The largest higher education institution in the UK, we are committed to setting a revolutionary agenda of collaboration and excellence. Over £600m is currently being invested to continue this excellence in teaching and research facilities.
We have a prestigious reputation for academic excellence and a strong graduate and postgraduate employment record. Our Careers Service is consistently voted the best in the UK by graduate recruiters.
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Facts and figures
Our achievements in the fields of science, engineering and the professions are recognised by international bodies. The Times Higher Education Supplement world rankings places the University 12th in the world.
The Manchester Business School is one of the top management schools in the world with a well-established MBA programme and an excellent executive education centre. The University has also received many awards from the UK government, European bodies and international companies, including the Department for Trade and Industry, which awarded a Centre of Excellence for the University's work in electrical engineering.
The University:
- has national and international research excellence - many academic departments achieve 5 or 5* (out of a possible 1-5) in the UK's research ratings, called the Research Assessment Exercise
- teaches the widest range of disciplines in the UK
- attracts more applicants than any other UK university
- has over 8,500 postgraduate students.
Prizes and achievements
- Over 23 Nobel Prizes to its credit
- Awarded the Queen's Prize for Higher Education three times
- Winner of the only DTI Award for Technology Transfer
- Winner of the Prince of Wales Award for Innovation
- The first computer was created here in 1948
Background
Manchester was the world's first 'industrial city' and has always been a prodigious source of pioneers and innovators. It was where Rolls met Royce and where Nobel Laureate Ernest Rutherford undertook the pioneering work that led to the splitting of the atom in his University laboratory. It was also here that the modern day computer was first conceived and developed by Professors Tom Kilburn and Freddie Williams.