Make a difference
Congratulations on your offer of a place to study International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response at Manchester.
By studying with us, you’ll join a leading centre for humanitarianism, conflict responses, global health, international disaster management, and peacebuilding.
In this theoretical course, you’ll explore hard-hitting topics, featuring real-world case studies from humanitarian events.
Connect with NGOs
Take advantage of links with organisations such as Médecins Sans Frontières.
Research-led teaching
Benefit from lectures and seminars based around contemporary debates.
Your next steps
Accept your offer
Received all of your offers? You can accept your place at university now via UCAS Hub.
Your questions answered
We're supporting you through the application process by answering your frequently asked questions.
Chat to a student
Discover what it's like to study at Manchester by talking to a current student online.
Explore Manchester
A brilliant campus, at the heart of the UK's most liveable city.
Learning and support
Your learning experience
Rich learning experience
Our students enjoy a rich learning experience despite the challenges posed by the pandemic.
Many of the things that make our international disaster management and humanitarian response course unique are still in place, such as our professional experience project.
Why study at HCRI?
Find out how studying at HCRI gave Dan the skills and knowledge he needed to enter the humanitarian sector.
In the shadow of Grenfell
Second-year student Eloise explores the impact of the Grenfell Tower disaster.
Find out more : about Eloise's Grenfell Tower disaster research on her blog
A week in the life
International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response student Hannah details what a week of studying at Manchester looks like.
Find out more : about Hannah's experiences studying at Manchester
Your future
Hear from recent HCRI alumni and those working in the humanitarian sector about their career journey and the different routes available to graduates.
Student support
Peer-to-peer
Connect with other students.
We run a peer-mentor scheme where older students will prove support, advice, and direction during your first year.
HCRI Society
Become part of the HCRI community.
Meet like-minded students from across all programmes at HCRI by joining the HCRI Society.
Events for offer-holders
Speak to our admissions tutor
Discuss your options and ask questions.
Book your 10-minute Zoom appointment : to speak to our admissions tutor
Attend our events
See our upcoming events and watch/listen to our previous seminars.
Contact us
Get in touch
Our admissions staff are here to answer any questions you have.
Email: ug-hcri@manchester.ac.uk
Social media
Facebook: @hcrinstitute
Instagram: @hcrinstitute
Twitter: @HCRInstitute
YouTube: @HCRInstitute
Coronavirus
You probably have concerns about the effect of the coronavirus outbreak on your application and what the next academic year will look like.
The University aims to answer your questions as best we can at this time. We have compiled a set of Frequently Asked Questions to help.
If you have any further questions, you can contact our admissions team at ug-hcri@manchester.ac.uk.
Your course
Courses within this subject area
Remind yourself how much your course at Manchester has to offer you.
Courses
Follow the relevant link for details about the course you have an offer for:
- International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response BSc
- International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response and Arabic BSc
- International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response and Chinese BSc
- International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response and French BSc
- International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response and Spanish BSc
Joint courses
If your joint course crosses into another subject area, find out more about what it offers: