TESOL MA
Year of entry: 2026
Course length: 12 Months Full-Time | 24 Months Part-Time
The MA TESOL is designed for experienced English language teachers who are ready to take the next step in their professional journey. This dynamic and internationally focused programme encourages you to critically reflect on your classroom practice, deepen your theoretical understanding, and enhance your professional capabilities.
With a diverse global cohort and expert academic support, you'll explore contemporary issues in English language teaching and have the opportunity to specialise through one of the four tailored pathways.
This course prepares TESOL professionals for advanced roles in education, from senior teaching and curriculum development to teacher training and academic leadership. Many graduates go on to take up new responsibilities, lead innovation in their institutions, or support the professional growth of fellow educators.
Join a vibrant community of practitioners from around the world and become part of the next generation of leaders in English language education.
Customisation
Option to follow a specialist pathway in intercultural education, teacher education, educational technology, or materials and course design.
Top 10
Join a top ten UK university for Education (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025)
A global cohort
Work with a truly international cohort of students and tutors at a top 20 most international university worldwide (Times Higher Education 2025).
Our four tailored pathways:
Educational Technology
Intercultural Education
Materials and Course Design
Teacher Education
Angi Chen, China
Angi is studying MA TESOL.
“I chose MA TESOL at Manchester because it is tailored for experienced teachers, having come from teaching IELTS in a training institute. I wanted to explore new directions and during the year became interested in English for Academic Purposes (EAP), for which I even got a teaching job at the University now!
The programme provided me with a lot of mentoring both as a student and towards my new career opportunity. The tutors are very professional and take into account our actual needs and I learned a lot through interaction with them and with my peers.”
