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Humanities and social sciences

Delivering industry-focused courses and world-class research across our four departments.

Explore humanities and social sciences at Manchester Met

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    Our departments

    Learn more about our teaching, research and innovation in humanities and social sciences.

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    Our study areas

    Discover our undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral degrees.

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Our people

Discover our experts in Humanities and Social Sciences.

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Our research

We are a leading university for research in humanities and social sciences, according to the latest Research Excellence Framework.

English language and literature

70% of our research impact in English language and literature is rated as world-leading.

History

83% of our research impact in history is rated as internationally excellent.

Sociology

We are the top modern university for the power of our research in sociology.