37 PhD programmes offered by the university

Our PhD Arab World Studies programme at The University of Manchester offers wide-ranging opportunities for research and advanced training in the history, politics, gender studies, literatures, religious traditions and cultures of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

Our PhD East Asian Studies programme at The University of Manchester enables you to carry out significant and original research into an area of interest concerning the East Asian region, broadly defined (including south-east Asia, especially when related to areas and cultures which use Chinese writing characters).

Our PhD French Studies programme at The University of Manchester will enable you to carry out a significant piece of in-depth research in an area of interest.

The Translation and Intercultural Studies programme at The University of Manchester will enable you to carry out a significant piece of original research under the supervision of our academics.

Our PhD Portuguese Studies programme at The University of Manchester will enable you to carry out a piece of original research under the supervision of our academics.

Our PhD Archaeology programme at The University of Manchester will see you undertake substantial original research leading to a thesis that constitutes a genuine contribution to archaeological knowledge.

The Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology at The University of Manchester is approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a three-year full-time initial professional training programme for educational psychologists.

The PhD Italian Studies programme at The University of Manchester enables you to carry out a piece of significant and original research at a department that undertakes internationally recognised research that is both wide-ranging and markedly interdisciplinary.

The PhD Russian and East European Studies programme at The University of Manchester will enable you to carry out a piece of significant, original research under the supervision of our academics.

The Doctorate in Forensic Psychology at The University of Manchester provides key transferable skills and equips our postgraduate researchers with the tools to progress beyond their research degree into influential positions within academia, industry and consultancy.

The PhD Psychology programme at The University of Manchester enables you to undertake a research project from across the broad spectrum of topics that are integral to improving our understanding of psychological function.

The programme structure of this Economics PhD at The University of Manchester aligns to that of top institutions in the US and the UK, providing you with rigorous advanced training and sufficient time for producing independent research, giving you a competitive edge in the job market.  

Our English and American Studies PhD programme at The University of Manchester offers the opportunity to undertake an in-depth piece of research in the area that most interests you.

Social Statistics PhD students from The University of Manchester are supervised by at least two members of staff who are experts in their areas of research. Students have an outstanding array of potential training options available to them, including places on postgraduate course units and short courses.

The Politics PhD programme at The University of Manchester enables you to carry out a piece of in-depth research in the area that most interests you.  

Postgraduate research study within Audiology at The University of Manchester is a challenging and rewarding experience. Our audiology research is based in the internationally recognised Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD).

The PhD in Physical Geography at The University of Manchester will allow you to benefit from the supervision of world-leading academics that have very strong reputations for research quality.

Our Japanese Studies programme at The University of Manchester will enable you to carry out a piece of significant, original research at a department that focuses on modern and contemporary Japan.

This practice-based Anthropology, Media and Performance PhD programme at The University of Manchester will see you carry out an extensive piece of research in the field.

The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at The University of Manchester offers this PhD degree in Bioarchaeology.