Program Overview

PhD Education / Overview

Degree awarded

PhD

Duration

3 years

Entry requirements

• Bachelor's (Honours) degree at 2:1 or above (or overseas equivalent); and
• Master's degree in a relevant subject - with an overall average of 60% or above, a minimum mark of 60% in your dissertation (or overseas equivalent)

Full entry requirements

Available upon request

How to apply

Apply online

Application Deadlines

• For consideration in internal funding competitions, you must submit your completed application by 20 January 2025.
• If you are applying for or have secured external funding (for example, from an employer or government) or are self-funding, you must submit your application before the below deadline to be considered. You will not be able to apply after this date has passed.
  • For September 2025 entry: 30 June 2025

Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 4: Quality education

Programme options

| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning
---|---|---|---|---
PhD | Y | Y | N | N

Programme overview

• 2nd in the UK for Education (Complete University Guide 2024).
• The University of Manchester was ranked in the top 10 in the UK for Education research (overall GPA, REF2021).
• Learn with research-active experts in the field of education and work with highly diverse cohorts of students and staff.
• Contribute to improvements in the overall wellbeing of students, their families and communities throughout the world through research.

Open days

Our virtual week took place October 2024 – to find out about future sessions to explore postgraduate research opportunities across the university, please visit our study fairs and events page.

Fees

• PhD (full-time )
  • UK students (per annum): £6,000
  • International, including EU, students (per annum): £22,000
• PhD ( part-time )
  • UK students (per annum): £3,000
  • International, including EU, students (per annum): £11,000

Scholarships/sponsorships

• ESRC North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP) PhD Studentships 2025 Entry
• School of Environment, Education and Development Postgraduate Research Studentships 2025 Entry
• China Scholarship Council - The University of Manchester (CSC-UoM) Joint Scholarship Programme - Competition Closed for 2025 Entry
• Trudeau Doctoral Scholarships 2025 Entry
• Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (High Income Countries)
• School of Environment, Education and Development Enhancing Racial Equality (SERE) Studentship 2025 Entry
• Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (Least Developed Countries and Fragile States) - Competition Closed for 2025 Entry
• President's Doctoral Scholar (PDS) Awards 2025 Entry

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 4: Quality education
  • Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Programmes in related subject areas

• Education

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