies

• Informs degrees designed to understand andengage with the emergence of China as a worldpower

• Supported by the Manchester Confucius Institute,one of the world’s first Confucius Institutes,partnered with Beijing Normal University

Institute for Political and Economic Governance

• Multidisciplinary research by IPEG has made itspresence felt in national debates around thereform of social, civil and economic infrastructures

• Directed by Professor Alan Harding

See also:Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (p69)Sustainable Consumption Institute (p99)Centre for New Writing (Creative Writing andContemporary Literature, p62)

Humanities stats

100+ research centres and groups940+ academic staff£18.2m+ predicted research income


studentprofileName Olive SabiitiFrom Kampala, UgandaDegree PhD LawGraduates 2013

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Why did you choose your degree?

“I was a practising lawyer in my small law firm inKampala, Uganda. I was also a part-time lecturer ofbusiness law at Uganda’s biggest public university,and a part-time associate consultant in commerciallaw at a major management institute. I wanted togain in-depth knowledge of investment issues,particularly land-related investment, which could onlybe attained at doctoral level. The degree would alsoenhance my credentials and make me morecompetent as an academic.

“I completed my masters degree in Law atManchester. I loved the University, the diversity,faculty members and the city; therefore when I had to choose a university for doctoral study,Manchester was my first choice. I was particularlyinspired by a professor at the School of Law while I was doing my masters; his influence on my‘thought life’ motivated my particular research area.


“I love my course. I have learnt so much in twoyears, theories and perspectives that I had no clueexisted. Staff are friendly, available and accessible, aswell as helpful. My supervisors, Professor FrankStephen and Dr Rilka Dragneva-Lewers, are excellentand very supportive.

“Resources are excellent, particularly the University’sDocument Supply Unit, where we can gain access to

any academic resource that may not be directlyavailable to the University at a paltry £2. As adoctoral student, it is important that there areacademics to talk to and engage with in PhD ‘workin progress’ sessions – and these are all available andwell-organised.”

What do you most value about studying atManchester?

“Experiencing diversity, in the range of both studydisciplines available and cultures. At Manchester, Ihave shared the different cultures and lifestyles ofpeople from all over the world, as well as my hosts,the British. This experience daily teaches me to beflexible, accommodating, understanding and to thinkoutside the ‘legal and home-cultural’ box.”

“Studying here will be an added bonus to mycurriculum vitae, because a Manchester education ishighly valued. I have used the Careers Service, whichoffers lots of useful information and organises talksthat are specifically tailored to student researchers,offering insight on the pathways to academia andindustry for doctoral researchers.

“I have been exposed to the best minds, both atuniversity and also at conferences, and have met andinteracted with brilliant and talented fellow studentsfrom around the world. I definitely think that withmy Manchester Doctorate, the world is my oyster.



“Anything to do with applied financial econometrics,particularly with respect to asset pricing, marketmicrostructure and forecasting, as well asinternational finance and emerging markets.

“In market microstructure, I look at the tradingprocess and how prices are determined. Gaining aninsight into how markets function can help reducecosts for investors on the one side, and highlight anyneeds for changes to regulatory policy or marketdesign on the other. My other work focuses on assetpricing and portfolio evaluation. For example, Iinvestigate sudden movements ('jumps') in shareprices across the globe, identifying the types,frequency and effects of such movements to gain abetter understanding of how financial shocks andcrisis spread and impact investments.”

Why is Manchester good for research in your area?

“Manchester’s primary strength is its size and thequality of the academics and students across alldisciplines. I can develop my research ideas throughattendance at seminars and discussion withcolleagues not only in Finance, but also in cognateareas, such as Economics, Econometrics, andInternational Business.

“Manchester has world-class facilities in terms ofelectronic databases providing me with access to thenecessary data to conduct my research. The

resources are highly accessible and the libraryprovides training courses and support to staff andstudents to help maximise the benefit and usefulnessof these databases in my research.”

How does your research benefit postgraduatestudents?

“There is a strong demand for understanding assetprice behaviour and how markets function. Researchpublications by my colleagues and I are veryimportant for students. They often act as the seedthat sows the initial idea, or enables students torationalise and understand the outcomes of theirown investigations.

“Conversely, it is often the calibre of the doctoralstudents at Manchester that drives the research anddevelops the projects into new areas, providing mewith fresh perspectives.”

What makes your Faculty such a great place forpostgraduate study?

“Diversity. There is expertise in every area of thehumanities, through the arts, social sciences andbusiness, offering a wealth of resources in terms ofresearch training and always someone to discussyour ideas with. Everyone has a desire to learn,research and to contribute to key debates, not onlywithin their own field, but also across disciplines.Multidisciplinary research is one of the key strengthsof the Faculty.”

staffprofileName Stuart Hyde

Job title Professor ofFinance

School ManchesterBusiness School

From Leeds, UK



Archaeology• Leading centre for

interpretive archaeology• World archaeological focus• Outstanding museum

collections

RAE 4*15% 3*45% 2*30% 1*10%

Archaeology has a long historyhere, beginning with William BoydDawkins, curator of theManchester Museum from 1869,who contributed much to thedevelopment of Palaeolithicarchaeology.

Today, we are an internationallyrecognised centre for social andinterpretive archaeology. Researchand teaching are supported by therich resources of the John RylandsLibrary, the Manchester Museumand the Greater ManchesterArchaeological Unit, while stafffrom the Museum, ArchaeologicalUnit and Whitworth Art Gallery areinvolved in delivering our courses.

Various focal themes include: identity(personhood, gender, ethnicity,religion, and sexual politics); place,landscape and monumentality;history, theory and philosophy ofarchaeology; technology, materialculture and social practice; socialcomplexity and the development ofstate-organised societies; and socialsignificance of the past.

Postgraduate programmes areintegral to our research culture.Staff research ranges from the laterPalaeolithic in Europe, to thepresent day; with strongfoundations in European and NearEastern prehistory, it also takes inparts of Africa, Asia, Australia andSouth America.

We emphasise the integration oftheory and practice and areinvolved in a range of exciting

research projects, such as: theStonehenge Riverside Project, StarCarr excavations, Great Dolmens ofBritain and Ireland, uncovering theNeolithic in the Welsh Marshes (allUK-based); Domuztepe excavations(Turkey); Easter Island, and TongHills and Koma Land (Ghana); andvarious projects in Bahrain,Australia, Greece and Cyprus.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/archaeology

[email protected] +44 (0)161 306 1259 / +44 (0)161 275 3144

Research programmes

Archaeology PhD FT PT

Taught courses

Archaeology – Complex SocietiesMA FT PTArchaeology – General MA FT PTArchaeology – Identity MA FT PTArchaeology – Neolithic MA FT PT

Architecture• Access to huge range of

resources and facilities fromtwo institutions

• Contemporary,interdisciplinary approaches

RAE 4*40% 3*40% 2*15% 1*5%

In 1996, the Manchester School ofArchitecture was establishedthrough an innovative collaborationbetween The University ofManchester and ManchesterMetropolitan University. Ourstudents therefore uniquely benefit

from the broad range of interestsand expertise of our academic staff,and can use the extensive resourcesand facilities of both institutions.

PhD research revolves around theManchester Architecture ResearchCentre, where research focuses onthe co-evolution of design anddevelopment strategies and thesocio-economic processes shapingarchitecture and cities. We aim todevelop and apply interdisciplinaryapproaches to architecture andurban development, and engagewith contemporary practice in aglobal context.

Our interdisciplinary PhD programmeis open to students interested in anyaspect of architectural research,including sustainable urbanism,urban design and development,ecological and landscape design,and the conservation andmanagement of historicenvironments. We also encourageproposals for research by design.

We also offer a masters course inArchitecture and Urbanism, designedto provide architects, 60 faculty ofhumanities urban designers, plannersand urbanists with the intellectual,theoretical and practical knowledgeand skills essential to understandingand shaping the future city.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/architecturewww.msa.ac.uk

[email protected] +44 (0)161 275 0969

Research programmes

Architecture MPhil/PhD FT PT

Taught courses

Architecture and Urbanism MA FT PT

See Planning and Landscape p76

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Art History andVisual Studies• Rated in top 4 in the country

in the last RAE• Access to world-class library

and museum facilities • Close collaboration with an

award-winning art gallery• Collaboration with other arts

subjects for innovativeinterdisciplinary researchtopics

RAE 4*40% 3*40% 2*15% 1*5%

Our postgraduate programmes drawon the expertise of academic staffcovering art history from the ancientworld to the present day. You arefully integrated into a vibrant andstimulating research culture.

You benefit from excellentcollections, including: a digital imagearchive; a library of 350,000 slides;the outstanding holdings of theWhitworth Art Gallery of fine andapplied art from the18th centuryonwards; the renowned collection ofmedieval illuminated books in theRylands Library, Deansgate; theEgyptian and Classical antiquities ofthe Manchester Museum; andfurther major gallery and museumcollections within the city and region.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/physics


Research programmes

Art History and Visual Studies PhDFT PT

Taught courses

Art History MA FT PT

Arts Managementand Cultural Policy• UK’s only teaching,

knowledge exchange andresearch centre for arts andcultural managers

• Staff active in academicresearch, professionaldevelopment training andconsultancy

• Over 50 active partnershipswith cultural agencies andorganisations

• Originated the UK’s firstProfessional Doctoralprogramme for artsmanagers

Established in 2009, the Centre forArts Management and CulturalPolicy (CAMP) provides an axis forengagement, collaboration andpartnership between arts andcultural managers, sectororganisations and highereducation, as part of the Institutefor Cultural Practices. We workclosely with our sister centres andprogrammes – Museology, Music,Drama, Applied Theatre, ScreenStudies and New Writing – toforge a base for teaching,research, knowledge transfer andprofessional development relevantto professionals working in allareas of the arts.

The MA Arts Management, Policyand Practice brings together theoryand application of methods forthose working in many areas ofpractice – including policy-making,strategic management andleadership, finance and resourcedevelopment, marketing,engagement, education, researchand evaluation – both within culturalinstitutions and in other settings,such as community, education,public engagement and health.

CAMP has partnerships with manyarts and cultural providers, invitingtheir contribution through guestlectures, site visits and master-classes, and offering postgraduatestudents placements and practice-based research in world-class venuesand institutions across the region’screative and cultural industries.

The Centre also convenes: a Mastersin Enterprise (MEnt) Arts andCultural Management (with theManchester Enterprise Centre), asupervised research route tobusiness development withprofessional mentoring; ProfessionalDoctorate in Arts and CulturalManagement, a structuredprogramme of doctoral researchbased in professional practice forarts managers in the UK; and PhD inArts Management and CulturalPolicy, a traditional doctoral researchprogramme with research paneldrawing on the wealth of expertisein core academic and affiliated staff.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/artsmanagement

[email protected] +44 (0)161 306 1259 / 275 3144

Research programmes

Arts and Cultural ManagementMEnt FT PTArts and Cultural ManagementProfessional Doctorate FT PTArts Management and CulturalPolicy PhD FT PT

Taught courses

Arts Management, Policy andPractice MAFT PT







Creative Writingand ContemporaryLiterature• Prize-winning teaching staff• Home to The Manchester

Review• Acclaimed ‘Literature Live’

reading series• Strong record of graduate

publication

RAE 4*30% 3*45% 2*25% 1*0%

Home to the MA and PhD inCreative Writing, and the MA inContemporary Literature andCulture, our Centre for NewWriting is a place where writers andcritics of contemporary literatureand culture can meet and exchangeideas and opinions, founded on thesimple but important principle thatgood writing and good reading gotogether.

Our students enjoy opportunitiesincluding: fortnightly master classeswith Colm Toibin; workshops infiction and poetry writing led bypublished, award-winning writers;intensive, one-to-one instructionfrom writer-in-residence; free entryto ‘Literature Live’, a fortnightlyreading series bringing the bestcontemporary novelists and poetsto Manchester; a range of seminarsfocusing on the literature andculture of the last 25 years; andinternships at literary organisations,including Carcanet, The PoetrySchool, the Manchester LiteratureFestival and others. The Centre isalso home to our online journal:The Manchester Review.

Distinguished teaching staffinclude: novelists Colm Toibin, MJHyland, Geoff Ryman and IanMcGuire; poets John McAuliffeand Vona Groarke; and literary andcultural critic Kaye Mitchell.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/arts/newwriting

[email protected] +44 (0)161 306 1259 / +44 (0)161 275 3144

Research programmes

Creative Writing PhDFT PT

Taught courses

Contemporary Literature andCulture MAFT PTCreative Writing MA FT PT

Classics andAncient History• Strong and supportive

research community• Outstanding library

collections, including papyri,mediaeval manuscripts, earlyprinted books

• Excellent provision for Greekand Latin language teachingat all levels

RAE 4*25% 3*30% 2*35% 1*10%

One of the largest and liveliestcentres for the study of theclassical world in the UK(comprising 14 academic staff, 10-20 taught postgraduates and 15-20 research postgraduates), we areequally strong on both the Greekand Roman sides in history,literature and language alike. Inaddition to comprehensivecoverage of central and canonicalsubjects, we have expertise in anumber of more rare, specialistfields, including epigraphy, ancientmedicine and linguistics.

Building on a long anddistinguished history at theUniversity, we have seen rapidgrowth in postgraduate numbers,backed by strong investment fromthe University.

We pride ourselves especially on:our large and vigorousinternational community ofstudents; our research fellows andpermanent staff; our inclusiveness;our weekly departmental lunch;our lively and sociable weeklyresearch seminar, plus internationalconferences held at least annually;the high quality and exceptionaldelivery of our postgraduateprogrammes; our special emphasison the development by ourpostgraduates of appropriatelanguage skills, both ancient (forcontrolling the sources) andmodern (for reading modernscholarship); strong links(particularly for ancient historians)with the British Schools at Romeand Athens; and on the classicalcollections of the John RylandsUniversity Library, together with itsSpecial Collections, a scholar’streasure trove with considerableexploitable potential.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/arts/subjectareas/classicsancienthistory

[email protected] +44 (0)161 306 1259 / 0161 275 3144

Research programmes

Classics and Ancient History PhDFT PT

Taught courses

Classics and Ancient History MAFT PT



Criminology andCriminal Justice• Highly prestigious law school• Extensive breadth of social

science perspectives

The Centre for Criminology andCriminal Justice Studies brings thefield of criminology into the Schoolof Law. Manchester’s Law Schoolis one of the oldest and mostprestigious in the country and hasa major international reputationfor research and teaching in socio-legal studies.

More than 30 staff use a range ofsocial science methods in studyingcrime, the justice system and lawmore widely. Members bring theinsights and methods of criminology,sociology, anthropology, psychologyand economics to a diverse range ofproblems and policy issues. Thebreadth of social scienceperspectives is one of our majorstrengths.

Criminology is an ESRC-recognisedoutlet for PhD training. Our staffmembers are international expertsin their field and hold a number ofprestigious grants and awards.Students pursuing advanceddegrees in the Centre join a livelyinterdisciplinary group of scholarsand an active postgraduatestudent community.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/law

Research [email protected] +44 (0)161 306 1279

Taught [email protected] +44 (0)161 306 1270

Research programmes

Criminology MPhil/PhD FT PT

Taught courses

Crime, Law and Society MA FT PTCriminology and Socio-LegalStudies MRes FT PT

See also Law

Drama• Top-rated for research with

diverse range of researchexpertise

• Flexible, choice-based MAcourses

• Access to staff withpersonalised mentoring andsupport

• Excellent links to culturalsector in a vibrant city

RAE 4*45% 3*40% 2*15% 1*0%

Founded in 1961 by a generousgift from Granada Television,Drama at Manchester hasdeveloped an internationalreputation for high qualityresearch. Our approach combinesan emphasis on historical andtheoretical perspectives withpractical exploration andunderstanding. Across all of ourresearch and taught programmes,we focus on critical and creativeexplorations of diverse theoreticalperspectives, and practicalinnovation and application indrama, theatre and performance.

We have some of the country’sleading researchers, who publishwidely and promote a lively andinnovative research culture. Ourstudents benefit from access topersonalised mentoring andsupport and professional researchtraining delivered by active

researchers. Within a context ofstructured support, students areencouraged to pursue independentresearch projects that extendexisting expertise in new andexciting directions. They haveopportunities to engage withprofessional contexts of theatreand screen practice and toparticipate in the vibrant researchculture in the subject area.

Our impressive £6 million facilitiesinclude the John Thaw StudioTheatre, Cosmo Rodewald ConcertHall and Joint Electro-AcousticMusic Studios, plus professional-standard audio-visual facilities andexcellent workshop and practicespaces. All our staff are activewithin our three main researchstrands: Theatre Studies, AppliedTheatre and Screen Studies.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/drama

[email protected] +44 (0)161 306 1259 / +44 (0)161 275 3144

Research programmes

Anthropology, Media andPerformance PhD FT PTDrama PhD FT PTProfessional Doctorate in AppliedTheatre PT

Taught courses

Applied Theatre (Theatre andPerformance pathway) MA FT PTScreen Studies MA FT PTTheatre and Performance MA FT PT

See also Humanitarianism andConflict Response







East Asian Studies• Focus primarily on modern

and contemporary East Asia• Within humanities and social

sciences perspectives• Strength in media

technology and culturalprocess

RAE 4*10% 3*25% 2*45% 1*20%

Introduced in 2008, East AsianStudies at Manchester incorporatesboth Chinese and JapaneseStudies. Postgraduate research canbe conducted and supervised ineither area, as well as in broadertopics that span Chinese andJapanese cultural spheres andexamine relationships andphenomena across the region.

East Asian Studies focuses primarilyon the modern era, fromhumanities and social sciencesperspectives, across a wide rangeof areas and topics.

Japanese Studies was establishedin 2007. Staff research interestsinclude: contemporary society;education, socialisation andidentity, social and cultural history,gender and the emergence offemininity in Japan; contemporarygirls’ culture; cultural productionand the media; Japanese medicalhistory and social policies relatedto medicine; the language ofmodern television dramas; andlanguage pedagogy, dictionariesand translation.

Chinese Studies staff are alsoassociated with the Centre forChinese Studies, part of theFaculty of Humanities. Its researchfocuses on contemporary China,particularly since the founding ofthe People’s Republic of China in1949. China is also studied in thebroad sense as transnationalChina, encompassing the whole

Chinese-speaking world. Study andresearch in the global context aimsto understand how China and theChinese-speaking world influencesand impacts on the globalcommunity, and vice versa. Currentresearch includes Chinese history,including studies of thedevelopment of science andtechnology in China in pre-modern and the modern day,Chinese media, Sino-Westerninteractions, contemporary Chineseculture (including sub-cultures) andsociety, identity formation andtransformation, and Chineseforeign policy and security,nationalism and transnationalism.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/humanities/ccswww.manchester.ac.uk/llc/subjects/[email protected]@manchester.ac.uktel +44 (0)161 275 3559

Research programmes

Chinese Studies PhD/MPhilFT PTEast Asian Studies PhD/MPhil FT PTJapanese Studies PhD/MPhil FT PT

Economics• Research excellence in all the

core areas of Economics• In the top 10 of UK

Economics departments• Three or four year Doctoral

programme• Dedicated postgraduate

research courses

RAE 4*25% 3*55% 2*20% 1*0%

As confirmed by the most recentResearch Assessment Exercise (RAE),we are in the top ten of UKEconomics departments, withinternational recognition for thequality of all our research activity.Our research excellence encompassesall the core areas of microeconomics,macroeconomics and econometrics,including development andenvironmental economics.

Manchester is also one of theoldest centres for the study ofeconomics in the UK, with a Chairin Political Economy established in1854. Since then, many famousnames in economics have workedin Manchester, including threeNobel prize-winners: Sir John Hicks(1938-46), Sir Arthur Lewis (1948-58) and Professor Joseph Stiglitz.The first UK Chair in Econometrics,established at Manchester in the1960s, was held by Jack Johnstonwho founded the first Departmentof Econometrics.

The discipline area of Economics ispart of the School of SocialSciences. Aggregating the RAEresults across the five main disciplineareas of the School of SocialSciences, and comparing these withother UK universities, the Schoolranks third in the UK, making it oneof the leading international researchschools in the Social Sciences.

In recent years, Economics atManchester has developed leadinginternational research agendas inthe following five broad areas:

• Microeconomics andMathematical Economics

• Macroeconomics, Growth andDevelopment

• Econometrics and AppliedEconomics

• Environmental and ResourceEconomics

• Development Economics andPolicy



The first four are the principalresearch groups within Economics.The fifth area draws togetherinterdisciplinary researchers inEconomics and the Institute ofDevelopment Policy andManagement, within the School ofEnvironment and Development.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/socialsciences

[email protected]

Research programmestel +44 (0)161 275 4743

Taught coursestel +44 (0)161 275 4471

Research programmes

Economics MPhil/MRes/PhD FT PT

Taught courses

Econometrics MSc FT PTEconomics MA FT PTEconomics MSc/PgDipFT PTEconomics and Econometrics MSc FT PTEconomics (EnvironmentalEconomics) MSc FT PTEconomics (Economics of Health)MSc FT PTFinancial Economics MSc FT PT

See also Manchester BusinessSchool; Social Statistics;International Development IDPM

Education• High quality research: 85%

internationally recognised,20% world leading

• Teacher trainingprogrammes rated“outstanding” by OFSTED,2010-11

• High satisfaction levels ofnewly-qualified teachers andemploying headteachers

• Wide range of professionallyorientated programmes

RAE 4*20% 3*35% 2*30% 1*10%

Our School of Education offers arich diversity of opportunity in oneof the UK’s largest graduateeducational research communities.The PhD research trainingprogramme and the MSc inEducational Research arerecognised by the Economic andSocial Research Council (ESRC), soyou are assured of access to a fullrange of high-quality researchmethods training.

We have sought to create a vibrantinternational postgraduatecommunity that is welcoming,supportive and friendly. Ourresearch groups organiseprogrammes of staff/studentresearch seminars and you areencouraged to publish papers andattend appropriate conferences.

Research activity within the Schoolcoalesces around three broadthemes: Inclusion and EducationalDiversity; Teaching, Learning andAssessment; and Education Policy,Leadership and Management.Theoretically grounded andmethodologically rigorous, ourresearch focuses on where there isa deliberate emphasis placed onthe relationship between policyand practice and research activitiesthat can impact on both.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/education

[email protected] +44 (0)161 275 3463

Research programmes

Counselling Psychology DoctorateDCouns FTEducation MPhil/PhD FT PTEducation Doctorate EdD(Leadership theme) (Urban Contextstheme) (Post-Compulsory theme PTEducational and Child PsychologyDoctorate DEdChPsy FTEducational PsychologyDoctorateDEdPsy PT

Taught courses

Counselling MA PTCritical Learning Disability StudiesMA PT*Digital Technologies,Communication and Education MA FT PT DLEducation MA FT PTEducational Leadership and SchoolImprovement MA FT PTEducational Research MSc FT PTEducational Technology and TESOLMA FT PT DLPGCE Primary FTPGCE Primary (with LanguageSpecialism) FTPGCE Secondary BusinessEducation FT







PGCE Secondary DesignTechnology FTPGCE Secondary English FTPGCE Secondary Mathematics FTPGCE Secondary ModernLanguages(French/German/Spanish) FTPGCE Secondary Science(Biology/Chemistry/Physics) FTProfound and Complex LearningDisability MSc/PgCert/PgDip DLPsychology of Education Med FT PTTESOL MA FT PT DL*Subject to approval

English andAmerican Studies• 75% of our research is rated

“world leading” or“internationally excellent”

• Unrivalled breadth anddepth of expertise from themedieval to the modern

• World-class library withexceptionally rich holdings inour field

• Excellent employmentprospects

RAE 4*30% 3*45% 2*25% 1*0%

Postgraduate study in English andAmerican Studies is supported by aworld-class library with exceptionallyrich holdings in our field.

We have a strong research recordand staff of recognised internationalstanding in both traditional andemerging areas of the discipline, asevidenced by the following active

research groups: American Studies,Centre for the Study of Sexualityand Culture, Medieval and Literaryand Cultural Studies, Early ModernStudies, Modernism, andPostcolonial and Irish.

Our large, active postgraduateEnglish and American studiescommunity runs an annualconference and publishes its ownjournal. We offer excellentpostgraduate facilities, includingworkroom, computer clusters andcommon room, plus a bursaryscheme for MA students andsponsorship for PhD students toattend conferences.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/english

[email protected] +44 (0)161 306 1259 / 0161 275 3144

Research programmes

English and American Studies PhD FT PT

Taught courses

American Studies (History) MA FT PTAmerican Studies (Literature andCulture) MAFT PTEnglish and American Studies MA FT PTMedieval Studies MAFT PTLiteratures and Cultures 1200-1700 MAFT PTPost-1900 Literatures, Theories andCultures MA FT PTPostcolonial Literatures andCultures MA FT PT

See also Creative Writing andContemporary Literature; Gender,Sexuality and Culture; History

EuropeanLanguages and Cultures• Vibrant postgraduate

culture: research andprofessional programmes

• Outstanding breadth andinterdisciplinarity

• Dedicated Centre forGraduate Studies

FrenchRAE 4*15% 3*35% 2*35% 1*15%

German, Dutch andScandinavian LanguagesRAE 4*20% 3*35% 2*30% 1*15%

Iberian and Latin AmericanLanguagesRAE 4*30% 3*45% 2*20% 1*5%

ItalianRAE 4*20% 3*35% 2*40% 1*0%

Russian, Slavonic and EastEuropean LanguagesRAE 4*35% 3*35% 2*25% 1*5%

Our School of Languages,Linguistics and Cultures offers theUK’s greatest concentration ofhigh-quality research and teachingin language-based disciplines.

We are united by commonresearch interests: the study oflanguages and their application incultural, historical, political andsocial studies; in linguistics; and intranslation studies. Our researchinterests cover all historical periodsfrom the Middle Ages onwards,and extend to visual, screen andperformance studies, migrationand diaspora studies, Holocauststudies, postcolonial studies,gender and sexuality studies andcritical theory.

The University is one of thecountry’s pre-eminent centres forresearch in European languages,cultures and societies and makes



that expertise available topostgraduate students in a widerange of research andprofessionally orientedprogrammes.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/llc/postgraduate

[email protected]@manchester.ac.uktel +44 (0)161 275 3559

Research programmes

French Studies PhD/MPhil FT PTGerman Studies PhD/MPhilFT PTItalian Studies PhD/MPhil FT PTPolish Studies PhD/MPhil FT PTPortuguese Studies PhD/MPhilFT PTRussian Studies PhD/MPhil FT PTSpanish Studies PhD/MPhil FT PT

Taught courses

Languages and Cultures (research-route) MA FT PTTranslation and Interpreting StudiesMAFT PTConference Interpreting MA FT PTIntercultural Communication MA FT PTLanguages and Linguistics MA FT PT

Gender, Sexualityand Culture• Unique MA offering options

in diverse academicdisciplines

• MA contributors includeauthors of world-leadingresearch

• World-class library withunusually rich holdings inthese subjects

This interdisciplinary subject isoffered by the Centre for the Studyof Sexuality and Culture within theSchool of Arts, Histories and Cultures.

Our taught MA is unique withinthe UK, as it brings togetherscholars offering options in diverseacademic disciplines, including:English and American Studies, ArtHistory and Visual Cultures,History, Modern Languages,Religions and Theology, History ofMedicine, Sociology, SocialAnthropology, Politics, and others.

The University’s research culture isunusually rich for the study ofgender and sexuality, and manydisciplines with offerings in thisarea were rated “world-leading”or “internationally excellent” in the2008 RAE.

The University’s John Rylands Libraryhas one of the best collections ofjournals, books and archivalresources focused on gender andsexuality studies in the UK. You willalso have access to other universitylibraries through the CALIMscheme. Excellent additionalresearch facilities and other uniquedata sources are also available.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/english

[email protected] +44 (0)161 306 1259 / 275 3144






Research programmes

English and American Studies PhD FT PT

Taught courses

Gender, Sexuality and Culture MAFT PT

See also Sociology

Geography• New, state-of-the-art

laboratory facilities• Strong focus on fieldwork

and the practical applicationof theory

• Geography taught atManchester for over 100years

• Excellent graduateemployment record

RAE 4*15% 3*50% 2*30% 1*5%

Taught at Manchester for over acentury, Geography today is adivision of the School ofEnvironment and Development,located in a modern, well-equippedand self-contained building.

We have been rated excellent forteaching and produce research ofglobal excellence, with 65% of ourresearch activity defined as “worldleading” or “internationallyexcellent” in the 2008 RAE. Ourinternational research expertisecrosses diverse areas, such aseconomic geography, urbangeography, political ecology,environmental change, uplandhydrology, geographical informationsystems, geoarchaeology and watermanagement.

Postgraduate programmes areintegrated into our overall researchethos, which aims to produce boththeoretically and policy-relevant


contributions to geographicalknowledge. Our masters coursesprovide you with specialist training,laying the foundations for asuccessful career in terms of PhDstudies, or in the worlds ofconsultancy or policymaking.

Research students in Geographyare also highly employable, andbenefit from a dedicated, in-houseresearch training programmeduring their degree.

Annual scholarships, both atmasters and PhD level, are availablefrom various funding bodies,including the ESRC and the ESF.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/geography

[email protected] +44 (0)161 275 0969

Research programmes

Geography: Human GeographyMPhil/PhD FT PTGeography: Physical GeographyMPhil/PhD FT PT

Taught courses

Environmental Governance MSc FT PTEnvironmental Monitoring,Modelling and Reconstruction MSc FT PTGeographical Information ScienceMSc FT PT

See also International Development(IDPM); Planning and Landscape

History• Cutting-edge course content,

thanks to a globalreputation for research inthis field

• Particularly broad range ofcourses, including variousperiods within andapproaches to history

• Vast archives of historicalmaterial, including rarevolumes

RAE 4*20% 3*40% 2*30% 1*10%

Postgraduate research in History atManchester is stimulated by aninteractive environment of high-profile historians working oncultural, social, economic andpolitical research projects, in fieldsfrom the medieval to the latemodern period.

You will benefit from ourrenowned holdings in the JohnRylands University Library andnumerous regional historicalresearch assets, such as thePeople’s History Museum. We havea highly successful record insecuring outside PhD awards, aswell as our own studentship, andwe also offer sustained andmaterial support with careerdevelopment (eg through teachingassistantships).

Our wide range of MA courses,taught by leaders in their fields,offer an advanced training in thecurrent state of knowledge inthese fields – and, for thoseseeking it, a springboard for PhDresearch. The quality of ourprogrammes has been recognisedby an AHRC block grant of four tofive awards annually for doctoralresearch and three to four awardsannually for our MA,complemented by variousUniversity awards.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/history

[email protected] +44 (0)161 306 1259 / 275 3144

Research programmes

History PhD FT PTHistory: Economic and SocialHistory Integrated PhD FT

Taught courses

Cultural History MA FT PTEarly Modern History MA FT PTEconomic and Social History MA FT PTHistory MA FT PTMedieval Studies MAFT PTModern British History MA FT PTModern European History MA FT PTVictorian Times MA FT PTWar, Culture and History MA FT PTWorld History MA FT PT

See also Humanitarianism andConflict Response



Humanitarianismand ConflictResponse• Informs and supports policy

and decision makers• Aims to optimise joint

working between partnerorganisations

• Fosters increasedunderstanding and debatewithin the field ofhumanitarianism

The Humanitarian and ConflictResponse Institute (HCRI) bringstogether the disciplines ofmedicine and the humanities toachieve the above aims, facilitatingimprovements in crisis response ona global scale while providing amuch-needed centre of excellencefor all concerned with emergenciesand conflicts.

Led by the former President ofMédecins Sans Frontières, Dr RonyBrauman, we aim to combine theresearch and teaching ofacademics working in aconsiderable variety of disciplinesto offer an exceptionally diverselearning environment.

Our masters and doctoralprogrammes uniquely focus onresponses to crises originating fromboth conflict zones and naturaldisasters. Bringing together thestudy of medicine and humanitiesprovides a holistic approach, whichmirrors the reality of aid operationsand informs the reflexive processesof both analytical and applieddisciplines.

Find out morewww.hcri.ac.ukwww.manchester.ac.uk/history

[email protected] +44 (0)161 275 8967

Doctoral Training Centreprogramme*

Humanitarianism and ConflictResponse PhD FT PT

Taught course

Humanitarianism and ConflictResponse MA FT PTContinuing ProfessionalDevelopment Courses (accreditedand/or certificated) 1-15 days’

*For further details, see ManchesterDoctoral College, p96-99

InternationalDevelopment –IDPM• UK’s largest Development

Studies department• Top-rated for “research

power” in the 2008 RAE• Fieldwork included in several

programmes• Leading to careers in the

public, private and NGO sector

RAE 4*20% 3*45% 2*35% 1*0%

The Institute for DevelopmentPolicy and Management (IDPM) atManchester is one of the UK’sleading centres for training andresearch on internationaldevelopment issues.

