The University of Manchester

Overview

The University of Manchester is a public research-oriented university situated in Manchester, England. It is one of the famous public universities and a member of the Russell Group of leading UK universities. The motto of the university is ‘ Knowledge, Wisdom, and Humanity’. It has launched a pioneering Stellify initiative to enable every student to make a difference.

The University proves its’ worth on ‘Stellify’ that means ‘to change, or be changed, into a star’. It shows the pathway of resilience and sustainability through which all students will reach above and beyond. Students can be a ‘stellify’ themselves at Manchester. The University takes transformative initiatives on the academic and prestigious extra-curricular accolade. Manchester is the only university in the UK to make a difference in social and economic wellbeing.



The University is passionate enough to grow, lead, share ideas, and recognize more than 150 social responsibility initiatives that is a part of the annual Making a Difference Awards. A unique teaching quality, world-class research, public events, and activities change the vision of the social responsibility and inspire to step forward to work together equally for the betterment of the communities. Social responsibility includes social inclusion, better health, environmental sustainability, cultural engagement, public engagement, civic engagement, the UN’s sustainable development, and so on.

History

The University of Manchester originated with the amalgamation of the Victoria University of Manchester and the University Of Manchester Institute Of Science and Technology (UMIST), In 2004, the red brick university was established in the major industrial cities of England and was famous among the nine civic universities in the 19th century (after the civic university movement).

The main campus of the University of Manchester is located at the south of Manchester city centre on Oxford Road in England. At first, the University consists of three faculties and then, it is subdivided into schools teaching with the undergraduate and postgraduate programs, This institution is the 3rd largest as well as a single-site university in the UK.

The University is well-known for its’ financial endowments and after the reputed universities of Cambridge, Oxford, takes place the fifth-largest endowment of any university in the UK. The cultural attraction of the Manchester Museum, John Rylands Library, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jodrell Bank Observatory, Whitworth Art Gallery, all are operated by the University.

Location

Located in Manchester, England, The University of Manchester is a public research university. The main campus is located on Oxford Road, just south of Manchester City Centre.

Students Statistics

  • Undergraduate – 65%
  • Postgraduate – 35%
  • Full-time students – 90%
  • Part-time students – 10%
  • UK students – 61%
  • EU students – 7%
  • International students – 32%
  • Female – 56%
  • Male – 44%

  • Rankings & Achievements

  • 28th in the QS World University Rankings 2023
  • Ranked 50th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022
  • Placed 30th in the Guardian University Guide 2023
  • Ranked 24th in the Times University Guide 2023
  • In the 2021 REF, 93% of The University of Manchester’s research activity was rated as either “world-leading” or “internationally excellent”.

  • Still, Manchester holds the excellence in research fields as its 83% of research activity was judged to be world-leading (4*) as well as ‘internationally excellent’ (3*).

    Faculties

    The University of Manchester comprises the undergraduate and postgraduate programs along with diplomas and certification program that is successful in the field of teaching and research.

    The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health is made up of three academic Schools:

  • The School of Biological Sciences
  • The School of Medical Sciences
  • The School of Health Science

  • The Faculty of Science and Engineering consists of the following Schools and Departments:

  • The School of Engineering
  • The School of Natural Sciences

  • The Faculty of Humanities comprises the four academic Schools:

  • Alliance Manchester Business School
  • School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
  • School of Environment, Education and Development, and
  • School of Social Sciences
  • Fees

    The international tuition fee is £20,000 – £48,000

    Scholarships

    The University of Manchester provides universities with a wide range of scholarships to eligible students from certain subject areas or selected countries. The university provides sports scholarships and the EU Academic Award in September 2022.

    The university is currently offering the following scholarships which you can choose based on your academic eligibility and departmental criteria.

  • Global Futures Scholarship
  • Humanitarian Scholarship
  • Subject-specific awards
  • Carbon Reduction Scholarship
  • Equity and Merit Scholarships
  • Engineering the Future Scholarships
  • Global Futures Scholarship
  • GREAT scholarships
  • Humanitarian Scholarship
  • British Council scholarships for women in STEM
  • Postgraduate research funding

  • Do you see yourself studying at The University of Manchester? If you do, you can start your application process to enroll in your choice of programme offered at the university today, and you don’t have to do it alone. We can help you fill out and submit the application and streamline the entire process, ensuring you meet all the requirements and submit the proper paper work.


    Courses

    Foundation

  • BA (Hons) Animation With Foundation Year
  • BA (Hons) Costume Design With Foundation Year
  • BA (Hons) Digital Media With Foundation Year
  • BA (Hons) Drama and Creative Writing with Foundation Year
  • BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing with Foundation Year
  • BA (Hons) English and Drama with Foundation Year
  • BA (Hons) English and Film with Foundation Year
  • BA (Hons) English Language with Foundation Year
  • BA (Hons) English Literature with Foundation Year
  • BA (Hons) Fashion Design With Foundation Year
  • BA (Hons) Film, TV and Stage Design with Foundation Year
  • BA (Hons) Fine Art With Foundation Year
  • BA (Hons) Graphic Design With Foundation Year
  • BA (Hons) Interior Design With Foundation Year
  • BA (Hons) Photography With Foundation Year
  • BEng (Hons) Aeronautical Engineering with Foundation Year
  • BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering with Foundation Year
  • BEng (Hons) Electronic Engineering with Foundation Year
  • BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Architectural Engineering with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Building Surveying with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Business Management with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Business Management with Law with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Web Development with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Construction Project Management with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Counselling and Psychotherapy with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Criminology and Sociology with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Criminology with Counselling with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Criminology with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Criminology with Security with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Financial Mathematics with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Games Design and Production With Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Human Biology and Infectious Diseases with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Interior Architecture with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) International Business Management with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Marine Biology with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Microbiology with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult) with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Nursing (Children and Young People's) with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Nursing (Mental Health) with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Physics with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Podiatry with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Prosthetics and Orthotics with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Social Policy with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Sociology with Foundation Year
  • BSc (Hons) Software Engineering with Foundation Year
  • Business Management with Finance with Foundation Year
  • International Foundation Year
  • LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology with Foundation Year
  • LLB (Hons) Law with Foundation Year

