Overview

Career opportunities

The great majority of graduates of the Social Anthropology with Visual Media programme at The University of Manchester have gone on to academic posts involving an audiovisual dimension. Whilst a number of these have been in the UK, others have been further afield, in countries as diverse as China, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Estonia and Norway.

Although the programme offers training in ethnographic documentary film-making, a genre that has a direct relevance to a university career in social or cultural anthropology, it also equips students in a broad range of transferable skills that are applicable to a variety of careers.

These include the development of team-working and presentational skills, as well as the interpersonal skills required to carry out ethnographic fieldwork and an awareness of the legal and ethical issues raised by this research activity.

Programme Structure

Teaching and learning:

During the first year, students normally take a number of research training courses. These provide an introduction to classical ethnographic methods, such as participant observation and semi-structured interviewing.
They may also include audiovisual training courses for students without the requisite technical skills. Other optional courses cover quantitative methods, archival research, working with memory and elite interviews.
At the same time, under the guidance of their supervisors, students read extensively around their ethnographic topic as well as the relevant theoretical literature. Supervisors may recommend that they also take particular courses in Social Anthropology or elsewhere.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-01-27 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-09-30 00:00:00
Starting 2025-09-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-06-30 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

7

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100

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Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Film Studies Anthropology View 21 other PhDs in Anthropology in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

7

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100

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Other requirements

General requirements

Bachelor's (Honours) degree in a cognate subject at 2:1 or above (or overseas equivalent); and
Master's degree in Anthropology - with an overall average of 65% or above, a minimum mark of 65% in your dissertation and no mark below 55% (or overseas equivalent)
Some practical competence in the use of visual media is desired but not essential.

Tuition Fee

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International

21500 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 21500 GBP per year during 48 months.
National

4786 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4786 GBP per year during 48 months.

Living costs for Manchester

645 - 1197 GBP /month

Living costs

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