Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester Metropolitan University, often shortened to Manchester Met, is a public university in Manchester in the north-west of England, whose predecessor Manchester Polytechnic gained university status on 15 September 1992 under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. Its founding lineage reaches back to the Manchester Mechanics Institute of 1824.曼彻斯特都会大学（Manchester Metropolitan University，常简称 Manchester Met）是英格兰西北部曼彻斯特的一所公立大学，其前身曼彻斯特理工学院于 1992 年 9 月 15 日依《1992 年继续与高等教育法》取得大学地位，办学渊源可追溯至 1824 年的曼彻斯特机械学院。

It is the fifth-largest university in the United Kingdom by total enrolment, teaching over 43,000 students with more than 5,100 members of staff, and it is organised into four faculties covering arts and humanities, business and law, health and education, and science and engineering.按总注册人数计，它是英国第五大大学，在读学生超过 43,000 人、教职员工超过 5,100 人，下设四个学部：艺术与人文、商科与法学、健康与教育、科学与工程。

The university is placed at 600th in the QS World University Rankings 2027, in the 551-600 band of the Times Higher Education ranking for 2027 and 693rd in the US News global ranking for 2026-2027, and it is absent from the main list of the Shanghai ARWU for 2026.学校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中列第 600 位、2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中列第 551-600 位、2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中列第 693 位，且未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。

History

• The university's founding lineage begins with the Manchester Mechanics Institute, established in 1824 entirely through private initiative and funds to teach artisans the basic principles of science by part-time study.学校的源流始于 1824 年创办的曼彻斯特机械学院，它完全依靠私人出资与私人倡议设立，目的以业余学习的方式向工匠传授科学基本原理。

• The Manchester School of Design, founded in 1838 and later known as the Manchester School of Art, forms the second root of the institution and remains one of its constituent schools.1838 年创办的曼彻斯特设计学校（后称曼彻斯特艺术学院）构成学校的第二个源头，至今仍是其下属学院之一。

• The painter L. S. Lowry attended the art school in the years after the First World War, where he was taught by the impressionist Adolphe Valette, a teaching link that the university still cites as part of its heritage.画家劳伦斯·斯蒂芬·劳里（L. S. Lowry）在第一次世界大战后的数年间就读于该校，师从印象派画家阿道夫·瓦莱特（Adolphe Valette），这段师承至今仍被学校列为自身文脉的一部分。

• Schools of Commerce founded in 1889, of Education in 1878 and of Domestic Science in 1880 were added alongside colleges at Didsbury, Crewe and Alsager and the former Domestic and Trades College of 1911.此后，1889 年的商学院、1878 年的教育学院与 1880 年的家政学院相继并入，另有迪兹伯里、克鲁、阿尔萨格等地的学院以及 1911 年的家政与行业学院。

• The Manchester College of Science and Technology, originally the Mechanics Institute and later UMIST, transferred its non-degree courses to the School of Art by 1966, concentrating the polytechnic's technical teaching there.由机械学院演变而来、后成为 UMIST 的曼彻斯特理工与技术学院，到 1966 年把非学位课程转移到艺术学院，使技术类教学向该处集中。

• The institution renamed itself Manchester Polytechnic in 1970, and this was followed by a series of mergers, with the Didsbury College of Education and Hollings College in 1977 and with the City of Manchester College of Higher Education in 1983.1970 年机构更名为曼彻斯特理工学院，此后接连合并：1977 年并入迪兹伯里教育学院与霍林斯学院，1983 年并入曼彻斯特市高等教育学院。

• In 1987 the institution became a founding member of the Northern Consortium, and on 1 April 1989 it became a corporate body as allowed by the terms of the Education Reform Act.1987 年，该校成为北方联盟的创始成员；1989 年 4 月 1 日，依《教育改革法》的规定成为独立法人机构。

• On 24 October 1989 the band Nirvana played their second British show at the institution while it was still called Manchester Polytechnic, a date later noted in the university's own history.1989 年 10 月 24 日，涅槃乐队（Nirvana）在仍名为曼彻斯特理工学院的该校举办了他们在英国的第二次演出，这一日期后来被写入校史。

• On 15 September 1992 Manchester Polytechnic gained university status and took the name Manchester Metropolitan University, becoming one of the post-1992 universities created from former polytechnics.1992 年 9 月 15 日，曼彻斯特理工学院取得大学地位并改称曼彻斯特都会大学，成为由旧理工学院升格而来的一批「1992 年后大学」之一。

• After earning university status the institution absorbed the Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education, extending its reach into Cheshire.升格为大学后，学校又合并了克鲁与阿尔萨格高等教育学院，把办学范围延伸到柴郡。

• In 2004 the university took in the Manchester School of Physiotherapy, an institution formed in 1991 through the amalgamation of the physiotherapy schools of the Manchester Royal Infirmary and Withington Hospital, which became its Department of Physiotherapy and later its Department of Health Professions.2004 年，学校接收了曼彻斯特理疗学校——该机构由曼彻斯特皇家医院与威辛顿医院的理疗学校于 1991 年合并而成，后成为学校的理疗系，其后改称健康职业系。

• The university's logo is derived from the upper part of the shield of its coat of arms, in which six spade-irons are positioned together to suggest hard toil and entrenchment.校徽取自校章盾牌的上半部分，其中六枚铁锹头像并列组合，寓意辛勤劳作与扎根深耕。

• The coat of arms was granted in 1991 to the predecessor Manchester Polytechnic, and its chief carries spade-irons that link to Manchester's industrial and physical landscape.校章于 1991 年授予前身曼彻斯特理工学院，其盾首所绘铁锹头像与曼彻斯特的工业与地理景观相呼应。

• In 2024 the university marked its 200th anniversary, counting the years from the Mechanics Institute of 1824 rather than from the university status of 1992.2024 年，学校迎来二百周年校庆，其纪年以 1824 年的机械学院为起点，而非 1992 年取得大学地位的年份。

• Six of its former seven sites were closed to rationalise the estate, with the Aytoun campus shut in 2012, the Elizabeth Gaskell, Hollings and Didsbury campuses in 2014 and the Crewe campus in summer 2019.为整合校园资产，学校关闭了原有七处校址中的六处：艾顿校区 2012 年关闭，伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔、霍林斯与迪兹伯里三校区 2014 年关闭，克鲁校区于 2019 年夏季关闭。

• The ten-year Estate Masterplan 2017 to 2027 was supported by a £379 million commitment to the Estates Investment Programme up to 2024, covering the arts and humanities development, the science and engineering development and the School of Digital Arts.为期十年的《2017-2027 校园总体规划》由截至 2024 年的 3.79 亿英镑资产投资计划支撑，涵盖艺术与人文学科、科学与工程开发以及数字艺术学院（SODA）。

• In 2024 the university opened the Dalton building, a £115 million base for science and engineering and the most ambitious development project in its history, including a 200-student super lab.2024 年，学校启用道尔顿大楼（Dalton building），这座耗资 1.15 亿英镑的科学与工程基地是校史上最宏大的建设项目，内设可容纳 200 名学生的超级实验室。

• The university's North West Film Archive is managed by its library and housed in the Central Library, while the Manchester Poetry Library opened in the Grosvenor building in 2021.学校的西北电影档案馆由其图书馆管理、设于中央图书馆内；曼彻斯特诗歌图书馆则于 2021 年在格罗夫纳大楼开馆。

• Antony Jenkins CBE was appointed chancellor from 1 January 2025, succeeding Lord Mandelson who had held the role since April 2016, while Malcolm Press has served as vice-chancellor since 1 June 2015.安东尼·詹金斯（Antony Jenkins CBE）自 2025 年 1 月 1 日起出任校监，接替自 2016 年 4 月起担任此职的曼德尔森勋爵；马尔科姆·普雷斯（Malcolm Press）则自 2015 年 6 月 1 日起任校长。

Academics

• Teaching is divided among four faculties, Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Education, and Science and Engineering, each led by a faculty pro-vice-chancellor.教学分为四个学部——艺术与人文、商科与法学、健康与教育、科学与工程，各由一位学部副校长主持。

• The Faculty of Arts and Humanities enrols more than 11,000 undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students and is home to the Manchester School of Art of 1838, the Manchester School of Architecture and the Manchester Writing School.艺术与人文部有本科生、研究生与博士生 11,000 余人，并辖有 1838 年创办的曼彻斯特艺术学院、曼彻斯特建筑学院与曼彻斯特写作学院。

• That faculty is one of the largest in the United Kingdom, offering subjects from design to fashion, creative writing to architecture, linguistics to languages and digital arts to journalism across nine departments and schools.该学部为英国规模最大的同类学部之一，在 9 个系与学院里开设从设计到时装、从创意写作到建筑、从语言学到语言、从数字艺术到新闻学的课程。

• The Faculty of Business and Law enrols more than 10,000 students across 120 degree programmes and consists of the Business School, which holds EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA accreditation, and the Manchester Law School.商科与法学部在 120 个学位项目中招收 10,000 余名学生，由同时持有 EQUIS、AACSB 与 AMBA 三重认证的商学院，以及曼彻斯特法学院组成。

• The Business School's triple accreditation places it among a select group of global business schools, and the faculty also runs most of the university's degree apprenticeships.商学院的三重认证使其跻身全球少数具备该资质的商学院之列；该学部还承担学校多数学位学徒制项目。

• More than 2,400 apprentices study across fifteen apprenticeship programmes with 530 employer partners, embedding the university in regional business training.2,400 余名学徒在 15 个学徒制项目中学习，合作雇主达 530 家，使学校深度嵌入区域商业培训。

• The Faculty of Health and Education has around 9,000 students across five departments and is based in the Brooks building.健康与教育部约有 9,000 名学生，分属 5 个系，学部设在布鲁克斯大楼（Brooks building）。

• The Faculty of Science and Engineering enrols more than 6,000 students who can choose from nearly 100 undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes across a range of subjects.科学与工程部有 6,000 余名学生，可从近 100 个本科与研究生学位项目中选择，覆盖多个学科方向。

• Thirty per cent of the university's research was rated world-leading at the highest four-star level in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, and ninety per cent of its research impact was rated world-leading or internationally excellent.在 2021 年英国科研卓越框架（REF）评估中，学校 30% 的科研被评为最高等级的「世界领先」（4*），90% 的科研影响被评为「世界领先」或「国际优秀」。

• The university maintains fourteen research centres, among them Advanced Materials and Surface Engineering, the Bioscience Research Centre, the Centre for Applied Computational Science and the Education and Social Research Institute.学校设有 14 个研究中心，其中包括先进材料与表面工程、生物科学研究中心、应用计算科学中心，以及教育与社会研究所。

• Its Manchester Metropolitan University International College provides foundation, International Year One and pre-masters pathway programmes that lead into more than 100 progression degrees.曼彻斯特都会大学国际学院为国际学生提供预科、「国际一年级」与硕士预科等衔接课程，可衔接 100 余个学位。

• The International College is based in the Lowry and Chatham building, combining subject teaching with academic and study skills so students can progress to undergraduate or postgraduate degrees.国际学院设在洛里与查塔姆大楼（Lowry and Chatham building），把专业教学与学术技能训练结合，帮助学生升读本科或研究生学位。

• The library houses special collections mainly relating to the fine and applied arts, including the Laura Seddon Greeting Card Collection of Victorian and Edwardian greeting cards.图书馆藏有以美术与应用艺术为主的特色馆藏，其中包括收藏维多利亚与爱德华时代贺卡的劳拉·塞登贺卡特藏（Laura Seddon Greeting Card Collection）。

• There are ten Professional Services Directorates alongside the faculties, together with a range of departments, schools and institutes that carry out the university's academic work.在四个学部之外，学校另有 10 个专业服务总监部门，以及一系列承担学术工作的系、学院与研究所。

• In the financial year ending 31 July 2024 the university recorded total income of £461 million, and in 2021 the figure had been £369 million, showing a period of financial growth.在截至 2024 年 7 月 31 日的财政年度，学校总收入为 4.61 亿英镑；2021 年该数字为 3.69 亿英镑，显示出一段财政增长期。

Campus

• The university's main All Saints campus stands in the centre of Manchester, the single site that survived the consolidation of its former estate.学校主校区「诸圣」（All Saints）位于曼彻斯特市中心，是校园整合后保留下来的唯一校址。

• Before consolidation the institution occupied seven sites, five in Manchester, All Saints, Aytoun, Didsbury, Elizabeth Gaskell and Hollings, and two in Cheshire, Alsager and Crewe.整合之前，学校共有七处校址：曼彻斯特境内五处——诸圣、艾顿、迪兹伯里、伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔与霍林斯，以及柴郡两处——阿尔萨格与克鲁。

• The work of the Alsager campus was moved to Crewe, and the University's ten-year Estate Masterplan 2017 to 2027 guided the rebuilding of the retained city-centre campus.阿尔萨格校区的教学迁往克鲁；学校以《2017-2027 校园总体规划》指引保留下来市中心校区的重建。

• New buildings delivered through the estate programme include the School of Digital Arts, the Manchester Metropolitan Institute of Sport and the student residential portfolio, alongside the arts and humanities and science and engineering developments.通过该校园计划建成的新设施包括数字艺术学院、曼彻斯特都会体育学院与学生公寓组合，以及艺术人文、科学与工程相关开发项目。

