#27 The University of Manchester

by World Universities May. 07,2023
#27 The University of Manchester

Basic Infomation:


World Position: No. 27

Nature of University: Public

Research Findings: Very High

Number of students: 37,474

Number of Teachers: 4,889

Number of international students: 16,079



Overview:


The University of Manchester was founded in 1824. It is one of the world's top comprehensive research universities located in Manchester, England. The Russell Group is a select network of leading research universities. It has an incredible record of innovation, with 25 Nobel Prize winners among current and former faculty and students at the University of Manchester.


Manchester University is the largest single-site public university in the UK. The university offers more than 1,000 degree programs, including basic courses in the humanities and business, science and engineering disciplines, bachelor's degree, master's program, doctorate and MBA.


The University of Manchester invested £1 billion in its facilities and campus in ten years, helped develop the world's first modern computer in 1948, and supported Rutherford's work, which led to the atomic split in 1917.


Today, the University of Manchester is at the forefront of research, especially new treatments for life-threatening diseases, science and engineering. In 2015/2016 alone, the University of Manchester attracted more than £342 million in external research funding.


Recruiters target graduates from the University of Manchester because of their high employability. It ranked 35th in the 2017 QS Graduate Employability Rankings, with an employment rate of 94%.


The UK has the highest proportion of international students (25%), with students from as many as 180 countries on campus. The university offers a number of postgraduate scholarships for international students.


In the ranking of the UK's most popular universities by top employers in the 2020 UK Graduate Employment Market Report released by High Fliers Research, the University of Manchester has ranked first in the UK for the third consecutive year.


According to a report issued by the British Higher Education Policy Institute in October 2015, the University of Manchester is the UK university (second only to Oxford University) that has produced the second most current leaders of the world.


The University of Manchester ranks fifth in the UK in the REF 2014 official ranking of British universities; it is also ranked 27th in the 2020QS World University Rankings, and 36th in the 2020 Academic Ranking of World University Rankings (5th in the UK). In the 2020 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Impact Rankings, it ranks first in the UK (eighth in the world). In the 2020 academic ranking of world universities, it ranks 36th in the world.


About Undergraduate:


The University of Manchester offers undergraduate programs spanning the full academic spectrum including:


Accounting

American Studies

Architecture

Biology, Medicine and Health

Business Studies

Chemistry

Computer Science

Drama

Electrical & Electronic Engineering

English Language for Education

English Literature

Geography

History

Law

Management, Leadership and Leisure

Mathematics

Modern Languages

Planning and Environmental Management

Sociology


About Postgraduate:


The University of Manchester offers postgraduate programs spanning the full academic spectrum including:


Accounting

Architecture

Biology

Business Studies

Chemistry

Computer Science

Drama

Dental Public Health

Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Law

Life Sciences

Marketing

Mathematics

Sociology

Urban Planning