Our objective is to promote socialand economic development and toreduce poverty, particularly withinlower-income countries and fordisadvantaged groups, by enhancingthe capabilities of individuals andorganisations through education,training, consultancy, research andpolicy analysis.

Following a review in 2000 by anindependent panel from the UKGovernment’s Quality Assurance

Agency, IDPM was awarded themaximum score possible (24),achieving excellence in all aspects ofteaching investigated; while in the2008 Research Assessment Exercise,65% of our research activity wasjudged to be “world leading” or“internationally excellent”.

Within a friendly and supportiveatmosphere, we offer the services ofa wide range of people specialisingin the practical problems of policyformulation, planning andmanagement, in the context ofinternational development – allbacked up by specialist library andcomputing facilities and 50 years ofinstitutional experience. We have alarge and diverse postgraduatepopulation.

IDPM is also home to the ChronicPoverty Research Centre, fundedby DfID, and is substantiallyinvolved in the work of therecently founded Brooks WorldPoverty Institute, chaired by NobelLaureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/idpm

[email protected] +44 (0)161 275 0969

Research programmes

Development Policy andManagement MPhil/PhD FT PT

Taught courses

Development Economics and PolicyMScFT PTDevelopment Finance MSc FT PTDevelopment Studies MAFT PTDevelopment Studies (ResearchTraining) MA FT PTGlobal Urban Development andPlanning MSc







FT PTGlobalisation and DevelopmentMScFT PTHuman Resource Development(International Development) MSc FT PTHuman Resource Management(International Development) MScFT PTHuman Resource Management andDevelopment (InternationalDevelopment) by Distance LearningMSc/PgDip/PgCert DLICTs for Development MScFT PTIndustry, Trade and DevelopmentMSc FT PTInternational Development:Development Management MAFT PTInternational Development:Economics and Management ofRural Development MSc FT PTInternational Development:Environment and Development MA FT PTInternational Development: Politicsand Governance MA FT PTInternational Development:Poverty, Conflict andReconstruction MA FT PTInternational Development: PublicPolicy and Management MA FT PTInternational Development: SocialPolicy and Social Development MA FT PTManagement and Implementationof Development Projects MScFT PTManagement and InformationSystems: Change andDevelopment MScFT PT

Management and InformationSystems: Change andDevelopment MSc/PgDip/PgCertDLOrganisational Change andDevelopment MScFT PTPoverty and Development MScFT PT

See also Geography; Planning andLandscape; Manchester BusinessSchool; Humanitarianism andConflict Response

Latin Americanand CaribbeanCultural Studies• Top-rated for research• One of the largest teams of

Latin-Americanists andCaribbeanists in Europe

• Excellent breadth and depthof expertise

RAE 4*30% 3*45% 2*20% 1*5%

The Centre for Latin American andCaribbean Studies is our focalpoint for the diverse andgeographically dispersed researchactivities associated with LatinAmerica and the Caribbean acrossthe University.

The 2008 RAE rating for Iberianand Latin American Languagesplaced us at the top of thenational league tables, with 75%of our research activity rated“world-leading” or “internationallyexcellent”.

We bring together one of thelargest teams of Latin-Americanistsand Caribbeanists in Europe, froma wide array of disciplines anddepartments: Cultural Studies,Social Anthropology, Literature andLinguistics, History and Art History,

Geography, Drama and ScreenStudies, Political Sciences,Development Studies, Economics,and Business. We co-ordinateresearch projects acrossdisciplinary, institutional andnational boundaries, providing afuller understanding of the LatinAmerican and Caribbean regionsand of the broader relationsbetween north and south in thecontext of contemporary cultural,political and economicglobalisation.

Academics in Social Anthropologyand Latin American Studies co-direct the Centre. Staff associatedwith us also teach an MA course inLatin American and CaribbeanStudies and supervise PhD studentsin this field, who are attracted byour interdisciplinary approach.

Excellent facilities include a Centrefor Graduate Studies, whichprovides space specifically forpostgraduate students, and thecomprehensive holdings of theJohn Rylands Library.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/llc/research/staff/splas

www.manchester.ac.uk/llc/clacs

[email protected] +44 (0)161 275 3559

Research programmes

Latin American Cultural StudiesMPhil/PhD FT PT

Taught courses

Latin American and CaribbeanStudies MA FT PT

See also European Languages andCultures

faculty of humanities70


Law• Highly prestigious law school• Cutting-edge,

interdisciplinary researchcentres

• One of the best law librariesin the country

RAE 4*10% 3*40% 2*40% 1*10%

Incorporating Specialist ResearchCentres:

• Centre of Criminology andCriminal Justice

• Institute for Law, Economy andGlobal Governance

• Centre for Social Ethics and Policy

• Regulation, Security and JusticeResearch Centre

• Institute for Science Ethics andInnovation, directed by ProfessorJohn Harris and chaired byNobel Laureate Sir John Sulston

• Sustainability, Policy andRegulation Research Centre

We have one of the oldest andmost prestigious law schools in thecountry, with a major internationalreputation. Since our inception, wehave been at the forefront of legaland public policy formation anddevelopment, and many of ourgraduates and staff have playedcentral roles in public life.

The School of Law is a research-ledteaching centre, which includes notonly lawyers, but also criminologistsand ethicists. We have considerablestrengths in common and publiclaw, jurisprudence, EU law,commercial law, intellectualproperty, bioethics, criminal law,criminal justice and criminology, lawand economics, law anddevelopment, and regulation.

Significant interdisciplinarystrengths have been enhanced by:the Centre for Social Ethics and

Policy, which conducts cuttingedge medical ethical research; theCentre of Criminology andCriminal Justice; and the Institutefor Science, Ethics and Innovation.

You have access to one of the bestlaw libraries in the country, a widevariety of web-based resources andthe School’s active seminarprogrammes. All research studentsreceive formal training in researchmethods and research skills.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/law

Research [email protected] +44 (0)161 306 1279

Taught [email protected] +44 (0)161 306 1270

Centre for Social Ethics andPolicytel +44 (0)161 306 1270

Research programmes

Bioethics and MedicalJurisprudence PhD FT PTLaw MPhil/PhD FT PT

Taught courses

LLM FT

LLM streams available:

• General

• Corporate Governance

• European Law and Governance

• Intellectual Property

• International Business andCommercial Law

• International Financial Law

• International Trade Transactions

• Law and Development

• Public International andEuropean Law






Also available are:

Health Care Ethics and LawMA/PgDipFT PTHealth Care Ethics and Law MA PT DLHealth Care Ethics and Law MSc(Intercalated) FTIntellectual Property Law PgDip(validated route) FTLaw and Development MA FT PT

See also Criminology and Criminal Justice

Linguistics andEnglish Language• Distinguished for theoretical

and empirical breadth• Wide range of languages

and varieties of English• Research with relevance to

local communities• Site for many international

rotating conferences and theyearly ManchesterPhonology Meeting

English Language and LiteratureRAE 4*30% 3*45% 2*25% 1*0%

LinguisticsRAE 4*10% 3*45% 2*35% 1*10%

We boast a leading internationalrole in several fields within thediscipline of Linguistics and EnglishLanguage, including the linguisticsof English and the study ofendangered languages. The RAE2008 judged more than half of ourLinguistics and English Languagework to be in the top two researchcategories of “world-leading” and“internationally excellent”.

We are committed to extendingand deepening the understanding


of natural language by fosteringan environment favourable toempirical research on all aspects oflinguistic theory. Because webelieve that it is important to workfrom a solid empirical base, weparticularly encourage fieldworkon living languages and carefulstudy of historical and moderncorpora by both staff and students.

We also believe that it is importantto study language in its social andcultural context and several of ourstaff are engaged in research onvariation and its social conditionssuch as class, gender, age. Thediverse local communities inManchester provide an ideal sitefor carrying out research on suchvariation as well as multilingualism.

At the same time, all our staff arecommitted to an understanding ofthe nature of human languagebased on serious theoreticalreflection. We believe that athriving discipline will offer a rangeof theoretical perspectives. Currentstaff regularly teach and conductresearch in phonetics, phonology(especially optimality theory),morphology, syntax (especiallylexical-functional grammar andconstruction grammar), semantics,pragmatics, historical linguistics(especially English, Romance andGermanic), language contact,typology, language documentation,sociolinguistics, and corpus andcomputational linguistics. Members of our discipline havepublished significant studies ineach of these areas.

Among our excellent resources is aphonetics laboratory, with facilitiesfor signal analysis, speechsynthesis, laryngography andelectropalatography, and a lab withfacilities for production,comprehension and artificiallanguage learning studies. Supportis also provided for child languagelearning studies. We also possess a

large and diverse collection oflinguistic corpora and tools forcomputational linguistic analysis.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/llc/subjects/lel

[email protected] +44 (0)161 275 3559

Research programmes

English Language PhD FT PTLinguistics PhD/MPhilFT PT

Taught courses

Applied Linguistics MA FT PTApplied Linguistics PgDipFTEnglish Language MA FT PTLanguages and Linguistics MA FT PTLanguages and Linguistics PgDip FTLinguistics MA FT PTLinguistics PgDipFTLinguistics and English LanguageIntegrated MA/PhDFT

ManchesterBusiness School• UK’s leading centre for

business research• First business school in the UK• Doctoral programme ranked

first in the world (FinancialTimes)

• One of only a handful ofbusiness schools in the worldto be recognised by all threeinternational business schooland MBA accrediting bodies

RAE 4*25% 3*40% 2*30% 1*5%

Manchester Business School is oneof the top five business schools inthe UK and one of the top 30 inthe world. We have earned aworld-class reputation foroutstanding teaching and research,supported by a number ofindependent organisations. Themost recent RAE positioned us asthe UK's leading centre forbusiness research, and our teachingis rated ‘excellent’ by the QualityAssurance Agency and the UKgovernment funding body (HEFCE).Both students and business cometo us when they need to developcutting-edge business expertise.

The Financial Times ranked theSchool 29th in the world for itsMBA programme. It also placedour doctoral programme first inthe world in 2008, 2009 and2011. We are part of a selectgroup of business schoolsworldwide to have gained ‘tripleaccreditation’: from AACSBInternational, AMBA (TheAssociation of MBAs) and EQUIS.

We recognise that an internationalperspective is essential to careersuccess. Our masters degreesattract students from over 60countries, so you will learn to work



with different cultures: a criticalskill in the contemporaryinternational business environment.

Our 20 masters courses are designedto provide you with the skills tothink originally and give you a headstart when you graduate. Our full-time MBA programme offersexperienced business professionalsthe chance to work on a wide rangeof live consultancy projects andundertake an internship, while ourlinks with more than 30international institutions through theexchange programme allowstudents on the MBA and two MSc courses an opportunity tospend a semester abroad. We alsooffer a blended-learning GlobalMBA programme, designed forexecutives who do not want todelay their career progression. Ourpostgraduate research programme is the largest business andmanagement programme of its kindin a UK business school and isrecognised by the Research Councilsfor award of scholarships.

As a research-led school, ouracademics regularly publish in topinternational journals. OurAccounting and Finance Groupwas the first of its kind in Europeto be recognised by the EU as a(Marie Curie) Registered EarlyTraining Doctoral Research Site.

Some of our masters courses areaccredited by professional bodies:the Chartered Institute ofPersonnel and Development (ourtwo MSc Human ResourceManagement and IndustrialRelations courses), the BritishPsychological Society (MScOrganisational Psychology) and theChartered Financial AnalystInstitute has awarded partnershipstatus to MSc Accounting andFinance and MSc Finance.

MBS is well connected and wefrequently welcome business leadersto the School: recently, Manchester

United’s David Gill, Willie Walsh,CEO of IAG (then British Airways)and former Tesco boss Sir TerryLeahy have shared their experienceswith students and staff.

Our academics regularly contributeto the international media, includingthe BBC, The Financial Times, TheWall Street Journal, The Economistand Sky News. It’s not just ouracademics that make the news: MScOrganisational Psychology graduateAshley Thomas was recently profiledin The Guardian talking about howhis time at MBS helped his career.

Generous funding from Eddie DaviesOBE, owner of Bolton WanderersFC, continues to support innovationat the School. The School’sEnterprise Centre runs an annualDragons Den-style competition,helping budding entrepreneurs setup their own businesses. Studentsare encouraged to take part in socialenterprise projects, in Manchesterand across the world, throughStudents in Free Enterprise (SIFE).

Find out morego.mbs.ac.uk/UOM-programmes

Full-time MBA [email protected] +44 (0)161 275 6414

Part-time MBA [email protected] +44 (0)161 276 3444

Other taught [email protected] tel +44 (0)161 306 1339

Research [email protected] +44 (0)161 275 6591 / 0784

Research programmes

Doctor of Business AdministrationDBA BLDoctor of Enterprise EntDFT PT

Doctor of Philosophy PhD FT PTMaster of Enterprise MEnt FT PTMaster of Philosophy MPhilFT PTMaster of Research MRes FT PT

Taught courses

Accounting and Finance MSc FTAnalytics: Operational Researchand Risk Analysis MSc FTBusiness Administration Full-timeMBA FTChinese Business andManagement MSc FTCorporate Communications andReputation Management MSc FTFinance MSc FTFinance and Business Economics MSc FTGlobal Business Analysis MBus FTHealthcare Management MSc FT PTHuman Resource Management andIndustrial Relations MSc FTHuman Resource Management andComparative Industrial Relations(International) MSc FTInformation Systems: BusinessInformation Technology MScInformation Systems: e-BusinessTechnology MScInformation Systems: Organisationsand Management MSc FTInnovation Management andEntrepreneurship MSc FT PT


FT full-timePT part-timeBL blended learning





International Business andManagement MSc FTManagement MSc FTManagerial Psychology MSc FT PTMarketing MSc / Marketing(Specialism) MSc FTOperations, Project and SupplyChain Management MSc FTOrganisational Psychology MSc FT PTPublic Administration MPA FTQuantitative Finance: FinancialEngineering MScQuantitative Finance: RiskManagement MSc FTThe Manchester Global MBA(accelerated) PT BLThe Manchester Global MBAPT BLThe Manchester Global MBA(finance pathway) PT BLThe Manchester Global MBA(engineering pathway) PT BLThe Manchester Global MBA(project management pathway) PT BL

See also Economics; InternationalDevelopment IDPM; Politics

Middle EasternStudies• Integrated approach to the

history and cultures of theMiddle East

• All four major languagestaught: Arabic, Hebrew,Persian, Turkish

• Research-led focus onmodern culture and politics

• World-class teaching innational identity, gender,Arab World, Islam andJudaism

• Alumni in commercial andcultural jobs (eg journalism,tourism, teaching)

RAE 4*15% 3*45% 2*20% 1*15%

Middle Eastern Studies covers arange of interdisciplinary areas,including cultures, religions(ancient, classical and modern),modern history, literatures. Areasof particular expertise includeIslamic studies, Israeli/Jewishstudies, modern Iranian history, theemergence of Middle Eastnationalisms and cultural andgender studies with a focus on theArab world. We achieved asuccessful outcome in the 2008RAE, with 60% of our researchactivities judged to be either“world-leading” or “internationallyexcellent”.

The editorial home of one of thefield's most distinguished scholarlyjournals, the Journal of SemiticStudies, is based here. We alsopartner with Edinburgh andDurham universities in the Centrefor the Advanced Study of theArab World, which fields one ofthe largest concentrations ofexpertise in the UK. This Centrebrings together more than 50 full-time staff drawn from a varietyof disciplines in the arts, humanities

and social and political sciences, allworking on areas directly related tothe Arab world. Hosting a largegrant AHRC project on ancientJewish literature, Middle EasternStudies at Manchester alsoconstitutes part of the University’sCentre for Jewish Studies.

The Languages and Cultures MA isa research-focused course enablingyou to pursue specialist masters-level research into one or morecultures of the Middle East, andgain training in research methods.Academics with extensivepublication experience offer small-class course units on specialisttopics and dissertation supervisionon a mutually agreed subject.

Excellent facilities include a Centrefor Graduate Studies, whichprovides space specifically forpostgraduate students, and thecomprehensive holdings of theJohn Rylands University Library,one of only five UK NationalResearch Libraries.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/llc/subjects/middle-eastern

[email protected] +44 (0)161 275 3559

Research programmes

Arab World Studies PhD FTMiddle Eastern Studies PhD/MPhil FT PT

Taught courses

Arab World Studies MA FTLanguages and Cultures MA(research route) FT PT



Museology• High-quality teaching and

research• Established links with the

museum and cultural sector• Work experience in

museums and galleries• Alumni in senior positions in

the UK and abroad

RAE 4*40% 3*40% 2*15% 1*5%

The Centre for Museologylaunched in 2002 to developresearch and teaching in museumtheory and practice. We workclosely with the University’s ownmuseum and art gallery, andpromote academic and professionalcollaboration with the museumprofession in the North West,throughout the UK and overseas.

Manchester has been trainingmuseum professionals for over 40years, and the Art Gallery andMuseum Studies MA is one of themost popular courses of its kind inthe UK. Today, our alumni work insenior positions in museums andgalleries in Britain and overseas.

In 2009, the Centre for Museologybecame part of the Institute ofCultural Practices: a new centre forpostgraduate and professionalprogrammes that combine academicexcellence with work-based training.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/museology

[email protected] +44 (0)161 306 1259 / 275 3144

Research programmes

Museology PhD FT PTProfessional Doctorate in MuseumPracticeFT PT

Taught courses

Art Gallery and Museum Studies MAFT PTContinuing ProfessionalDevelopment (CPD)

Music• Highly rated for research • World-class facilities • Close creative collaboration

between staff and students • Alumni in many branches of

the music profession

RAE 4*50% 3*35% 2*10% 1*5%

Manchester is one of the bestplaces for postgraduate study inmusic in the UK. We offer astimulating and supportiveenvironment for research andcomposing, with a good range ofprogrammes in Musicology,Ethnomusicology, Composition andElectroacoustic Music Composition.

Our internationally renownedmusicologists, ethnomusicologists,composers and performers earnedan official “excellent” rating fromthe HEFCE teaching qualityassessment. The Government gaveus the very highest rating for boththe 1996 and 2001 RAE, while the2008 RAE placed Music among thetop three music departments in thecountry, and among the top onepercent of all departments in allsubjects nationwide.

Housed in the Martin HarrisCentre, Music has excellentfacilities, with a wide range ofinstruments (including baroquestrings and wind), listeningequipment, computers andelectronic studios. The Centre is anewly refurbished £6 millionbuilding and includes the purpose-built Cosmo Rodewald ConcertHall. A £2.2 million, purpose-built

studio block – the Novars ResearchCentre for ElectroacousticComposition, Performance andSound Art – opened in 2007. Withthree major music libraries,Manchester’s total library provisionis excellent by any standards, andunrivalled in the north of England.

Music has more than 8o concertsand visiting guest lectures per year,including recitals by the DanelString Quartet (our quartet inresidence), the BBC Philharmonicand Psappha (contemporary musicensemble in association).

The research community is alsosupported by Musicology Forumand Composers’ Forum, a seminarseries for staff and students thatdiscusses current projects and thestate of the field.

All postgraduate composers receive at least one professionalperformance a year and the level of practical ability among ourundergraduates is exceptionallygood, enabling new compositionsby postgraduates to be performedto an unusually high standard byfellow students. MANTIS(Manchester Theatre in Sound)provides electro-acoustic composerswith regular opportunities topresent their work in public. Thereare also performance opportunitieswithin the city of Manchester, a thriving cultural centre.

Each research postgraduatestudent is allocated a mainsupervisor and two furthersupervisory panel members, whileour friendly and informalatmosphere also means that youcan approach any member of staff.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/music

[email protected] +44 (0)161 306 1259 / 275 3144


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Research programmes

Music: Composition PhD FT PTMusic: Electroacoustic CompositionPhDFT PTMusic: Musicology PhD FT PT

Taught courses

Composition MusM FT PTElectroacoustic Music CompositionMusM FT PTMusic and Drama MA FT PTMusicology MusM FT PT

See also Drama

Philosophy• Research-driven teaching• Generous contact hours• Research expertise in a wide

range of areas of analyticalphilosophy

• Excellent research cultureand community

RAE 4*10% 3*35% 2*50% 1*5%

All lecturing staff in Philosophy atManchester are research active, withspecialisations in the wide-rangingareas of analytic philosophy, placingspecial emphasis on the philosophyof language, aesthetics, metaphysics,ethics, epistemology, the history ofanalytic philosophy and thephilosophy of mind. Together withcolleagues in Politics, we also offersignificant research expertise inpolitical philosophy, and an MA inEthics and Political Philosophy.

The atmosphere at Manchester isintellectually stimulating and

supportive. You will be fullyintegrated into our research-oriented activities; you will receiveresearch-led teaching on cutting-edge philosophical issues, and willhave many opportunities fordiscussion with staff, throughgenerous formal contact hours,and informal interactions duringweekly research seminars andother research-focussed events.

As well as weekly researchseminars, Philosophy at Manchesterhosts various internationalconferences, including recently:Perceiving Others’ Minds (2011);Emotion, Phenomenology andContent (2011); Fictionalism(2009); The Philosophy of Scanlon(2009); and Sharing Ends (2008).We also hold an annual workshopon the Philosophy of Language. Allour conferences and workshops areopen to graduate students. There isalso an annual graduateconference at which you areencouraged to present and discussyour work.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/socialsciences/disciplines/philosophy

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Research programmes

Philosophy PhD FT PT

Taught courses

Philosophy MRes FT PTPolitical Economy (Research)MA/PgDip FT PT

Political Economy (Standard)MA/PgDip FT PTPolitical Science (Ethics and PoliticalPhilosophy) MA FT PT

Planning • Global leader in planning

research• Professionally accredited

masters degrees• Fieldwork an integral part of

degree programmes• Highly acclaimed PhD

programme

RAE 4*20% 3*40% 2*30% 1*10%

Planning at The University ofManchester is one of the oldestand largest professionallyrecognised land use andenvironmental planning schools in the UK.

We have an active research culturewith a strong commitment to workat the cutting edge of currentpractice. In the 2008 RAE, 60% ofour research activity was ranked as“world-leading” or “internationallyexcellent”, and in the past fiveyears we have attracted in excessof £2.5 million in research andtraining contracts from researchcouncils and foundations,international organisations, centraland local governments, andcommercial and voluntary bodies.

As part of the School ofEnvironment and Development,PhD students in Planning benefitfrom being integrated into avibrant, multidisciplinary researchcommunity. We have particularexpertise in environmentalplanning and management, andspatial planning/urbandevelopment, but we welcome



applications for postgraduateresearch in several planning-relatedfields. The 2008 RAE praised theManchester PhD Planningprogramme for "outstandingquality evident in the researchculture and student support".

Our masters courses are accreditedby the Royal Town PlanningInstitute (RTPI) and by the RoyalInstitution of Chartered Surveyors(RICS): graduates of the Master inPlanning (MPlan) degree canproceed to become full membersof the RTPI and chartered planners,while our other masters coursesare accredited by the RTPI and theRICS as specialist masters degrees.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/planning

[email protected] +44 (0)161 275 0969

Research programmes

Planning and Landscape MPhil/PhDFT PT

Taught courses

Environmental Impact Assessmentand Management MAFT PTGlobal Urban Development andPlanning MSc FT PTPlanning MPlan FT PTPlanning (Research) MPlan FTUrban Regeneration andDevelopment MA FT PT

See also Architecture; Geography;International Development IDPM

Politics• One of Europe’s top centres

for research training andteaching in politics

• One of the UK’s largestgroupings of politicalscientists, political theoristsand international relationsscholars

RAE 4*20% 3*30% 2*30% 1*20%

Politics at Manchester offerspostgraduates a very wide range ofchoices when it comes to taughtcourses and research supervision,backed by extensive and high qualityteaching and training resources.

We provide a challengingintellectual atmosphere for groupstudy among postgraduates, alongwith the best possible support forindividual students.


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Politics MPhil/PhD FT PT

Taught courses

Human Rights (Research route)MA/PgDipFT PT- Human Rights Pathway- Human Rights/Law Pathway

Human Rights (Standard route)MA/PgDip FT PT- Human Rights Pathway- Human Rights/Law Pathway

International Politics (Researchroute) MA/PgDip FT PT- International Political Economy

Pathway- International Relations Pathway

International Politics (Standardroute) MA/PgDipFT PT- International Political Economy

Pathway- International Relations Pathway

Political Science (Research route)MA/PgDip FT PT- Democracy and Elections

Pathway- European Politics and Policy

Pathway- Governance and Public Policy

Pathway- Political Theory Pathway

Political Science (Standard route)MA/PgDip PT FT- Democracy and Elections

Pathway- Ethics and Political Philosophy- European Politics and Policy

Pathway- Governance and Public Policy

Pathway- Political Theory Pathway

Political Economy (Research)MA/PgDip FT PT

Political Economy (StandardMA/PgDip FT PT

Politics MA/PgDip FT PT

See also Manchester BusinessSchool; Social Statistics;Humanitarianism and ConflictResponse







Religions andTheology• Small-group MA teaching by

leading internationalscholars

• Wide range ofspecialisations available

• World-class archive resourcesfrom papyri to Wesley’sletters

• PhD alumni in top academicposts around the globe

RAE 4*25% 3*40% 2*30% 1*5%

Covering an unusually wide rangeof religious traditions, our mastersdegree courses offer preparationeither for further study, or forwork in which religious andcultural awareness is important.They are taught mainly in small-group seminars.

Most of our subjects have adistinctive Manchester identity. Ourtheology courses tend to relateclosely to cultural and practicalissues, while many religion courseshave strong links to politics. Weput South Asian religious traditionsin contexts that cut acrossconventional boundaries. Weapproach the Bible in its originalcontexts, such as Dead Sea Scrollsand the Roman Empire. We coverevery period of Judaism, fromSecond Temple to the Holocaustand its consequences. ForChristianity, we draw on resourcesfrom the John Rylands Library, atreasure house of everything fromJohn Wesley’s letters, to the oldestNew Testament fragment.

We have one of the strongestconcentrations of PhD students inthe UK, with some studentshipsavailable for both EU andinternational students. We offersupervision by specialists in the

religions of South and CentralAsia, the Middle East and Europe,including Theology and BiblicalStudies. These are backed by majorresearch centres, such as theReligion and Civil Society Network,Centre for Biblical Studies andCentre for Jewish Studies. Theyorganise seminars andconferences, bringing in scholarsfrom around the world.

Our doctoral graduates have goneon to hold top academic posts inthe USA, Korea, Australia andmany other places.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/religion

[email protected] +44 (0)161 306 1259 / 275 3144

Research programme

Religions and Theology PhD FT PT

Taught courses

Biblical Studies MA FT PTJewish Studies MA FT PTReligion and Political Life MA FT PTReligions and Theology MA FT PTSouth Asian Studies MA FT PT

SocialAnthropology• Cutting-edge innovative

research• World-leading visual

anthropology programmes• Intensive personal

supervision for masters anddoctoral students

• Excellent record of graduateemployment, post-MA andPhD

RAE 4*20% 3*30% 2*40% 1*10%

Social Anthropology at Manchesteris an internationally renowned andresearch-led discipline, coveringmany areas of the world andproviding state-of-the-art and coreanthropology teaching. A diverserange of supervisory expertise isoffered by staff based in thediscipline and anthropologists inUniversity Research Centres (egResearch Institute in CosmopolitanCultures, Centre for Research onSocio-Cultural Change and Centrefor Advanced Studies of the ArabWorld).

We house the Granada Centre forVisual Anthropology, which hasdeveloped some of the mostinnovative approaches towardsanthropology and visual mediaover recent decades and isinternationally renowned for itstraining in the use of film, videoand other audio-visual media,which includes workshops given bypractising film-makers,photographers and sound artists.The Centre boasts broadcast-quality equipment and varied studyoptions, from short courses tofour-year programmes.

We have ESRC fundingopportunities for UK/EU studentspursuing doctoral degrees in social



anthropology and our visualanthropology courses are eligiblefor AHRC funding. Applicantsregularly compete well in School,Faculty and University competitionsfor doctoral postgraduate funding.

Our MA courses are known fortheir intellectual rigour, cutting-edge theory and the personalisedacademic supervision studentsreceive; MA students normally seetheir own supervisor every twoweeks. Our doctoral students forma lively community drawn frommany different countries; closelyintegrated with and supported byacademic staff, they help sustainour very dynamic intellectualenvironment.


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Research programmes*

Ethnographic Documentary MPhil FT PTSocial Anthropology MPhil/PhD FT PTSocial Anthropology with VisualMedia MPhil/PhD FT PTVisual Anthropology MPhil FT PT

Taught courses

Anthropological Research MA FTPTSocial Anthropology MA/PgDip FTPTResearch Methods Pathway Citiesand Migration Pathway LatinAmerican Studies Pathway Culture,Ethnography and Development

Pathway Museums and MaterialCulture Pathway Media andPerformance Pathway Visual andSensory Media Pathway

Visual Anthropology MA FT

*A PhD in Anthropology, Mediaand Performance is also available;applications should be madethrough the School of Arts,Histories and Cultures

Social Change• Top rated for research• Cross-disciplinary research of

extraordinary breadth• Expertise in novel, advanced

quantitative methodsapplied to social issues

RAE 4*20% 3*45% 2*35% 1*0%

The Institute for Social Change(ISC) is an interdisciplinary centreconducting empirical research intothe causes and consequences ofsocial, political and ethnic change,and the impact of these on socialcohesion and inequality.

ISC hosts major collaborative researchprojects such as ‘Social Change: aHarvard-Manchester Initiative’ andhas links with renowned scholarssuch as Robert Putnam (VisitingProfessor at ISC) and Bruce Western.

Our MSc is structured to fosterunderstanding of the social andpolitical processes driving socialchange, combined with advancedtraining in quantitative social sciencemethods. PhD candidates are eligibleto apply for fully funded three- andfour-year studentships offeredexclusively to students in ISC.


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Social Change MPhil/PhD FT PT

Taught courses

Social Change MSc/PgDip FT PT

Social Statistics• Top-rated in last RAE• Very high PhD completion

rates• Strong collaborative

relationships with otherdisciplines

• Delivering social statsembedded in social science

RAE 4*40% 3*20% 2*25% 1*15%

In collaboration with Cathie MarshCentre for Census and SurveyResearch, Social Statistics is a highprofile centre for appliedquantitative research.

Our research activity is bothsubstantive and methodological.Our methodological researchinforms our interdisciplinaryresearch applications, which inturn provide a testing ground formethodological innovations. Ourresearch strengths are reflected inour 6* rating in the 2001 ResearchAssessment Exercise (RAE), and toprating as part of the Sociologysubmission for the 2008 RAE.

Our graduate programmes areformally recognised by ESRC, fromwhom we receive a large numberof PhD quota and CASE awardseach year. PhD students join a







thriving research programme andreceive high quality training andsupervision tailored to theirparticular needs.

Our Social Research Methods andStatistics MSc/PgDip courseprovides a firm grounding inadvanced quantitative methods,taught within an applied socialscience framework.

Find out morewww.ccsr.ac.uk

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Research programmes

Social Statistics MPhil/PhD FT PT

Taught courses

Social Research Methods andStatistics MSc/PgDip FT PT

Sociology• Prestigious centre for

Sociology scholarship• Excellent research training –

top-rated research• Expert supervision on a

broad range of subjectswithin sociology

• High level of facilitiesoffered to students

• Postgraduate students areintegrated into a rich,vibrant research culture

RAE 4*40% 3*20% 2*25% 1*15%

Sociology at Manchester is one ofthe UK’s largest and most prestigious

centres for the subject. We werejudged in the 2008 RAE to be thebest in the nation, with a higherproportion of our research activityrated “world leading” than that ofany other university in the country.

Our stimulating researchenvironment for postgraduate studyincludes several research centresand clusters attracting majorresearch grants. We regularly hostnational and international events,to which postgraduates are invited.

Seminars in the Sociology disciplineand the related research centresprovide a regular forum forpostgraduate students to engagewith cutting-edge research. The MScin Sociological Research is recognisedby the ESRC as offering the trainingrequired for doctoral study, withtraining in both qualitative andquantitative methods.

We also have a good record ofsecuring funding for PhD students.


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Research programmes

Sociology MPhil/PhD FT PT

Taught courses

Sociological Research MSc FT PTSociology MA/PgDip FT PT

See also Gender, Sexuality andCulture; Social Statistics;Humanitarianism and ConflictResponse

Translation,Interpreting andInterculturalStudies• UK’s largest concentration of

translation and interpretingspecialists

• Member of the EuropeanMasters in Translation (EMT)Network

• Wide range of specialistoptions and languagespecialisms

Asian StudiesRAE 4*10% 3*25% 2*45% 1*20%

FrenchRAE 4*15% 3*35% 2*35% 1*15%

German, Dutch andScandinavian LanguagesRAE 4*20% 3*35% 2*30% 1*15%

Iberian and Latin AmericanLanguagesRAE 4*30% 3*45% 2*20% 1*5%

Middle Eastern and AfricanStudies RAE 4*15% 3*45% 2*20% 1*15%

The Centre for Translation andIntercultural Studies (CTIS) has aninternational reputation for thequality of its teaching and researchactivities.

Our MA in Translation andInterpreting Studies (MATIS) equipsyou with the knowledge and skillsto pursue a successful career intranslation and interpreting. Withits combination of practice andresearch-oriented course units, italso provides excellent preparationfor further study at PhD level.

Specialist translation course units(in any language combination)include: audiovisual, literary,commercial, scientific and technicaltranslation; translating for



international organisations; andtranslation technology. Specialistinterpreting options includeconsecutive interpreting (English-Arabic/ Chinese/ French/German/Spanish) and publicservice interpreting (English-Arabic/Chinese/ French/ Spanish –other language combinations maybe available subject to demand).Two optional units, one ontheories of translation andinterpreting and one on cross-cultural pragmatics, offer intensivepreparation for doctoral study. Wealso offer language-specific courseunits in English-Chinese.

The specialised MA in ConferenceInterpreting (MACINT) preparesyou for a professional career as aconference interpreter for theinstitutional and freelance markets.Taught by practising conferenceinterpreters, intensive practicaltraining in consecutive andsimultaneous interpreting inconference settings iscomplemented by research-oriented course units that enableyou to critically reflect on yourown and others’ interpretingperformance – excellentpreparation for doctoral study. Youmay offer one of two profiles,reflecting the two distinct profilesof practising conferenceinterpreters:

• Profile 1: You have English asyour native language (A) andtwo passive foreign languages(C) from Arabic, Chinese,French, German and Spanish.You will be trained in both typesof interpreting out of both Clanguages into your A language.

• Profile 2: You have Arabic,Chinese, French, German, orSpanish as your native language(A) and English as an activeforeign language (B); or Englishas your native language (A) andArabic, Chinese, French,

German, or Spanish as an activeforeign language (B). You will betrained in both types ofinterpreting in both directions(ie B→A and A→B).

Core CTIS members submitted tofive of the 2008 RAE units ofassessment (see RAE above),reflecting the great breadth of ourresearch activity. The outstandingresults achieved make CTIS theUK's leading research group of itskind, and of one the largest suchresearch groups worldwide. Ourstaff supervise doctoral research innumerous and innovative areas oftranslation and interpretingstudies. (For descriptions of all pastand current PhD projects, see ourwebsite.)

CTIS houses the TranslationalEnglish Corpus: the largestcomputerised collection oftranslated English text anywhere inthe world. This important researchresource and our vibrant researchenvironment (with one of the UK’slargest postgraduate populationsin translation and interpretingstudies) attract visiting scholarsfrom around the world.

Excellent facilities include aconference room with Televicsimultaneous interpretingequipment, a self-access digital labfor independent study, the Centrefor Graduate Studies (a purpose-designed workspace forpostgraduate students) and theJohn Rylands University Library’scomprehensive holdings.

We organise international scholarlyevents and a weekly researchseminar. MA students learn aboutcareers and current trends intranslation, interpreting andrelated areas through interactionwith established professionals, whoare invited to our ProfessionalDevelopment Workshops series.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/llc/ctis

[email protected] +44 (0)161 275 3559

Research programmes

Interpreting Studies PhD/Phil FTTranslation and InterculturalStudies PhD/MPhil FT

Taught courses

Conference Interpreting MA/PgDip FT PTTranslation and Interpreting StudiesMA/PgDip FT PT







faculty of life sciences

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Our research

The Faculty of Life Sciences is at the forefront ofresearch in the life sciences and offers extensiveopportunities for postgraduate education andtraining. www.manchester.ac.uk/ls

Research within the Faculty encompasses the multi-scale and complex nature of biological research,extending from studies of individual molecules at theatomic/quantum level, through to cell-based studies,whole organism and population levels. Complexity isreflected in our systems biology approaches to thestudy of biological processes at the molecular-cellularand whole organism levels.

Research areas

Research is arranged into 12 thematic areas:

• Cell Matrix Research

• Cell Organisation and Dynamics

• Channels and Transporters

• Computational and Evolutionary Biology

• Developmental Biology

• Eye and Vision Sciences

• History of Science, Technology and Medicine

• Immunology and Molecular Microbiology

• Molecular Cancer Studies

• Neurosciences

• RNA and Protein Control Systems

• Structural and Functional Systems

See: www.manchester.ac.uk/ls/research

The single school, single department structure promotesinternational excellence in research and education byremoving barriers to collaboration and communication.



Research centres

The Faculty supports a number of internationallyrenowned research centres, which are in receipt ofsignificant long-term funding. Prominent amongstthese are the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell MatrixResearch, The Centre for the History of Science,Technology and Medicine, the Centre for IntegrativeMammalian Biology, the UK Centre for TissueRegeneration and the Healing Foundation Centre.

In recent years, the Faculty has invested heavily in thearea of molecular structure, biophysics and catalysis,with the aim of establishing a Centre of Excellence inintegrated biophysical and structural biology (theManchester Centre for Biophysics and Catalysis).

The Faculty also has an impressive track record ofworking closely with industry and successfullycommercialising our scientific advancements. Ourbreadth in excellence allows us to respond quickly tochallenges and opportunities.

Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)

The quality and volume of research that we carry outis reflected in the results of the independent RAE2008, in which figures reveal that Manchestersecured more research grant and studentship fundingfrom the Biotechnology and Biological SciencesResearch Council (BBSRC) than any other UKuniversity.

The Faculty was ranked third in the country by qualityalone in the two units evaluated in the2008 ResearchAssessment Exercise.

Postgraduate community

Opportunities for postgraduate research trainingwithin our laboratories – which are well supportedfinancially and of international repute – are second-to-none. The skills and interests of our principalinvestigators are immense, leading to a vibrant andinteractive research and teaching environment inwhich to pursue postgraduate studies.

Life Sciences stats

1,000+ people involved in research£70 million+ predicted research income£170 million recent building investment


studentprofileName Rodrigo MaldonadoAge 24From Talcahuano, ChileDegree PhD in

BiotechnologyGraduates 2013

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Why did you choose your degree subject?

“I have always wanted to work on biotechnology,and that is why I choose to do a postgraduatedegree outside my country, because thebiotechnology is not really developed in Chile yet. SoI think that when I finish my PhD, and go back toChile, I will be have a lot of new knowledge to sharein that field, in order to contribute to thebiotechnology development.”

Why Manchester?

“The University of Manchester is one of the bestuniversities around the world and has many facilitiesthat would help me to develop high quality researchduring my PhD thesis, and the topic that I wanted towork with has been developed here. I wanted towork on recombinant protein production inmammalian cells, and Professor Dickson’s lab is oneof the best groups in that field, with manypublications, and with a special interest in theunfolded protein response.


“I really like the PhD programme, designingexperiments and reading literature in particular. Seeingthe work of other students who are in another year ofthe programme is really motivating; to hear and to seethem showing a lot of results, after many hours ofwork, is motivating and challenging.

“I really like the fact that the faculty is veryorganized, has a very nice email communicationnetwork, and very nice facilities for the developmentof high quality research (I am based in the MichaelSmith Building).

What are your future plans?

“I would like to get some experience in industry,during my PhD or getting a postdoctoral position inindustry, and then go back to Chile and start myown lab associated to a university, or work inindustry. I also would like to do some lectures, toshare the experiences gained during my PhD.”


“With a lot of information, induction and activities,Manchester is a multicultural city, so in every cornerof the city you can find people of almost every partof the world, who are looking for knowledge.”



“I am interested in gene regulation underlyingvarious cardiac diseases, such as heart failure, cardiacarrhythmias and ischemic infarction, with an ultimateaim of developing novel therapeutic strategies foreffective treatments.

“Together with collaborators, my group has justfinished a study in which an important enzyme hasbeen identified for preventing fatal heart conditionassociated with cardiac hypertrophy, the leadingcause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. My team used laboratory experiments and computersimulations to show that the enzyme MKK4 isinvolved in preventing arrhythmias. Data waspublished in The Journal of Biological Chemistry andBBC radio and various major UK press reported onour discovery.

“Based on this study, we are currently working onidentifying novel agents for modulating MKK4activation for use in treatment of cardiacarrhythmias.”

Why is Manchester a good place for research in your area?

“The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008confirms The University of Manchester to beamongst the UK’s research elite. Cardiovascularresearch is one of the University’s areas of excellence,with over 40 PIs specialising in this field. The

Cardiovascular Research Group has an excellentrecord in obtaining external grant funding andcurrently holds core grants, with a total valueexceeding £25 million.”

“The Faculty of Life Sciences provides an idealenvironment in which to carry out my research, asthere is direct local access to unsurpassed coreresearch and analytical facilities, such as microarrays,mass-spectrometry and bioimaging facilities, etc,which will provide considerable added value to myresearch in molecular cardiology.”


“My research has major biological and clinicalrelevance, and is designed to provide a best andunique interdisciplinary training for postgraduatestudents in a broad scope of molecular biology, invivo cardiac physiology, transgenesis andcomputational simulation approaches. Students willalso gain essential skills in scientific writing andpresentation.

“This research training will provide an excellentgrounding for students wishing to pursue a career incardiovascular research or in other biomedical fieldsspecialising in molecular cardiology. The graduatetraining programme will also provide students withexcellent skills that are transferable to any career path.”

staffprofileName Dr Xin WangJob title Lecturer in

MolecularCardiology

Based Faculty ofLife Sciences

From UK



Life Sciences• Top-rated for research• World-class facilities• Postgraduate programmes

spanning the whole of lifesciences

• Premier Graduate TrainingProgramme

Biological SciencesRAE 4*25% 3*40% 2*30% 1*5%

Pre-Clinical and HumanBiological SciencesRAE 4*20% 3*45% 2*35% 1*0%

One of the largest and mostsuccessful research and teachingorganisations of its kind in Europe,the Faculty of Life Sciences proudlyfosters a scientific culture in whichthere are no traditional barriersbetween research disciplines.Shared expertise and thedevelopment of new technologiesenable important bioscienceproblems to be approached usingnovel and innovative methods.

World-class research requiresworld-class facilities – and, with£170 million building investment,the Faculty can boast more than itsfair share of state-of-the-artlaboratory space in modern,purpose-built buildings. Theseinclude the £61 million MichaelSmith Building, the £38 millionManchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, the £32 million CoreTechnology Facility, and the £39million AV Hill Building that housesa world-class neuroscienceresearch facility.

The Manchester Incubator Buildingis a state-of-the-art biotechnologyresearch and development centre,which offers superb laboratoryfacilities and infrastructure supportfor research and developmentstart-up businesses. The CoreTechnology Facility houses biotech

businesses alongside academicstaff in physiology andpharmacology research groups.The construction of a Neurosciencecentre completes an impressivebiomedical corridor that spans theentire length of the Universitycampus.

The Faculty is also home to theWellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, the Centre forHistory of Science, Technology andMedicine, the KNH Centre forBiomedical Egyptology, the HealingFoundation Centre for TissueRegeneration and the newlycreated Centre of Excellence inBiopharmaceuticals.

Postgraduate opportunities span allfields of life sciences, from themolecule to the cell, to the wholeorganism and environments.Projects are offered from a rangeof exciting and challengingresearch themes.

Three- or four-year PhDprogrammes are tailored to suitstudents with different levels ofresearch experience, and you willbe carefully matched with asupervisor of your choice. We alsooffer MPhil programmes across thewhole research disciplines withinthe Faculty. In addition, MRes andspecialist MSc courses are taughtin key areas designed to prepareyou for further PhD study, or for acareer in industry.

Employmentopportunities

The Faculty of Life Sciences is veryproud of the training opportunitiesthat we provide for all ourgraduate students during theirstudies. Whether you are taking aone-year masters degree or athree- or four-year PhDprogramme, in any subject area,our Graduate Training Programmeprovides a variety of research and

transferable skills, which willbenefit all of the diverse careerpaths that Life Sciences graduatesembark on.

Many students go on to havesuccessful academic researchcareers, while others go intoindustrial research positions withinpharmaceutical and biotechnologycompanies. Some embark on mediaand communications careers,teaching, academic administration,or careers within the public andenvironmental sector.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/lifesciences

Research programmes

Faculty of Life SciencesPostgraduate Research Office

[email protected]

tel +44 (0)161 275 5608

Taught courses

Faculty of Life Sciences Recruitmentand Admissions Office

[email protected]

tel +44 (0)161 275 5032

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Research programmes

Adaptive Organismal BiologyPhD/MPhil FT PTAnimal Biology PhD/MPhil FT PTBiochemistry PhD/MPhil FT PTBioinformatics PhD/MPhil FT PTBiomolecular Science PhD/MPhil FT PTBiotechnology PhD/MPhil FT PTCell Biology PhD/MPhil FT PTCell Matrix Research PhD/MPhil FT PTChannels and TransportersPhD/MPhil FT PTDevelopmental Biology PhD/MPhil FT PTEgyptology PhD/MPhil FT PTEnvironmental Biology PhD/MPhil FT PTEvolutionary Biology PhD/MPhilFT PTGene Expression PhD/MPhilFT PTGenetics PhD/MPhil FT PTHistory of Science, Technology andMedicine PhD/MPhil FT PTImmunology PhD/MPhil FT PTIntegrative Neurobiology andBehaviour PhD/MPhil FT PTMembrane Trafficking PhD/MPhil FT PTMicrobiology PhD/MPhil FT PTMolecular and CellularNeuroscience PhD/MPhil FT PTMolecular Biology PhD/MPhil FT PT

Molecular CancerStudiesPhD/MPhil FT PTNeuroscience PhD/MPhil FT PTOphthalmology PhD/MPhil FT PTOptometry PhD/MPhil FT PTOrganelle Function PhD/MPhilFT PTPharmacology PhD/MPhil FT PTPhysiology PhD/MPhil FT PTPlant Sciences PhD/MPhil FT PTStem Cell Research PhD/MPhil FT PTStructural Biology PhD/MPhil FT PTSystems Neuroscience PhD/MPhil FT PTToxicology PhD/MPhil FT PT

Taught courses

Biochemistry MSc/PgDip FTBioinformatics and Systems BiologyMSc/PgDip FTBiological Sciences MRes (includingIntegrative Mammalian Biology) FTBiomechanics MSc/PgDip FTBiomedical and Forensic Studies inEgyptology MSc/PgDip FT PTBiotechnology and EnterpriseMSc/PgDip FTCancer Research and MolecularBiomedicine MSc/PgDipFTCell Biology MSc/PgDipFTComputational Neuroscience

MSc/PgDipFTDevelopmental Biology MSc/PgDip FTHistory of Science, Technology andMedicine MSc/PgDip (includingScience Communication) FT PTImmunology and ImmunogeneticsMSc/PgDip FT PT DLMolecular Parasitology and VectorBiology MSc/PgDip FT PTNeuroscience MSc/PgDip FTPlant and Microbial SciencesMSc/PgDip FT







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Our research

Postgraduate opportunities across the Faculty span abroad spectrum of biomedical and health-relatedresearch, aimed at furthering career development andimpacting upon policy and practice.

Our performance in the 2008 Research AssessmentExercise reflects the Faculty’s strength across diversebiological and clinical research areas, from laboratory-based investigations, to studies of the impact ofdiscoveries on population health. Research achievementsare underpinned by an extensive network of world-classresearchers and support staff, who tackle importantresearch questions using interdisciplinary approaches.

Cutting-edge facilities abound within the Faculty. Thenew Central Manchester hospitals complex will bringtogether the services of five hospitals and providefurther research and clinical facilities close to theUniversity campus.

We have an exceptionally high quality of healthsciences research and a strong track record ofpartnership working with the NHS and other majorhealthcare organisations, providing a wealth ofopportunities for postgraduate research.

