Former name | Manchester Polytechnic | |||||||||
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Motto | Many Arts, Many Skills | |||||||||
Type | Public | |||||||||
Established | 1992 – Manchester Metropolitan University Predecessor institutions: 1970 – Manchester Polytechnic 1956 – Manchester College of Science and Technology[1] 1918 – Manchester Municipal College of Technology [1] 1892 – Manchester Municipal Technical School[1] 1883 – Manchester Technical School and the Manchester Mechanics' Institution[1] 1838 – Manchester School of Design 1824 – Manchester Mechanics' Institution | |||||||||
Endowment | £1.46m (2021)[2] | |||||||||
Chancellor | Peter Mandelson[3] | |||||||||
Vice-Chancellor | Malcolm Press[4] | |||||||||
Students | 39,095 (2022/23)[5] | |||||||||
Undergraduates | 29,890 (2022/23)[5] | |||||||||
Postgraduates | 9,210 (2022/23)[5] | |||||||||
Location | , England, UK 53°28′N 2°14′W / 53.47°N 2.24°W | |||||||||
Campus | All Saints, Birley Fields | |||||||||
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Website | mmu |
Manchester Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester, England. The university has 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff.[6] It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Education and Science and Engineering)[7] and is one of the largest universities in the UK, measured by the size of its student population in 2020/21.[8]