Politics
Welcome to Politics at Manchester, one of the largest and strongest Politics groupings in the UK with a long and distinguished history as a centre of research, research training and education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
We offer a wide range of Undergraduate and Masters level programmes and opportunities at PhD level – our staff of over 40 full time academics provides expertise across most areas of politics.
Politics at Manchester performed very well in the most recent (2008) Research Assessment Exercise. According to official figures:
- 20% of Politics' research activity is rated as 4* or "world-leading"
- 50% is "world-leading" or "internationally-excellent"
- 80% is "world-leading", "internationally-excellent" or "internationally-recognized"
This result places Politics at Manchester in 4th place among the UK's Politics departments in terms of Research Power.
Please explore our website to discover more about Politics at the University of Manchester.
Professor Alan Hamlin
Head of Politics