Our faculties
Explore Manchester Met’s faculties to learn more about our expertise.
Arts and Humanities
Become part of a vibrant, future-focused community where bold ideas thrive, and meaningful connections are made.
Home to the Manchester School of Art, Manchester Fashion Institute, and the Manchester School of Architecture (ranked 5th in the world, QS World Subject Rankings 2025) we’re proud to shape culture, society and the next generation of changemakers. From our collaboration with Chanel, to our £1.5m AHRC-funded doctoral award, we drive progress through education, research, innovation and opportunity.
Here, you’ll find world-class facilities from the Robotics Living Lab and the School of Digital Arts (SODA) to the newly renovated Grosvenor East. As a colleague, you follow in the footsteps of a rich creative heritage where LS Lowry studied, and Carol Ann Duffy (ex-Poet Laureate) leads our Manchester Writing School.
Whether you’re exploring languages, humanities or the arts, you’ll be part of a diverse, inclusive and collaborative environment where your work can be forever bold and life-changing, every single day.
Business and Law
Join a globally connected faculty that bridges the gap between innovative education, dynamic research and expert professional training.
We’re renowned as a triple-accredited Business School with roots in Manchester since 1899 and a pioneering Law School with proud connections to the North West region and beyond. Our teams nurture highly employable, socially and environmentally responsible students. We place real value in entrepreneurship and commercial collaboration to make a powerful impact on businesses, communities and society.
Take your career to the next level through our extensive, international network of educational, exchange and research partners. From influencing change in the modern workplace and transforming our highstreets to being at the forefront of sports law, in our faculty you can truly impact people’s personal and professional lives the world over.
Health and Education
Shape brighter futures and inspire the next generation of educators, health professionals and researchers to make a lasting difference.
With more than a century of expertise in education and a proud reputation as one of the region’s largest providers of nursing and allied health professionals, join a faculty that combines research with innovation to transform lives and communities.
Based in our state-of-the-art Brooks building, we foster a vibrant, supportive community that values shared learning and collaboration, creating space for everyone to grow. Through impactful research, industry partnerships and accredited, award-winning courses, we champion professional excellence and open pathways to lifelong opportunity.
Whether you're enhancing learning environments, driving breakthroughs in food science and sports medicine, or reimagining how healthcare and education are delivered, you’ll be part of a diverse, forward-thinking community tackling real-world challenges and delivering meaningful impact.
Together, we’re shaping the future of health and education – transforming lives, now and into the future.
Science and Engineering
Make your mark in an internationally renowned, research-led faculty with a reputation for driving progress.
Our research is truly making a global impact – in both engineering, and earth systems and environmental sciences, 100% of our research impact is world-leading or internationally excellent - and 75% is at the highest 4* level. In sport, we're sixth in the UK for the power of research, and 95% of our outputs are world-leading or internationally excellent (REF 2021).
We’re based in the brand-new Dalton building, at the heart of campus. Designed to be dynamic and foster cross-disciplinary collaboration, it boasts sector-leading facilities – including a state-of-the-art Superlab.
Our prime location, within Manchester's thriving business hub, allows us to forge meaningful connections with industry leaders. So, whether you’re pioneering drug treatments, strengthening cyber security or developing advanced materials for clean energy, this is a place where trailblazers make real-world impact.
Our Campus
We've transformed our city centre campus with a £400m investment in cutting edge, award-winning, digitally driven facilities.