• The Dalton building, opened in 2024 at a cost of £115 million, provides teaching and research spaces, a two-hundred-student super lab, study areas and green spaces for the Faculty of Science and Engineering.2024 年启用、耗资 1.15 亿英镑的道尔顿大楼为科学与工程部提供教学与科研空间、可容 200 名学生的超级实验室、自习区与绿地。

• All Saints Park reopened in 2024 as a biodiverse space supporting more than 200 species of plants, and the Grade II listed Grosvenor West building reopened after a two-year renovation.2024 年重开的诸圣公园成为生物多样性空间，支持 200 余种植物；二级保护建筑格罗夫纳西楼（Grosvenor West）经两年翻新后重新开放。

• The Manchester Poetry Library opened in the Grosvenor building in 2021, and the North West Film Archive sits within the Central Library under the university's management.曼彻斯特诗歌图书馆于 2021 年在格罗夫纳大楼开馆；西北电影档案馆设于中央图书馆内，由学校管理。

• The library can be accessed around the clock by students during term times and by visitors at weekends between 11:00 and 17:00, embedding study space within the city-centre campus.学期内学生可全天候使用图书馆，访客则可在周末 11:00 至 17:00 入内，把自习空间嵌入市中心校区。

Reputation

• The QS World University Rankings 2027 place Manchester Metropolitan University at 600th in the world, the position under which this entry is catalogued.2027 年 QS 世界大学排名把曼彻斯特都会大学列为世界第 600 位，本条目即按此名次收录。

• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 put the university in the 551-600 band, a rise from the 601-800 band it occupied in the previous year's table.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名把该校列入第 551-600 位，较上一年度的第 601-800 位有所上升。

• The US News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 places the university at 693rd in the world.2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名把该校列为世界第 693 位。

• The Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities of 2026 does not list Manchester Metropolitan University in its main table, so it carries no ARWU band for that year.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名未把曼彻斯特都会大学列入主榜，因此该校在该年没有软科档位。

• The university is the fifth most popular university in the United Kingdom by enrolment on 2023 and 2024 data, making scale one of its most visible characteristics.按 2023 与 2024 年数据，学校是全英注册人数第五多的大学，规模因而成为其最显著的特征之一。

• Thirty per cent of its research was rated world-leading at the four-star level in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, and ninety per cent of its research impact reached world-leading or internationally excellent level across more than 740 academics.2021 年 REF 评估中，学校 30% 的科研获评世界领先（4*），90% 的科研影响达到世界领先或国际优秀，参评学者超过 740 人。

• Its Business School holds triple accreditation from EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA, placing it among a select group of global business schools with that combination.其商学院持有 EQUIS、AACSB 与 AMBA 三重认证，跻身具备该认证组合的全球少数商学院之列。

• In the People and Planet University League the university was placed in the top three sustainable universities for eleven consecutive years.在「People and Planet」大学联盟绿色排名中，学校连续十一年位列最可持续大学前三。

• OpenAlex records 36,021 works and 1,476,646 citations for the university, the machine-counted research output behind its bibliometric profile.OpenAlex 记录该校的成果数为 36,021 项、被引次数为 1,476,646 次，这组机器统计构成其文献计量画像的基础。

• No Nobel Prize, Turing Award or Fields Medal laureate is recorded among the university's faculty or alumni in the available material, so its reputation rests on scale, research assessment and graduate employment.在现有材料中，该校教师与校友名录未记载诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖得主，其声誉因而建立在规模、科研评估与毕业生就业之上。

Student life

• The university's motto is Many arts, many skills, carried on the coat of arms granted in 1991 to its predecessor Manchester Polytechnic.学校校训意为「多艺多能」，载于 1991 年授予前身曼彻斯特理工学院的校章之上。

• The Students' Union represents all members of the university and is led by a Union Officers Group of five students elected to lead it on behalf of the student body.学生会代表学校全体成员，由五名学生组成的干事团领导，他们由学生选出、代学生履行职责。

• The Students' Union moved in January 2015 to a purpose-built building on Higher Cambridge Street, next to the Cambridge and Cavendish halls of residence.学生会于 2015 年 1 月迁入高剑桥街（Higher Cambridge Street）一座专门建造的大楼，紧邻剑桥与卡文迪什学生宿舍。

• A shop and café catering to students operate inside the Students' Union building, adding daily services to the union's representational work.学生会大楼内设有面向学生的商店与咖啡厅，在代表职能之外增添了日常服务。

