Undergraduate Course Unit Selection 2026/27

Please ensure that you familiarise yourself with the programme structure which outlines your core and optional course units.

Your programme administrator will enrol you on to course units which are noted as ‘core’, ‘compulsory’ or ‘mandatory’. You will then need to make selections for the optional units.  You can find your programme structure here. 

Try to complete your selections as early as possible.  Popular units will fill up quickly, so the earlier you enrol on your course units, the less likely they are to be full.

You can access course descriptions here (once you have completed IT registration) or by selecting the 'My learning' section in MyManchester.

Please use the SALC Timetable 2026/27 document to search for course unit timetables. This opens a spreadsheet with all SALC units under the "Schedule SALC" tab. For non-SALC units, click on the "Schedule Non-SALC Units" tab.

During the course selection process, if you are choosing a unit within the Faculty of Humanities, you do not need to choose a seminar group where there is more than one option.  Instead, you choose the lecture (or main) component.  Following your selection choices, the Curriculum and Programmes Team will allocate you to seminar groups, which best fit your timetable.

In the event that we cannot allocate you to a seminar group, we will contact you by email to discuss your options.

Course unit selection for 2026/27 will open for returning students in the week commencing 3 August 2026. The Curriculum and Programmes Team will email you with further information.

View the full student guidance on using the course unit selection system.

Free choice units are designed to widen your programme by encouraging you to take modules from different subjects.

• Find out more about free choice units

It is your responsibility to ensure that any free choice unit you enrol to is permitted as part of your programme structure.