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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Main Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
3 Year
Our Politics PhD programme is a three-year (full-time) or six-year (part-time) course 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 five research clusters . Politics is the biggest postgraduate community in our School and we welcome students 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 PhD students, such as: networking, internally and externally; support for diverse research methods and approaches; overseas and fieldwork visits; internships; career development.