• Manchester Met is headed formally by the chancellor, Antony Jenkins CBE since 2025, and led day to day by the vice-chancellor, Malcolm Press, with a board of governors responsible for the university's mission and resources.曼彻斯特都会大学名义上由校监领导，2025 年起为安东尼·詹金斯；日常事务由校长马尔科姆·普雷斯主持，校务委员会则负责学校使命与资源。

• More than 3,000 international students from 130 countries study at the university, giving the campus an international composition.来自 130 个国家的 3,000 余名国际学生在校就读，使校园构成带有国际化色彩。

• The International College runs pathway programmes that combine subject teaching with academic and study skills, helping international students prepare for undergraduate or postgraduate study.国际学院开设衔接课程，把专业教学与学术技能训练结合，帮助国际学生为本科或研究生学习做准备。

• Campus life is set in the centre of Manchester, a city the university links to its creative and digital economy, so student activity is closely tied to the cultural life of the city.校园生活置于曼彻斯特市中心；学校把这座城市与其创意与数字经济相联系，因此学生活动与城市文化生活紧密相连。

Notable people

• L. S. Lowry, one of Britain's best-known twentieth-century painters, attended the Manchester School of Art after the First World War, where he was taught by the impressionist Adolphe Valette.英国二十世纪最知名的画家之一劳里（L. S. Lowry）在第一次世界大战后就读于曼彻斯特艺术学院，师从印象派画家阿道夫·瓦莱特。

• Steve Coogan, an actor, comedian and writer nominated for BAFTA and Academy awards and known for the character Alan Partridge, studied theatre at what became Manchester Metropolitan University.获英国电影学院奖与奥斯卡奖提名、以「艾伦·帕特里奇」一角闻名的演员、喜剧演员兼编剧史蒂夫·库根（Steve Coogan）曾在该校学习戏剧。

• John Bishop, a comedian and actor who studied social science at the institution and received an honorary Doctor of Arts, has toured the world with his stand-up shows.在此学习社会科学并获荣誉文学博士学位的喜剧演员兼演员约翰·毕晓普（John Bishop）曾携个人脱口秀巡演全球。

• Peter Saville, the graphic designer associated with Factory Records and Manchester music culture, is counted among the university's notable alumni.与 Factory Records 及曼彻斯特音乐文化紧密相关的平面设计师彼得·萨维尔（Peter Saville）被列为本校知名校友。

• Martin Parr, the documentary photographer known for his images of British social life, is listed among the university's alumni.以记录英国社会生活影像闻名的纪实摄影师马丁·帕尔（Martin Parr）在该校校友名录之中。

• Thomas Heatherwick, the designer behind widely known British buildings and public projects, and Sarah Burton, the creative director of Alexander McQueen, are both counted among Manchester Met's alumni.设计了众多知名英国建筑与公共项目的设计师托马斯·赫斯维克（Thomas Heatherwick），以及亚历山大·麦昆的创意总监莎拉·伯顿（Sarah Burton），均被列为曼彻斯特都会大学校友。

• Dame Julie Walters, the stage and screen actress, and Burn Gorman, an actor known for television roles including Torchwood and Game of Thrones, appear among the university's alumni.舞台与影视演员朱莉·沃特斯女爵士（Dame Julie Walters），以及凭《火炬木小组》《权力的游戏》等剧闻名的演员伯恩·戈曼（Burn Gorman），均在曼彻斯特都会大学的校友之列。

• Brian Cosgrove, an animator, producer and director honoured with an OBE, and Ian Griffiths, the creative director of Max Mara, are numbered among the university's alumni.获颁官佐勋章的动画师、制片人兼导演布赖恩·科斯格罗夫（Brian Cosgrove），以及 Max Mara 创意总监伊恩·格里菲思（Ian Griffiths），均在本校校友之列。

• Gethin Jones, a television presenter, and Carey Young, a contemporary artist, are listed among the institution's alumni from its arts and media departments.电视主持人格辛·琼斯（Gethin Jones）与当代艺术家凯里·扬（Carey Young）被列为该校艺术与传媒院系的校友。

• Malcolm Press, vice-chancellor since 1 June 2015 and later elected a vice-president of Universities UK, is the university's most senior current officer.自 2015 年 6 月 1 日起出任校长、后当选英国大学联合会副主席的马尔科姆·普雷斯，是学校现任最高负责人。

• Antony Jenkins CBE, an entrepreneur and business executive appointed chancellor from 1 January 2025, succeeded Lord Mandelson, who had served as chancellor from April 2016.自 2025 年 1 月 1 日起获任校监的企业家兼商业高管安东尼·詹金斯，接替自 2016 年 4 月起担任校监的曼德尔森勋爵。