Politics

Entry requirements

• Bachelor's (Honours) degree in a cognate subject at 2:1 or above (or overseas equivalent); and
• Master's degree in a relevant subject - with an overall average of 65% or above, a minimum mark of 65% in your dissertation and no mark below 55% (or overseas equivalent)

Months of entry

January, September

Course content

Our Politics PhD programme is a three-year (full-time) programme 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 six research clusters.

Politics is the biggest postgraduate community in our School and we welcome PGRs 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 PGRs, such as:

• networking, internally and externally;
• support for diverse research methods and approaches;
• overseas and fieldwork visits;
• internships;
• career development.

For further information on this programme, see our Politics page.