FACTS AND FIGURES THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER FACTS AND FIGURES 2019
CONTENTS
2 The University 20 Alumni 4 World ranking 22 Faculties and Schools 6 Academic pedigree 24 Staff 8 World-class research 26 Income 10 Innovation 28 Campus investment 12 Global challenges, 30 Making a difference Manchester solutions 32 Widening participation 14 Students 34 Cultural institutions 16 Stellify 36 At a glance 18 Graduate careers
1 THE UNIVERSITY 1 OF MANCHESTER WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH Our vision for 2020: “The University of Manchester will be a world-leading university recognised globally for the excellence of its research, outstanding learning and student experience, and its social, economic and cultural impact.” OUR COREOUTSTANDING GOALS LEARNING AND STUDENT EXPERIENCE 3 SOCIAL 2 RESPONSIBILITY 2 3 WORLD RANKING
The quality of our teaching and the impact of our research are the cornerstones of our success. We have risen from 78th in 2004* to 34th – our highest ever place – in 2018 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). League table World ranking European ranking UK ranking 34 8 6 ARWU 34 8 6 WORLD EUROPE UK
QS 29 8 6
Times Higher Education 57 16 8
*2004 ranking refers to the Victoria University of Manchester prior to the merger with UMIST.
4 5 ACADEMIC PEDIGREE
We attract the highest-calibre W ll am La B a W ll am A t La Ha B a A t Ro t Ha Ro o Ro tM l Ro o Cal M l A t Cal L A t o L S l to o S l to researchers and teachers, with h s s h s sChe str Che str Che str Che str Che str E ono Che str S en es E ono h s olo S en es or Me ne h s olo or Me ne 25 Nobel Prize winners among our 1915 19151929 19291947 19471961 19611979 19792002 2002 current and former staff and students. T om o T om o N l Bo Walt N l No ma Bo Ha o t Walt No ma o Co o t Ha o t o o Co o t R a H o R a M a l H Sm t M a lKo t a Sm t No o lo Ko t a No o lo We have two Nobel laureates on our h s s h s s h s s h s sChe str Che str h s s E ono h s s S en es E ono Che str S en es Che str h s s h s s staff – Professors Sirs Andre Geim and 1906 19061922 19221937 19371951 19511972 19721993 19932010 2010 Kostya Novoselov (both Physics). And we’re led by our President and Vice- Chancellor, Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell FRS, whose research has advanced understanding and treatment of brain damage in stroke and head injury.
We’re also home to multi-award-winning 1908 19081927 19271943 19431957 19571977 19772001 2001 writer Jeanette Winterson (Professor E t R t o E tCTR R t o W l o G o CTR W l o H G o Al a H To Al a N ll F a To Mott N ll o F a E St l t Mott o E St l t of Creative Writing), renowned historian Che str Che str h s s h s sChe str Che str Che str Che str h s s E ono h s s S en es E ono S en es Michael Wood (Professor of Public History) and physicist and TV presenter 1922 19221935 19351948 19481967 19671986 19862010 2010 A al V H ll A al am C a V H ll am Pat C a Ma a Pat Ha Al t Ma a B t Ha o Al t C a l B t Pola o C a l A Pola G m A G m Brian Cox (Professor of Particle Physics). h s olo or Me ne h s olo h s sor Me ne St a t h s s Bla tt St a t Bla tt h s s h s sChe str Che str h s s h s s h s s h s s 6 7 Our research income
WORLD-CLASS UK research councils RESEARCH £123m Higher Education Funding Council for England grants £69m
UK-based charities Our place as one of the UK’s top £57m research universities was confirmed in the results of the 2014 Research Overseas £61m Excellence Framework (REF), where 83% of our research activity was Government departments, judged to be ‘world-leading’ (4*) or m hospitals and health authorities £36 ‘internationally excellent’ (3*).
UK industry and commerce £20m Total £368m Other sources £2m
8 Source: Financial Statements 2018. 9 INNOVATION
Our history of intellectual property Economic impact contribution of commercialisation spans more than our commercialisation activities 30 years, during which time we’ve generated more than 100 spin-out companies. £447m Third-party investment Since 2004 our commercialisation in spin out companies activities have contributed £299m £746 million of economic impact. GVA from sales and Of this, £447 million has come jobs created by IP licensing from third-party investment in and spin-out activities our spin-out companies, and £299 million of gross value added (GVA) from sales and jobs created by IP licensing and spin-out activities. Total £746m
10 11 GLOBAL CHALLENGES, Advanced materials £60m Home to the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre MANCHESTER SOLUTIONS and National Graphene Institute.
Manchester’s research beacons are exemplars of interdisciplinary collaboration Cancer and cross-sector partnership that are distinctive to our University. One of only two locations to receive major centre status from Cancer Research UK. Researchers in our beacon areas are world-leaders in their fields, making pioneering discoveries and improving the lives of people around the world. Energy Working together, we’re advancing knowledge for a better future, More than 600 people working on multidisciplinary finding solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing the planet today. 600+ energy research projects.
Global inequalities Research beacons At the forefront of development studies for more than 60 years.
GLOBAL CHA ENGES MANCHESTER SO UTIONS Industrial biotechnology www.manchester.ac.uk/beacons £107m Live research portfolio of £107 million. 12 13 STUDENTS
We have one of the largest and most international student communities in the UK. • More than 1,000 degree programmes. • More than 4 million printed books and • Approximately 8,000 rooms in over 20 halls manuscripts, 50,000 unique electronic of residence – guaranteeing every first- journals and 700,000 electronic books. year undergraduate the offer of a place in • The UK’s largest students’ union. University accommodation. Home/EU Overseas Total Undergraduate study 21,730 5,770 27,500 Postgraduate taught 4,845 3,860 8,705 Postgraduate research 2,515 1,420 3,935 Total 29,090 11,050 40,140
In addition, The University of Manchester has 3,450 students studying (to date) wholly outside the UK who are either registered with the University or who are studying for a University of Manchester award.
Figures sourced from HESA 2017/18 (numbers rounded to the nearest five). 14 Number of students studying outside the UK sourced from aggregate offshore return student numbers. 15 Stellify means to change, or be changed, into a star. Through Stellify, we challenge our students not simply to understand the issues that face our global and local communities, but to take action, make a difference and develop the distinctive attributes of a Manchester graduate.
Learn without boundaries Step up and lead More than 2,600 students widened their Approximately 5,000 leadership activities were horizons through interdisciplinary learning, undertaken by our students. studying abroad or taking up a work placement. Create your future Understand the issues Our students are constantly encouraged that matter to think about the future they want and are Nearly 5,000 first-year undergraduates took supported by our award-winning Careers part in the Sustainability Challenge and 1,400 Service to take action to get there. second-year undergraduates completed the Social Justice Challenge. The Stellify Award Those who want to go further can also gain Make a difference recognition as part of a new generation of 970 students volunteered their time to social, ethical leaders by completing our prestigious educational, health, cultural and environmental Stellify Award. well-being programmes, globally and locally.
16 All figures from the 2017/18 academic year. 17 GRADUATE CAREERS
We’re the most targeted university by the UK’s top 100 graduate recruiters.* 93.6% of our graduates go straight into employment or further study.
3,700 7,800 Almost 3,700 recruiters advertised Almost 7,800 students attended employer-led jobs, exhibited at fairs and presented careers activities on campus. on campus. 530 9,800 530 students and graduates secured paid Our Careers Service provided one-to-one internships via our Manchester Graduate and advice via more than 9,800 appointments Student Summer Internship programmes. and 3,900 email communications. 1,500 800 More than 1,500 students took a unit via our Almost 800 mentoring interactions and University College for Interdisciplinary Learning, partnerships with alumni professionals broadening their learning and equipping them took place in 2017/18. with skills to enhance their employability.
18 *Source: The Graduate Market in 2018, High Fliers Research. 19 Orlando von Einsiedel Teo Chee Hean Orlando von Einsiedel ALUMNI Deputy Prime Oscar-winning Minister of Singapore film director Frances O’Grady Gareth Williams and Professor Danielle We have the largest alumni community of any Bonamy Grimes MBE George MBE campus-based university in the UK, with almost Skyscanner Radio frequency 480,000 former students in more than 190 countries. co-founders engineer and Sophie Raworth presenter of the Many of our graduates hold positions of seniority in Presenter, BBC News 2014 Royal Institution Benedict Christmas Lectures Cumberbatch business, academia, politics, industry and the media. Dame Margaret Beckett DBE MP Tom Bloxham MBE Chuka Umunna First female Founder of Urban Lord Terence Burns Jesse Armstrong Foreign Secretary Splash and former Chancellor of the Chairman, Ofcom and Sam Bain Professor Dame Sally Writers of television University Professor Brian Cox Davies DBE Parineeti OBE comedies Peep Show UK government’s Frances O’Grady Chopra Physicist and science and Fresh Meat Chief Medical Officer First female General Teo Chee Hean communicator Benedict for England Secretary of the TUC Winnie Byanyima Cumberbatch CBE Executive Actor Director of Oxfam Chuka Umunna MP International Former Shadow Parineeti Chopra Secretary of State Actor for Business, Innovation and Skills 20 Professor Brian Cox OBE 21 FACULTIES Faculty of Science and Engineering* AND SCHOOLS School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science The University is divided into Faculty of Biology, Faculties, Schools, Institutes and Medicine and Health School of Chemistry Faculty of hundreds of specialist research School of Biological Sciences School of Computer Science groups, all of which undertake Humanities pioneering multidisciplinary School of Health Sciences teaching and research of School of Medical SciencesSchool of Earth and worldwide significance. Alliance Manchester Business School Environmental Sciences
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering School of Arts, Languages and Cultures School of Environment, School of Materials Education and Development School of Law School of Mathematics
*From 1 August 2019 the Faculty of Science School of Social Sciences School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering and Engineering will be restructured as two Schools: the School of Engineering and School of Physics and Astronomy the School of Natural Sciences. 22 23 STAFF
4,790 1,535 2,020 Academic 1,990 Administrative/ Clerical/secretarial/ (including 2,780 Research management library assistants teaching staff) With more than 12,000 staff we’re one of the largest employers in Greater Manchester.
