University of Manchester

Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Switchboard: +44 (0) 161 306 6000
Website: www.manchester.ac.uk

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About the University of Manchester

  • University of Manchester (photo by Nick Higham)Research excellence: The University has an exceptional record of generating and sharing new ideas and the quality, breadth and volume of its research activity is unparalleled in the UK.
  • Our history: The University is built on the shoulders of academic giants and can lay claim to 23 Nobel Prize winners amongst its former staff and students.
  • President's mission: The President and Vice-Chancellor's mission is to make The University of Manchester one of the top 25 universities in the world by 2015.
  • A responsible university: We are committed to providing a dynamic working and learning environment, where every member of our community is valued for their contribution and individuality.

Rankings

  • THE 2009: 26
  • THE 2008: 29
  • THE 2007: 30
  • SJT 2009: 41
  • SJT 2008: 40
  • SJT 2007: 48

Landmark buildings

New facilities include:

  • Core Technology Facility (Life Sciences and incubator space)
  • Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre
  • Chemistry Building
  • University Place (Student Services, Visitors Centre, Nursing, Health Science and conference facilities)
  • AV Hill Building (Life Sciences)
  • Alan Turing Building (Mathematics, Physics and Photon Science
  • Arthur Lewis Building (Environment and Development and Social Sciences)
  • John Rylands Library, Deansgate (extension and restoration)
  • Michael Smith Building (Life Sciences)
  • Electro Acoustic studios

International partnerships

The University of Manchester has signed agreements with the following top, research-led, universities:

  • Tsinghua University , China
  • Fudan University , China
  • Seoul National University , Korea
  • Kyoto University , Japan
  • National University of Singapore
  • Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India

Famous academics

Current academic staff include Nobel Laureates John Sulston FRS (Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation) and Joseph Stiglitz (Brooks World Poverty Institute), leading British novelist Martin Amis (Centre for New Writing) and political scientist Robert Putnam (Harvard/Manchester Institute for Social Change)

Notable research areas

In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 65% of research activity, amounting to 1,193 full-time equivalent staff at The University of Manchester, is judged to be 'world-leading' (4*) or 'internationally excellent' (3*), putting us among only a handful of universities with an internationally significant research profile over a wide range of subject areas. The University of Manchester is one of the top universities for biomedical research, and our international centres exploring cancer research, world poverty, environmental sustainability and social change are producing world-changing answers to global problems.

Most significant research breakthrough in the last 12 months

The discovery of graphene by Prof Andre Geim FRS. This super-thin two-dimensional material (consisting of a single layer of individual, densely packed carbon atoms woven into one stable layer like a wire mesh) has the potential to replace silicon transistors in the not too distant future.

Prof Geim and Manchester researcher Dr Kostya Novoselov have received the prestigious Europhysics Prize, and Prof Geim was recently awarded the 2009 Körber European Science Award, worth 750,000 Euros.

Mission

To make The University of Manchester one of the top 25 universities in the world by 2015 and to remain thereafter a world-leader in the quality of the higher education we offer, the excellence and impact of the research we undertake and the value of the contributions we make to the economic, social and cultural life and environmental sustainability of the wider society.

Vision

Our vision is of The University of Manchester as a world-renowned institution harnessing virtuosity for the enduring benefit of mankind:

  • A people-centred institution
  • A research-led institution
  • An innovative institution
  • A learning institution
  • A meritocratic institution
  • A socially responsible institution
  • A Manchester institution

Student profile

  • Home and EU numbers: 30,012
  • International (out of continent) numbers: 7,009