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Manchester M13 9PL

Tel 0161 275 2077

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www.manchester.ac.uk

Sunday Times ranking 19= (15)

Teaching excellence 69.2%

Student satisfaction 70.4%

Head teacher ranking 12 (14)

Peer ranking 9 (8)

Research quality 72.4%

A/AS-level points 410

A-levels for entry 80.5%

Unemployment 6.1%

Firsts and 2:1s 68.7%

Student/staff ratio 12.9:1

Dropout rate 8% (9%)

World ranking 40

Undergraduates 24,592 (4,756)

Postgraduates 6,231 (4,842)

Teaching staff 1,934

Applications/places 62,483/7,211; 8.7:1 (+2.7%)

Clearing entry 7.3%

Bursaries 33%: £1,000-£5,000

Scholarships 350: £1,000-£10,000

EU/overseas 4.3%/14.4%

Mature 9.1%

State school 78%

Lowest social classes 21%

Low-participation areas 11%

Live in 30% (100%) £53-£118

Manchester remains the most popular university in the country, this year attracting more than 64,000 applications with about nine students chasing every place. It is not hard to find the reasons for the university’s success. Only Cambridge can match the number of subjects that have secured excellent teaching ratings and, on the research front, Manchester is a world leader in biomedical research.

In the most recent research ratings, academics in every subject for which the university made a submission were considered either nationally or internationally eminent. Going further back, this is the place where Rutherford split the atom (1911), where the first modern computer was built (1948) and where 22 Nobel prize winners can be counted among current or former staff and students.

Manchester aims to become a world top 25 university by 2015. It is embarking on the largest programme of capital investment ever seen in a British higher education institution: £350m will have been spent by 2010 on creating eight new buildings and undertaking 15 refurbishments.

It was our University of the Year in 2006 but has only existed as it is now since 2004, when the Victoria University of Manchester merged with the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology to create a giant of the academic world. The financial clout that comes with being an institution this size is being used to offer generous bursary and scholarship schemes. Those from families with a household income of less than £27,120 get a £1,000-a-year bursary.

If income is less than £17,910 and students achieve AAA at A-level in one sitting, they qualify for a scholarship of £5,000 a year. Further support schemes are also available.

Manchester’s modest improvement in this year’s national student survey can be attributed to its own internal satisfaction survey, used to measure satisfaction not just with the degree programme but also support services. However, it will want to build further on its bottom 25 ranking for student satisfaction, which accounts for its fall in this year’s league table.

With the best part of 40,000 full-and part-time undergraduates and postgraduates this is by far the largest university in the UK. Add in the 30,000 at Manchester Metropolitan and 20,000 studying at Salford and you have one of the largest student populations in western Europe.

The city has the ability to cope with them all – it knows how to party. Manchester is arguably the music capital of Britain and now also offers great shopping by day and bars, cafes and clubs galore long into the night.

Sports facilities are hard to beat, with students benefiting from the legacy of the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The great outdoors in the form of the Peak District, the Lake District and the Pennines is nearby for those wanting something more serene.

Open days October 6.

Student view Tom Skinner, students’ union officer:

USP If you like the student life, Manchester is the place to be.

Worst feature Manchester is a big city, which can be daunting, but it does give you a chance to get out of the student bubble.

Location Next to all bus routes and within walking distance of the city.

Social scene Halls, sports, societies and the union, there’s lots of places to make friends.

Rated excellent (36) Anatomy and physiology; anthropology; archeology; building; business and management; chemical engineering; chemistry; civil engineering; classics and ancient history; computer science; dentistry; economics; education; electrical and electronic engineering; geography; geology; hospitality, leisure, recreation, sport and tourism; land and property management; law; maths, statistics and operational research; mechanical engineering; medicine; molecular biosciences; music; nursing; organismal biosciences; pharmacology and pharmacy; philosophy; physics and astronomy; politics; psychology; social policy and administration; subjects allied to medicine (optometry); subjects allied to medicine (human communications); teacher training; theology and religious studies.

Degree of student satisfaction 70.4%

Human and Social Geography 84.7; Finance and Accounting 79.2; Architecture, Building and Planning 78.4; Education studies 77.3; Biology and related Sciences 77.0; Philosophy, Theology and Religious studies 76.9; Physical Science 76.0; Physical Geography and Environmental Science 74.6; Medical Science and Pharmacy 74.1; Law 73.5; European Languages and Area studies 71.7; History and Archeology 71.5; Civil, Chemical and other Engineering 71.1; English-based studies 70.2; Computer Science 70.0; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 69.6; Business 69.4; Politics 69.2; Performing Arts 68.4; Management 66.9; Psychology 66.4; Economics 65.5; Medicine and Dentistry 64.4; Other Languages and Area studies 63.8; Mechanically-based Engineering 63.7

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