60 1,030 485 785 Technical/ Nursing / professions Computing/IT Manual/craft experimental allied to medicine officers
Headcount figures as at 31 July 2018 24 (rounded to the nearest five). 25 INCOME £463m £299m £151m Tuition fees Research grants Other and education and contracts* income contracts We have an annual income of more than £1 billion.
£127m £11m £8m To find out more about our Funding Donations and Investment body grants endowments income income and how it is spent, visit: www.manchester.ac.uk/finances-at-a-glance
Source: Financial Statements 2018 26 *Does not include £69m HEFCE funding (see p9). 27 CAMPUS INVESTMENT
We’ve embarked on one of the largest capital programmes in UK higher education to create a world-class campus for a world-class University. We’re transforming our teaching, learning and research spaces to create an exceptional environment for our exceptional people. This will help the University compete on a global stage with facilities that can rival those of our international competitors.
• Our campus is the largest estate in UK • At the size of 11 football pitches, our higher education, with 229 buildings flagship Manchester Engineering across 270 hectares, and includes 30 Campus Development is one of the listed buildings. single largest construction projects • Many of our completed projects – undertaken by a higher education such as the Whitworth, the Manchester institution in the UK. Cancer Research Centre building (now • Brunswick Street has been extensively the Oglesby Cancer Research Building) landscaped to create Brunswick Park, the and the National Graphene Institute – largest green space on the campus, to be have received or been shortlisted for enjoyed by staff, students, visitors and major awards. the local community.
28 29 MAKING A DIFFERENCE
We’re transforming the social, economic and environmental well-being of our communities through our teaching, research and public events and activities.
4,000 10,000 More than 4,000 local residents have Our 10,000 Actions programme is the been supported back into work through biggest sustainability initiative for staff our employment initiative, The Works. in UK universities. 400 900 400 societies are formed by students, Over 900 staff and alumni – more engaging in local and global issues. than at any other university – are making a difference to state schools 16 by volunteering as school governors, creating £1.52 million of economic We’re one of the UK’s most gay-friendly benefit from staff alone and impacting workplaces, ranked 16th in Stonewall’s on more than 400,000 learners. top 100, and have achieved charter marks and awards for both gender and racial equality.
30 31 WIDENING PARTICIPATION
We’re proud to contribute to the expansion of educational, social and cultural opportunities in Manchester and the wider region.
£17 million 1,500 We invested £17 million in financial We give more than 1,500 local support for students from school and college students disadvantaged backgrounds in 2017/18. access to our library facilities. 1.3 million 900 Last year, more than 1.3 million We offer more than 900 widening members of the public visit our cultural participation activities to local institutions – Manchester Museum, schools and colleges each year. the Whitworth, Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre and The John Rylands Library.
32 33 The John CULTURAL Rylands Library Our Grade I-listed, INSTITUTIONS neo-Gothic John Rylands Library is part of the third Explore a universe of amazing ideas at largest academic library in our inspirational cultural institutions. the UK, housing more than 250,000 printed volumes and well over a million manuscripts and Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre archival items. Home to the 76m-wide Lovell Telescope, Jodrell Bank welcomes people of all ages throughout the year to its Discovery Centre, lectures and cultural events, such as the award-winning bluedot festival.
The Whitworth Manchester Museum Founded in 1889 as the first English gallery in a park, today’s From prehistory to modern history, and with Whitworth is home to an art garden, sculpture terrace, objects ranging from dinosaur skeletons to landscape gallery and more than 55,000 works of art. It has mummies from Ancient Egypt, our collection collected numerous accolades in recent years, including the spans millennia and over 4.5 million objects. Art Fund’s Museum of the Year prize. 34 35 AT A GLANCE
RANKING SENIOR OFFICERS STUDENTS ALUMNI We are ranked Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, 27,500 480,000 in more than 190 countries President and Vice-Chancellor Undergraduate 34th in the world Lemn Sissay, Chancellor 8,705 8th in Europe INCOME Postgraduate taught Edward Astle, 6th in the UK £1 billion (2017/18) Chairman of the Board of Governors 3,935 in the 2018 Academic Ranking Postgraduate research of World Universities Gillian Easson, Pro-Chancellor Total 40,140 BUILDINGS STAFF 229 12,695 including 6,780 academic ESTATE (in hectares) and research staff 270 36 37 The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL
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