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Egyptology at University of Manchester - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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Course summary

Our PhD Egyptology programme offers you the chance to make a genuine scholarly contribution to the field through your thesis. You may undertake your PhD either full-time or part-time. Egyptology at Manchester has a long history dating back to the late 19th century, and we have a broad range of world-class resources which you can use as part of your research programme, including the following.

  • The Manchester Museum Ancient Egypt and Sudan Collection : Numbering more than 18,000 artefacts from Egypt and
Sudan, ranging from the Neolithic to the Islamic Period. The museum offers students access to a large and well- provenanced collection of research materials.
  • The John Rylands Library : The Library holds an enviable collection of ancient texts, including hieratic, demotic and Coptic
papyri, which can also be made available to researchers. Egyptological research at Manchester is characterised by several themes:
  • New Kingdom and late Period material culture including pottery;
  • Ancient Egyptian military studies;
  • Non-royal tombs between the Old Kingdom and the Late Period;
  • Western Thebes in the New Kingdom;
  • Material philology and transmission of texts in Ancient Egypt;
  • Ancient Egyptian literature and literary culture.
Egyptology is part of the Department of Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology and Egyptology and, as such, our doctoral students will be able to participate in a vibrant academic environment and engage with specialists across a wide range of disciplines. View a comprehensive list of our research interests . At the end of your time at Manchester, you will produce and submit an 80,000 word thesis and defend it in a viva (oral examination).

Entry requirements

- Bachelor's (Honours) degree at 2:1 or above (or overseas equivalent); and - Master's degree in a relevant subject – with an overall average of 65% or above, a minimum mark of 65% in your dissertation and no mark below 55% (or overseas equivalent)

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

For fees for entry in 2025, please view the course listing on our website.

Sponsorship information

There are a range of scholarships, studentships and awards to support both UK and overseas postgraduate researchers, details of which can be found via the links below. To apply for University of Manchester funding, you must indicate in your application the competitions for which you wish to be considered. The deadline for most internal competitions, including AHRC NWCDTP and School of Arts, Languages and Cultures studentships is 13 January 2025. All external funding competitions have a specified deadline for submitting the funding application form and a separate (earlier) deadline for submitting the online programme application form, both of which will be stated in the funding competition details below. You will need to be nominated by your proposed supervisor for a number of our scholarships. Therefore, we highly recommend you discuss these funding opportunities with your supervisor first, so they can advise on your suitability and ensure you meet nomination deadlines. For more funding information, visit our funding page or use our funding database to search for scholarships, studentships and awards you may be eligible for.

Egyptology at University of Manchester - UCAS