Interdisciplinary Study of Culture (RICC/SAHC) PhD
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Degree awarded: Doctor of Philosophy
Duration: 36 Months. [Full-Time]
Entry requirements: Candidates must hold a first or upper second class UK honours degree and a M.A. degree at a level equivalent to a UK average of 60%, or equivalent qualification gained outside of the UK, in an appropriate area in the humanities or the social sciences.
Points Based System (PBS) International applicants who will require a visa to study in the UK, please click here for up-to-date information on the PBS.
Supervision requirements
It is required that students in the RICC PhD Programme be (co)supervised by one of the three full-time RICC Directors:
Nina Glick Schiller (Professor of Social Anthropology, SOSS)Jackie Stacey (Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, SAHC)Galin Tihanov (Professor of Comparative Literature and Intellectual History, SLLC).
Other members of RICC's academic staff, which includes the RICC Fellows, can be part of the supervisory team, as could an appropriate academic from SoSS, SAHC, or SLLC.
Having an expert supervisor is extremely important for success in Research degree programmes and it is part of the application process that we seek suitable supervision for candidates. We cannot provide supervision across all areas and we are therefore sometimes unable to offer admission to excellent applicants. We strongly advise candidates to read the webpages of the staff or group in whose discipline they intend to specialise and to read some of their publications BEFORE applying.
Feel free to make direct contact with any academics to discuss your proposed research topic. Please note that such contact can only be informal and no decision can be made on your application until it is submitted and processed through the Postgraduate Admissions Office. If you make a positive contact with an academic, please make sure to include their name on your application form when you submit it.
Course fees: For entry in the academic year beginning September 2012, the tuition fees are as follows:
- PhD (full-time)
UK/EU students (per annum): £3,828
International students (per annum): £12,300 - PhD (part-time)
UK/EU students (per annum): £1,914
Contact email: claire.bharath@manchester.ac.uk
Contact telephone: 0161 306 1259
How to apply: Please note: PhD Programmes in the Faculty of Humanities are administered through Schools. Applications to the RICC PhD Programme in the Interdisciplinary Study of Culture must be made through one of the three Faculty of Humanities schools associated with RICC: the School of Social Sciences (SOSS); the School of Arts Histories and Cultures (SAHC); or the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures (SLLC). The school you apply through will depend on which school your supervisor at RICC belongs to. To discuss your research topic and to find an appropriate supervisor please contact RICC via our website.
Course Codes:
PhD Interdisciplinary Study of Culture FT (RICC/SAHC) - 06597
PhD Interdisciplinary Study of Culture PT (RICC/SAHC) - 06600
Non UK/EU applicants are strongly advised to submit their application by July to ensure sufficient time for applying for a Visa.
Course options
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Y | Y | N | N |
Course description
Living Cosmopolitanism: Cities, Transnationalities and Migration
Injustice, Inequality and Violence: Rethinking Materialities
Mediating Cosmopolitanism: Film, Technology and Fantasy
Imagining Otherness, Embodying Difference: Gender and Postcolonialism
Genealogies of Cosmopolitanism: History, Literature and Memory
Belonging and Exclusion: Exile, Diaspora and Cultures of Citizenship
As RICC is a Faculty-wide interdisciplinary Research Institute; we welcome applications from candidates from a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences, and from those whose interests do not fall neatly in any one particular discipline.
It is required that students in the RICC PhD Programme be (co)supervised by one of the three full-time RICC Directors:
Nina Glick Schiller (Professor of Social Anthropology, SOSS)Jackie Stacey (Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, SAHC)Galin Tihanov (Professor of Comparative Literature and Intellectual History, SLLC).
Other members of RICC's academic staff, which includes the RICC Fellows, can be part of the supervisory team, as could an appropriate academic from SoSS, SAHC, or SLLC.
For research interests of people in RICC please see our website [Link to http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/ricc/aboutus/people/index.html ]
Our Current Students
Click here to see profiles of the current cohort of PhD students affiliated with RICC. [Link to : http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/ricc/postgraduate/current/]
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Full entry requirements
Academic entry qualification overview: Candidates must hold a first or upper second class UK honours degree and a M.A. degree at a level equivalent to a UK average of 60%, or equivalent qualification gained outside of the UK, in an appropriate area in the humanities or the social sciences.
Points Based System (PBS) International applicants who will require a visa to study in the UK, please click here for up-to-date information on the PBS.
Supervision requirements
It is required that students in the RICC PhD Programme be (co)supervised by one of the three full-time RICC Directors:
Nina Glick Schiller (Professor of Social Anthropology, SOSS)Jackie Stacey (Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, SAHC)Galin Tihanov (Professor of Comparative Literature and Intellectual History, SLLC).
Other members of RICC's academic staff, which includes the RICC Fellows, can be part of the supervisory team, as could an appropriate academic from SoSS, SAHC, or SLLC.
Having an expert supervisor is extremely important for success in Research degree programmes and it is part of the application process that we seek suitable supervision for candidates. We cannot provide supervision across all areas and we are therefore sometimes unable to offer admission to excellent applicants. We strongly advise candidates to read the webpages of the staff or group in whose discipline they intend to specialise and to read some of their publications BEFORE applying.
Feel free to make direct contact with any academics to discuss your proposed research topic. Please note that such contact can only be informal and no decision can be made on your application until it is submitted and processed through the Postgraduate Admissions Office. If you make a positive contact with an academic, please make sure to include their name on your application form when you submit it.
English language: Applicants whose first language is not English must attain one of the following:
IELTS - Overall 7, writing score 7
TOEFL - Overall 623, TWE 5 (PBT)
TOEFL - Overall 263, TWE 5 (CBT). This test is no longer available but results less than 2 years old can be submitted.
TOEFL - Overall 100, with 25 in each of the 4 sections (IBT)
Applicants with scores below our requirements may be eligible to attend one of our pre-sessional English courses. Duration will be confirmed when an official result has been received.
Exemption to the requirements is at the discretion of the School. Applicants who have been taught and assessed in English on previous degrees may still be required to show proof of English proficiency via TOEFL/IELTS.
TOEFL Certificates - please designate the University of Manchester as a recipient of your result. The code is 0757. Results must come directly from ETS (TOEFL).
Test scores valid for 2 years.