We look forward to welcoming and developing yourabilities, commitment and experience as apostgraduate student in the Faculty of Medical andHuman Sciences.

www.manchester.ac.uk/mhs


Manchester Academic Health Science Centre(MAHSC)

• Partnership between the University and six GreaterManchester NHS organisations, (established 2008),which aims to help the city-region become a worldleader in health research

• Only such UK centre to cover the full spectrum ofcare: acute, specialist, mental health, primary andcommissioning

• Aims to interconnect Manchester’s existingresearch activity and partnerships, expand ourintegrated approach to research, implementresearch findings and support innovation inhealthcare practice



• Aims to generate health benefits, economicdevelopment, enterprise, innovation and wealthcreation in the region

Manchester Collaborative Centre forInflammation Research (MCCIR)

• Partnership between the University, AstraZenecaand GlaxoSmithKline

• Unique collaboration to establish a world-leadingtranslational centre for inflammatory diseases

Collaboration for Leadership in Applied HealthResearch and Care (CLAHRC)

• One of seven in England selected by the NationalInstitute for Health Research to generate a stepchange in the quality of NHS care throughknowledge transfer between a leading universityand its surrounding NHS Trusts

Manchester Cancer Research Centre

• Unites the expertise, ambition and resources ofpartner organisations with formidable reputationsin cancer treatment and clinical research

• Researchers and clinicians work together inoutstanding facilities to learn more about howcancer develops, then translate findings into newdiagnostic tests and treatments for patients

Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)

• Partnership between the University and the CentralManchester University Hospitals NHS FoundationTrust

• One of 12 Department of Health centres ofexcellence, with a funding package of £35m

• Includes projects that aid our understanding ofhealth, development and disease for variousconditions (eg cardiovascular disease, mentalhealth), to develop new therapies and alleviatechronic long-term disability

Biomedical Imaging Institute

• A hub for interdisciplinary activity across theUniversity, encouraging the use of multi-modalimaging techniques, the development of newimaging methods and the integration of preclinical and clinical imaging

• Members are renowned for expertise in neuro- andcancer-imaging, PET and MRI methodology, andimage analysis

Institute of Health Sciences

• Promotes health sciences research andpostgraduate education across the University andour partner NHS Trusts

Neuroscience Research Institute

• Unites researchers from science, engineering andmedicine, allowing free-flowing interchangebetween basic and clinical studies, and therebyseamless integration of bench-to bedside research

Manchester: Integrating Medicine andInnovative Technology,

• First international affiliate of the highly successfulUS centre CIMIT®

• Clinicians and scientists (including engineers)devise mechanisms based on the latest technologyto solve clinical problems

National Primary Care Research andDevelopment Centre

• Multidisciplinary, academically independent centreestablished at the University by the Department ofHealth

• Undertakes policy-related research in primary care

North West Genetic Knowledge Park (Nowgen)

• Houses clinicians, scientists and communicatorsdedicated to applying research in medical geneticsand social sciences to benefit patients and society

Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research

• Hosts the UK DNA Banking Network, allowingresearchers to search for the genes behind a rangeof chronic diseases

UK Biobank

• Multimillion-pound project hosted by the Universityto improve knowledge of life threatening anddebilitating diseases in the UK

• Recruiting a target of 500,000 people aged 40 to69 in order to track their health over the next 30+ years

MHS stats

£61 million predicted research income 2,000+ postgraduate students


studentprofileName Leyla ZilicAge 23From Manchester, UKDegree MRes Tissue

Engineering ForRegenerativeMedicine

Graduates 2011

Why did you choose this degree?

“I worked as a research associate for the wound carecompany Systagenix. I had had an interest in tissueengineering ever since briefly studying it during myBSc in Biomedical Material Science at The Universityof Manchester. It is an area of science that isbecoming more renowned, especially with recentbreakthroughs in the repair and regeneration oftissues and organs.

“Manchester is a great place to live and study; themulticultural city is known for its lively studentatmosphere. The University is highly ranked forresearch, which appealed to me, as I wanted to do a research-based postgraduate degree. The MRescourse itself is interdisciplinary, allowing me to gainextensive knowledge in other areas, such asmedicine, life sciences and materials.”


“The course has increased my confidence andprepared me for a PhD. Seminars have opened meup to current research in tissue engineering, andfeedback from lecturers has improved my writingand critique skills. The course also encouragesteamwork with group presentations and challenges;this is especially important in research, where youhave to regularly present your findings and work aspart of a research group.

“As part of my final project, I collaborated betweenthe School of Materials and Translational Medicine,and had the opportunity to work with equipmentsuch as SEM (scanning electron microscopy) andDNA sequencing facilities.

“I always receive helpful feedback and mysupervisors make sure that we have regular meetingsto discuss any problems or queries. Staff membersalso helped me decide what I wanted to do after I finished my degree, giving me advice and lookingover my CV.


“I value the people and friends I have made; theyhave made studying here a lot easier and enjoyable. I also value the knowledge and experience that I have gained, which I will take with me whencontinuing on with research in science.

“Finishing my undergraduate degree, I was unsure ofwhat path to take in science; however, by doing mypostgraduate degree I have realised I enjoy studying,so have decided to prolong my stay in academicresearch. Talking with other students and staffmembers here has made it easier to decide what I wish to achieve in the future.”

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researcherprofileName Kevin J MunroJob title Professor of

Audiology &Director ofGraduate Matters

School PsychologicalSciences

From Edinburgh,Scotland


“In a nutshell, my research is concerned with ourears and the neural pathways that lead to thehearing part of the brain, and is mostly aimed athelping adults and children with hearing disorders.This might involve developing new diagnostic tests,or improving hearing devices, or enhancingrehabilitation methods.

“One of my projects investigates how the brainchanges when someone is deaf and what happenswhen we provide them with a hearing device.Another investigates the effort that is required tolisten. I’m also interested in helping infants with apermanent hearing impairment. What makes theseprojects special is that they allow me to work with awide range of disciplines, so I can take innovativeideas and use them to improve quality of life forpeople of all ages with a hearing impairment. Whatcould be more motivating and rewarding?”

Why is Manchester good for research in your area?

“It is a very creative environment, just like the cityitself. The University aspires to be one of the leadinguniversities in the world, so that makes it an excitingplace to work. There are great facilities, great people,and strong links between the University and thesurrounding hospitals. There is a huge range ofknowledge and skills across the University, so there isalways someone to help with a research problem, orcollaborate with.

What are the facilities and resources like?

“We have a suite of sound-treated laboratories, sowe can measure hearing accurately. We also havegreat facilities for doing exquisite measurements thatrange from observing a change in someone’sbehaviour in response to a sound, to measuringchanges in their brain.


“If you want to be the first to hear about newhearing research findings, and how it will helppeople with hearing disorders, Manchester is theplace to be. Many lecturers combine clinical trainingwith research work, so you’ll be bang up-to-datewith new developments. Chances are that thepeople who have carried out the research thatinforms clinical practice will be the people who willbe lecturing you, or perhaps working with you onyour research project. Why go anywhere else whenthe experts are in Manchester?

“There is very good support for postgraduatestudents within the Faculty. Staff are keen to helpstudents succeed and will go out of their way to helpyou. It’s such a creative place, full of enthusiastic andcommitted staff. Most of all, it is just a fun place tobe around.”



Dentistry• Top of UK research league • Online/distance learning (DL)

courses available • New Postgraduate Dental

Centre opened in 2010

RAE 4*30% 3*45% 2*25% 1*0%

Rated the best dental school forresearch in the 2008 UK RAE, theSchool of Dentistry has aninternational reputation for research,from developmental biology toclinical trials and systematic reviews.An ever-expanding portfolio ofspecialist dental courses also providesclinically directed training across anarray of disciplines. Our innovative,fully integrated four-year Clinical PhDcombines academic research withassessed clinical experience.

We have adopted a researchstructure with the mission of‘Understanding the Scientific Basisof Craniofacial and Oral Health’,divided into two research themes:Basic Sciences and Health Sciences.

Basic Sciences aims to improvecraniofacial health by enhancingour understanding of themechanisms underlying health anddisease and developing improveddental materials. Health Sciencesfocuses on dental health,contributing to knowledge ofevidence-based health provision.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/dentistry

[email protected] +44 (0)161 306 0239

Research programmes

Basic Dental Science (CancerStudies) PhD/MPhil FT PTBasic Dental Science (MolecularGenetics) PhD/MPhil FT PT

Basic Dental Science (Stem CellBiology) PhD/MPhil FT PTBiomaterials Science and DentalTechnology PhD/MPhil FT PTDental Public Health/CommunityDentistry PhD/MPhil FT PTEndodontology PhD/MPhil FT PTIntegrated Clinical PhD FT PTOperative Dentistry PhD/MPhil FT PTOral and Maxillofacial SurgeryPhD/MPhil FT PTOral Radiology PhD/MPhil FT PTOrthodontics PhD/MPhil FT PTProsthodontics PhD/MPhil FT PTRestorative Dentistry PhD/MPhil FT PTContact us to find out about otherresearch degrees.

Taught courses

Clinical Dentistry (Fixed andRemovable Prosthodontics) MSc FTClinical Dentistry (Oral andMaxillofacial Surgery) MSc FTClinical Dentistry (Orthodontics) MSc FTDental ImplantologyMSc/PgDip/PgCertPTDental Public HealthMDPH/MRes/PgDip/PgCert PT FT DLEndodontics MSc/Clinical Dentistry(Endodontics) MSc FTEndodontics PgDip PT

Fixed and RemovableProsthodontics MSc FT PTOral and Maxillofacial SurgeryMSc/PgDipFT PTRestorative and Aesthetic Dentistry MSc PT DL

Humanitarianismand ConflictResponseResearch programmes


Taught courses

Humanitarianism and ConflictResponse MA FT PT

For details, see Faculty ofHumanities section, p69

Medicine• Highly rated for research• Unique mix of clinical and

social scientists with accessto multidisciplinary trainingand supervision

• Unrivalled methodologicalexpertise

• Superb links to NHS andcommunity sites

Selected RAE returns:Cancer StudiesRAE 4*30% 3*60% 2*10% 1*0%Cardiovascular MedicineRAE 4*15% 3*60% 2*25% 1*0%Pre-Clinical and HumanBiological SciencesRAE 4*20% 3*45% 2*35% 1*0%Primary Care and OtherCommunity-Based Clinical SubjectsRAE 4*40% 3*40% 2*15% 1*5%

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The School of Medicine comprisesfive Schools reflecting emergingbiomedical priorities: Biomedicine;Cancer and Enabling Sciences;Community-Based Medicine;Translational Medicine; andManchester Medical School. Inpartnership with GreaterManchester NHS Trusts, the Schoolis one of Europe’s largest, boastinginnovative teaching and researchapproaches, and acting as a leadinginternational medical centre. Thecreation of the ManchesterAcademic Health Science Centre(MAHSC) has further strengthenedour emphasis on ‘bench to bedside’research and discovery science.

With stimulating research andlearning environments, our Schoolsoffer diverse postgraduateopportunities to scientists, cliniciansand the healthcare community.These range from fundamentalbiological sciences, to clinical andhealth services research involvingemerging social and economicissues. Postgraduate and ContinuingProfessional Development trainingallows you to gain professionallyrecognised qualifications in specialistareas, explore research interestswith a view to moving onto a PhD,or simply gain valuable experience.Research training spans the entiretyof the basic and applied sciences.

Some of our PhD researchersinvestigate the origin of diseases atthe molecular, cellular and geneticlevel. Others focus at organ or tissuelevel, while others consider theeffects of interventions onpopulations rather than onindividuals. Technological andcomputational approaches deliverresearch at the interface of thescientific disciplines, resulting ingroundbreaking discoveries aboutmedical disorders or the living cell.

All postgraduate research studentsattend our popular graduate skillstraining programme, to maximise

their research potential and gainan edge in career progression intoacademia, healthcare, or industry.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/medicine

[email protected] +44 (0)161 275 5688

Research programmes

(in key subject areas listed below)Medicine MPhil/PhDFT PTMDFT PTChM FT PTCancer StudiesCardiovascular Developmental BiomedicineInflammation SciencesHealth SciencesImaging, Genomics and ProteomicsMental Health andNeurodegenerationMusculoskeletal Respiratory

For more information on researchtraining opportunities, see ourwebsite. Research study applicantsshould select PhD/MD/MPhilMedicine initially and provide detailon your proposed study area, oracademic supervisor.

Doctoral Training Centreprogrammes*

Humanitarianism and ConflictResponse FT PTIntegrative Systems Biology FTNanoscienceFT*For further details, see ManchesterDoctoral College p96-99

Taught courses

Applied Mental Health MSc/PgDipPT

Bio Health Informatics MSc (withthe School of Computer Science)FT PTBiostatistics MSc (with the Schoolof Mathematics) FTCardiovascular Health and DiseaseMRes FTClinical Biochemistry MSc FT PTClinical Rheumatology MSc PTForensic Mental Health MSc/PGDip PT 3 YearsGenetic Counselling MSc FT 2 YearsGenetic Medicine MRes* FTHealth Care Ethics and LawMA/PgDip (with the School of Law) FT PTInvestigative Ophthalmology andVision Science MSc FT PTMaternal and Fetal Health MRes FTMedical Microbiology MSc FT PTMedical Sciences MRes FTMedical Virology MSc FTOccupational Hygiene MSc/PgDip DLOccupational MedicineMSc/Advanced PgDip DLOncology MRes/PgDip FTPrimary Care MRes DLPsychiatry (Blended Learning)MSc/PgDipPTPublic HealthMRes/MPH/PgDip/PgCertDLTissue Engineering forRegenerative Medicine MResFT







Translational MedicineMRes/PGCert PT FT- Pharmaceutical Cancer Pathway- Interdisciplinary Molecular

Medicine PathwayWork Based Medical EducationMSc/PgDip/Pg Cert PT*Subject to approval

Nursing, Midwiferyand Social Work• 1st in the UK for research• Reputation for innovation in

teaching and learning• Strong links with health and

social care providers• Excellent employment and

career progression prospects

RAE 4*50% 3*35% 2*10% 1*5%

A recognised international leader inresearch and education, the Schoolof Nursing, Midwifery and SocialWork offers you diverse academicstudy opportunities in line with thepace of change in health and socialcare. We ranked top for nursingand midwifery research in the 2008UK RAE. Our high quality, appliedresearch aims to provide evidenceto improve patient care and shapehealth and social care services.With the largest research portfolioof such schools in the UK, weattract considerable funding andoutput in renowned journals.

Strong links with the School ofPsychological Sciences, theInstitute of Health Sciences andthe Manchester Academic HealthScience Centre provide ampleopportunities for multidisciplinaryresearch. Our researchprogrammes are consistently highlycommended in external reviews,while several practice-focused,multi-professional courses have

enhanced our reputation in taughtstudy. Underpinned by ourresearch activity and expertise, weoffer high-quality programmes thatmeet professional bodyrequirements where appropriate.Specialist education ranges fromdeveloping professionals forexisting, new and advanced rolesin health and social care, toenhancing clinical, health andsocial care research throughtraining courses.

Postgraduate research studentsreceive extensive research trainingin transferable skills. Excellenttraining in research methods,together with the opportunity towork with internationally acclaimedacademics and practitioners, meanyou will be well equipped tocontribute to leading health andsocial care research.

Our established Distributed (Online)Learning PhD/MPhil and MRescourses are innovative developmentsin high quality research training. TheSchool occupies a state-of-the-artbuilding, while our outstandinglearning facilities include seminarrooms, high-specification clinicaland interpersonal skills laboratories,a dedicated student computer suiteand full wireless access. One ofEurope’s best library collections andresources includes an extensiverange of health and social carebooks and journals, as well asdiverse related subjects. Many onlineresources can be accessed off-site.

We particularly welcomepostgraduates interested inhealth/social care research topicsincluding: mental health;management of chronic illness;cancer, supportive and palliativecare; child and family health; andsocial care.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/nursing

[email protected] +44 (0)161 306 0270

Research programmesNursing MPhil/PhD FT PT DLSocial Work MPhil/PhD FT PT DL

Taught coursesAdvanced Nursing/MidwiferyStudies PgDip/MScFT PTAdvanced Practice Interventions forMental Health (APIMH) PgDip/MSc*PT- Primary Mental Health Care

Pathway- Dementia Care Pathway- Psychosocial Interventions for

Psychosis Pathway

Clinical Research PgDipClinRes/MClin Res*FT PT DLHealth and Social Care ResearchPgDip Res/MRes HSCFT PT DLSocial Work MAFT

*Funded studentships may beavailable on these courses – forinformation, see the School website

Pharmacy andPharmaceuticalSciences• Modern, world-class facilities• Internationally renowned for

research• Flexible taught courses

RAE 4*30% 3*40% 2*25% 1*5%

The School of Pharmacy andPharmaceutical Sciences has longbeen internationally renowned forresearch, and we are also proud ofour teaching, translating excellencein basic science into professionaltraining and continuing educationin pharmacy. We recently

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transferred to a new £18 millionresearch site, offering world-classfacilities. Basic physical andbiological sciences research is alliedto pharmacy disciplines to equipyou for research and/or careers inacademia, pharmaceutical andrelated industries, or clinicalpharmacy. We also house theNational Centre for PharmacyPostgraduate Education, providingcontinuing professionaldevelopment to all 18,500community pharmacists in England.

A variety of postgraduateprogrammes suit the needs ofanyone seeking to enter or toadvance a career in thepharmaceutical industry or inacademic research in drugdevelopment.

Candidates with a goodundergraduate science orengineering degree may enter theMPhil/PhD Pharmaceutical Sciences,where you gain an understandingof the complete drug developmentprocess while carrying outadvanced research in drug design,drug delivery, pharmacokinetics, ordrug usage and evaluation.

Scientists or managers who work inthe pharmaceutical industry can takestand-alone CPD course units, orcombine them to obtain apostgraduate diploma or MSc. Forpharmacists wishing to becomeleaders in health servicemanagement, our Health Servicesdiploma enhances your clinicalknowledge and develops yourmanagerial and problem solving skills.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/pharmacy

[email protected] +44 (0)161 306 0259

Research programmes

Pharmacy and PharmaceuticalSciences MPhil/PhD FT PT

Taught courses

Clinical and Health ServicesPharmacy MSc/PgDip PTCommunity Pharmacy PublicHealth Services MSc/PGDip*DLModelling and Simulation inPharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics MSc/PgDip/PgCert DLPharmaceutical Industrial AdvancedTraining MSc/PgDip/PgCertDL

See also Nanoscience (underManchester Doctoral College)*Subject to approval

PsychologicalSciences• Various collaborations with

external partners• Masters courses unique to

the UK• Degrees based on cutting-

edge research

Psychiatry, Neuroscience andClinical PsychologyRAE 4*5% 3*45% 2*40% 1*10%PsychologyRAE 4*10% 3*35% 2*45% 1*10%

Postgraduate and professionaldevelopment opportunities withinPsychological Sciences at Manchesterspan areas including audiologicalsciences, cognitive neuroscience,mental health and speech andlanguage therapy. We aim to offerunrivalled, comprehensive trainingfocusing upon the latestdevelopments in psychology. TheSchool is internationally renownedfor its work on research and trainingin Cognitive Behavioural Therapies(CBT) for anxiety, bipolar disorderand psychosis. We collaborate with

numerous external partners,including research on sustainableconsumption sponsored by Tesco,projects on cognitive science fundedby Unilever, and strong workingrelationships with NHS Trusts acrossthe region, hearing aid companies,and leading international universities.

As well as our Clinical Doctorate inPsychology, we offer professionallydirected training in Audiology,while the MRes in Psychologyprepares individuals for researchcareers or PhD study. Our MSc inClinical and Health Psychologycombines the academic groundingfor both of these disciplines andour MSc in Cognitive BrainImaging provides technical traininginformed by psychological science.Both courses are unique in the UK.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/psych-sci

[email protected] +44 (0)161 275 2585

Research programmes

Audiology MPhil/PhD FT PTClinical Psychology MPhil/PhD FT PTClinical Psychology Doctorate ClinPsyD FTPsychology MPhil/PhD FT PT

Taught courses

Audiology MSc/PgDip FTClinical and Health Psychology MSc FTCognitive Brain Imaging MSc FTDeaf Education PgDip FT PT DLPsychology MRes FT PT







An innovativemodel of doctoraltrainingThe Manchester Doctoral College(MDC) has overarchingresponsibility for postgraduateresearch study across TheUniversity of Manchester.

Over recent years, the Universityhas established a number ofCentres for Doctoral Training(CDTs), which complement existingFaculty PhD programmes andprovide a new model of doctoraltraining.

CDTs offer you the chance to studya four-year PhD programme in anarea of cutting-edge research,often cutting across traditionaldiscipline boundaries.

Why study at MDC?

The College hosts a number ofCentres for Doctoral Training, eachof which involves:

• Commitment tointerdisciplinarity

• A four-year research programmewith integrated taughtcomponents

• A doctoral dissertation meetinginternational standards ofexcellence

• Integration into world-classresearch teams

• The chance to share researchdevelopment as part of a cohortof fellow doctoral students

Please note that the followingpostgraduate study options are allsubject to availability. For the mostup-to-date information, seewww.manchester.ac.uk/mdc

Advanced MetallicSystems Centre forDoctoral TrainingThe Advanced Metallic SystemsCDT, hosted jointly by theUniversities of Manchester andSheffield, provides an exciting newapproach to postgraduate researchand training in metallic materials.High calibre students from a rangeof physical science and engineeringbackgrounds undertake a four-yearprogramme, comprising a first yearof taught courses and case studiesin core materials topics, leadinginto a full PhD research projectdeveloped by the student withtheir supervisor. Most PhD projectswill be supported by industrialsponsorship and supervision.

The technical programme issupplemented by a transferableskills training programme, leading

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to a Diploma in Professional Skills,preparing you for futuremanagement and leadership rolesin industry and research.

What could you be working on?

New ultra-lightweight, highperformance solutions foraerospace and automotiveapplications; novel corrosionresistant materials for offshoreenergy generation and medicalimplants; the next generation ofnuclear reactor materials;innovative and sustainablemanufacturing.

Find out morewww.metallicscdt.co.uk

tel +44 (0)114 222 5478

Research programme

Advanced Metallic Systems PhDFT

Centre for DoctoralTraining inComputer ScienceManchester has the UK's broadestcomputer science researchportfolio, from electronic datastorage, massively parallel neuralmicrochip engineering andmulticore software through toworld-beating theorem provers,machine intelligence, semantictechnologies, text-mining and e-Science.

Our Centre follows a new modelof four-year research training,which combines the deep technicalresearch associated with thetraditional UK PhD, with training increativity and innovation reinforcedby collaboration with industrialstakeholders who have taken astrong interest in the foundation of this centre.

Find out morehttp://cdt.cs.manchester.ac.uk

tel: +44 161 275 [email protected]

Research programme

Computer Science PhD (CDT 4 years) FT

EngineeringDoctorate (EngD)Centre inEngineering forManufactureThe EngD in 'Engineering forManufacture' is a four-yearpostgraduate research programmerun in collaboration with themanufacturing industry, aimed atindividuals considering a career inindustry. You tackle real world,industrially relevant researchprojects, mainly based at thesponsoring company.

The EngD comprises four elements:a doctoral-level, industry-focusedresearch project; a Diploma inEnterprise Management; taughttechnical course units; and aprofessional developmentprogramme.

The EngD Centre is an accreditedtraining provider with IMechE andIET, allowing rapid mentoredprogression to CEng. Students fromother disciplines are also supportedin seeking Chartered status.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/engd

tel +44 (0)161 306 4157

Research programme

Engineering for Manufacture EngDFT

EngineeringDoctorate Centrein NuclearEngineeringFormed in 2006, this Centreinvolves a consortium of UKuniversities, led by The Universityof Manchester in partnership withImperial College London.

The primary objective of theNuclear EngD is to provideoutstanding young nuclearresearch engineers with intensive,broadly based training incollaboration with industrialcompanies, so that they areequipped to take up senior roleswithin the nuclear industry.

In addition to obtaining a highquality qualification, you will gainexperience of working in anindustrial research anddevelopment environment. Thisfour-year programme involves youbeing based within an industrialcompany in the UK.

The programme comprises fourelements: a doctoral-level researchproject, or portfolio of projects; adiploma in EnterpriseManagement; taught technicalcourse units; and a professionaldevelopment programme.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/engd

tel +44 (0)161 275 4338

Research programme

Nuclear EngD FT


Key



ESRC North WestDoctoral TrainingCentreThe ESRC North West DoctoralTraining Centre offers studentshipsin 19 pathways in the SocialSciences. If you are interested,please visit www.nwdtc.ac.uk orcontact the School to which youwish to apply for more information.

Humanitarian andConflict ResponseInstituteThe Humanitarian and ConflictResponse Institute (HCRI) aims toinform and support policy anddecision-makers; to optimise jointworking between partnerorganisations; and to fosterincreased understanding and debatewithin the field of humanitarianism.To achieve these aims, it bringstogether the disciplines of medicineand the humanities, facilitatingimprovements in crisis response ona global scale while providing amuch-needed centre of excellencefor all concerned with emergenciesand conflicts.

Led by the former President ofMédecins Sans Frontières, Dr RonyBrauman, we aim to combine theresearch and teaching of academicsworking in a considerable variety ofdisciplines to offer an exceptionallydiverse learning environment.

Our doctoral programme uniquelyfocuses on responses to crisesoriginating from both conflict zonesand natural disasters. Bringingtogether the study of medicine andhumanities provides a holisticapproach, which mirrors the realityof aid operations and informs thereflexive processes of bothanalytical and applied disciplines.

Find out morewww.hcri.ac.ukwww.manchester.ac.uk/history

[email protected] +44 (0)161 275 8967

Research programme


Taught course

Humanitarianism and ConflictResponse MA FT PT

Integrative SystemsBiology Centre forDoctoral TrainingWe have an excellentunderstanding of biomolecules andhow they work in isolation, but westill don't truly understand howhealth and disease processesunfold in organisms. Recentdiscoveries in systems biologyshow why: the functions of lifecrucially depend on myriads ofinteractions and networkingbetween molecules, cells andorgans. To unravel these complexnetworks is the aim of researchwithin the Systems BiologyDoctoral Training Centre.

Industry and academia require anew generation of scientists whoare skilled and experienced indealing with the ‘Networks ofLife’. We offer a four-year,multidisciplinary PhD trainingprogramme in which groups ofstudents study cutting-edge topicsand use latest technologies to puttogether pieces of the puzzlecalled Life.

Students engage in a combinedexperimental-theoretical research

project chosen from topics such asmultifactorial diseases (eg diabetes,cancer, epilepsy); the dynamics ofinformation processing in livingcells; and synthetic biology, thecreation of new functions of life.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/mib/postgraduate/DTC

tel +44 (0)161 306 5188

Research programme

Systems Biology PhD FT

North WestNanoscienceCentre for DoctoralTrainingNOWNANO builds on the worldleading expertise in all nanosciencewithin Manchester and Lancasteruniversities to offer a broad,interdisciplinary doctoral trainingcentre.

Before focusing on one specificarea of nanoscience in theirresearch projects, PhD studentsreceive initial training thatdemonstrates the breadth andpotential of nanoscience andnanotechnology and preparesthem for truly innovative,interdisciplinary PhD research.Throughout training, the cohortmeets and discusses their research,building a group of outstandingfuture nanoscientists.

Key programme features

• Research that developsinterdisciplinary skills

• Choice of experimental,theoretical and computationalprojects

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• Topics include: synthesis,fabrication, characterisation andmodelling of nanomaterials;experimental and theoreticalphysics of nano-devices;nanophotonics andnanoplasmonics; applications ofnanotechnology in solar cells,data storage, and imaging; tissueengineering for regenerativemedicine, applications ofnanotechnology for targeteddrug delivery, and many others.

• Six-month training course incore research techniques,including two mini-projects in achoice of labs

• Based in state-of-the-artnanoscience laboratories

Find out morewww.nownano.manchester.ac.uk

tel +44 (0)161 275 1887

Research programme

Nanoscience PhD FT

Nuclear FiRSTCentre for DoctoralTrainingNuclear FiRST aims to underpin UKenergy strategy by addressing thegrowing doctoral skills gap innuclear fission science andengineering. It is a partnershipbetween The Universities ofManchester and Sheffield.

We are adopting a radically differentapproach to PhD study, combining amasters-level foundation year with athree-year doctoral-level thesisproject. Our DTC trainingprogramme provides you with anexciting and interdisciplinaryapproach to postgraduate researchtraining, in a high quality andprofessional research environment.

Key features of the programme

• Research in which you developinterdisciplinary skills

• First year dedicated to youacquiring a broad knowledge ofnuclear science and the fuelcycle, through MSc-level courseunits

• Opportunity to undertake two‘taster’ research projects, toenable you to make aninformed choice of PhD topic

• Training in professional skills andproject placements in industry orresearch institutions in the UKand overseas

• Access to world-class facilities atboth Manchester and Sheffielduniversities

Nuclear FiRST welcomesapplications from graduates whohave, or expect to obtain, a gooddegree (First class or UpperSecond) in a relevant discipline,such as chemistry, physical,materials, earth or environmentalsciences, or an appropriate branchof engineering.

Find out morewww.nuclearfirst.manchester.ac.uk

tel +44 (0)161 275 1887

Research programme

Nuclear FiRST PhDFT

SustainableConsumptionInstituteThe Sustainable ConsumptionInstitute (SCI) is an interdisciplinary,academically independent researchinstitute established by TheUniversity of Manchester. It has adistinctive focus on innovativeways to harness the power of

consumers to shape policy makingin business, government and civilsociety, and to bring about a step-change to more environmentallysustainable lifestyles.

In 2008, the SCI CDT had its firstintake of students on fully funded,four-year scholarships. Currently,25 doctoral students form the coreSCI CDT community across threecohorts. Our aim is to develop anoutstanding community ofstudents whose research spansmultiple disciplines.

You will undertake a rigorousprogramme comprising a numberof integrated cross-disciplinarytasks and activities. The innovativeprogramme emphasisescollaboration through effectivecommunication, networking andteamwork.

The SCI CDT is the only doctoraltraining programme that hasrecruited across all four Faculties,developing and consolidating aninnovative and adaptable modelfor early career cross disciplinaryresearch training and internationalcollegial community development.

Find out morewww.manchester.ac.uk/sci

tel +44 (0)161 275 0913


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AAnalytical Science PhD/MPhil 46Accounting and Finance MSc 73Actuarial Science PhD/MPhil/MSc 52, 53Adaptive Organismal Biology PhD/MPhil 87Advanced Aerospace Materials Engineering MSc by Research 51Advanced Chemical Engineering MSc/PgDip/PgCert 47Advanced Chemical Process Design MSc/PgDip/PgCert 47Advanced Composites MSc 52Advanced Computer Science (ACS) MSc 48Advanced Computer Science and IT Management MSc 48Advanced Control and Systems Engineering MSc 51Advanced Engineering Materials MSc/PgDip/PgCert 52Advanced Manufacturing Technology and SystemsManagement MSc 54Advanced Metallic Systems PhD 52, 97Advanced Nursing/Midwifery Studies PgDip/MSc 94Advanced Practice Interventions for Mental Health (APIMH) PgDip/MSc 94Advanced Process Design for Energy MSc/PgDip/PgCert 47Aerospace Engineering PhD/MPhil/MSc/MSc by Research 54American Studies (History) MA 66American Studies (Literature and Culture) MA 66Analytics: Operational Research and Risk Analysis MSc 73Animal Biology PhD/MPhil 87Anthropological Research MA 79Anthropology, Media and Performance PhD 63Applied Linguistics MA/PgDip 72Applied Mathematics PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 52Applied Mental Health MSc/PgDip 93Applied Numerical Computing PhD/MPhil 52Applied Theatre (Theatre and Performance pathway) MA 63Arab World Studies PhD 74Archaeology PhD 60Archaeology – Complex Societies MA 60Archaeology – General MA 60Archaeology – Identity MA 60Archaeology – Neolithic MA 60Architecture and Urbanism MA 60Architecture MPhil/PhD 60Art Gallery and Museum Studies MA 75Art History MA 61Art History and Visual Studies PhD 61Arts and Cultural Management ProfessionalDoctorate/MEnt 61Arts Management and Cultural Policy PhD 61Arts Management, Policy and Practice MA 61Astronomy and Astrophysics EntD/PhD/MSc byResearch/MEnt 55Atmospheric Sciences PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 49Audiology MPhil/PhD/MSc/PgDip 95

BBasic Dental Science (Cancer Studies) PhD/MPhil 92Basic Dental Science (Molecular Genetics) PhD/MPhil 92Basic Dental Science (Stem Cell Biology) PhD/MPhil 92Basin Studies and Petroleum Geoscience PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 49Biblical Studies MA 78Bio Health Informatics MSc 93Biocatalysis PhD/MPhil 46Biochemistry PhD/MPhil/MSc/PgDip 87Bioethics and Medical Jurisprudence PhD 71Bioinformatics PhD/MPhil 87Bioinformatics and Systems Biology MSc/PgDip 87Biological Chemistry PhD/MPhil 47Biological Sciences MRes (including Integrative Mammalian Biology) 87Biomaterials MSc 52Biomaterials Science and Dental Technology PhD/MPhil 92Biomechanics MSc/PgDip 87Biomedical and Forensic Studies in Egyptology MSc/PgDip 87Biomedical Materials PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 51Biomolecular Science PhD/MPhil 87Biostatistics MSc 53, 93Biotechnology MSc/PgDip/PgCert 47Biotechnology PhD/MPhil 87Biotechnology and Enterprise MSc/PgDip 87Business DBA/EntD/PhD/MPhil/MRes/MEnt 73Business Administration Full-time MBA 73

CCancer Research and Molecular Biomedicine MSc/PgDip 87Cancer Studies MPhil/PhD/MDFT/ChM 93Cardiovascular MPhil/PhD/MDFT/ChM 93Cardiovascular Health and Disease MRes 93Cell Biology PhD/MPhil/MSc/PgDip 87Cell Matrix Research PhD/MPhil 87Ceramics and Glasses PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 51Channels and Transporters PhD/MPhil 87Chemical Engineering PhD/MPhil 46Chemical Engineering and Analytical ScienceEngD/EntD/Integrated PhD/PhD/MPhil/MEnt 46Chemical Engineering with Design MSc/PgDip/PgCert 47Chemistry EngD/EntD/PhD/MPhil/MEnt/MSc by Research 47Chinese Business and Management MSc 73Chinese Studies PhD/MPhil 64Civil Engineering PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 54Classics and Ancient History PhD/MA 62Clinical and Health Psychology MSc 95Clinical and Health Services Pharmacy MSc/PgDip 95Clinical Biochemistry MSc 93Clinical Dentistry (Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics) MSc 92

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Clinical Dentistry (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery) MSc 92Clinical Dentistry (Orthodontics) MSc 92Clinical Psychology Doctorate Clin PsyD/PhD/MPhil 95Clinical Research PgDipClin Res/MClin ReS 94Clinical Rheumatology MSc 93Cognitive Brain Imaging MSc 95Colloids, Crystals, Interfaces and Materials PhD/MPhil 46Communication Engineering MSc 51Community Pharmacy Public Health Services MSc/PGDip 95Composite Materials PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 51Composition MusM 76Computational Neuroscience MSc/PgDip 87Computer Science PhD/MPhil/MEnt 48Computer Science PhD (CDT 4 years) 97Conference Interpreting MA/PgDip 67, 81Contemporary Literature and Culture MA 62Corporate Communications and Reputation Management MSc 73Corrosion and Protection PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 51Corrosion Control Engineering MSc/PgDip/PgCert 52Counselling MA 65Counselling Psychology Doctorate DCouns 65Creative Writing PhD/MA 62Crime, Law and Society MA 63Criminology MPhil/PhD 63Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies MRes 63Critical Learning Disability Studies MA 65Cultural History MA 68

DDeaf Education PgDip 95Dental Implantology MSc/PgDip/PgCert 92Dental Public Health MDPH/MRes/PgDip/PgCert 92Dental Public Health/Community Dentistry PhD/MPhil 92Development Economics and Policy MSc 69Development Finance MSc 69Development Policy and Management MPhil/PhD 69Development Studies (Research Training) MA/MA 69Developmental Biology PhD?MPhil/MSc/PgDip 87Developmental Biomedicine MPhil/PhD/MDFT/ChM 93Digital Image and Signal Processing MSc 51Digital Technologies, Communication and Education MA 65Drama PhD 63

EEarly Modern History MA 68Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental SciencesPhD/MPhil/MEnt/MSc by Research/EntD 49East Asian Studies PhD/MPhil 64Econometrics MSc 65Economic and Social History MA 68

Economics MPhil/MRes/PhD/MSc/MA/PgDip 65Economics (Economics of Health) MSc 65Economics (Environmental Economics) MSc 65Economics and Econometrics MSc 65Education Doctorate EdD/MPhil/PhD/MA 65Educational and Child Psychology Doctorate DEdChPsy 65Educational Leadership and School Improvement MA 65Educational Psychology DoctorateDEdPsy 65Educational Research MSc 65Educational Technology and TESOL MA 65Egyptology PhD/MPhil 87Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngD/EntD/PhD/MPhil/Split-site PhD/MEnt/MSc by Research 50Electrical Energy Conversion Systems MSc 51Electrical Power Systems Engineering MSc 51Electroacoustic Music Composition MusM 76Endodontics MSc/Clinical Dentistry (Endodontics)MSc/PgDip 92Endodontology PhD/MPhil 92Engineering for Manufacture EngD 46, 47, 51, 52, 54, 55, 97English and American Studies PhD/MA 66, 67English Language PhD/MA 72Environment and Sustainable Technology MSc/PgDip/PgCert 47Environmental Biology PhD/MPhil 87Environmental Engineering PhD/MPhil 54Environmental Geochemistry and GeomicrobiologyPhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 49Environmental Governance MSc 68Environmental Impact Assessment and Management MA 77Environmental Monitoring, Modelling and Reconstruction MSc 68Ethnographic Documentary MPhil 79Evolutionary Biology PhD/MPhil 87

FFashion Technology MSc by Research 51Finance MSc 73Finance and Business Economics MSc 73Financial Economics MSc 65Financial Mathematics PhD/MPhil 52Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics MSc 92Forensic Mental Health MSc/PGDip 93French Studies PhD/MPhil 67

GGender, Sexuality and Culture MA 67Gene Expression PhD/MPhil 87Genetic Counselling MSc 93Genetic Medicine MRes 93Genetics PhD/MPhil 87



Geographical Information Science MSc 68Geography: Human Geography MPhil/PhD 68Geography: Physical Geography MPhil/PhD 68German Studies PhD/MPhil 67Global Business Analysis MBus 73Global Urban Development and Planning MSc 69, 77Globalisation and Development MSc 70

HHealth and Social Care Research PgDip Res/MRes HSC 94Health Care Ethics and Law MA/PgDip 71, 93Health Care Ethics and Law MSc (Intercalated) 71Health Sciences MPhil/PhD/MDFT/ChM 93Healthcare Management MSc 73History PhD/MA 68History: Economic and Social History Integrated PhD 68History of Science, Technology and MedicinePhD/MPhil/MSc/PgDip 87Human Resource Development (International Development) MSc 70Human Resource Management (International Development) MSc 70Human Resource Management and Comparative Industrial Relations (International) MSc 73Human Resource Management and Development(International Development) by Distance LearningMSc/PgDip/PgCert 70Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations MSc 73Human Rights MA/PgDip 77Humanitarianism and Conflict Response MA 69, 92, 93Humanitarianism and Conflict Response PhD 69, 92, 98

IICTs for Development MSc 70Imaging, Genomics and Proteomics MPhil/PhD/MDFT/ChM 93Immunology PhD/MPhil 87Immunology and Immunogenetics MSc/PgDip 87Industry, Trade and Development MSc 70Inflammation Sciences MPhil/PhD/MDFT/ChM 93Information Systems: Business Information Technology MSc 73Information Systems: e-Business Technology MSc 73Information Systems: Organisations and Management MSc 73Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship MSc 73Inorganic Chemistry PhD/MPhil 47Instrumentation PhD/MPhil 46Integrated Clinical PhD 92Integrative Neurobiology and Behaviour PhD/MPhil 87Integrative Systems Biology 46, 93Intellectual Property Law PgDip (validated route) 71Intercultural Communication MA 67

International Business and Management MSc 74International Development: Development Management MA 70International Development: Economics and Management of Rural Development MSc 70International Development: Environment and Development MA 70International Development: Politics and Governance MA 70International Development: Poverty, Conflict andReconstruction MA 70International Development: Public Policy and Management MA 70International Development: Social Policy and SocialDevelopment MA 70International Fashion Retailing MSc 52International Fashion Retailing (Business ProcessImprovement) MSc 52International Fashion Retailing (Multichannel Management) MSc 52International Politics MA/PgDip 77Interpreting Studies PhD/Phil 81Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science MSc 93Isotope Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 49Italian Studies PhD/MPhil 67

JJapanese Studies PhD/MPhil 64Jewish Studies MA 78

LLanguages and Cultures (research-route) MA 67Languages and Cultures MA 74Languages and Linguistics MA 67, 72Languages and Linguistics PgDip 72Latin American Cultural Studies MPhil/PhD/MA 70Law MPhil/PhD 71Law and Development MA 71Linguistics and English Language Integrated MA/PhD 72Linguistics PhD/MPhil/MA/PgDip 72Literatures and Cultures 1200- 1700 MA 66LLM 71

MMaintenance Engineering and Asset ManagementMSc/PgDip/PgCert 54Management MSc 74Management and Implementation of Development Projects MSc 70Management and Information Systems: Change andDevelopment MSc/PgDip/PgCert 70Management of Projects PhD/MPhil/MSc/MSc by Research 54Management of Projects: Commercial Project Management MSc 54

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Management of Projects: Construction ProjectManagement MSc 54Management of Projects: Engineering Project Management MSc 54Management of Projects: IT Project Management MSc 54Managerial Psychology MSc 74Marketing MSc / Marketing (Specialism) MSc 74Master of Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management (MESPOM) 50Materials EngD/EntD/MEnt/PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 51Materials and Surface Design MRes 52Materials Chemistry PhD/MPhil 47Maternal and Fetal Health MRes 93Mathematical Finance MSc 53Mathematical Logic PhD/MPhil 52Mathematical Logic and the Theory of ComputationMSc/PgDip 53Mathematics and Computational Sciences MSc 53Mathematics EngD/EntD 52Mathematics MEnt 53Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering EngD 54Mechanical Engineering PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 54Mechanical Engineering Design MSc 54Medical Microbiology MSc 93Medical Sciences MRes 93Medical Virology MSc 93Medicine MPhil/PhD/MDFT/ChM 93Medieval Studies MA 66, 68Membrane Trafficking PhD/MPhil 87Mental Health and NeurodegenerationMPhil/PhD/MDFT/ChM 93Metallic Materials PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 51Microbiology PhD/MPhil 87Middle Eastern Studies PhD/MPhil 74Modelling and Simulation inPharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics MSc/PgDip/PgCert 95Modern British History MA 68Modern European History MA 68Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience PhD/MPhil 87Molecular Biology PhD/MPhil 87Molecular Cancer StudiesPhD/MPhil 87Molecular Parasitology and Vector Biology MSc/PgDip 87Multi-Scale Modelling PhD/MPhil 46Musculoskeletal MPhil/PhD/MDFT/ChM 93Museology PhD 75Music and Drama MA 76Music: Composition PhD 76Music: Electroacoustic Composition PhD 76Music: Musicology PhD 76Musicology MusM 76

NNanoscience 46, 47, 51, 52, 55, 93, 99Nanostructured Materials PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 51Neuroscience PhD/MPhil/MSc/PgDip 87Nuclear EngD 47, 97Nuclear Engineering 54, 55Nuclear Engineering EngD 52, 54Nuclear Engineering PhD/MPhil 54Nuclear FiRST 46, 47, 50, 52, 54, 55, 99Nuclear Science and Technology MSc/PgDip/PgCert 55Nursing MPhil/PhD 94

OOccupational Hygiene MSc/PgDip 93Occupational Medicine MSc/Advanced PgDip 93Oncology MRes/PgDip 93Operations, Project and Supply Chain Management MSc 74Operative Dentistry PhD/MPhil 92Ophthalmology PhD/MPhil 87Optometry PhD/MPhil 87Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery PhD/MPhil/MSc/PgDip 92Oral Radiology PhD/MPhil 92Organelle Function PhD/MPhil 87Organic Chemistry PhD/MPhil 47Organisational Change and Development MSc 70Organisational Psychology MSc 74Orthodontics PhD/MPhil 92

PPalaeontology PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 49Paper Science PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 51Petroleum Geoscience for Exploration MSc 50Petroleum Geoscience for Reservoir Development andProduction 50PGCE Primary/PGCE Primary (with Language Specialism) 65PGCE Secondary (various specialisms) 65Pharmaceutical Industrial Advanced TrainingMSc/PgDip/PgCert 95Pharmaceutical Manufacture and Engineering PGCert 54Pharmacology PhD/MPhil 87Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences MPhil/PhD 95Philosophy PhD/MRes 76Photon Science MSc 55Physical Chemistry PhD/MPhil 47Physics EntD/EngD/PhD/MSc by Research/MEnt 55Physics and Chemistry of Minerals and FluidsPhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 49Physiology PhD/MPhil 87Planning MPlan/(Research) MPlan 77Planning and Landscape MPhil/PhD 77Plant and Microbial Sciences MSc/PgDip 87Plant Sciences PhD/MPhil 87



Polish Studies PhD/MPhil 67Political Economy (Research)/Political Economy (Standard) MA/PgDip 76, 77Political Science (Ethics and Political Philosophy) MA 76Political Science (Research)/Political Science (Standard)MA/PgDip 77Politics MPhil/PhD/MA/PgDip 77Pollution and Environmental Control MSc 50Polymer Materials Science and EngineeringMSc/PgDip/PgCert 52Polymer Science and Engineering PhD/MPhil/MSc byResearch 51Portuguese Studies PhD/MPhil 67Post-1900 Literatures, Theories and Cultures MA 66Postcolonial Literatures and Cultures MA 66Poverty and Development MSc 70Primary Care MRes 93Probability PhD/MPhil 53Process Integration PhD/MPhil 46Professional Doctorate in Applied Theatre 63Professional Doctorate in Museum Practice 75Profound and Complex Learning DisabilityMSc/PgCert/PgDip 66Prosthodontics PhD/MPhil 92Psychiatry (Blended Learning) MSc/PgDip 93Psychology MPhil/PhD/MRes 95Psychology of Education Med 66Public Administration MPA 74Public Health MRes/MPH/PgDip/PgCert 93Pure Mathematics PhD/MPhil/MSc/PgDip 53

QQuantitative Finance and Financial Engineering MSc 53Quantitative Finance: Financial Engineering MSc 74Quantitative Finance: Risk Management MSc 74

RRadio Imaging and Sensing MSc 55Refinery Design and Operation MSc/PgDip/PgCert 47Religion and Political Life MA 78Religions and Theology PhD/MA 78Respiratory MPhil/PhD/MDFT/ChM 93Restorative and Aesthetic Dentistry MSc 92Restorative Dentistry PhD/MPhil 92Russian Studies PhD/MPhil 67

SScreen Studies 63Social Anthropology PhD/MPhil/MA/PgDip 79Social Anthropology with Visual Media MPhil/PhD 79Social Change MPhil/PhD/MSc/PgDip 79Social Research Methods and Statistics MSc/PgDip 80Social Statistics MPhil/PhD 80Social Work PhD/MPhil/MA 94Sociological Research MSc 80

Sociology MPhil/PhD/MA/PgDip 80

South Asian Studies MA 78

Spanish Studies PhD/MPhil 67

Statistics PhD/MPhil/MSc/MSc by Research/PgDip 53

Stem Cell Research PhD/MPhil 87

Structural and Petrological Geoscience PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 49

Structural Biology PhD/MPhil 87

Structural Engineering MSc 54

Sustainable Consumption Institute 50

Systems Biology PhD/MPhil 46, 98

Systems Neuroscience PhD/MPhil 87

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Technical Textiles MSc by Research 51

TESOL MA 66

Textile Design, Fashion and Management PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 51

Textile Science and Technology PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 51

Textile Technology MSc/PgDip/PgCert 52

Textile Technology (Digital Print Technology) MSc 52

Textile Technology (Technical Textiles) 52

Textiles and Fashion MEnt 51

The Environment and Sustainable TechnologyPhD/MPhil 46

The Manchester Global MBA/(accelerated) 74

Theatre and Performance MA 63

Theoretical and Applied Fluid Dynamics MSc/PgDip 53, 54

Theoretical Chemistry PhD/MPhil 47

Thermal Power and Fluid Engineering MSc 54

Tissue Engineering for Regenerative Medicine MRes 93

Toxicology PhD/MPhil 87

Translation and Intercultural Studies PhD/MPhil 81

Translation and Interpreting Studies MA/PgDip 67, 81

Translational Medicine MRes/PgCert 94

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Urban Regeneration and Development MA 77

V

Victorian Times MA 68

Visual Anthropology MPhil/MA 79

W

War, Culture and History MA 68

Work Based Medical Education MSc/PgDip/Pg Cert 94

World History MA 68

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