Overview

About the programme

Our understanding of German Studies at The University of Manchester is multiple and interdisciplinary, with a particular emphasis on culture and history from 1800 to the present day.

From the cultural history of Imperial Germany to contemporary Turkish-German culture, migration studies and cosmopolitanism, from Culture and Dictatorship, German-Jewish studies and Holocaust film to the history of translation, our research explores the interface between politics, culture and identity in the modern German-speaking world across and beyond its national boundaries.

Programme Structure

Recent PhD projects supervised in the department include studies on:

Early 20th-century German Design
The Ottoman Armenians in German Literature and Journalism
Melusine figures in Theodor Fontane
Space and Time in Kleist and Hoffmann
Disability in Contemporary German Women's Writing
Holocaust Education
Gertrud Kolmar
Turkish-German Literature and Film
Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary German Culture
Architecture and Dictatorship
Turkish German Cinema
Cosmopolitanism and Contemporary Muslim German Writers

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-06-30 00:00:00
Starting 2026-01-27 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-09-30 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

7

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PTE Academic

76

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TOEFL^® IBT

100

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Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

German and Scandinavian studies View 18 other PhDs in German and Scandinavian studies in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

7

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76

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100

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Other requirements

General 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 65% or above, a minimum mark of 65% in your dissertation and no mark below 55% (or overseas equivalent)

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Tuition Fee

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International

21500 GBP/year

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Based on the tuition of 21500 GBP per year during 36 months.
National

4786 GBP/year

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Based on the tuition of 4786 GBP per year during 36 months.

Living costs for Manchester

645 - 1197 GBP /month

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