39 MA Programs in Manchester, United Kingdom for 2024

The MA in Library and Archive Studies is taught in collaboration with The University of Manchester Library (UML). This is major multi-site research library with National Research Library status. It includes the stunning John Rylands Research Institute and Library with its world-leading collections of archives and rare books and cutting-edge digital practices. The Library has close links to research and teaching through the John Rylands Research Institute and Library and the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures. These relationships give students on the MA in Library and Archive Studies the opportunity to engage with a wealth of academic specialisms closely linked to Library and Archive Studies, in addition to benefitting from broad-ranging core courses centred on working with special collections.

Our new MA Law (Conversion) will be the new pathway into practice for non-law graduates who want to either progress onto our LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2) or the SQE1 Preparation Course to qualify as a solicitor or the Bar Practice Course (BPC) to qualify as a barrister, from October 2021.

MA Fashion Business and Marketing will enable you to learn and test the fundamentals of strategic promotion and sales. This course provides the opportunity to create a live business plan, and you will be supported in the development and launch of that business idea.

A Master's Popular Music Practice at BIMM is the next step if you want to further develop yourself academically, creatively, and professionally after your degree. This course is available at BIMM Music Institute in the UK (Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, London, Manchester) Ireland (Dublin,) and BIMM University Berlin (Germany). In our campus in Dublin, this course is currently not available to international students that require sponsorship of a Student Route Visa.

Rooted in the real world, this course will help you to gain all the practical skills and experience you’ll need to pursue a thriving career in journalism.

The MA in Digital Media, Culture, and Society offers advanced interdisciplinary study in the critique and use of digital media and technology with a particular focus on their cultural and societal implications. The emergence of digital artefacts is a defining challenge of the twenty-first century, with transformative effects on our cultural production, our social bonds, our economies, and our political systems. Digital media make possible new modes of intellectual pursuit, artistic expression, and civic engagement which students will study through critical analysis and active engagement. At the same time, technology enables novel forms of surveillance and inequality: from the erosion of privacy to algorithmic bias, this course empowers students to recognize digitally mediated threats to civil society. Students will also learn how digital technology transforms the way in which we interrogate and curate the cultural record: students will have the opportunity to learn a range of digital skills, such as data analytics and visualisation.

The MA Creative and Cultural Industries course will deliver comprehensive knowledge and understanding of theory and practice relevant to the broad field of Creative and Cultural Industries (CCIs). Students will encounter key global theoretical perspectives and policy approaches, sector-based practices, issues and debates, tools and insights into evidence and decision-making for strategy and enterprise at the individual, organisational and governmental levels. Through taught course units, practice-based learning and research, students will be prepared to undertake qualified management, lead business strategies, design policies and exercise entrepreneurship in CCIs.

Our new MA Law (Conversion) will be the new pathway into practice for non-law graduates who want to either progress onto our LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2) or the SQE1 Preparation Course to qualify as a solicitor or the Bar Practice Course (BPC) to qualify as a barrister, from October 2021.

The course is a law conversion course aimed at graduates, which also incorporates preparation for the SQE1 assessment. The course is designed for non-law graduates who want to qualify as a solicitor and gain a legal qualification at the Master’s level. As an internationally recognized qualification, a Law Master’s is a great addition to your portfolio.

Our MA Fashion Design is an intensive, specialist program that will give you the tools to explore and refine your identity as a fashion design practitioner and entrepreneur. Our close industry links from across the globe will provide you with a clear insight into a variety of possible career paths and professional opportunities, alongside working closely with a team of academics and demonstrators ready to support and push you towards your goals.

Do you have a passion for relaying complex concepts in a way that people can easily understand? Are you interested in creating and applying your own graphical language across subject areas as diverse as type design, illustration, design for print and web, service design, and design for social impact? If so, our MA Visual Communication degree is for you.

The MA in Applied Linguistics is a versatile and interdisciplinary programme, which aims to provide you with a solid understanding of the basis of language and linguistics. Delivered by a team of tutors with internationally recognised academic expertise in a range of specialist areas, you will have the option to tailor your studies in either TESOL or English Language, whilst maintaining a broader connection to the discipline of linguistics.

The internet has transformed political behaviour, from voting and campaigning, to protest and revolution. Study digital diplomacy, hashtag activism, internet censorship and other developments that shape politics and international relations.

Our Part-Time, Online MA Digital Management program has been designed to enable you to face the challenges of our uncertain modern world, but with a schedule, that enhances a transformative journey. Together with classmates from all over the world, you will become a new kind of leader; one that’s adaptive, collaborative, and creatively driven. Go beyond other conventional master’s programs and thinking practices on how to create effective teams and business values.

The Master of Arts in Theology (Ecology) pathway offers students the opportunity to reflect critically on the concept of environmental crisis as a theologically salient theme and develop an awareness of different modes of theological response.