Jan 14, 2011

Top 50 UNIVERSITIES in the World – No.30

30. University of Manchester
Location: The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

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History

The University of Manchester has been created by bringing together The Victoria University of Manchester and UMIST, two of Britain's most distinguished universities, to create a powerful new force in British Higher Education.

Manchester has a long tradition of excellence in Higher Education. UMIST can trace its roots back to 1824 and the formation of the Manchester Mechanics' Institute, whilst The Victoria University of Manchester was founded as Owens College in 1851.

After 100 years of working together, these two great institutions formally combined to form a single university on 22 October 2004.

Courses offered

he university offers a plethora of undergraduate, postgraduate taught and postgraduate research courses.

Admission procedure/cycle (month/date)

All undergraduate applications must be made through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

For postgraduate study, browse by subject area or title to choose a postgraduate taught course or postgraduate research degree. Make sure you meet the entry requirements for your chosen course by checking the fact file or School web pages.

Research applicants -- always contact your academic department to discuss your chosen research before making your application.

For other direct entry courses, contact your chosen academic department for more details.

Tentative cost of courses

Undergraduate fee information is as follows

Home and EU students 2011 entry - £3,375
International students 2011 entry:
- Arts - from £11,700
- Science - from £14,700
- Clinical - from £26,800

Fees vary for each course. Details of individual course fees can be found in the course profiles.

Your postgraduate tuition fees will cover the cost of your study at the University as well as charges for registration, tuition, supervision, examinations and graduation. Payment of fees will also entitle you to membership of the Library, the Students' Union and the Athletic Union. Some courses incur higher expenditure than others and it is therefore important that you check with your School the exact rate of tuition fee for your chosen course.

Scholarships offered

The University of Manchester provides a generous range of bursaries and scholarships to support you throughout your undergraduate studies. Details of any country-specific funding available can be found in the country profiles (International section of the official website).

The University of Manchester invested over £6.8m to support postgraduate research students in 2009/10. In addition to these internal funds, a substantial amount of funding was also generated from Research Councils, industry and other external sources. In Research Council funding alone, the University receives an average of £20 million per year to support its postgraduate taught and research degree students across a variety of disciplines. To find out more about funding opportunities, refer to the official website.

Source: India Syndicate

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