About Manchester
The University of Manchester is at the heart of a dynamic and expanding city that attracts an increasing number of students, visitors and businesses every year.
Life certainly is for living in Manchester. It's a lively, cosmopolitan city offering you an enviable mix of multicultural attractions.
Buzzing with events, bars, cafes, restaurants, museums, art galleries and historic buildings, you'll never be short of things to do.
Did you know that:
- Manchester has been voted the coolest place in the UK outside London by a 2002 survey of 18-30 year olds
- It is the third smiliest place in the UK (joint with Exeter) according to a Comic Relief 2003 survey
- Manchester also came second in a 2002 survey of the UK's most musical cities
- The city is home to two of the England's top 10 Architectural Highlights of the Year for 2003
Prepare to step off campus and straight into the middle of everything Manchester has to offer.
For more information about the history of Manchester and its attractions, please visit the Virtual Encyclopedia of Greater Manchester via the link below: