- UCAS course code
- VL38
- UCAS institution code
- M20
BSc International Disaster Management & Humanitarian Response / Overview
Year of entry: 2025
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- Degree awarded
- Bachelor of Science (BSc)
- Duration
- 3 years
- Typical A-level offer
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AAB including at least one humanities subject.
- Typical contextual A-level offer
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ABB including at least one humanities subject.Find out more about contextual admissions.
- Refugee/care-experienced offer
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Applicants who have been in local authority care for more than three months or have refugee status may be eligible for an offer two grades below the standard requirements.Find out more about contextual admissions.
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer
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35 points overall. 6,6,5 in Higher Level subjects
- How to apply
Apply through UCAS
- UCAS course code
- VL38
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Course overview
- Develop knowledge about the causes and impacts of disasters and how we can address contemporary global issues surrounding them.
- Build a critical understanding of the process and practises of humanitarianism.
- Explore the causes of contemporary conflicts, as well as the current debates about peacebuilding.
- Gain valuable transferable skills for your future career through work placements.
- Undertake fieldwork in emergency preparedness and response, recovery, and reconstruction
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Fees
Fees for entry in 2025 have not yet been set. For entry in 2024 the tuition fees were £9,250 per annum for home students, and are expected to increase slightly for 2025 entry.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
We offer five International Excellence Scholarships of £3,000 each per year for high performing international undergraduate students. Scholarships are renewed for each year of full-time study at the University, up to a maximum of three years, and are subject to sustained academic performance. For more information, click here .
Scholarships and bursaries are available to eligible Home/EU students, this is in addition to the government package of maintenance grants.
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Contact details
- School/Faculty
- School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
- Telephone
- +44 (0)161 509 2871
- ug-hcri@manchester.ac.uk
- Website
- http://www.hcri.manchester.ac.uk/
- School/Faculty overview
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