Programme amendments
The University's Teaching and Learning Delivery Team provides detailed Programme Amendment Guidance on the levels of approval and documentation required for different types of programme amendments.
There have been substantial changes to the programme amendment form and matrix that came into force in September 2025. As such, if you have already started using a previous version of these documents you can continue to complete them for the 2026 submission deadline listed in bold below.
Any proposed future changes should be discussed with your Faculty Teaching and Learning Officer (Education Development, Policy, Procedure and Practice) to determine the exact requirements for approval and where the amendment falls within the new matrix.
Minor programme amendments can be submitted through the School Programme and Curriculum Team via either the Minor Programme Amendment School Spreadsheet or by their own standardised spreadsheet. The deadline for minor amendments will be set by the School, with approval from the Faculty Vice-Dean TLS, and must be before 31 August.
Significant and Major Amendments should adhere to the Faculty of Humanities Framework for the Approval of Major Amendments or for validated partners the Faculty of Humanities Approval of Major Amendments Framework for Validated Partners, where applicable.
Key deadlines
The deadline for submitting taught programme amendments to Teaching and Learning Delivery (via email to quality@manchester.ac.uk) for amendments to next academic year (2026/27) are:
- Undergraduate programmes - Tuesday, 31 March 2026
- Postgraduate programmes - Friday, 29 May 2026
- Minor programme amendments (School deadline with approval from the Faculty Vice-Dean TLS) - Friday, 28 August 2026
Schools and Faculty are able to set their own deadlines for submission of amendments as appropriate