MRes Management / Overview

Year of entry: 2025

Degree awarded
Master of Research
Duration
12 Months [Full-Time] / 24 Months [Part-Time]
Entry requirements
  • Bachelor's (Honours) degree at 2:1 or above (or overseas equivalent)
  • Professional qualifications other than a Bachelor's Degree and/or relevant and appropriate experience may be taken into account for entry to a PhD programme.

Full entry requirements

How to apply

Apply online

Please ensure you include all required supporting documents at the time of submission, as incomplete applications may not be considered.

Application Deadlines

For September 2025 entry: 30 June 2025

Course options

Full-time Part-time Full-time distance learning Part-time distance learning
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Course overview

The MRes programme is designed to meet the research training needs of students who intend to continue their postgraduate studies and complete a PhD but either do not have any postgraduate experience or have postgraduate degrees that are deemed to provide insufficient research training. Other types of students (e.g. those who wish to pursue a career as researchers in B&M consultancies) might be interested in completing the MRes. Apart from providing an orientation to Doctoral research, the MRes programme equips students with a range of generic and subject specific research skills and knowledge. It also develops students personal and career development skills and a number of transferable skills.

Fees

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2025, the tuition fees are as follows:

  • MRes (full-time)
    UK students (per annum): £12,500
    International, including EU, students (per annum): £21,500
  • MRes (part-time)
    UK students (per annum): £6,250
    International, including EU, students (per annum): £10,750

Further information for EU students can be found on our dedicated EU page.

Policy on additional costs

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

Contact details

School/Faculty
Alliance Manchester Business School
Contact name
Humanities Doctoral Academy
Email
Website
https://www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/study/phd/
School/Faculty
Alliance Manchester Business School was established in 1965 as one of the UK's first two business schools. Today, we are the UK's largest campus-based business and management school, and 'Original Thinking Applied' is at the heart of everything we do. Find out more .

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