PhD Languages at Manchester Metropolitan University

PhD Languages is a doctoral research degree in Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University. Discover your research degree study options, including areas of expertise for our academic supervisors.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities  |  Duration: three years full-time, six years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Intake: Most of our doctoral students enrol in October. You can also join us in January and April.  |  Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Supervised original research leading to a doctoral thesis. Research areas include: . We encourage you to discuss your research ideas with us – even if your topic is not listed., Applied linguistics with research methods, Applied linguistics with research methods, Critical reading and literature review, English for research, Redevelopment, Research methods, French, French, Autobiography, Contemporary French cinema, French linguistics, French popular culture and popular literature (especially the bande dessinée and noir fiction and film), Modern and contemporary French fiction (especially the nouveau roman), Symbolist aesthetics, Translation studies, German, German, German crime writing and science fiction, German media and popular culture, Modern and contemporary German literature, Italian, Italian, Contemporary Italian cinema, Italian crime writing, Italian female-authored writing, Modern Italian society and culture, Twentieth-century Italian fiction, Linguistics, Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, applied pragmatics, forensic linguistics, applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, (critical) discourse analysis, intercultural communication, and stylistics., Interactions in digital contexts, including search engines, web technologies, social media, virtual realities (VR), extended realities (XR) and with, for example, big data, web information and the Internet of Things., Digital transformations in information and digital literacies, information discernment, information behaviour, information retrieval, user perceptions, user experience and the posthuman lens., Gender and race studies, and youth culture., (Alternative) political communication, computational journalism, digital creativity, the importance of media in user engagement, interactive media, media law, public affairs, and sports journalism., French, Hispanic interpreting and translation., Teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL), and technology in teaching., Digital anthropology/ethnography, film/media pedagogy, languages, film studies and media, and the sociology of digital technology., Spanish, Spanish, Cervantes, Contemporary Latin American literature and urban imaginaries, Contemporary Spanish fiction and popular culture, Contemporary Spanish cinema, Lorca, Qualifications you can study, Choose from one of these programmes:, PhD Languages — three years full-time, six years part-time, PhD by Professional Practice Route One: Languages — three years full-time, six years part-time, Find out about the, research degrees we offer., Start dates, Most of our doctoral students enrol in October. You can also join us in January and April..

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