  • Undergraduate

  • BA (Hons) Animation
  • BA (Hons) Comedy Writing and Performance
  • BA (Hons) Contemporary History and Politics
  • BA (Hons) Contemporary Military and International History
  • BA (Hons) Costume Design
  • BA (Hons) Dance
  • BA (Hons) Digital Media
  • BA (Hons) Digital Video Production and Marketing
  • BA (Hons) Drama and Creative Writing
  • BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing
  • BA (Hons) English and Drama
  • BA (Hons) English and Film
  • BA (Hons) English Language
  • BA (Hons) English Language and Creative Writing
  • BA (Hons) English Literature
  • BA (Hons) English Literature with English Language
  • BA (Hons) Fashion Business and Promotion
  • BA (Hons) Fashion Design
  • BA (Hons) Fashion Image Making and Styling
  • BA (Hons) Film Production
  • BA (Hons) Film Studies
  • BA (Hons) Film, TV and Stage Design
  • BA (Hons) Fine Art
  • BA (Hons) Graphic Design
  • BA (Hons) Intelligence Analysis
  • BA (Hons) Interior Design
  • BA (Hons) International Politics and Security
  • BA (Hons) International Relations and Politics
  • BA (Hons) Journalism (Broadcast)
  • BA (Hons) Journalism (Multimedia)
  • BA (Hons) Journalism with Public Relations
  • BA (Hons) Make-Up for Media and Performance
  • BA (Hons) Media and Performance
  • BA (Hons) Model Making for the Creative Industries
  • BA (Hons) Music / Creative Music Technology
  • BA (Hons) Music / Musical Arts
  • BA (Hons) Music / Popular Music & Recording
  • BA (Hons) Music Management and Creative Enterprise
  • BA (Hons) Photography
  • BA (Hons) Politics
  • BA (Hons) Post Production and VFX
  • BA (Hons) Technical Theatre (Production and Design)
  • BA (Hons) Television and Radio Production
  • BA (Hons) Theatre and Performance
  • BEng (Hons) Acoustical and Audio Engineering
  • BEng (Hons) Acoustical and Audio Engineering with Professional Experience
  • BEng (Hons) Aeronautical Engineering
  • BEng (Hons) Aircraft Engineering with Pilot Studies
  • BEng (Hons) Civil and Architectural Engineering
  • BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering
  • BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering (Civil Engineer Degree Apprenticeship)
  • BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • BEng (Hons) Electronic Engineering
  • BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
  • BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance
  • BSc (Hons) Applied Football Studies
  • BSc (Hons) Architectural Design and Technology
  • BSc (Hons) Architectural Engineering
  • BSc (Hons) Architecture
  • BSc (Hons) Biology
  • BSc (Hons) Biology with Studies in the USA
  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
  • BSc (Hons) Building Surveying
  • BSc (Hons) Business Management
  • BSc (Hons) Business Management with Economics
  • BSc (Hons) Business Management with Finance
  • BSc (Hons) Business Management with Finance with Professional Placement Year
  • BSc (Hons) Business Management with Innovation and Technology
  • BSc (Hons) Business Management with Law
  • BSc (Hons) Business Management with Law with Professional Placement Year
  • BSc (Hons) Business Management with Marketing
  • BSc (Hons) Business Management with Marketing with Professional Placement Year
  • BSc (Hons) Business Management with Professional Placement Year
  • BSc (Hons) Business Management with Sport
  • BSc (Hons) Business Management with Sport with Professional Placement Year
  • BSc (Hons) Business with Human Resource Management
  • BSc (Hons) Computer Networks
  • BSc (Hons) Computer Science
  • BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Cyber Security
  • BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Professional Experience
  • BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Web Development
  • BSc (Hons) Construction Project Management
  • BSc (Hons) Construction Project Management (Part-time)
  • BSc (Hons) Criminology
  • BSc (Hons) Criminology and Sociology
  • BSc (Hons) Criminology with Counselling
  • BSc (Hons) Criminology with Security
  • BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography
  • BSc (Hons) Environmental Geography with Professional Practice
  • BSc (Hons) Environmental Geography with Studies in the USA
  • BSc (Hons) Financial Mathematics
  • BSc (Hons) Financial Mathematics with Professional Experience
  • BSc (Hons) Games Design and Production
  • BSc (Hons) Games Design and Production With Industry Placement
  • BSc (Hons) Human Biology and Infectious Diseases
  • BSc (Hons) Interior Architecture
  • BSc (Hons) International Business Management
  • BSc (Hons) Marine Biology
  • BSc (Hons) Mathematics
  • BSc (Hons) Media Technology
  • BSc (Hons) Nursing / RN Adult
  • BSc (Hons) Nursing / RN Children and Young People
  • BSc (Hons) Nursing / RN Mental Health
  • BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies (Top Up)
  • BSc (Hons) Nutrition and Exercise as Medicine
  • BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy
  • BSc (Hons) Physics
  • BSc (Hons) Physics with Acoustics
  • BSc (Hons) Physics with Professional Experience
  • BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy
  • BSc (Hons) Podiatry
  • BSc (Hons) Podiatry (Podiatrist Degree Apprenticeship)
  • BSc (Hons) Professional Policing
  • BSc (Hons) Professional Sound and Video Technology
  • BSc (Hons) Prosthetics and Orthotics
  • BSc (Hons) Psychology
  • BSc (Hons) Psychology and Counselling
  • BSc (Hons) Psychology and Criminology
  • BSc (Hons) Psychology of Human and Animal Behaviour
  • BSc (Hons) Psychology of Sport
  • BSc (Hons) Psychology with English Language
  • BSc (Hons) Pure and Applied Physics
  • BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying
  • BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying (Part-Time)
  • BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying Accelerated (Day-Release)
  • BSc (Hons) Real Estate Surveying (Asset Management)
  • BSc (Hons) Real Estate Surveying (Asset Management) Accelerated
  • BSc (Hons) Social Policy
  • BSc (Hons) Social Work
  • BSc (Hons) Sociology
  • BSc (Hons) Software Engineering
  • BSc (Hons) Software Engineering with Professional Experience
  • BSc (Hons) Sound Engineering and Production
  • BSc (Hons) Sport Rehabilitation
  • BSc (Hons) Sports Coaching Analysis (Top Up)
  • BSc (Hons) Sports Science
  • BSc (Hons) Wildlife and Practical Conservation
  • BSc (Hons) Wildlife Conservation with Zoo Biology
  • LLB (Hons) Law
  • LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology
  • LLB (Hons) Law with Professional Experience Year
  • Facilities & Services

  • The University Research Faculties provide many facilities like Flow Cytometry Facility, Genomic Technologies Core Facility, Electron Microscopy Core Facility, and so on. Conference Facility.

  • The University of Manchester provides an opportunity to work after completing undergraduate or master’s degrees. The New Graduate Route offers two years’ work placement facility to the graduates. Even, the Ph.D. holders are eligible to stay for three years to gather work experience.

  • Students can access books by using the Click and Collect Service.
  • High demandable Study spaces are available at Library sites and in halls of residence. Students, staff, and researchers get expert supports from a special and well-equipped libraries.

    Therefore, award-winning skills support ‘My Learning Essentials’ and’ My Research Essentials’ are the two active Online supports.

  • Accommodation

    The city is a home for Art and Culture decorated with museums, theatres, art galleries, unique architectural industries, and full of green. The City accommodation is the place of lectures and study spaces. Metropolitan streets, green spaces surrounded by the university campus. It takes only five minutes to walk to move to the north and south of the campus. Many buses are available to travel along the Oxford Road corridor.

    The University provides guaranteed accommodation for international students. Denmark Road is the high demandable accommodation closed to the academic campus. The George Kenyon Hall is another high demandable building that provides facilities with self-contained flats shared kitchen in each flat, modern en suite facilities, audiovisual common rooms or a launderette, and so on. An active Residents Association executes the events throughout the year. The kitchen/lounge is well-equipped with a microwave, toaster, cooker, freezer, etc.

    The Horniman house situated on the corner of Oxford Road belongs to excellent transport links, shops and restaurants. The Weston Hall is a self-catered residence operated by a residential life team. Whitworth Park, situated near to the sports centre, libraries and Students Union. Bar in residence, computer cluster, sports facilities, on-site security, key card controlled access, laundry facility are available here. The Wright Robinson Hall provides single study bedrooms, rooms for twin occupancy, telephone and Ethernet connection, wardrobe space, a washbasin, and so on.

    Transports

    The transport system of Manchester city is developed enough to travel easily from one place to another. Students can travel by bicycle, buses, taxi, train, and trams. Cycling is the cheapest method of traveling across the Manchester student areas. Students remain happy to travel with Manchester’s Magic buses where tickets are much cheaper.

    University of Manchester staff and students get free tickets to travel around the Sackville Street and Oxford Road areas. The taxi is available at Piccadilly Station that costs around £5. Piccadilly and Victoria are the two major train stations including the almost free bus link. The Metrolink is the Manchester’s frequent tram service. Last but not the least, regular flights are available at the Manchester Airport along with excellent road and rail links into the rest of the UK.

    FAQ’s

    What is the ranking of The University of Manchester?

    The University of Manchester ranked 28th in the QS World University Rankings 2023.


    What are the popular courses at The University of Manchester?

    Accounting, Art & Design, Humanities, Business, and Engineering are the famous courses at this university.