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UCAS institution code: M20
Degree awarded: Doctor of Philosophy
Duration: 36 months full time, 72 months part time
Course fees: Fees for 2009 have yet to be set. As a guide the fees for 2008 were £4035 for UK/EU students and £10,500 for Overseas students. For general fee information, please visit: Postgraduate fees
Scholarships/sponsorships:
Scholarships/sponsorships: Postgraduate research students in SED are normally eligible for financial support from one of the following research councils:
The School offers a number of internal awards that are advertised on our webiste from January with a closing date of June. Further details will be published on the School's website as they become available.
Please see http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/ for further information.
Academic department: School of Environment and Development
Related website: www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/architecture/postgraduate/research/index.htm
Contact email: sed.admissions@manchester.ac.uk
Contact telephone: +44 (0) 161 275 0969
How to apply:
The majority of available Research places within the School of Environment and Development are allocated before the end of April. As such the School recommends that applicants submit a completed application by no later than 31st March 2009 if they wish to be considered for entry in September 2009. We aim to process decisions on research degree applications within 4 working weeks from the receipt of a complete application.
A complete application consists of:
Applicants to research degree programmes in SED are expected to have a First or Upper Second Class degree (or its international equivalent), and a relevant postgraduate qualification (generally a Masters degree). International applicants may also be required to provide evidence of English language proficiency (IELTS 7.0 or equivalent).
Once your application has been received you will be contacted by our admissions team, and you may be asked to submit additional information if necessary.
This research is carried out mainly within the recently-established Manchester Architectural Research Centre (MARC). The centre draws upon a wide range of interdisciplinary research and teaching interests within the School of Environment and Development, the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Manchester and the Faculty of Art and Design at the Manchester Metropolitan University. Our staff possess a unique and broad range of interests and expertise across theory and design, policy and practice. For further information, please see: http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/architecture/research/
Both our postgraduate research and postgraduate taught programmes draw inspiration from our research activity and students are encouraged to actively take part in the research culture of the school. Research students have their own facilities located at the heart of the School and are centrally involved in all scholarly activities. Staff expertise is informed by the different colleges in operation, which include issues such as Bioclimatic Architecture; Continuity in Architecture; Landscape and Urbanism and Materiality and their research tends to fall within these areas.
Research entails a degree of maturity and self-determination and direction over and above that needed for postgraduate taught courses.
Our postgraduate research programme is intrinsically interdisciplinary and is open to students with an interest in any aspect of architectural research including: sustainable urbanism, urban design and development, socio-technical systems (particularly related to sustainable energy technologies), places and place-making, ecological and landscape design and the conservation and management of historic environments. We also encourage proposals for research by design.
Informal enquiries, prior to applications, are welcomed. Please contact:
Dr Patrick Devine - Wright
Tel: +44(0)161 275 0316
Email: pdwright@manchester.ac.uk
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