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.
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
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.
Covid-19 and your course
Best possible learning environment
We know that we still face uncertainty ahead.
We will continue to adjust our teaching as needed, to ensure we provide our students and staff with the best possible and safest learning environment during this challenging time.
Online teaching and learning
You'll benefit from an in-depth learning experience through our online learning platform.
Currently, all our lectures are delivered online, with pre-recorded lectures complemented by live tutorials and Q&A sessions.
Events for offer-holders
Make the right choice
Our UCAS applicant days will help you make the right choice.
We will be holding events for offer holders in 2021. More details and registration information will be available soon.
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.
Watch a lecture
Video: Watch a short taster lecture on how the media represents disasters, focusing on fundraising campaigns.
Chat to our students
A student’s perspective
Find out more about life at Manchester directly from our students.
Chat with student ambassadors from your subject area.
Ask any questions you have and get the answers only our students can give you.
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
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:
Beyond your subject
Visit our offer-holder guide to university life
Your university experience is about more than your degree.
Find out where you could live, how we'll support you, what financial packages are available and how we'll help you develop the distinctive attributes of a Manchester graduate.
Accept your offer
This is your future
Log on to UCAS Track to accept or keep track of your offer.
This is how we'll keep in contact with you about what stage your offer is at. It's also where you can accept your offer and make Manchester your first choice for your future.
