- Degree awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Duration
- 3 Year [Full-time], 6 Years [Part-time]
- Entry requirements
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- A Bachelors (Honours) degree at 2:1 level or above (or its international equivalent) in a related subject; and
- A UK Master's degree with an overall average of 65% or higher, with a minimum of 65% in the dissertation and with no mark below 55% (or its international equivalent) in a related subject.
- Any strong relevant professional experience will be considered on a case by case basis.
- How to apply
- Apply online
Programme options
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Y | Y | N | N |
Programme description
Our PhD Archaeology programme will see you undertake substantial original research leading to a thesis that constitutes a genuine contribution to archaeological knowledge. You can undertake your PhD as either a full-time or part-time programme.
Archaeology students often undertake some form of fieldwork as part of their PhD, such as small-scale excavation, survey, rock art recording, and working with museum collections and archives.
You could also carry out qualitative social research in the realm of heritage studies (eg conducting qualitative interviews or participant observation).
Archaeology research at Manchester is characterised by a number of themes, which give a distinctive flavour to our research and teaching. These include the study of:
- history, theory and practice of Archaeology;
- the archaeology of cultural identity;
- landscape, monuments and architecture;
- technology and society;
- death and the body
- archaeological heritage and the contemporary significance of the past.
Our doctoral students participate in a thriving disciplinary research culture with regular research seminars.
Many of our students undertake some undergraduate teaching following appropriate training.
Find out more about what it's like to be an Archaeology PhD student at Manchester and see what our current PhD students are working on.
Open days
Find out what it's like to study at Manchester by visiting us on one of our open days . Potential graduate applicants are always welcome to visit the department outside of open days, and these visits can often be arranged to give you a chance to meet existing graduate students and/or to attend one of the graduate seminars.
Please contact Dr Ina Berg (ina.berg@manchester.ac.uk ) for more information.
Fees
Fees for entry in 2023 have not yet been set. For reference, the fees for the academic year beginning September 2022 were as follows:
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PhD (full-time)
UK students (per annum): £4,596
International, including EU, students (per annum): £20,500 -
PhD (part-time)
UK students (per annum): TBA
Further information for EU students can be found on our dedicated EU page.
Please note for the majority of projects where experimentation requires further resource higher fee bands (where quoted) will be charged rather than the base rate for supervision, administration and computational costs. The fees quoted above will be fully inclusive and, therefore, you will not be required to pay any additional bench fees or administration costs.
All fees for entry will be subject to yearly review and incremental rises per annum are also likely over the duration of the course 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 project.
Scholarships/sponsorships
The School offers a limited number of bursaries and studentships on a competitive basis, details of which can be found via the links below.
Please note that whilst we do not have closing dates for programme applications, all funding competitions have a specified deadline for submitting the funding application form and a separate (earlier) deadline for submitting the online programme application form, both of which will be stated in the funding competition details below:
- THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership Studentships in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures 2022-23
- THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. AHRC North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (NWCDTP) in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures 2022-23
- President's Doctoral Scholar (PDS) Awards in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures 2023-24
- THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. School of Arts, Languages and Cultures PhD Studentships 2022-23
- THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. China Scholarship Council - The University of Manchester Joint Scholarship for PhD Study in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures 2022-23
Contact details
- School/Faculty
- School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
- Contact name
- Rachel Corbishley
- PhDSALC@manchester.ac.uk
- Website
- http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/archaeology/research/postgraduate-research/
- School/Faculty
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See: About us
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