📸 At a Glance
🌍 Manchester, North West England, UK
🎓 Russell Group ✅
⚖️ Race Equality Charter ✅ Bronze Award
💰 Scholarships Available ✅
🏅 Ranking: 24 (Complete University Guide 2026)
🔎 Overview
The University of Manchester is a public research university with its main campus on Oxford Road, south of Manchester city centre. It’s organised into three faculties – Biology, Medicine and Health; Humanities; and Science and Engineering – offering over 1,000 degree programmes across subjects including engineering, medicine, law, business, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
📊 Ethnicity Breakdown
- Black: 6%
- Mixed race: 7%
- White: 62%
- Asian: 20%
- Other: 3%
- Not known: 1%
💷 Scholarships & Funding
- The Cowrie Foundation Scholarship – In partnership with The Cowrie Scholarship Foundation, the University of Nottingham offers scholarships supporting Black African and Caribbean heritage students from socio-economically under-represented backgrounds.
- The Bason Family Bursary – Through a donation from John and Kate Bason, the university offers scholarships supporting Black African and Caribbean heritage students from socio-economically under-represented backgrounds.
- The Raheem Sterling Scholarships – The University of Manchester and King’s College London have partnered with The Raheem Sterling Foundation to offer scholarships supporting Black African and Caribbean heritage students from socio-economically underrepresented backgrounds.
- The Lemn Sissay Law Bursaries – The Lemn Sissay Law Bursaries support Black African, Black Caribbean and Black mixed-heritage students starting an undergraduate Law programme.
- The Geospatial Scholarship Fund – The Esri UK Geospatial Scholarship Fund, created in partnership with Black Geographers, supports Black and mixed-Black heritage students studying geography or geoscience at UK universities, with the Geospatial Student Accelerator offering annual awards to students from diverse backgrounds considering careers in the geospatial industry.
- GREAT Scholarships (Ghana) – The University of Manchester offers GREAT Scholarships worth £15,000 each for the academic year.
- Global Futures Scholarships – Global Futures Scholarships are open to self-funded undergraduate and Masters students from Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe, holding an offer for full-time on-campus study at the University of Manchester. Eligibility criteria and award values vary by country.
👩🏿🎓👨🏾🎓 Student Life & Support
- African Caribbean Society (ACS)
- African-Caribbean Medical Society (ACMS)
*The university also points students to its full clubs and societies directory under cultural/national societies, which may include additional or more up-to-date groups not listed here.
📣 Things Uni To Know
Manchester 10/10 Programme – The University of Manchester’s flagship Black student support initiative, offering tailored events, workshops and leadership programmes to support Black and Black mixed-heritage undergraduate students with confidence, community and career development.
Report and Support Service – Students can report racism, discrimination, harassment and microaggressions through a dedicated service that also provides access to advice and support.
Ethnic Minority Student Support – The University of Manchester offers dedicated support for students from ethnic minority backgrounds, including guidance on discrimination, access to advisors and counsellors of colour, wellbeing support and community-focused programmes.
