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PhD Success: Research Graduates

As we prepare for the start of another academic year, we’re taking some time to reflect on the many areas that have benefited from donor support. Across the University, gifts from generous donors are helping to develop original thinkers and innovators who bring fresh perspectives to our research and accelerate breakthroughs that will improve society. Read More…


Inspiring Manchester People: Emmeline Pankhurst

2024 is a special year for The University of Manchester as we celebrate our 200th anniversary! This amazing milestone gives us an opportunity to reflect on all of the amazing and inspiring individuals who have made Manchester what we are today. That’s why we’re delighted to share this series of blog posts written by our Read More…


Inspiring Manchester People: Jean McFarlane

2024 is a special year for The University of Manchester as we celebrate our 200th anniversary! This amazing milestone gives us an opportunity to reflect on all of the amazing and inspiring individuals who have made Manchester what we are today. That’s why we’re delighted to share this series of blog posts written by our Read More…


Inspiring Manchester People: Alan Turing

2024 is a special year for The University of Manchester as we celebrate our 200th anniversary! This amazing milestone gives us an opportunity to reflect on all of the amazing and inspiring individuals who have made Manchester what we are today. That’s why we’re delighted to share this series of blog posts written by our Read More…


Meet our student fundraisers

It’s coming up to a very exciting time! Over the next few weeks, our amazing student fundraising team will be taking to the phones to chat to Manchester alumni across the UK and USA. This month, our amazing team of student fundraisers will be taking to the phones to chat to Manchester alumni just like Read More…


Inspiring Manchester People: Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw

2024 is a special year for The University of Manchester as we celebrate our 200th anniversary! This amazing milestone gives us an opportunity to reflect on all of the amazing and inspiring individuals who have made Manchester what we are today. That’s why we’re delighted to share this series of blog posts written by our Read More…


Access and Student Success: Impact Report

Ensuring equality of opportunity for all students is a key part of the University’s Student Success Strategy. To show how we are working towards this goal, we are pleased to share our newest Access and Student Success Impact Report for 2022.   The report, prepared by our Access and Student Success team, illustrates the range Read More…


Our campus: then and now

The University of Manchester is the UK’s largest single site University, with a campus spanning 229 buildings all across the city!   With over 200 years of history behind our institution, you can imagine that there have been many changes to the look and feel of our campus over the years. Many of the University’s historic Read More…


What ‘World First’ will you make possible?

The University of Manchester is known for ground-breaking firsts, from being England’s first civic university, to splitting the atom and the discovery of graphene.  But every single first would not be possible without you, our students and the alumni that dedicate their time, talent, and vision to creating a better world. In 1874 Edward Langworthy Read More…