Undergraduate Study in Middle Eastern Studies
The University of Manchester has excellent facilities and support for the study of the Middle East. In particular, the John Rylands University Library is one of the best in Europe, with a large Middle Eastern collection including one of Britain's finest Middle Eastern manuscript collections - link to the gallery for a glimpse of a few of them. The Language Centre of the University has materials for all Middle Eastern languages. Students are able to access radio and television broadcasts in Arabic, Turkish, Persian and Hebrew. They can enhance their study of languages through the materials available on the Internet, multimedia CD ROM and audio and video tapes.
Each academic year, with the help of their tutors, students choose modules from several lists in order to make up a balanced programme of study for the year.
Courses in Middle Eastern Studies
The following are all 4-year BA(Hons) programmes:
Study one of the modern languages alongside one of the Middle Eastern languages listed below:
- Modern Languages: French, German, Italian, Spanish or Russian
- Middle Eastern Languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish or Persian
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Middle Eastern Languages (Choose any two Middle Eastern Languages from Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Hebrew and study them alongside each other)
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Middle Eastern Language and Screen Studies (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian or Turkish)
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English Language and a Middle Eastern Language (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian or Turkish)
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Linguistics and a Middle Eastern Language (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian or Turkish)
The following are 3-year BA(Hons) programmes:
Further Information
For information on how to apply, fees and funding, and undergraduate study in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, please visit the: