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Social Anthropology

Female students at The University of Manchester

Postgraduate research

Join a vibrant postgraduate research community that includes students from all over the world.

Our unique programmes, collaborations with other department and institutions, and excellent resources and facilities mean that whatever your area of interest, there is anthropological expertise to match.

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PhD Social Anthropology

Examine human behaviour and relationships under expert research supervision.

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PhD Anthropology, Media and Performance

A practice-based programme supervised by visual and social anthropology experts.

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PhD Social Anthropology with Visual Media

Gain additional skills in visual media during research which examines human life.

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Finding a supervisor

Our Social Anthropology experts offer research supervision in a wide range of topics and regions.
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Funding opportunities

Search our school and university-wide postgraduate research funding opportunities 

Writing your proposal

Advice and guidance on how to craft the project proposal for your application.

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Current PhD students

Get inspiration from some of our current students about the type of research topics you can pursue.

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Your working environment

We provide excellent work spaces, resources and equipment to help you excel in your research.