All Saints
Oxford Road
Manchester M15 6BH
0161 247 1039
prospectus@mmu.ac.uk
www.mmu.ac.uk
Open days: October 10 and 14 (Manchester); October 17 and 21 (Cheshire)

PERFORMANCE

Sunday Times ranking 78 (84=)
Student satisfaction 71.7%
Head teacher ranking 65 (76=)
Peer ranking 57 (51=)
Research quality 53.9%
A-level/Higher points 261
Unemployment 9.6%
Firsts and 2:1s 56.8%
Student/staff ratio 19.7:1
Dropout rate 21.7% (18.3%)

VITAL STATISTICS

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Undergraduates 24,091 (3,545)
Postgraduates 2,372 (2,959)
Teaching staff 1,319
Applications/places 40,776/8,634; 4.7:1 (+13.4%)
Clearing entry 8.8%
Live in 20% (64%) £67-£106
Bursaries 68%: £319-£1,025
Scholarships 70: £1,000-£2,50

SOCIAL MIX

EU/overseas 2.3%/4.9%
Mature 22%
State school 95.4%
Lowest social classes 34.9%
Low-participation areas 14.2%

The self-dubbed “university for world-class professionals” is one of the largest providers of science, engineering and technology education in the country. It also boasts one of the biggest business schools, a global reputation for clothing design and technology and 16 subjects rated excellent for teaching under the now discontinued system of formal assessments. MMU’s areas of teaching excellence are wide-ranging, from art and design to organismal biosciences.

The university is a big provider of newly-qualified teachers and health professionals; more than four in five of its teaching graduates stay on and work in the northwest.

Applications to follow in the footsteps of alumni, including artist LS Lowry, by studying one of MMU’s 1,000 courses, are up by 13% this year.

The university has facilities throughout Manchester as well as campuses in Crewe and Alsager. Plans are afoot to consolidate the existing seven campuses onto three — two in the city centre and one in Crewe.

In preparation for 1,800 students moving from the Alsager site, Crewe’s facilities are undergoing a £40m development programme, which involves tripling the size of the students’ union.

Undergraduates on English courses will be familiar with the work of Carol Ann Duffy, whose poetry is a regular feature on GCSE and A-level syllabuses. The poet laureate is the creative director of the English department’s writing school and teaches the university’s MA in creative writing.

About two-thirds of freshers are housed in MMU accommodation, and the remainder can be housed in the 5,000-plus additional beds vetted by the university in the private sector.

More than two-thirds of first-years were awarded bursaries in 2008. Freshers are eligible for £475 if their household income falls below £40,000, and £1,025 if it is lower than £21,000.

STUDENT VIEW

Andy Hardwick, students’ union officer:

First impressions: The university is very much a part of a city that brings out the artist in everyone.
Worst feature: Manchester is a very distracting city in which to study.
Facilities: We’re moving away from our 1970s buildings and investing in cutting-edge developments.
Deal clincher: Each campus has a strong sense of community.

Rated excellent (16)
Allied health professions (physiotherapy, speech pathology and therapy); anatomy and physiology; art and design; business and management; drama, dance and cinematics; history of art, architecture and design; hospitality, leisure, recreation, sport and tourism; materials technology; mechanical engineering; molecular biosciences; nursing; organismal biosciences; philosophy; politics; psychology; teacher training.

Student satisfaction
Management 81.5; Other Creative Arts 81; Philosophy, Theology and Religious studies 79.6; European Languages and Area studies 77.8; Biology and related Sciences 77.1; Education studies 77; Physical Geography and Environmental Science 76.6; Communications and Information studies 76.5; Mathematical Sciences 76.3; Other subjects allied to Medicine 75.5; Performing Arts 74.8; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 73.6; History and Archaeology 73.1; Finance and Accounting 72.8; Politics 72.4; Psychology 71.9; Law 71.6; English-based studies 71.5; Physical Science 71.5; Human and Social Geography 71.5; Computer Science 71.4; Architecture, Building and Planning 69.7; Sports Science 69.3; Electronic and Electrical Engineering 69.3; Business 69; Initial Teacher Training 68.8; Art and Design 68.8; Media studies 67.4; Technology 65.9; Agriculture and related subjects 64.1; Tourism, Transport, Travel and others in Business and Administrative studies 63.9; Social Work 62.9

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