Manchester Metropolitan University

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Our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant

Manchester Metropolitan University signed the Armed Forces Covenant in 2019.  We are committed to our outreach work with the Armed Forces community, ensuring all serving personnel, veterans, and their families know what opportunities are available for them in higher education.  We also support our colleagues who serve in the reserves and have a commitment to research in this area.

About us

Manchester Metropolitan University is one of the most extensive higher education centres in Europe with 38,000 students and more than 1,000 undergraduate, postgraduate and professional courses. The University educates and trains large numbers of legal and business professionals, scientists, engineers, teachers, health workers and creative professionals.

Manchester Metropolitan achieved the silver award in the Teaching Excellence Framework, has 85% of research impact rated world-leading and internationally excellent as judged in the REF, is the UK’s greenest university as ranked by the People and Planet sustainability league tables and is one of the country’s top 20 best employers for LGBT staff, as featured in the Stonewall Top 100 Employers ranking.

The University is in the top 200 global universities under 50 years old as ranked by the Times Higher Education and has more than 290,000 alumni living across the world, with a further 10,000 new graduates joining the community each year. Notable alumni include fashion designer Sarah Burton, actor Julie Walters, designer Thomas Heatherwick and marketing expert Jonathan Mildenhall.