Course summary
Our Politics PhD programme is a three-year (full-time) or six-year (part-time) course of study that enables you to carry out a piece of in-depth research in the area that most interests you. You will benefit from a global reputation, lively PhD student body, multiple research seminar series, and expertise in a diverse set of areas of politics grouped in our five research clusters. Politics is the biggest post-graduate community in our School and we welcome students from all around the world, forming a vibrant community both socially and academically. Politics at the University of Manchester is one of the top politics departments in the country, and in the top fifty; globally. This offers many career opportunities for our PhD students, such as:
- Networking, internally and externally;
- Support for diverse research methods and approaches;
- Overseas and fieldwork visits;
- Internships, and;
- Career development.
Entry requirements
Bachelors (Honours) degree (or overseas equivalent) at 2:1 level or above in a cognate subject; and Master's degree at 65% overall average with minimum 65% in dissertation and with 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
Fees for entry in 2023 have not yet been set.
Provider information
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL