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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Main Campus
Full Time
JAN-26
3 Years
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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Main Campus
Full Time
SEP-26
3 Years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Main Campus
Full Time
JAN-26
3 Years
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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 postgraduate 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 globally, offering 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 career development.
Students need to have: Bachelors (Honours) degree (or overseas equivalent) at 2:1 level or above in a cognate subject; Master's degree at 65% overall average with minimum 65% in dissertation and with no mark below 55% (or overseas equivalent). Satisfying the minimum entry criteria does not automatically make applicants competitive for funding. Therefore, to be considered for internal or ESRC funding, you will normally need: Bachelors (Honours) degree (or overseas equivalent) at 2:1 level or above in a cognate subject (1 st class highly desirable); and Master's degree in a cognate subject - with an overall average of 70% or above, and a minimum mark of 70% in your dissertation (or overseas equivalent).
Students living in
Domestic
£6,000 per year
Students from Domestic
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£22,500 per year
Students from EU
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£22,500 per year
Students from International
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