University of Manchester

The Complete University Guide rankings assess the Universities in the UK on a variety of parameters that can be considered crucial when selecting a university. According to the ranking data published by this ranking body, University of Manchester ranks at #22 among the best universities in the world which is a decline in the rankings from the previous year 2024, as it was #19. For the Business and Management studies in the UK category, these rankings are getting better from the year 2023.

downward trend, however The University of Edinburgh ranks better than the University of Manchester.

A ranking comparison of University of Manchester with the University of Edinburgh for MiM programme (2024 rankings) is given below:

Financial Times Ranking is one of the dependable rankings when talking of MBA or Business Schools rankings. This ranking body has been publishing rankings for the Business and Management programs since 1999. For GMBA, Financial Times (FT) ranks #46 in the year 2024 which is constant from the year 2023, but an improvement from the year 2022.

QS World University Rankings are one of the most comprehensive rankings that have offered World University Rankings since 2004. For the year 2025, University of Manchester QS ranking is #34 in the 'World University' category which is a decline of 2 spots from the last year as the ranking for 2024 was #32. The rankings for this university have been declining since the year 2023 in the 'World University' category.  For 'Europe' category, these rankings have improved from #8 in 2024 to #7 in the year 2025.

Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings assess universities based on Research, Teaching, Knowledge Transfer, and International Outlook. For the year 2025, THE has ranked more than 2,500 institutions. The university has received an overall score of 75.5 out of 100 by THE in year 2025.

Below mentioned are the criteria pointers for University of Manchester with their respective scores:

The rankings have been provided by THE (Times Higher Education) since the year 2004. The creation of these rankings is done to know and evaluate the university's performance on the global stage and provide a comprehensive ranking report for the students to make an informed higher education decision.

For the year 2025, University of Manchester is ranked at #53 which is a decline of 2 spots, from the last year ranking of #51. These rankings for this university are fluctuating since 2023: from rank #54 in 2023 to #51 in 2024 to #53 in 2025.

The University of Edinburgh ranks the best out of the listed similarly ranked UK Universities followed by the University of Manchester.

A comparison of University of Manchester with The University of Edinburgh: 

ARWU, short for Academic Ranking of the World Universities also known as Shanghai Ranking is known as one of the best ranking bodies in the world. It is one of the three most influential rankings of the world alongside Times Higher Education World University Rankings and QS World University Rankings.

Over 2,500 Universities are ranked by ARWU every year. In the ARWU ranking, University of Manchester ranks at #52 in 2024, which is a decline by 11 spots form the year 2023, as this ranking was #41Times Higher Education rankings are constantly declining since 2022.