North West:
Study in Manchester

Inviting, original, edgy, happening, different: spend any time in Manchester and you’ll soon see it’s a place like no other. This free-spirited city demands your attention with a warm, no-nonsense welcome and a liberating open-mindedness that challenges you to take part. Bring us your ideas, your energy and your attitude and you’ll fit right in – that’s what makes our city uniquely Manchester....

Shopping Facilities to Suit All Tastes!

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Manchester does funky, fashionable, chic and sleek better than anywhere else in the country. Retail therapy is a speciality. Hunt down something unique at Saturday’s Tib Street fashion market, browse for vintage chic and rare records in Northern Quarter, or cruise the designer stores and then relax with a long lunch and cocktails in Harvey Nichols’ brasserie…

World Class Arts And Culture

Manchester’s landmark galleries and museums like Daniel Libeskind’s Imperial War Museum North, the Museum of Science and Industry and the Manchester Art Gallery give you the chance to view fantastic permanent and touring exhibitions. If you like to make a night of it, take in a show at the Royal Exchange, the Lowry or one of many other theatrical and concert venues. See for yourself why Manchester’s taking centre stage...

Manchesters yearly calendar is full of cultural events seasonal festivals, colourful picnics and flamboyant parades. It all means that whenever you visit the city, there’s something going on. And events in Manchester cover everything from jazz to poetry, gay culture to shopping, comedy to sport and don’t forget the food and drink

International Cuisine

Manchester’s cultural mix adds up to a great range of places to eat and drink. From Michelin-style gourmet to fresh local produce at speciality markets, from stylish venues for intimate occasions to out–of–the–way places for a good, cheap meal with friends, there’s food a plenty in Manchester.

You can eat your way around the world in Manchester, sampling everything from Armenian to Australian to African. There are the sights and smells of Chinatown and Rusholme’s Curry Mile, upmarket and traditional takes on Italian, Spanish and French, and a host of international restaurants offering gourmet global fare.

Legendary Nights Out

Manchester’s dedication to amazing nights out goes on – and on. Its world famous nightlife attracts visitors from all over the UK and overseas. The Club scene made famous by the Hacienda continues to draw crowds. There is also a stack of smaller, edgier live music venues offering you a chance to catch the next Smiths or Stone Roses.

International Sporting Facilities

When England or Britain sends out an international sports team, you can bet at least one of its members will be from Manchester. As an international sporting centre Manchester’s top of the league. The City’s footballing pedigree speaks for itself – take a tour of Old Trafford or the City of Manchester Stadium to get a first-hand flavour of Europe’s most exciting football league. The 2002 Commonwealth Games has left Manchester with a range of even more world-class facilities – and they’re open to spectators, visitors and sports people.

If this inspires you why no have a go yourself. Manchester is full of sporting facilities. Why not take advantage of the Aquatics Centre Built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games boasting two 50m swimming pools, diving facilities, a fitness studio and a health suite. Pools and sessions are segregated for swimmers of differing abilities and intentions, so you need not fear being steamrollered by an Olympic hopeful.

Cyclists can enjoy one of the world’s fastest indoor tracks at the Manchester Velodrome, which caters for beginners right through to the professionals. It also boasts facilities for basketball, badminton and netball.

If you prefer the great outdoors then you are in luck! Manchester is nestled among some of England’s finest scenery; casual walkers, serious hikers and those with a penchant for running up mountains can all do their thing in spectacular surroundings. To the south-east is the Peak District, which incorporates 555 square miles of National Park - a natural hinterland for urban dwellers. The Lake District, to the north, contains England’s highest mountain, Scafell Pike at 978 metres, and the picturesque environment provides a dramatic showcase and ample opportunity for sporting activity or leisurely sightseeing.

Meet The Mancunians

The people of Manchester have an attitude to life and a way of doing things all their own. We’re an easy, self-deprecating lot with a wicked sense of humour and an appetite for adventure. You’ll find Mancunians go out of their way to talk to you, to help you with directions and to give you a friendly welcome to their city. They’re rightly proud of what it has to offer and happy to share what they know. Mancunians have edge and attitude, industry and innovation. They’re bold, progressive, ambitious and entrepreneurial. They like to get things done: the first working canal, the first public library, the first computer with a stored memory, the first split atom, the first test tube baby… Manchester did them all first.

Manchester is also a mecca for celebrity mancunians. Funnymen Steve Coogan, John Thompson, Peter Kay, Johnny Vegas, Bernard Manning and Jon Culshaw all hail from the area. So do actors Sir Ben Kingsley, Sir Ian McKellen, Albert Finney, Pete Postlethwaite, Anna Friel, Jane Horrocks, Daniel Craig and ex-Doctor Who Christopher Eccleston. Local sporting stars include cricket’s Freddie Flintoff and Mike Atherton, Fred Perry, the last British man to win Wimbledon, boxer Amir Khan, former superbike champion Carl Fogarty, and runners Paula Radcliffe and Diane Modahl. Then there’s film-makers Mike Leigh and Nick Park, DJs Chris Evans, Andy Kershaw and Sara Cox, and TV presenters Philip Schofield, Melanie Sykes, Vernon Kay and Matthew Kelly.

Multi-Cultural Manchester

Manchester one of the UK’s multicultural areas and it is this mix of cultures over the generations that has contributed to the city’s spirit of openness, its cosmopolitan buzz and its restless energy for change. The city has seen several waves of immigration, from the influx of Irish and Jewish people in the 19th century, the Caribbean Migration in the 1950s and 1960s’, to the Asian settlers of the 20th century. Ethnic minority migrants now make up over an eighth of the city’s population. The growth of Manchester from as far back as the mid –18th century has gone hand in hand with the arrival of people of many nationalities and ethnic groups. So, wherever you are from in the world if you choose to study in Manchester expect a warm welcome, mancunian style!