About
University of Salford is a UK university founded in 1896, based in Salford. The Teaching Excellence Framework awarded University of Salford a Silver rating.
Academic staff have published 38,593 works cited 1,377,280 times, with an h-index of 328.
Courses at University of Salford (319)
Accelerated Nursing (Adult)
University of Salford
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£27,000
Accelerated Nursing (Children and Young People)
University of Salford
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£27,000
Accelerated Nursing (Mental Health)
University of Salford
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£27,000
Accounting and finance
University of Salford
NSS Score
88.19%
Accounting and Finance
University of Salford
UCAS Points
104 - 112 points
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£25,000
Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year
University of Salford
UCAS Points
64 points
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£25,000
Who gets into University of Salford
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
12.4%
From the most deprived 20%
45.0%
The poorest-area share is 32.6 percentage points higher than the richest-area share among 5,300 entrants in 2023-24.
Notable alumni of University of Salford
See all 132 →132 notable graduates and former students with Wikipedia coverage, ranked by international reach. Source: Wikidata.
Ben Kingsley
English actor (born 1943)
Nataša Pirc Musar
President of Slovenia since 2022
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
Jim Sturgess
English actor and singer-songwriter
Norman Whiteside
Northern Irish footballer (born 1965)
Sophia Di Martino
British actress
Sydney Chapman
British mathematician and geophysicist (1888–1970)
Robert Powell
British actor
Afshan Azad
English actress and model
Gary Stevens
English association football player (born 1963)
Alok Sharma
British politician (born 1967)
L. S. Lowry
British visual artist (1887–1976)
Rankings
- Complete University Guide 2026
- #79
- The Guardian (UK) 2026
- #85
- QS World 2026
- 901-950
- Times Higher Ed (World) 2026
- 801–1000
Score breakdown
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Quick Facts
- Location
- Salford
- Postcode
- M5 4WT
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1896
- TEF Rating
- Silver