PhD Politics: The University of Manchester

Course description

Politics is one of Europe's top centres for research and teaching, bringing together one of the largest groupings of politics staff in the UK and covering almost all areas of the discipline. Politics has a highly developed research culture. In the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise, they secured a grade 5, thereby denoting international excellence. They also scored top marks of 24 in the most recent external evaluations of teaching, held in 2001. With such extensive and high quality teaching and training resources, they are able to offer you excellent supervision for MPhil and PhD degrees in a cutting-edge research environment. Their PhD student body reflects a growing and diverse global community giving you near unrivalled opportunities to make new friends, debate aspects of your research with a substantial peer group, and begin making those networks that will stand you in good stead throughout you careers.

Entry requirements

Academic entry qualification overview:

Applicants for the PhD are expected to have a UK Masters degree (or overseas equivalent) in a relevant Social Science subject with a minimum overall average of 60%.

English language:

Applicants whose first language is not English must attain one of the following:

• IELTS - Overall 7, writing score  7
• TOEFL - Overall 623, TWE 5 (PBT)
• TOEFL - Overall 263, TWE 5 (CBT).  This test is no longer available but results less than 2 years old can be submitted.
• TOEFL  - Overall 100, with 25 in each of the 4 sections (IBT)

Applicants with scores below their requirements may be eligible to attend one of our pre-sessional English courses. Duration will be confirmed when an official result has been received.

Exemption to the requirements is at the discretion of the School. Applicants who have been taught and assessed in English on previous degrees may still be required to show proof of English proficiency via TOEFL/IELTS.

TOEFL Certificates - please designate the University of Manchester as a recipient of your result. The code is 0757. Results must come directly from ETS (TOEFL).