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Architecture, Ph.D.

  • Application Deadline
  • 36 months
    Duration
University rank #29 (QS) ,
The Manchester School of Architecture is consistently ranked as one of the best architecture schools in the UK. With over 100 years of educational experience, we have strong links with national and international architectural practices.

About

Our architectural research is carried out within the Manchester Architecture Research Centre (MARC) and looks beyond technical design to the complex processes and practices that run through the development, adaptation and use of built environments. 

Our staff engage with research projects throughout the world, including the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, South East Asia and the US.

Making connections between these disciplines and practices, MARC has developed a distinctive expertise based on theoretical experimentation, methodological rigour, empirical attention, and hands-on studies of architectural practice, building technology, and techniques of architectural representation and mapping.

At MARC we set ourselves the mission of critically traversing the disciplinary boundaries of architecture and the social sciences to open up new areas of architectural research, create new standards of architectural pedagogy, and craft a new conceptual language to inform and influence urban policy. 

Research focuses on social studies of architecture, architectural history and theory, the politics of urban infrastructure and networks of architectural expertise.

Detailed Programme Facts

  • Programme intensity

    You can choose to do this programme part-time or full-time.

    Full-time
    • Full-time duration 36 months
    Part-time
  • Languages
    • English
    Schedule TOEFL®
  • Delivery mode
    On Campus

Programme Structure

What affords this mission is MARC's unique institutional setting: 

  • Planning and Environmental Management, 
  • Geography, 
  • and a number of other humanities disciplines,

English Language Requirements

You only need to take one of these language tests:

  • Minimum required score:

    100

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    Schedule TOEFL®

  • Minimum required score:

    7

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  • Minimum required score (Grade C):

    180

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Academic Requirements

Academic entry qualification overview

  • First or upper second class honours Bachelor degree (or international equivalent) and
  • A relevant postgraduate qualification, generally a Master degree, with Merit and a minimum average grade of 60% in the taught modules and a minimum grade of 60% in the dissertation 

English language

Tuition Fee

  • International Applies to you

    17000 GBP/year
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the original amount of 17000 GBP per year and a duration of 36 months.

  • EU/EEA Applies to you

    5500 GBP/year
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the original amount of 5500 GBP per year and a duration of 36 months.
We've labeled the tuition fee that applies to you because we think you are from and prefer over other currencies.

Living costs for Manchester

  • 645 - 1200 GBP/month
    Living Costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

    Sources of funding include:
    • UK Research Councils:

    • Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP)
    • Includes 1+3 and +3 studentships. Residency eligibility criteria apply. CASE ustdentships are normally advertised in January / February on our website and at jobs.ac.uk

      In addition, funding is sometimes possible from one of the following:

      • Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
      • Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
      • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (ESPRC)

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