Transform
lives with us

Join us and shape the future, through your teaching and research, because together we can achieve breakthroughs that matter.

Our research community at Manchester Metropolitan University

At Manchester Met, our research is at the heart of how we transform lives. From our home in the centre of Manchester – a city renowned for innovation – we’re making an impact that reaches across the UK and around the world.

With research spanning four faculties and two flagship institutes – the Institute for Children’s Futures and the Institute of Sport – you’ll join a collaborative, diverse community where ideas thrive. Supported by world-class facilities and inspiring colleagues, you can push boundaries and turn ideas into real-world breakthroughs.

With robust finances, we’re continually investing in our people, spaces and research environment – giving you and your team the opportunity and freedom to make an impact and transform lives with us.

Join our research community

Bring your ideas to life in a place that gives you the freedom, support and world-class facilities to achieve your ambitions.

Be part of a fast-growing research environment where you can collaborate with other experts at the forefront of their fields and work with communities, business and industry to tackle the grand challenges of our time.

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We’re halfway through our ambitious plans to recruit 100 international research professors – aligning global talent with our key research strengths and growth strategy. With a number of key appointments already in place from recent years, this is an exciting time to join our research community and become an integral part of our commitment to creating research with impact.

Interested?

Connect with us and let’s talk about working at Manchester Met, whether it’s just you or it’s your team, whether you’re ready to join us right now or in the future.

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Professor Steve Rothberg

Professor Steve Rothberg

Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor

We are proud to be an inclusive community of over 5,100 staff and 44,000 students, united by a shared ambition: to make a real difference – transforming lives and helping partners across public, private, and charity sectors build sustainable futures.

Excellence defines our community – in education and research. 90% of our research impact is world-leading or internationally excellent (REF 2021), we hold the TEF Gold Award (2023–29), rank top 10 for student experience (NSS 2025), and no.1 for colleague experience (Inspire HE 2024/25). Through achievements like these, we are now Times and Sunday Times Modern University of the Year 2026.

Manchester Metropolitan is a place where great ideas are nurtured, collaborations flourish, and careers reach new heights.

We’re entering the third year of a five-year campaign to recruit 100 new professors. Together with our internal promotions, our new professors are already bringing senior leadership to advance education and research while upholding our values.

If you are passionate about education and research, with a track record of success and a commitment to support colleagues, perhaps in a team you lead, we want to hear from you.