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UNDERGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL PROSPECTUS 2018 ENTRY Contents Why Manchester The Manchester experience Campus and city Courses Ten reasons why 4 Degrees of excellence 12 Explore our campus 34 Our courses 56 Achievements that 6 International foundation pathways 13 The city 40 Course index 121 changed the world Stellify 14 Events calendar 44 A network of inspiring alumni 8 Learn without boundaries 16 Accommodation 46 Global challenges, 10 Manchester solutions Study abroad 18 Maps Industrial experience 19 Accommodation map 128 Employability 22 Next steps City map 129 Make a difference 26 English language requirements 50 Students’ Union 28 and support Get active 30 Finance 52 Support 32 How to apply 54 1 Get to know us As well as before you apply reading this prospectus... 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Contact details are in our course read student blogs and more. listings, which start on p56. www.manchester.ac.uk/umass If you need a copy of this prospectus, or certain sections Find more information for international students, including when you can you meet us in your country, here: of it, in an alternative www.manchester.ac.uk/international format, please call our Arrange a visit to our campus by emailing Study Enquiries Team: [email protected] or register for an open day here: +44 (0)161 275 2077 www.manchester.ac.uk/open-days 2 3 Why Manchester 4 You could join 10 We’re home to the 6 We attract We’re unique among the UK’s biggest Ten reasons why UK’s largest student world-leading minds UK universities in having students’ union, community, open to – 25 Nobel laureates social responsibility as a offering an unrivalled The University of Manchester welcomes more ambition and talent from have worked or studied core goal. This means courses range of exciting social and international students than any other British everywhere. here, including three on that help you to develop as a extracurricular opportunities, university. No other UK university receives As one of the Find out how we’ll support our current staff. global citizen and, through including many you – p32. more undergraduate applications than us. UK’s top research 3 Learn about our history of Stellify, further activities international societies. innovation and discovery – p6. Here are a few reasons why the world’s institutions, we feed that will accelerate Get to know our Students’ Union – p28. brightest and best choose Manchester. our research directly into your transformation. 8 our courses – meaning you’ll Learn how you can Stellify yourself – p14 – graduate with the latest and make a difference to others – p26 knowledge in your field. Get a taste of our world-leading research – p10. 1 We’re one of We partner the most targeted We’re part of the with leaders in prestigious Russell Don't stop universities by the 5 industry and education We’re Group: 24 leading UK UK’s top 100 graduate to offer youdiverse, 9 investing at ten… universities committed to employers.* We’re right at practical experiences that £1 billion in the the highest international We've leapt from a ranking of Discover how you can boost the heart of the supplement your academic transformation of our your employability – p22. levels of academic 78th to 35th in the world in the UK’s best city to learning and make you even campus and facilities. excellence in teaching more employable. past 14 years*** - and we're not live in.** Explore our historic yet and research. stopping there. Join us and you'll Explore the city of 2 7 See how you could broaden ever-evolving Manchester – p40. your horizons – p16. campus – p34. be part of a university driven to ever-greater success by a spirit of innovation and ambition. 4 *The Graduate Market in 2017 – High Fliers Research **Global Liveability Survey 2016 – Economist Intelligence Unit ***Academic Ranking of World Universities 2004 and 2016 5 Why Manchester Manchester ushered in the Our observatory at Jodrell Bank is digital age. The world’s first home to the iconic Lovell Telescope, stored-program computer which was the world’s biggest was developed here in 1948, telescope of its kind when it first and Alan Turing pioneered opened in 1957. It’s also the artificial intelligence during international headquarters for the that changed the his time at the University. world’s largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array. Manchester professors Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov received the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for isolating the world’s thinnest, strongest, most conductive and first-ever two-dimensional material – graphene. Manchester’s story is one Christabel Pankhurst, of world firsts and brilliant a Manchester law graduate in 1906 who was unable to enter discoveries. Join us and the profession because she was follow in the footsteps a woman, became one of the of global innovators suffragette movement’s most committed campaigners. and pioneers whose achievements have helped What this shape the modern world. means foryou 25 Nobel Prize winners have Gain a degree from a prestigious, worked or studied at Manchester. historic and reputable university. Study in an academic environment that turns inspiration into Economist Arthur Lewis became reality, encouraging innovation, Manchester is the birthplace of nuclear the first black professor at a British experimentation and creative thinking. physics. Ernest Rutherford’s work university when he joined us in 1948, here between 1907 and 1919 led to and he published his most influential the splitting of the atom. www.manchester.ac.uk/heritageheroes works at Manchester. 6 7 Why Manchester We’re connected with more Parineeti A network of than 330,000 alumni across Mark Szepes the globe. Here, four alumni look back on their time at Chopra Associate, Lindsay Kenney LLP LLB Law, 2012 inspiring Manchester – and reveal how Actress it helped them get where they BA International Business, “The thing that I’ll always remember about Manchester is the are today. Finance and Economics, 2009 people. The staff care. They go above and beyond, giving you the tools to thrive. “Life has brought me to where I am today – but I can never forget my experience “The students are highly motivated, working together at Manchester. It not only educated me, to create a culture of success. Leena Gade but also made me the person I am. “Since I’ve returned to Canada I’ve been in Race engineer, Audi Sport “Manchester offers one of the most regular contact with other alumni. MEng Aerospace Materials holistic university experiences – the “Manchester changed me. I became more Engineering, 1998 education here helps you develop both Sajeda engaged and more aware of how to work academically and on a personal level. efficiently. I developed leadership and mentoring skills and realised the “It’s been 17 years since I graduated from “I would recommend Manchester to Barni importance of community in academic, Manchester, but the basic engineering every student. It will change your social and athletic activities with people skills I learned on my four-year MEng life forever!” Reservoir engineer course have helped me every step of the Bahrain Petroleum Company who made me better for having met them. way through my career, from working on BEng Petroleum Engineering, 2013 “They inspired me to never compromise noise, vibration and harshness at Jaguar in my passions and goals.” Cars and the automotive consultancy “In addition to a strong technical MIRA, to my current role in race degree, Manchester helped me engineering at Audi Sport. develop skills such as presentation, “Engineering is an ever-changing field leadership, teamwork and with new challenges every day. At independence. What this Manchester I had the opportunity to “I also met many people from different means for explore many different fields that have you countries and learnt about their since overlapped into my working life. religions and cultures. Manchester Former students like these regularly share their expertise with “Since leaving the University I’ve learnt made me a different person. Manchester students; they can help you get the most from your so much and, had it not been for my “My degree from Manchester time with us and give you a head start after graduation. choice of degree, I don’t think I could has helped me a lot when looking have achieved as much as this. to start my career back home in Be inspired by our alumni success stories; find your own passion Bahrain. It distinguished me from at Manchester and work towards your goals, while building many “And there’s still so much I want to happy memories along the way. achieve. There are still a lot more Le Mans other graduates through both my races and world championships to win!” knowledge and the soft skills I gained.” 8 9 Why Manchester Global challenges Manchester www.manchester.ac.uk/beacons At Manchester, our pioneering discoveries, solutions interdisciplinary Addressing global inequalities Advanced materials Cancer Energy Industrial biotechnology collaborations and We’re focusing on all aspects of We lead the world in the development of We want to loosen cancer’s grip and We’re pioneering energy systems for the The University is leading the way cross-sector partnerships inequality, from poverty to social justice, new and existing materials for extreme improve the lives of those it affects.