
MA/PGDip Conference Interpreting / Overview
Year of entry: 2019
- Degree awarded
- MA/PGDip
- Duration
- MA: 12 months [full-time], 24 months [part-time]
- Entry requirements
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Applicants should hold a good, Upper Second Class Honours degree, or its overseas equivalent. Exceptionally, we may consider applicants who do not meet this requirement but have significant relevant experience and skills.
- Number of places/applicants
Limited places are available on the MA in Conference Interpreting. We strongly recommend you apply early.
- How to apply
Please refer to the following School page regarding subject-specific requirements. These are in addition to the basic prerequisites as shown under entry requirements:
http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/study/masters/applying/
For references, please email the following link to your referees:
References for master's applications
They will submit your references directly to us and we will add them to your application.
Please use the Online Application Form to apply. Once you register, you can search for the course to which you wish to apply and upload the required supporting documents towards the end of this process.
Course options
Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning | |
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MA | Y | Y | N | N |
PGDip | Y | Y | N | N |
Course overview
- Practice interpreting at the UN offices at Vienna and Geneva.
- Learn from practising conference interpreters with EU or UN accreditation.
- Benefit from links to key employers such as the EC and the UN.
- Train on state-of-the-art Brähler equipment.
- Prepare for the workplace through advanced simultaneous training after your final exams.
For course content queries, contact Liu.Jin@manchester.ac.uk or Kirsten.Coope@manchester.ac.uk
Open days
Find out what it's like to study at Manchester by visiting us on one of our taught master's open days .
Fees
For entry in the academic year beginning September 2019, the tuition fees are as follows:
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MA (full-time)
UK/EU students (per annum): £9,500
International students (per annum): £18,500 -
MA (part-time)
UK/EU students (per annum): £4,750 -
PGDip (full-time)
UK/EU students (per annum): £6,334
International students (per annum): £12,334 -
PGDip (part-time)
UK/EU students (per annum): £3,167
The fees quoted above will be fully inclusive for the course tuition, administration and computational costs during your studies.
All fees for entry will be subject to yearly review and incremental rises per annum are also likely over the duration of courses lasting more than a year for UK/EU students (fees are typically fixed for International students, for the course duration at the year of entry). For general fees information please visit: postgraduate fees . Always contact the department if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.
Self-funded international applicants for this course will be required to pay a deposit of £1000 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. This deposit will only be refunded if immigration permission is refused. We will notify you about how and when to make this payment.
Scholarships/sponsorships
Each year the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures offer a number of School awards and Subject-specific bursaries (the values of which are usually set at Home/EU fees level), open to both Home/EU and international students. The deadline for these is early February each year. Details of all funding opportunities, including deadlines, eligibility and how to apply, can be found on the School's funding page where you can also find details of the Government Postgraduate Loan Scheme.
See also the University's postgraduate funding database to see if you are eligible for any other funding opportunities.
The Manchester Postgraduate Scholarship of Academic Excellence offers up to 100 fee waiver scholarships worth £2,000 each to high-achieving undergraduates from any UK University with an offer to study a Master's degree in the School.
For University of Manchester graduates, the Manchester Alumni Bursary offers a £3,000 reduction in tuition fees to University of Manchester alumni who achieved a 1st within the last three years and are progressing to a postgraduate taught masters course for September 2019 entry.
The Manchester Master's Bursary is a University-wide scheme that offers 100 bursaries worth £3,000 in funding for students from underrepresented groups.
Postgraduate 1+3 funding is available from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for students to pursue postgraduate study through a master's (one year) leading into a PhD (3 years). It requires a project proposal as part of the application. Information is available here:Contact details
- Academic department
- School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
- Contact name
- Programme Director, Jin Liu
- Telephone
- +44 (0)161 306 1259
- liu.jin@manchester.ac.uk
- Website
- http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/translation-and-intercultural-studies/
- Academic department overview
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See: About us
Courses in related subject areas
Use the links below to view lists of courses in related subject areas.
- Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies
- Arab World Studies
- Chinese Studies
- East Asian Studies
- European Languages and Cultures
- French Studies
- German Studies
- Languages and Cultures
- Modern Languages and Cultures
- Middle Eastern Studies
- Russian and East European Studies
- Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
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