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This page is an alphabetical list of the main University of Manchester web pages.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | JK | L | M | N | O | PQ | R | S | T | U | V | W | XYZ

A

• 2015 (university vision for the future)
• Abroad - see Study abroad and exchanges
• Academic advisory service
• Academic departments
• Academic year dates - see Key dates  
• Access Grid (high quality video conferencing) 
• Accessibility of this website
• Accommodation Office - see also:
  • accommodation for undergraduates
  • accommodation for postgraduates
  • accommodation for international students
• Accounting and Finance - see Manchester Business School
• Accounts, university - see Corporate documents
• Address, university - see Contact us
• Administration and central services - see Support services and Administration guide
• Administrative policies and procedures
• Adults returning to education
• Advice and counselling for students - see Student support services
• Aerospace - see Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, School of
• Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre
• Air travel
• Alumni
• Alumni, distinguished  
• American studies - see Arts, Histories and Cultures, School of
• Ancient Near Eastern Civilisations and their Languages - see Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, School of
• Annual report, university - see Corporate documents
• Applications, postgraduate
• Applications, international
• Applications, undergraduate
• Aquatics Centre (swimming pool)
• Archaeology - see Arts, Histories and Cultures, School of
• Architecture - see Environment and Development, School of
• Art and museums in Manchester
• Art gallery, Whitworth
• Arts, Histories and Cultures, School of
• Astronomy - see Physics and Astronomy, School of

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B

• Biochemistry - see Life Sciences
• Bioinformatics - see Life Sciences
• Biological Sciences - see Life Sciences
• Blind students - see Disability support office
• Brookes World Poverty Institute
• Bursaries - see Undergraduate Funding or Postgraduate Funding
• Business School - see Manchester Business School
• Business, services for

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C

• Café Scientifique
• Calendar - see Key dates
• Campus map
• Campus tours - see Guided tours and Visitors Centre (online videos)
• Car parking - see Travel by car
• Careers advisors, information for
• Careers service
• Catering facilities
• CEAS (Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, School of)
• Centre for Educational Leadership
• Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning (CEEBL) (also known as Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, CETL)
• Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC)
• Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine  
• Centre for Tissue Regeneration
• Chancellors of the university
• Charter of the University - see Governance
• Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, School of
• Chemistry, School of
• Childcare - see Students with children
• Children's University of Manchester
• Cinema, in Manchester - see Nightlife and entertainment
• City life - see About Manchester
• Civil and Construction Engineering - see Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, School of
• Classics and Ancient History - see Arts, Histories and Cultures, School of
• Clearing
• Climate Change - see Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
• Clubs and societies - see Extra-curricular activities
• Coach travel
• Cockcroft Institute
• Combined Studies
• Commercialising research
• Computation - see Informatics, School of
• Computer Science, School of
• Computing services - see IT Services (internal) or Manchester Computing (research/national facilities)
• Conference and meeting facilities at the university
• Conference centre  
• Consultancy services for business and industry
• Contact the university
• Contact Theatre
• Contacting people - see University online directory
• Copyright notice
• Corrosion and Protection - see Materials, School of
• Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
• Cost of living in Manchester
• Counselling - see also Student support services
• Country-specific information
• Courses (overview)
• Courses (postgraduate taught)
• Courses (postgraduate research)
• Courses (undergraduate) Courses for the public
• CPD - see Professional development
• Criminology.- see Law, School of
• Cultural venues - see

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D

• Dalton Nuclear Institute
• Data Protection - see Privacy and also Records Management Office
• Dates of semesters and teaching - see Key dates
• Deaf students - see Disability support office
• Deferred entry, undergraduate - see How to apply
• Degrees, choosing - see Courses
• Dentistry, School of
• Departments, academic
• Departments, administrative - see Support services
• Directions to the university - see Maps and travel
• Directory (staff and students) - see University online directory
• Disability support office
• Disclaimer (about this website)
• Drama - see Arts, Histories and Cultures, School of

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E

• Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, School of
• Economics - see Social Sciences, School of
• Economic and Social Data Service
• Education, School of
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of
• Email for students and staff, see also Webmail login
• Email directory - see University online directory
• Engineering Doctorate
• Engineering and Physical Sciences, Faculty of
• English and American Studies - see Arts, Histories and Cultures, School of
• English language support for international students
• Enquiry-Based Learning (Centre for Excellence, CEEBL)
• Enterprise - see MSEC (Manchester Science Enterprise Centre)
• Entertainment, in Manchester
• Entry requirements, postgraduate - see individual postgraduate courses
• Entry requirements, undergraduate
• Entry requirements, international
• Environment
• Environment and Development, School of
• Erasmus programme
• e-Science North West Centre
• Estates Directorate (part of university administration)
• Event services - see Conference centre
• Events - see
• Examinations
• Exchange and study abroad (international students)
• Experts, finding

