Program Overview

MA/PGDip Heritage Studies

Overview

Our taught postgraduate course is aimed at both graduates and heritage professionals who want to develop their skills and theory in this area.

Entry Requirements

• We normally expect students to have a First or Upper Second class honours degree or its overseas equivalent in a humanities-based subject area.
• Professional experience in a relevant sector to the degree is also taken into consideration.

Application and Selection

• Apply online

Course Details

• Learn to understand communities as they want to be understood and remember them as they wanted to be remembered.
• Master the theory and practice of Heritage policy, while exploring emerging critical trends in the field.
• Benefit from more than 50 active partnerships with museums, galleries and a host of other arts, cultural and policy organisations offering opportunities for work placements and practice-based research.
• Tailor the course to your interests, with an array of optional modules on offer across the Institute for Cultural Practices.

Course Options

| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning
---|---|---|---|---
MA | Y | Y | N | N
PGDip | Y | Y | N | N

Fees

• MA (full-time)
  • UK students (per annum): £14,000
  • International, including EU, students (per annum): £28,500
• MA (part-time)
  • UK students (per annum): £7,000
  • International, including EU, students (per annum): £14,250
• PGDip (full-time)
  • UK students (per annum): £9,333
  • International, including EU, students (per annum): £19,000
• PGDip (part-time)
  • UK students (per annum): £4,667
  • International, including EU, students (per annum): £9,500

Scholarships/Sponsorships

• Each year the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures offer a number of School awards and Subject-specific bursaries (the values of which are usually set at Home/EU fees level), open to both Home/EU and international students.
• The Manchester Alumni Bursary offers a £3,000 reduction in tuition fees to University of Manchester alumni who achieved a First within the last three years and are progressing to a postgraduate taught master's course.
• The Manchester Master's Bursary is a University-wide scheme that offers 100 bursaries worth £3,000 in funding for students from underrepresented groups.
• Postgraduate 1+3 funding is available from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for students to pursue postgraduate study through a master's (one year) leading into a PhD (3 years). It requires a project proposal as part of the application.