Manchester University

Manchester ranks 56th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026. While it ranks 46th in the ARWU (Shanghai) Rankings 2025. Both broadly consistent with its QS standing inside the world's top 60.

Within the UK, Manchester sits just behind universities like Edinburgh and King's College London on the QS 2027. But remains firmly inside the well-recognised Russell Group - research-intensive UK institutions.

Within the UK, Manchester sits just behind universities like Edinburgh and King's College London on the QS 2027. But remains firmly inside the well-recognised Russell Group - research-intensive UK institutions.

The University of Manchester is ranked really well in the world and the UK. This UK university is a part of the Russell Group and has been ranked by some of the top ranking bodies of the world like The Guardian, QS World, The Complete University Guide and more. 

Look at the Manchester University rankings given below - 

• QS World and News 2027: #40 globally
• US News 2026: #68 globally
• The Complete University Guide 2027: #24 in the UK

Yes, the University of Manchester's prestigious global standing does have an impact into strong hiring for Indian employers. Manchester University is part of the Russell Group of institutions, which is highly valued in the UK as well as abroad. 

The university has a strong active alumni network in India among sectors like Consulting, IT and Finance. 

Among the two Universities, University of Manchester is easier to get into than the University of Warwick because of its low acceptance rate of just 14% for the International students and the acceptance rate of University of Manchester is 39%. In addition to this, University of Manchester is more affordable than University of Warwick because the University of Manchester offers around 43 courses to its students with tuition fee ranging from INR 24.31 L - 63.98 L in comparison to 34 courses with tuition fee ranging within INR 22.34 L - 86.61 Cr provided by University of Warwick

The Uni of Greater Manchester MRes Leadership & Strategy course is of 18 months. This is a full time research degree. An Honors degree in a relevant subject, with a 2:1 classification is required. A research proposal in minimum 1,000 words is also required. After studying this course, students can go for the job roles like-

• Research Analyst
• Scientific Advisor
• Market Researcher
• Academic Research Assistant

Per year, the living cost for Indian students at the University of Greater Manchester will be around GBP 10,885. 

The subject rankings for the University of Greater Manchester as per The Complete University Guide rankings 2027 are-

• Nursing: #73
• Art & Design: #70
• Mechanical Engineering: #74
• Sociology: #101

In the QS Europe rankings, the University of Greater Manchester ranking is #591-600. In the Northern Europe rankings by QS, this university ranks at #164. The world rankings for QS is not available for now. A few of the parameters of this ranking include - 

• Citations per paper
• International faculty ratio
• International student diversity
• Employment outcomes