Develop advanced research skills while exploring modern languages, cultures and their global contexts. Build research, critical analysis and project development skills through a flexible master's programme, preparing you for a wide range of professional and academic pathways. Study in a profoundly multi-lingual city and benefit from access to cultural organisations across Manchester. Tailor your degree to your interests by combining different languages and cultures or focusing on a specialism. Develop a research project based on a topic you feel passionately about. Study at a university ranked in the global top 50 for Arts and Humanities (Times Higher Education 2026) and in the UK top 10 for Modern Languages (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026). Our students. Real experiences. Visit the Students Stories page to hear from our students as they share what it’s really like to study here.