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F

• Facts and figures, university
• Faculty (academic staff) - see University online directory
• Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Life Sciences
• Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences
• Fairtrade
• Family accommodation 
• Fax number of university - see Contact the university
• Feedback (about this website)
• Fees, undergraduate
• Fees, postgraduate
• Festivals in Manchester
• Film in Manchester - see Nightlife and entertainment
• Finance directorate
• Finance, university statistics about
• Finding us - see Maps and travel
• Firs Experimental Botanical Grounds
• Former students - see Alumni
• Foundation courses
• Freedom of information also see Records Management Office
• Funding, postgraduate
• Funding, undergraduate

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G

• Gallery, Whitworth
• Genetics - see Life Sciences, Faculty of
• Geography - see Environment and Development, School of
• Gift shop, university
• Gilbert, Alan (President and Vice Chancellor)
• Glossary of academic terms
• Governance of the university
• Government, International Politics and Philosophy (GIPP) - see Social Sciences, School of
• Graduate studies - see Postgraduate
• Graduation information
• Graduation, videos of ceremonies
• Guided tours of the University

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H

• Halls of residence - also see Accommodation
• Heads of School: Engineering and Physical Sciences, Humanities, Life Sciences, Medical and Human Sciences
• Healing Foundation Centre
• Health and safety services
• Health Sciences, Institute of
• Help for students - see Student support services
• Help, website
• High Performance Computing UK
• History - see Arts, Histories and Cultures, School of
• History and origins, university - see also On the shoulders of giants
• Honorary graduands
• Hornet (Halls intranet)
• Humanities, Faculty of

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I

• Imaging Science and Biomedical Engineering (ISBE)
• Incubator company - see University of Manchester Incubator Company Limited
• Industry, services for - see Business
• Informatics, School of
• Information Technology - see IT Services (computing support), Computer Science, School of, and Informatics, School of
• Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM)
• Institute of Innovation Research
• Institute of Health Sciences
• Institutes, research
• Instrumentation - see Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, School of
• Intellectual property - see University of Manchester Intellectual Property Limited
• International Development - see Institute for Development Policy and Management 
• International exchanges - see Study abroad
• International Development Office
• International Society
• International students - see also Country-specific information
• Internet Facilitators Ltd (university-owned internet hosting facility)
• Intranet - see StaffNet and StudentNet
• IT policies and regulations
• IT Services (computing for staff and students)

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JK

• Jobs, student - see Working while you study
• Jobs - see Vacancies, staff
• Jodrell Bank Observatory
• John Rylands University Library (JRUL)
• John Thaw Studio Theatre
• Journalists, information for - see News
• Journals, academic - (library website)
• Knowledge transfer - see Commercialising research

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L

• Language, English courses - see University Language Centre
• Language, Literacy and Communication - see Education, School of
• Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, School of
• Law, School of
• Learning Disability Studies - see Education, School of  
• Legal Advice Centre
• Library
• Life Sciences, Faculty of
• Linguistics and English Language - see Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, School of
• Living costs
• Lodgings - see Accommodation

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M

• MACE - see Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, School of
• Magazine, university -see UniLife
• Management and Leisure - see Education, School of
• Management of the University - see Governance
• Manchester: About Manchester, Manchester for students, Maps and travel
• Manchester 2015 (university vision for the future)
• Manchester Academy (music venue, external site)
• Manchester Business School
• Manchester Cancer Research Centre
• Manchester Computing
• Manchester Doctoral College
• Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre
• Manchester Leadership Programme
• Manchester Museum
• Manchester Science Enterprise Centre
• Manchester Science Park
• Manchester Student Volunteers
• Manchester University Press
• Maps and travel
• Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
• Masters courses - see Postgraduate taught courses, Ways to study
• Materials, School of
• Mathematics, School of
• Mature students
• MBA (Masters of Business Administration) courses
• Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, School of
• Media (Press) - see News
• Medical and Human Sciences, Faculty of
• Medicine, School of
• Memorabilia - see University of Manchester Gift shop
• Metallurgy - see Materials, School of
• Metrolink (Manchester trams) - see Travel by bus and coach
• MIB - see Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre
• Middle Eastern Studies - see Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, School of
• Midwifery - see Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of
• MIMAS data centre
• Modern European Languages - see Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, School of
• Molecular Imaging Centre
• Money - see Funding (undergraduate) Funding (postgraduate) and Finance (international)
• MSEC (Manchester Science Enterprise Centre)
• Museum, Manchester
• Music - see Arts, Histories and Cultures, School of
• Music, in Manchester - see Nightlife and entertainment

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N

• National Centre for e-Social Science (NCeSS)
• National Centre for Text Mining
• Neuroscience Research Institute
• News
• News magazine - see UniLife
• North West Embryonic Stem Cell Centre
• North West Genetics Knowledge Park (Nowgen)
• North West Region
• Nurseries - see  - see Students with children
• Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of

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O

• Online directory, university
• Online learning - see Study facilities (undergraduate) and Ways to study (postgraduate taught courses)
• Open days and visits, undergraduate open days 
• Open days and visits, postgraduate open days
• Optometry - see Life Sciences, Faculty of
• Overseas students - see International

