Why study the Social Sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University?

The Department of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences at MMU is a community of passionate creatives with a truly international focus. With university associations and relations in over 50 countries, attracting students from all over the world, Social Sciences at MMU is a diverse hub of students and academics.

  • The Geoffrey Manton Building is the central hub for Humanities students offering a dedicated Multimedia Resource Library, computer lab and a mix of modern seminar rooms and spacious lecture halls
  • Take your learning outside the classroom with visits, field trips, placements or study exchanges
  • Have a passion for more than one subject? Flexible study options offer the opportunity to take Joint Honours or Combined Honours degrees
  • Have a love for languages? You can even choose to study a foreign language as part of your degree course through the Uniwide languages programme.
  • Studying a Master's degree? MMU's dedicated Postgraduate Arts and Humanities Centre (PAHC) is a community of more than 250 postgraduate students and even has its own academic journal!
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