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pted multiple student protests 92 93 libraries edit the grade i listed john rylands library on deansgate main article university of manchester library the university of manchester library is the largest non legal deposit library in the united kingdom and the third largest academic library after those of oxford and cambridge 94 it holds the largest collection of electronic resources of any library in the uk 94 the john rylands library founded in memory of john rylands by his wife enriqueta augustina rylands as an independent institution occupies a victorian gothic building on deansgate in the city centre its holdings include a major collection of historic books and other printed materials manuscripts archives and papyri the papyri written in ancient languages contain the oldest extant new testament document rylands library papyrus p52 commonly known as the st john fragment the deansgate site reopened to readers and the public in april 2007 following extensive improvements and renovations which included the construction of a new wing and the pitched roof that had originally been intended collections edit manchester museum edit the entrance to the manchester museum main article manchester museum the manchester museum holds nearly 4 25 million 95 items drawn from many parts of the world the collections include butterflies and carvings from india birds and bark cloth from the pacific live frogs and ancient pottery from the americas fossils and aboriginal art from australia mammals and ancient egyptian craftsmanship from africa plants coins and minerals from europe art from the civilisations of the ancient mediterranean and beetles armour and archery from asia in november 2004 the museum acquired a cast of a fossilised tyrannosaurus rex called stan the museum s first collections were assembled in 1821 by the manchester society of natural history and were later enlarged by the addition of the collections of the manchester geological society owing to the society s financial difficulties and on the advice of the evolutionary biologist thomas huxley owens college assumed responsibility for the collections in 1867 the college commissioned alfred waterhouse the architect of london s natural history museum to design a museum on a site in oxford road that would house the collections for the benefit of both students and the public the manchester museum opened to the public in 1888 96 whitworth art gallery edit main article whitworth art gallery the whitworth art gallery the whitworth art gallery houses collections of internationally renowned british watercolours textiles and wallpapers together with modern and historic prints drawings paintings and sculpture its holdings comprise 31 000 items a programme of temporary exhibitions runs throughout the year and the mezzanine court is devoted to the display of sculpture the gallery was founded by robert darbishire with a donation from sir joseph whitworth in 1889 as the whitworth institute and park in 1959 it became part of the victoria university of manchester 97 the mezzanine court a sculpture court located in the centre of the building opened in october 1995 and was awarded a riba regional prize 98 reputation and rankings edit rankings national rankings complete 2027 99 24 guardian 2027 100 20 times sunday times 2027 101 23 global rankings arwu 2026 102 51 qs 2027 103 40 the 2026 104 56 university of manchester s national league table performance over the past ten years the sunday times described manchester in 2006 as possessing a formidable reputation spanning most disciplines but most notably in the life sciences engineering humanities economics sociology and the social sciences 105 manchester was also honoured with an award for excellence and innovation in the arts at the times higher education awards 2010 106 according to the graduate market in 2024 published by high fliers research manchester was the second most targeted university by the uk s top 100 graduate employers in the 2023 24 recruitment cycle 107 in the 2025 26 cycle the university of manchester was ranked 35th in the qs world university rankings 103 in 2025 it was placed joint 53rd by times higher education and 46th by the shanghai academic ranking of world universities 104 102 nationally the complete university guide ranked it 28th in 2025 while the guardian placed it 36th and the times 27th in 2026 99 100 101 luke georgiou then deputy president and deputy vice chancellor of manchester observed in 2022 that the ranking tables despite their limitations give a consistent picture of the university of manchester s excellence in national and global terms 108 admissions edit ucas admission statistics 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 applications α 109 99 610 92 500 93 450 92 310 88 330 accepted α 109 10 785 9 985 9 630 9 600 11 070 applications accepted ratio α 9 2 9 3 9 7 9 6 8 0 overall offer rate α 109 62 8 61 3 55 2 54 4 61 9 uk only β 57 8 57 8 53 4 51 5 60 5 average entry tariff 110 n a n a 160 166 167 top three exams γ 111 n a n a 148 3 153 1 152 5 1 2 3 4 main scheme applications international and uk uk domiciled applicants the maximum tariff score for three exams is 168 the equivalent of a a a at a level 777 at hl for the ib diploma programme or aaa at advanced higher hesa student body composition 2024 25 domicile 112 and ethnicity 113 total british white a 37 british ethnic minorities b 23 international eu 2 international non eu 38 undergraduate widening participation indicators 112 114 female 55 independent school 17 low participation areas c 9 in the 2024 25 academic year the student body consisted of 46 305 students of whom 30 565 were undergraduates and 15 735 postgraduates 5 manchester received just under 100 000 applications through the main ucas scheme for undergraduate courses in 2025 making it the most applied to university in the united kingdom 109 the university is consistently classed as a high tariff institution by the department for education in recent years the average undergraduate entrant has amassed between 148 and 153 ucas tariff points in their best three pre university qualifications the equivalent of aaa to a aa at a level 111 data on entry standards for 2022 23 published by the hesa and used in domestic league tables which encompass a wider range of qualifications than the top three examination grades show that the average manchester student attained 166 points the twentieth highest figure in the country 110 the university extended offers of admission to 57 7 per cent of its uk domiciled undergraduate applicants in 2024 115 in 2019 20 15 7 per cent of manchester s undergraduates had been privately educated the twenty third highest proportion among mainstream british universities 116 in 2023 24 18 660 of manchester s 46 915 students 40 per cent came from outside the united kingdom of these 9 090 49 per cent of the international cohort 19 per cent of all students were from china 117 times higher education identified manchester in 2023 as having the fifth highest proportion of international students from china of any mainstream university in the uk 118 manchester university press edit main article manchester university press manchester university press is the university s academic publishing house it publishes academic monographs textbooks and journals most of which are by authors based elsewhere in the international academic community and is the third largest university press in england after oxford university press and cambridge university press student life edit students union edit the students union building on oxford road main article university of manchester students union the university of manchester students union is the representative body for students at the university and the largest students union in the united kingdom it was formed through the merger of the umist students association and the university of manchester union following the amalgamation of their parent institutions umist and the victoria university of manchester on 1 october 2004 unlike many other students unions in the uk it does not have a president but is instead led by an eight member executive team whose members share joint responsibility sport edit see also list of university of manchester alumni sports the manchester university boat club is one of many athletic union clubs 119 the manchester university boat club blade the university of manchester runs its sports clubs through the athletics union while student societies are administered by the students union the university offers more than 80 health and fitness classes and over 3 000 students are members of the 44 athletic union clubs these clubs cover a wide range of levels and interests many of the more popular sports field several university and departmental teams that compete in internal leagues among the sports represented are badminton lacrosse korfball dodgeball field hockey ice hockey rugby league rugby union football basketball fencing netball squash water polo ultimate and cricket the athletic union was formed at owens college in 1885 from four clubs rugby lacrosse cricket and tennis a separate women s athletic union was founded in 1901 and the two bodies were amalgamated in 1981 following the acquisition of the firs estate in fallowfield a sports ground and pavilion were established there from 1940 the mcdougall centre on burlington street also served as a sports centre among former students who have achieved olympic success are ron hill rowena sweatman james hickman cyril holmes and harry whittle 120 the manchester aquatics centre the swimming pool used for the manchester commonwealth games stands on the campus and is used for water sports the principal sports facilities are the sugden centre on grosvenor street the armitage site near owens park and the wythenshawe sports ground 121 the university has enjoyed success in bucs british universities colleges sport competitions the men s water polo first team won three consecutive national championships in 2009 2010 and 2011 under the tutelage of their coach andy howard 122 the university was placed eighth in the overall bucs rankings for the 2009 10 season 123 each year the university contests the christie cup in 28 different sports against leeds and liverpool a competition manchester has won for seven consecutive years 124 the christie cup is an inter university tournament between liverpool leeds and manchester that has been held in numerous sports since 1886 after the oxford cambridge rivalry the christie championships is the oldest inter university fixture on the sporting calendar the cup was endowed by richard copley christie annually a select group of elite sportsmen and sportswomen are invited to join the xxi club a society founded in 1932 to promote sporting excellence at the university most members have been awarded a full maroon for representing the university and many have distinguished themselves at british universities or national level active membership is limited to no more than twenty one individuals each elected for a term of up to three years upon graduation they become passive members the university s lacrosse club for example was founded in the 1883 84 season in the following years it won the north of england flags twice and maintained its position among the leading english clubs in 1885 it became one of the four founding members of the athletic union the merger of owens college with the university in 1904 affected the club by narrowing the pool of players available for selection when the english universities lacrosse championship was established in 1925 26 with five university teams manchester won the title in the inaugural season again in 1932 33 and continued to do so throughout the 1930s 125 university challenge quiz programme edit manchester has won the bbc2 quiz programme university challenge five times placing it level with imperial college london for the highest number of series victories 126 since the formation of the present university of manchester the team has consistently reached the later stages of the competition progressing to at least the semi finals at every appearance between 2005 and 2014 127 needs update in 2006 manchester defeated trinity hall cambridge to secure the university s first victory in the competition the following year the team finished as runners up losing to the university of warwick in the final in 2009 manchester met corpus christi college oxford in a tightly contested final at the gong the score stood at 275 190 in favour of corpus christi following a commanding performance by gail trimble the title however was subsequently awarded to manchester after it emerged that corpus christi team member sam kay had graduated eight months before the final was broadcast leading to the team s disqualification manchester reached the semi finals of the 2010 series before being defeated by emmanuel college cambridge the university did not enter the 2011 series for reasons that were not made public it returned the following year however and won university challenge 2012 128 manchester successfully defended its title by winning university challenge 2013 beating university college london by 190 points to 140 129 the university also won university challenge 2025 26 126 student housing edit ashburne hall a catered hall of residence offered primarily to undergraduates though some places are reserved for postgraduates the two predecessor institutions had been sharing their residential facilities for some time before they merged city campus edit whitworth park halls of residence located adjacent to whitworth park is owned by the university of manchester and accommodates 1 085 students 130 131 the complex is notable for its triangular accommodation blocks their designer drew inspiration from a mound of excavated soil that had been left on the site in 1962 following an archaeological dig led by john gater the triangular design had the added benefit of reducing construction costs under an agreement negotiated between the university and manchester city council the council assumed responsibility for financing the roofs of all student residential buildings in the area the halls were built in the mid 1970s dilworth house one of the whitworth park halls of residence the site now occupied by the halls was previously a network of small streets the names of which are preserved in those of the individual hall buildings grove house an older property has served the university in a variety of capacities over the past sixty years its first occupants in 1951 were the appointments board and the manchester university press 132 the shops on thorncliffe place which include banks and a convenience store formed part of the same development scheme notable figures associated with the halls include friedrich engels whose residence is commemorated by a blue plaque on aberdeen house the physicist brian cox and irene khan the former secretary general of amnesty international 133 the former umist campus...