University of Manchester

The University of Greenwich is slightly easier to secure admissions to than UOM. The University of Greenwich acceptance rate stands at 64%, while that of University of Manchester stands at around 40-50%.

Despite that, the UOM graduates are known to earn a better median salary (INR 1.52 Cr) while also ranking above University of Greenwich in the latest Shiksha Popularity Rankings.

Both institutions are considered part of the best universities in the UK. Despite that both have a contrasting nature of granting admissions to students. The University of Greenwich acceptance rate stands at around 64%, while that of University of Manchester stands at 13%. It can be inferred that while both are selective at granting admissions, UOM is nearly 6 times harder to secure admission to as compared to the University of Greenwich. 

Prospective candidates must perform exceedingly well in past academics as well as entrance examinations to have a chance of securing a seat at the University of Manchester. 

The University of Manchester is much tougher to get into than University of West London. The University of Manchester has an acceptance rate of around 40-50% while the University of West London has an acceptance rate of around 83%, suggesting it is almost twice as tough to get into. 

US World and News Report ranked University of Manchester at #68 in the Global Universities category which is a decline from 2025 as this ranking was #67. From the ranking data it can be concluded that the rankings for this university have been constantly declining since the year 2024. In 2024 the Global University ranking was #63.

According to the table given below for difference among the similarly ranked UK universities,   The University of Bristol ranks somewhat similar to University of Manchester, although the rankings for this university are fluctuating since 2023.

A comparison of University of Manchester with other UK Universities is given below:

For the UK-based universities only, The Guardian University Guide rankings are started. Some of the few indicators that are used to compute the rankings of these universities are entry standards, student-staff ratio, teaching quality, feedback, career prospects, etc.

University of Manchester ranks at #31, which is a decline of 7 spots as the university ranked higher in the year 2024 which was rank #24. The rankings given by The Guardian for this University are fluctuating since the year 2023. The Guardian rankings are fluctuating for most of the courses offered under this university.

The Complete University Guide rankings is looking at the Universities in the UK on a lot of parameters that can be considered important when choosing a university. According to the ranking data by this ranking body University of Manchester ranks at #22 among the best universities in the world which shows a decline from 2024 as it was #19. 

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 ranking body ranked over 1,500 institutions for the year 2025. The key metrics are academic reputation, citations per faculty, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, and international faculty ratio / international student ratio. The overall score that University of Manchester has attained in 2025 is 82 out of 100.

Given below are the scores mentioned for University of Manchester: