Course overview

Recognized and approved by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals(CILIP), this route prepares graduates of all disciplines for a career in the modern informationsociety across all industries. The taught element is equivalent to a postgraduate diploma and, as a professional qualification, enables progression to chartership in your first professional post.

Your study will focus on the principles for the organization, retrieval and accessibility of information, and on the strategic management of information organizations, such as libraries, the information landscape, for example online and on the web, and on the development of library services of all kinds. Successful completion of a dissertation develops your knowledgeof the field and skills as a researcher, resulting in the award of MA.

If you are studying the PGDip, you will not be required to complete a dissertation. You may undertake a placement, which we will help you to source, in information units, librariesand other relevant Centre’s, including large corporations, local government, the National HealthService, and financial and legal services. This will provide networking opportunities withinthelibrary, information and media industries.

Our purpose

Transforming lives through the power of education and research.

Our ambition

We will harness our creativity and confidence to enrich our students’ lives, raise theimpact of our excellent education and research, and project its application to Manchesterand the world.

Our values

We are student-centered

We place students at the heart of what we do, recognizing every student journey matters andthat every member of our university can positively impact the student experience.

We are people-led

We recognize everyone’s contribution and strive to ensure that both our students and staff achieve their full potential. We develop our staff to succeed, support each other and recognizeindividual needs, knowing we can achieve more when we work together.

We are future-focused

We anticipate emerging opportunities and challenges and act on them; innovating to achievereal-world results and embracing change in teaching and learning as well as through our research.

We are inclusive

We champion equality, diversity and inclusion through a transformative employee andstudent journey. We enrich our communities, and respect and improve the world around us.

We are Manchester

Met proud We are proud to be a part of our university, and we are ready to tell the world about its successes. We are confident and enthusiastic about the difference we make in transforminglivesand contributing to society.

Faculties, institutes and services

Manchester Metropolitan University is led by the Board of Governors, Academic Boardandthe University Executive Group. The University has four faculties: Arts and Humanities, Businessand Law, Health and Education, Science and Engineering. All supported by specialist Professional Services teams.

Faculties and Academic Departments

Faculty of Arts and Humanities

• Department of English Incorporating the Manchester Writing School
• Department of History, Politics and Philosophy
• Department of Languages, Information and Communications
• Department of Sociology
• Manchester Fashion Institute
• Manchester School of Art
• Department of Art and Performance Incorporating Manchester School of Theatre
• Department of Design
• School of Digital Arts (SODA)
• Manchester School of Architecture

Faculty of Business and Law

• Business School
• Finance and Economics
• Marketing, International Business and Tourism
• Strategy, Enterprise and Sustainability
• People and Performance
• Operations, Technology, Events and Hospitality Management
• Manchester Law School

Faculty of Health and Education

• Department of Health Professions
• School of Nursing and Public Health
• School of Psychology
• Department of Social Care and Social Work
• School of Education

Faculty of Science and Engineering

• Department of Computing and Mathematics
• Department of Engineering
• Department of Life Sciences
• Department of Natural Sciences
• Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences

Institute for Children’s Futures

Institute of Sport

Course offered 12 months to 36 months Masters Programs.