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PGCE Secondary History / Overview
Year of entry: 2019
- Degree awarded
- PGCE
- Duration
- 10 months
- Entry requirements
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- Minimum 2:1 honours degree in history or a related subject. A minimum of 50% of your degree content should be history-related, if you are unsure, please contact us to discuss your qualifications.
- 104 UCAS points including a B in History or a related subject at A-level (or equivalent qualifications), excluding AS-levels, General Studies, and counting your three best A-level grades.
- Minimum grade C or 4 at GCSE (or equivalent) in English language and mathematics.
- How to apply
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Please note, if you meet our minimum entry requirements but due to the high demand for the programme we are unable to make you an offer immediately, you may be placed on a waiting list. Candidates on a waiting list will receive an offer only if places become available.
Course options
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PGCE | Y | N | N | N |
Course overview
- Become an outstanding secondary school History teacher with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
- Study courses rated as 'outstanding' by Ofsted.
- Enjoy extensive periods of classroom experience supported by outstanding tutors and mentors.
Open days
We hold regular open days, where you will have the opportunity to tour the campus and find out more about our facilities and courses.
On this day, you will find out more about our resources, and meet academic and admissions staff who will be able to answer any questions you have.
We also attend the Department for Education's Train to Teach roadshows in Manchester and its surrounding region.
For more information, see Open days
Fees
For entry in the academic year beginning September 2019, the tuition fees are as follows:
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PGCE (full-time)
UK/EU students (per annum): £9,250
International students (per annum): £18,500
The fees quoted above will be fully inclusive for the course tuition, administration and computational costs during your studies.
Self-funded international applicants for this course will be required to pay a deposit of £1,000 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.
For general fees information, please visit postgraduate fees
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).
Scholarships/sponsorships
There are three types of funding available for teacher training:
- tax-free bursary or scholarship;
- tuition fee loan and maintenance loan;
- extra financial support if you're a parent, or have an adult dependant or a disability.
Depending on your circumstances you could receive all three. Find out more at the Department for Education website .
You can find out more about the scholarships and bursaries we have available on our funding page .
Contact details
- School/Faculty
- School of Environment, Education and Development
- Contact name
- PGCE Admissions Administrator
- Telephone
- 0161 275 8468 OR 3617
- pgce@manchester.ac.uk
- Website
- http://www.seed.manchester.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/secondary/
- School/Faculty
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See: The School .
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You can find regulations and policies relating to student life at The University of Manchester, including our Degree Regulations and Complaints Procedure, on our regulations website.