Overview
As a post-graduate researcher in the department of Art History and Cultural Practices at The University of Manchester, you will join a vibrant community with access to exciting research seminars and other events, such the Visiting Pilkington Professor series and the Whitworth Studies series.
Career opportunities
A research degree in Art History and Visual Studies enhances employment opportunities in many fields connected with the visual arts, architecture and material culture.
These include art galleries, the art trade and auction houses, the heritage industry, architectural conservation, publishing, art criticism and aspects of arts administration, as well as university and higher education.
In recent years our doctoral graduates have gone on to prestigious post-doctoral positions at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Freud Museum, the British Museum, and the National Gallery as well as obtaining positions at universities such as North Carolina, Imperial College London, and the Manchester School of Architecture.
Some graduate have gone into related fields in arts consultancy, publishing, and film production.
Programme Structure
Our research interests are wide-ranging. Strengths include:- medieval Italy
- Italian and Northern Renaissance
- Renaissance print culture
- history of architecture
- art and science
- British art in the 18th and 19th centuries
- Romanticism and its reception
- the history and theory of the avant-garde
- art and sexuality
- modernism and post-colonialism
- art and psychoanalysis
- poststructuralism
- history and theory of photography
- experimental art-writing
- contemporary Chinese art
- post-conceptual contemporary art
- modern art in India
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 72 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Student insurance
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- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
International applicants must provide one of the following:
- 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 65% or above, a minimum mark of 65% in your dissertation and no mark below 55% (or overseas equivalent)
Tuition Fee
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21500 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 21500 GBP per year during 36 months. -
National
4786 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4786 GBP per year during 36 months.
Living costs for Manchester
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