- Train as a Specilaist Teacher of deaf children and young people if you are already a qualified teacher (QTS or QTLS qualified).
- Study on the most pioneering Deaf Education course in the UK at a university that has been developing expertise in this area for over 100 years.
- Our Department for Education (DfE) accredited PDGip in Deaf Education provides the national mandatory qualification to become a teacher of deaf children and young people (0-25 years).
- Our teaching is driven by up-to-date research, equipping you with the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to meet the needs of deaf children, young people and their families.
- We use state-of-the-art equipment, to develop your audiological management skills to ensure that deaf children maximise the benefit gained from technology.
- Scholarships and bursaries available (details below).
- All PGDip home students will receive a £400 programme bursary to be discounted from the fee. Please see full details below.
Education, PGDip
University Rank:#35
Duration1 year(s)
Tuition FeeGBP 27,703 / Year
Next IntakeSeptember 1, 2026
Education, PGDip
About
Requirements
Entry Requirements
You must hold qualified teacher status (QTS). The course is also available to those who are qualified to work in further education who have evidence of Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS). Applicants should have at least one year's teaching experience. However other relevant experience may be considered in discussion with the programme team.
For those applicants with teaching qualifications outside of the UK, applicants must evidence that their teaching qualifications are recognised in their home country.
Applicants who have teaching qualifications from outside of the UK also need to apply for equivalency of their qualifications in order to gain QTS. Routes to gaining QTS as an international applicant are explained here in our information for international deaf education applicants.
You must also hold a relevant honours degree from an approved higher education institution or evidence of previous advanced study, research or professional experience that the University accepts as qualifying you for entry. This is reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
PGDip Deaf Education holders wishing to take the additional research unit to gain an MSc should have undertaken the PGDip at Manchester within the last three years. For students joining the course on this basis, the duration will be one-year part-time.
English Program Requirements
International students must demonstrate English proficiency through a secure and approved testing system.
We ask for English language proof if you are from non-majority English speaking countries (a list of majority English speaking countries, as defined by the UK Home Office, can be found on the GOV.uk website ).
Specifically, we require a minimum of:
- IELTS: 7.0, including 7.0 in the written section
- TOEFL 100, including 25 in the written section
Career
Career opportunities
I had no idea 30 years ago that I would still be in deaf education,
and that it would be such a rewarding career choice. Family members and friends often accuse me of loving my job. They are not wrong.
Rory McDonnell / Deaf Education graduate
Most graduating students progress to a career in teaching deaf children and young people. This is a diverse remit and a teacher of the deaf may work in a school for the deaf, a unit or resourced provision, in primary or secondary school, or a specialist early years setting.
Many teachers of deaf children and young people work as a peripatetic teacher of the deaf working across provisions as well as in the homes of deaf children and their families.Career opportunities can also include a move into academic research or further programmes of study in higher education.
Read a blog post from one of our graduates about what a typical working day as a Teacher of the Deaf involves.
Accrediting organisations
This course is recognised by the Department for Education (DfE) as meeting the remit of the mandatory qualification to become a Specialist Teacher of the deaf children and young people.
Associated organisations
Fee Information
Tuition Fee
27,703 / year
Education, PGDip
The University of Manchester
United Kingdom, Manchester