University of Manchester
About
University of Manchester is a UK university founded in 1824, based in Manchester. The Teaching Excellence Framework awarded University of Manchester a Silver rating.
Academic staff have published 202 works cited 1,635 times, with an h-index of 22.
Courses at University of Manchester (934)
Accounting
University of Manchester
NSS Score
84.39%
Accounting
University of Manchester
A-Levels
AAA
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£26,000
Accounting and Finance
University of Manchester
A-Levels
AAA
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£30,000
Accounting and Finance
University of Manchester
NSS Score
82.44%
Accounting and Finance
University of Manchester
Accounting with Industrial/Professional Experience
University of Manchester
A-Levels
AAA
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£26,000
Who gets into University of Manchester
See full breakdown →Full-time undergraduates admitted in 2023-24, by neighbourhood deprivation. Source: Office for Students.
From the least deprived 20% of UK neighbourhoods
28.9%
From the most deprived 20%
18.4%
The richest-area share is 10.5 percentage points higher than the poorest-area share among 5,550 entrants in 2023-24.
Notable alumni of University of Manchester
See all 241 →241 notable graduates and former students with Wikipedia coverage, ranked by international reach. Source: Wikidata.
James Prescott Joule
English physicist and brewer (1818–1889)
Joseph John Thomson
British physicist (1856-1940)
James Chadwick
English physicist (1891-1974), who discovered the neutron in 1932
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
Scottish physicist and meteorologist (1869-1959)
Benedict Cumberbatch
English actor (born 1976)
Michael D. Higgins
President of Ireland (2011–2018; 2018–2025)
Samia Suluhu Hassan
President of Tanzania since 2021
Andre Geim
Russian-born Dutch-British physicist
Melvin Calvin
American biochemist (1911–1997)
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
Icelandic politician, 5th President of Iceland
Norman Foster
British architect (born 1935)
Arthur Harden
British biochemist
Rankings
- Complete University Guide 2026
- #28
- The Guardian (UK) 2026
- #35
- QS World 2026
- #35
- Times Higher Ed (World) 2026
- #56
- ARWU (Shanghai) 2025
- #46
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Quick Facts
- Location
- Manchester
- Postcode
- M13 9PL
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1824
- TEF Rating
- Silver