SrTi 1%x Mn x O 3 (x = 0, 0.05, 0.10, and 0.15) ceramics can be prepared by sintering SrTi 1%x Mn x O 3 nanopowders, synthesized by a hydrothermal method, at 1,200 °C in air for 3 h. X-ray diffraction (XRD) results for all nanopowders and unannealed ceramics indicate a cubic-perovskite structure with an impurity phase of SrCO 3 in nanopowders of x = 0.10 and 0.15. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of nanopowders reveal the agglomeration of cubiclike nanoparticles with particle sizes in the range of 86-105 nm. The dielectric constant (ε$) at room temperature tends to increase upon Mn doping, to the maximum value of 600 at 1 kHz for a ceramic sample of x = 0.05 owing to the homogeneity of grain sizes. Annealing of ceramic samples can also increase the ε$ values through the creation of oxygen vacancies.