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Telephone: +44 (0) 161 306 6000Manchester,, M13 9PL United Kingdom www: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/ World class researchThe University of Manchester has an exceptional record of generating and sharing new ideas and innovations. Many of the advances of the 20th century began at the University, such as the work by Rutherford leading to the splitting of the atom and the developments of the world's first modern computer in 1948. Today, we are one of the world's top centres for biomedical research, leading the search for new treatments for life-threatening diseases. We are also at the forefront of new discoveries in science and engineering. The University is also applying its expertise and knowledge to solving some of the major social, economic and environmental problems confronting mankind around the globe. The University's total expenditure on research in 2003/2004 was £269.5 million. The quality, breadth and volume of research activity is unparalleled in the UK as indicated in the results of the independent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). By 2015, The University of Manchester aims to hold a world-class leading research profile and be among the top 25 universities in the world. For full details of our research strategy, conduct, subject areas and facilities, please visit:
On the shoulders of giantsThe University of Manchester has a rich academic heritage. Between them, the Victoria University of Manchester and UMIST can lay claim to more than 22 Nobel Prize winners. The nuclear age was born in Manchester with Ernest Rutherford's pioneering research that led to the splitting of the atom. The computer revolution started here in June 1948 when a machine built by Tom Kilburn and Sir Freddie Williams, known affectionately as "The Baby", ran its first stored programme. It was here at the University that economist and logician WS Jevons formulated the principles of modern economics. Lewis Namier and AJP Taylor are just two of the world-famous names to grace the University's distinguished Department of History. It was at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire that a young Bernard Lovell built the world's largest steerable radio telescope just after the Second World War. Great traditions have also flourished in theology, architecture, mathematics, music and law and many other areas. The catalogue of virtuosity goes on and on. Today's University is built on the shoulders of some real academic giants.
AwardsUniversity of the Year 2006
This follows the awarding by the inaugural Times Higher Supplement's University of the Year prize to The University of Manchester in 2005. The President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manchester, Professor Alan Gilbert, said: "This is a welcome follow-up to winning last year's THES Institution of the Year award. It is also a reassuring indication of the extent to which observers outside the University continue to be impressed by the progress that the new University of Manchester, two years old next month, is making in many areas." "Over the last twelve months we have launched the Dalton Nuclear Institute, opened the new £25 million Core Technology Facility, signed a potentially important strategic partnership agreement with the Open University, continued successfully to implement the biggest programme of capital investment ever seen in British higher education, attracted Nobel Laureate Joe Stiglitz to join the University on a part-time basis, continued to received more applications than any other university in the UK - and watched Manchester students win University Challenge. It has truly been a remarkable year." "I am interpreting this award as a tribute to the efforts of all the staff and students who contributed to such achievements. Everyone at the University can feel justifiably proud of their hard work and commitment to Manchester."
University of the Year 2005 The University of Manchester secured the title of 'Higher Education Institution of the Year' at the Times Higher Awards 2005. The title was awarded at the Times Higher Education Supplement's inaugural awards ceremony held at the Dorchester Hotel, London, on November 23. The award was announced by Prime Minister Tony Blair who said: "Manchester has impressed the whole Higher Education sector by its successful merger last year with UMIST. But what particularly impressed the judges was how, under the leadership of its vice-chancellor Alan Gilbert, Manchester's vision for the future and determination to reinvigorate itself to become one of the top research universities in the world has enthused both staff and students." The University of Manchester was shortlisted alongside the universities of Dundee, Leicester and Winchester. The award was welcomed by President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manchester, Professor Alan Gilbert, who said: "This is a tribute to the efforts of all of Manchester's staff and students following what has been an exciting year. "I am deeply grateful to all my colleagues for the skill, determination and vision they have shown in getting the University up and running following the merger of UMIST and the Victoria University of Manchester." The title was awarded to the institution who 'through a particularly bold or innovative initiative, has advanced its reputation substantially in the course of the academic year.' Professor Gilbert was presented with the award by Higher Education Minister Bill Rammell.
History and originsHistory of the UniversityThe University of Manchester has been created by bringing together The Victoria University of Manchester and UMIST, two of Britain's most distinguished universities, to create a powerful new force in British Higher Education. Manchester has a long tradition of excellence in Higher Education. UMIST can trace its roots back to 1824 and the formation of the Manchester Mechanics' Institute, whilst The Victoria University of Manchester was founded as Owens College in 1851. After 100 years of working together, these two great institutions are formally combining to form a single university, coming into being on 22 October 2004. 
Ernest Rutherford's pioneering research led to the splitting of the atom. 22 Nobel Prize winners have either studied or conducted some of their work here: Rutherford began his work on splitting the atom here and the world's first modern computer also came into being at The Victoria University of Manchester. Former students of UMIST and The Victoria University of Manchester include Sir Terry Leahy, the Chief Executive of Tesco; TV newsreader Anna Ford; comedian Ben Elton; pioneer of flight Arthur Whitten-Brown; and novelist Anthony Burgess.
OriginsThe University's history is closely linked to Manchester's emergence as the world's first industrial city. Manchester businessmen and industrialists established the Mechanics' Institute to ensure their workers could learn the basic principles of science. Similarly, John Owens, a Manchester textile merchant, bequeathed £96,942 in 1846 for the purpose of founding a college for the education of males on non-sectarian lines. Owens College was established and granted a Royal Charter in 1880 to become England's first civic university, The Victoria University of Manchester. By 1905 the two institutions were a large and active force in the area with the Mechanics' Institute, the forerunner of the modern UMIST, forming a Faculty of Technology and working alongside The Victoria University of Manchester. This relationship worked to the advantage of all, not least the many students who received a first class education and the employers who benefitted from the knowledge and skills imparted by the two institutions. Although UMIST achieved independent university status in 1955, the two universities continued to work together, true to the vision of their pioneering industrialist founders, until they merged in October 2004.
Vision for the futureThe President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manchester, Professor Alan Gilbert, is leading a bold and exciting plan - the Manchester 2015 Agenda, which aims to make The University of Manchester one of the top 25 universities in the world. The merger of UMIST and The Victoria University of Manchester in October 2004 presented a unique opportunity to rethink the very idea of a modern university and formulate a blueprint for the future. The plan identifies goals for all the University's principal activities:
The vision for the University's future is an ambitious one. Its realisation will demand energy and commitment and superb execution. find out more at: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/ School/Institute/Dept./Centre
Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM)
Courses: 1 The Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) at the University of Manchester is one of the UK’s leading centres for research on international development issues. Our objective is to promote poverty-reducing social and economic development, particularly within lower income countries and for disadvantaged groups, by enhancing the capabilities of individuals and organisations through education, training, consultancy, research and policy analysis.
The combined field experience of members of the Institute covers over sixty countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and the Pacific. Much of this experience has been gained in work for national and international agencies where the focus has been on finding workable solutions to development problems and strengthening institutional capacities.
A Leading Provider of Postgraduate Education in International DevelopmentIDPM is committed to providing high quality postgraduate training and education which is based on excellence in academic and applied research. The international quality of the Institute's activities in both teaching and research has been validated by external assessment, and confirms IDPM's position as one of the UK's leading university-based centres for international development studies. The Institute has a large and diverse postgraduate population drawn from many countries and a wide variety of professional and academic backgrounds. Over the years IDPM has developed a reputation for supporting and caring for its students. This tradition is maintained and all research, academic and professional programmes are supported by a team of highly-skilled administrative staff. Our programme administrators are committed to providing an excellent support service to students, ensuring that they enjoy their stay in Manchester, are provided with all the relevant information, and have immediate access to friendly advice and assistance if they encounter a problem. Programme administrators work closely as a team with other administrative staff who are all committed to the smooth and efficient
The Government's Quality Assurance Agency, in its latest assessment awarded IDPM the maximum score of 24, achieving excellence in all six aspects of teaching investigated in the review process (Curriculum Design; Content and Organisation; Teaching, Learning and Assessment; Student Progression and Achievement; Student Support and Guidance; Learning Resources; Quality Management and Enhancement). Research of International ExcellenceResearch is central to IDPM’s mission to raise the capabilities of individuals and organisations in developing countries. Our research focuses on major issues of development policy and practice including poverty alleviation, economic and social development, regulation and competition policy, development finance, human resource development and management, urbanisation, the informal sector, development informatics, public sector reform, institutional change, sustainable livelihoods and sustainable development, impact assessment, and resource and environmental management. IDPM’s research was awarded an overall rating of 5 in the last UK Research Assessment Exercise (2001), indicating an international quality standard, and the volume of IDPM publications and level of research income have both increased significantly in recent years. Since 2001, IDPM has established five research centres in the areas of poverty, competition and regulation, impact assessment and institutions and growth. IDPM’s poverty research has led to the establishment of Manchester as a global centre of excellence in the study of poverty and inequality, notably through the founding and endowment of the Brooks World Poverty Institute led by Nobel Prize winner Professor Joseph Stiglitz, and a continuation of the Chronic Poverty Research Centre through funding of £7.5 million from the UK Department for International Development. These developments provide unparalleled opportunities for researchers seeking to study the causes and consequences of poverty, and ways of combating it.
World-Class Facilities for a Global CommunityAs part of the School of Environment and Development, IDPM students have access to dedicated computing workshops. A wide range of Windows-based software is available from word processing, databases and spreadsheets to personnel management, project management and statistical analysis packages. Wireless access to the World Wide Web is also available in most university buildings including libraries. The John Rylands University Library manages a special collection on international development, with over 12,000 volumes, subscriptions to over 100 journals, and a growing collection of interactive media. The library has an online catalogue, permitting a wide range of literature searches, as well as access to the World Wide Web, electronic data sources such as MIMAS, and to other academic libraries in the UK. Copies of all recommended texts are held in a short loan section. Through joining colleagues in the disciplines of Geography, Planning and Architecture to form the School of Environment and Development (SED), IDPM can now also call upon an expanded and strengthened administrative team to support research, teaching programmes, and international partnerships and can now offer access to additional specialised library collections and specialist software packages such as GIS.
ResearchResearch is central to IDPM’s mission to raise the capabilities of individuals and organisations in developing countries. Research is not viewed as a ‘stand-alone’ activity, but as a means for reducing the knowledge gaps and information problems which act as constraints on development. Hence the importance which we give to the dissemination of research findings and to working with partners in developing countries in ways that strengthen the knowledge creation capacities of these organisations.
The Institute’s research is driven by the academic and policy-oriented activities of individual researchers, and by the activities of multidisciplinary clusters of staff and research students with interests in specific fields. These clusters provide a flexible and evolving structure for research and over time they have shifted their focus in response to new priorities and interests. The current clusters are:
Each cluster brings together research students and staff with common interests. Clusters form the basis for subject specific research seminars and workshops and new research proposals. IDPM researchers also contribute to a series of important new research areas being developed within the new School of Environment and Development. These include: political ecology, urban growth in developing countries, and the impact of Chinese and Indian economic growth on other developing countries. Since 2001, IDPM has hosted two Development Research Centres funded by the UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID): the Centre for Regulation and Competition, and the Chronic Poverty Research Centre. IDPM is also a partner (with the Centre for the Study of African Economies at Oxford University) in the Global Poverty Research Group, funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and hosts the University of Manchester’s Impact Assessment Research Centre (IARC). The most recent addition to the IDPM portfolio of research centres is the Research Programme Consortium on Improving Institutions for Pro-Poor Growth, also funded by DFID. IDPM is also the centre of an international collaborative programme to record and analyse the impacts of national parks and other protected areas upon the livelihoods of local people.
ApplicationsEarly application is advised. Typically, prospective postgraduate students will apply between six and nine months before they intend to take up their place. Therefore, although applications for September entry
You can apply online at:
where you will also find more information on alternative application methods, and you will be able to download the relevant documents. Applications should always include the following, in either digital or hard copy format:
It is important to ensure that you enclose all the necessary documents, as the delay caused in having to seek any missing documents from you might adversely prejudice your application. Copies (not originals) of your post-secondary school educational qualifications (degree certificates, official transcripts) should be included with your application. This is especially important for international students. All documents should be provided in the original language. Documents in languages other than English must be accompanied by certified translations into English. You may be offered admission on the condition that you
FundingIDPM students are typically sponsored by their own governments or organisations, by external aid agencies, or from their own private resources. Students requiring financial assistance are advised to contact their own Education Ministry and/or the nearest British Embassy, High Commission, or British Council representative. These can provide information about British Technical Cooperation Training awards, made annually to those likely to further the development of their home country, and British Council Chevening
Please note this is not available for all IDPM programmes: details are available from respective programme administrators. In addition to national governments, employers and self-finance, previous sources of funding have included:
More information on funding opportunities for studies in international development can be found at: www.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/postgraduate/about/funding.htm
EnquiriesEnquiries regarding the admissions process are welcome and should be directed to: Postgraduate Admissions Office
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