Welcome to the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion (PPR)

Undergraduate degrees

The Department offers a wide range of challenging and engaging undergraduate degree schemes in Politics and International Relations, Religious Studies or Philosophy.

PPR Undergraduate scholarships

PPR has a limited number of £3000 academic scholarships.  Read more

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The PPR UCAS 2013 open days are:

• Saturday 19th January
• Saturday 2nd February
• Wednesday 20th February
• Saturday 2nd March

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Postgraduate Study

PPR offers a wide range of opportunities for postgraduate study including taught degrees (Masters) and research degrees (MPhil/PhD).

NEW! MA in Diplomacy and International Relations Distance Learning Programme

Find out more about our Masters Degrees.

Study for a PhD/MPhil in:

• Politics and International Relations
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies

Funding for 2013 entry

For information on funding available for 2013 entry please go to our funding page.

All funding and training information can be found on the Graduate School website.

Research Excellence

As a unique interdisciplinary department, ranked No.1 in all three of its sub-disciplines in the Northwest (2011 Guardian University Guide), we have research expertise in a wide range of important and challenging areas.

The Religion and Society Research Programme, funded by the AHRC and ESRC is based here.

Events

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5 March 2013, Ethics in Dialogue: Encountering the Other in Indian Philosophy

Latest News

Department to host EPOP 2013 Conference, 19 February 2013

Friday 13th-Sunday 15th September This September, the Department will be hosting the annual conference of the Elections, Public Opinion and Parties ...Read more»