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PQ

• Paper Science - see Materials, School of
• Parents, information for
• Parking on campus - see Travel by car
• Partnerships with business - see Working with us
• Pedagogic Development Office
• People - see University online directory
• Personnel department - see Human Resources directorate
• PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate in Education) courses
• Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of
• PhD degrees - see Ways to study (postgraduate research)
• Phone book - see University online directory 
• Phone number, university - see Contact the university
• Photon Science Institute
• Physics and Astronomy, School of
• Planning and Landscape - see Environment and Development, School of
• Policy documents and statements (on university intranet)
• Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology (PREST) now part of The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research
• Postal address - see Contact the university
• Postgraduate - also see Postgraduate taught and Postgraduate research
• Postgraduate applications
• President and Vice Chancellor (Alan Gilbert)
• Press office
• Privacy (on this website)
• Process Integration - see Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, School of
• Professional development
• Programmes of study - see Courses
• Property search - see Accommodation
• Prospectus, postgraduate - to download
• Prospectus, undergraduate - to download
• Prospectus order form
• Psychological Sciences, School of
• Public transport - see Maps and travel
• Publication scheme - see Freedom of Information
• Publications, university
• Quality of research and RAE (Research Assessment Exercise)

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R

• Race equality - see
• RAE (Research Assessment Exercise)
• Rail travel
• Records Management Office
• Recruiting talent (for employers)
• Recycling
• Regional involvement  - see North West Region
• Registrar and Secretary
• Registration
• Regulations, university - see Governance
• Religions and Theology - see Arts, Histories and Cultures, School of
• Research
• Research and development for business
• Research degrees
• Residences - see Accommodation
• Restaurants - see Eating out and Catering facilities
• Reunions, see Alumni
• Robert Darbishire Practice (GP practice)

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S

• Scholarships, postgraduate - see Postgraduate funding 
• Scholarships, undergraduate - see Undergraduate funding
• Schools and colleges liaison
• Schools and faculties (of the university) - see Academic departments
• Search website
• Semester dates - see Key dates
• Senior officers of the University
• Shopping in Manchester
• Social Anthropology - see Social Sciences, School of
• Social Sciences, School of
• Social Work - see Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of
• Sociology - see Social Sciences, School of
• Special needs - see Disability support office
• Spin-out companies - see Commercialising research
• Sponsorship (for business)
• Sport, directorate of
• Sport, campus
• Sport, Trading and Residential Services (STARS) directorate (part of university administration)
• Sports scholarships
• Sports Volunteer Scheme
• Staff directory - see University online directory
• Statistics, university
• Statutes of the university - see Governance
• Stem cell research - see North West Embryonic Stem Cell Centre
• Structure, university
• Student directory - see University online directory
• Student life
• Student support services - see also Student Services Centre
• Students' union: University of Manchester Students Union (UMSU)
• Study abroad - see also Exchange and study abroad (for international students)  
• Support services (administrative and other support services of the university)
• Sustainability
• Sustainable Consumption Institute
• Swimming pool - see Aquatics centre

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T

• Tabley House
• Teacher training - see PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate in Education) courses
• Teachers, information for
• Teaching and Learning Support Office
• TEAM (The Environment at Manchester)
• Telephone directory - see University online directory
• Telephone number, university - see Contact the university
• Term dates - see Key dates
• Textiles - see Materials, School of
• Theatre -see Nightlife and entertainment
• Theology - see Arts, Histories and Cultures, School of
• Tissue regeneration - see The Healing Foundation Centre
• Tissue regeneration- see UK Centre for Tissue Regeneration
• Tours - see Guided tours and Visitors Centre (videos)
• Training - see Professional development
• Translation and Intercultural Studies - see Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, School of
• Travel - see Maps and travel
• Tuition fees - Undergraduate
• Tuition fees - Postgraduate
• Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

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U

• UK Centre for Tissue Engineering
• UMIC (University of Manchester Incubator Company Limited)
• UMIP (University of Manchester Intellectual Property Limited)
• UMIST - see History and origins
• Undergraduate study
• UK Centre for Tissue Regeneration
• UniLife (university magazine)
• Union, Students' - see University of Manchester Students Union (UMSU)
• University Language Centre

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V

• Vacancies, staff
• Ventures - see University of Manchester Intellectual Property Limited
• Videos of the university - see Visitors Centre
• Vision Centre
• Vision for the future, university
• Visitor parking - see Travel by car
• Visitors Centre
• Visits, see Open days and visits
• Visual Anthropology - see Social Sciences, School of
• Visual identity and corporate style

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W

• Waste & Recycling
• Webmail login (student and staff email)
• Website help
• Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility
• Wheelchair access on campus
• Where to find us - see Maps and travel
• Where to park - see Travel by car
• Whitworth Art Gallery
• Who's Who (senior staff)
• Widening participation
• Wireless networking
• Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre
• Work experience
• Working while you study
• World class research

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XYZ

• Year abroad - see Study abroad and exchanges
• Zoology - see Life Sciences, Faculty of

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