Middle Eastern Studies The University of Manchester

Overview

Your studies in the Middle Eastern Studies offered at The University of Manchester will benefit from academic developments in fields such as Islamic studies, globalisation, cultural identity, diaspora and migration studies, gender studies, and post-colonial studies, all of which are based on techniques in the analysis of evidence across several societies of the Middle East and North Africa region, and uses original sources in English translation as well as secondary sources in English.

Through the interplay of disciplines and theoretical approaches, the course will enable you to undertake balanced study of the history, literatures, cultures and religions of the Middle East in broad and complex ways.

Core course units and a wide range of optional units will equip you with a thorough and sufficiently specific yet language-independent understanding of the Middle East, alongside key contemporary methods in the study of culture, religion, literature and history.

It is also possible to get to know the basics of more than one Middle Eastern language, or to study one language all the way through until the end of the second year.

Career Opportunities

A degree in Modern Languages and Cultures paves the way for a broad range of careers. You will develop intercultural awareness and enhanced communication skills - both highly valued by employers.

You will also acquire transferable expertise at the very heart of language learning, including enhanced powers of perception and interpretation and advanced decision-making and multitasking skills.

Many of the graduates go straight into business services, marketing, advertising, management, banking or communications.