PhD Museology: The University of Manchester

Course description

The University of Manchester offers a PhD and MPhil in Museology. Current postgraduate research students are working on topics as diverse as: museums and city regeneration in Asia; the recontextualisation of the West African collection of the Manchester Museum; the development of education policy and practice in contemporary Greek museums; and the materialisation of literary heritage and biography in the house museums of the Romantic poets. The Centre for Museology was launched in 2002.

The aim of the Centre is to develop and promote research and teaching in museum theory and practice. The Centre also promotes academic and professional collaboration between the University and the museum profession in the North West, throughout the UK and overseas.

Course collaborators

Art History and Visual Studies operates a splitsite PhD with the University of Art in Tehran, the premier higher education institute in Iran for the study of fine and performing arts, with separate campuses in Karaj and Tehran. The programme was founded to allow Iranian students to come to The University of Manchester, but enquiries are also welcome from students who may wish to take advantage of the opportunities that Manchester's link with the University of Art presents for comparative research on aspects of Persian and Western art, architecture and archaeology. Joint supervision can be offered with textiles experts in the Whitworth Art Gallery or with colleagues in Middle Eastern Studies.

Entry requirements

Academic entry qualification overview: PhD: A First or Upper Second Class Honours degree plus a masters qualification in a relevant subject area, or its overseas equivalent.

English language: If your first language is not English, you need a minimum of IELTS 7.0 or TOEFL 600 (paperbased) or 250 (computer-based).