Course summary
Successful completion of our MSc/PGDip Deaf Education course will give you the mandatory qualification to work as a Specialist Teacher of deaf children and young people. The MSc route, which encompasses all the mandatory components of the PGDip with the addition of a dissertation, supports the development of research skills that can be applied to this field. Rapid developments in audiology and our understanding of language, communication and educational practice make Deaf Education an exciting area of study. The course uses an evidence-based approach to meeting the diverse needs of deaf children and young people and places a strong emphasis on the translation of research to practice. Our course has Department for Education (DfE) accrediation, meeting the requirements of the mandatory qualification. Most graduating students go on to teach and support deaf children in specialist teaching roles both in the UK and overseas, although there are also opportunities to continue academic research in this area. Both MSc and PGDip options are available. There is a range of full-time, part time, e-blended and on campus learning routes. If you already have the PGDip from The University of Manchester you return to us to complete the dissertation element to gain the MSc award. If you are an international student, we also have a part-time international PGCert pathway. This is for international students who wish to study in their home nation and may not have QTS/QTLS. This course does not qualify students as specialist teachers of deaf children and young people.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- General Teaching Council for England
Entry requirements
You must hold qualified teacher status (QTS). The course is also available to those who are qualified to work in further education who have evidence of Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS). Applicants should have at least one year's teaching experience. However other relevant experience may be considered in discussion with the programme team. For those applicants with teaching qualifications outside of the UK, applicants must evidence that their teaching qualifications are recognised in their home country. Applicants who have teaching qualifications from outside of the UK also need to apply for equivalency of their qualifications in order to gain QTS. Routes to gaining QTS as an international applicant are explained here in our information for international deaf education applicants. You must also hold a relevant honours degree from an approved higher education institution or evidence of previous advanced study, research or professional experience that the University accepts as qualifying you for entry. This is reviewed on a case-by-case basis. PGDip Deaf Education holders wishing to take the additional research unit to gain an MSc should have undertaken the PGDip at Manchester within the last three years. For students joining the course on this basis, the duration will be one-year part-time.
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 bursaries specific to Postgraduate Diploma Deaf Education and MSc Deaf Education courses, which you may be eligible for. Visit the deaf education funding page for to see if you are eligible and for the latest information on deadlines and how to apply. All PGDip home students will receive a £400 programme bursary to be discounted from the fee. This impacts on the fees as follows: - PGDip full-time: £8400 after application of the bursary. - PGDip part-time: £4000 Year 1, £4400 in Year 2 after application of the bursary. For the latest university wide scholarship and bursary information please visit the fees and funding page.
Provider information
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL