MA Arts, Culture and the Environment / Overview

Year of entry: 2025

Degree awarded
Master of Arts
Duration
1 year (full-time), 2 years (part-time)
Entry requirements

We normally expect a 2:1 Honours degree or above (or overseas equivalent) in an arts, humanities or social sciences subject.

If you do not meet our academic entry qualification criterion, your admission may still be approved if satisfactory evidence of 3 or more years of relevant professional experience can be provided. This may include, for example, working in the heritage sector, for charities and non-profits centred on the arts, or within the museum sector.

Full entry requirements

How to apply

SEPTEMBER 2025 ENTRY POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 2026. Application link will be provided in October 2025.

Course options

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Course overview

  • PLEASE NOTE: 2025 ENTRY POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 2026
  • APPLY FROM OCTOBER 2025
  • Combine the study of the environment with methodologies from the arts to explore the role played by culture in shaping attitudes towards and responses to environmental change across a wide range of historical and geographic contexts.
  • Learn from the innovative research being undertaken by academics within the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures in subjects including English and American Studies, History, Drama and Film, Art History and Cultural Practices, and Modern Languages and Cultures.
  • Draw upon the expertise of Manchester’s cultural partners, guest speakers from different professional backgrounds, and local and regional cultural institutions.
  • Benefit from teaching approaches that emphasise participation, engagement and practice-based learning.

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Fees

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

  • MA (full-time)
    UK students (per annum): £14,000
    International, including EU, students (per annum): £31,000
  • MA (part-time)
    UK students (per annum): £7,000
    International, including EU, students (per annum): £15,500

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

Additional expenses

All students should normally be able to complete their course without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that course. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the course 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 courses (PDF document, 91KB).

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

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.

Manchester Alumni Scholarship Scheme : The Manchester Alumni Scholarship Scheme offers eligible applicants a £3,000 reduction on tuition fees. 5 It is a means of supporting our outstanding graduates who wish to progress to master's level study having completed their undergraduate degree with us.

Manchester Master's Bursary : A university level award, please see information here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/masters/fees-and-funding/uk-student-funding/masters[1]bursary/

School award : A number of bursaries are normally available each year, set at the Home fees level and will be available to all applicants (including overseas students) applying for a place on a master's course in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures (SALC), on a competitive basis. Students wishing to apply for these awards must have applied for the master's course by the funding deadline. Information on School awards can be found here: https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/study/masters/fees-and-funding/

Contact details

School/Faculty
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Contact name
PG Taught Admissions
Telephone
+44 (0) 161 275 3098
Email
Website
http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/abouttheschool/
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