曼彻斯特大学，简称曼大，是一所门类齐全、科系众多的综合性大学，位于英格兰中北部的英国第二繁华城市曼彻斯特。校内现有来自154个国家的近四万名学生就读一千多个学位课程，教职员超过一万人，其中很多是享誉世界的科学家。

如今的曼彻斯特大学是由始建于1824年的曼彻斯特理工大学和始建于1851年的曼彻斯特维多利亚大学这两所世界一流学府于2004年合并而成。曼大以教学严谨、学术风气自由著称，创新作为教学和学术研究的主导思想，已形成传统。世界上很多重大成就都出自这里，如原子的分裂、世界上第一台可存储程序计算机的发明以及石墨烯的发现等。

曼大的教学质量始终位居英国独立教学质量评估的前列，每年的全球大学排名也始终位居世界前列，校友包括25位诺贝尔奖得主和众多国际名人。曼彻斯特大学在英国乃至全球都享有极高的声誉：2015/16QS世界大学排名全球第33位（英国第7位），2015年上海交大世界大学学术排名（ARWU）全球第41位（英国第5位）。在2014年英国官方组织的研究卓越框架（REF）评估中，曼彻斯特大学综合实力位居全英第5名。在位于德国的国际高等教育发展中心（CHE）2010年发布的欧洲大学“卓越排名”（CHE Excellenceranking）中，曼大是欧洲仅有的 七大学科（生物、化学、经济学、数学、物理、政治学、心理学）均被评定为“优秀”的大学之一。

星期日泰晤士报曾评论道：“曼彻斯特大学几乎在所有学科都有着可敬的声望，其中又以经济学、、人文、社会学与社会科学、生命科学、工程为最。”

Nobel Prize:

1906｜Joseph John Thomson｜Nobel Prize in Physics；

1908|Ernest Rutherford |Nobel Prize in Chemistry；

1915|William Lawrence Bragg| Nobel Prize in Physics；

1922|Archibald Vivian Hill| Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine；

1929|Arthur Harden| Nobel Prize in Physics；

1935 |James Chadwick|Nobel Prize in Physics；

1937|Walter Norman Haworth| Nobel Prize in Chemistry；

1943 |George de Hevesy|Nobel Prize in Chemistry；

1947 |Robert Robinson|Nobel Prize in Chemistry；

1948 |Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett|Nobel Prize in Physics；

1951|John Douglas Cockcroft| Nobel Prize in Physics；

1957 |Alexander Todd|Nobel Prize in Chemistry；

1961|Melvin Calvin| Nobel Prize in Chemistry；

1967 |Hans Albrecht Bethe|Nobel Prize in Physics；

1972 |John Richard Hicks|Nobel Prize in Economic Science；

1977 |Nevill Francis Mott|Nobel Prize in Physics；

1979 |Arthur Lewis|Nobel Prize in Economic Science；

1986 |John Charles Polanyi|Nobel Prize in Chemistry；

1993 |Michael Smith|Nobel Prize in Chemistry；

2001 |Joseph E Stiglitz|Nobel Prize in Economic Science；

2002 |John Sulston|Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine；

2010 |Andre Geim|Nobel Prize in Physics；

2010 |Konstantin Novoselov|Nobel Prize in Physics；

Research Centre:

Centre for Nanoporous Materials；

Centre of Excellence for Biocatalysis, Biotransformations and Biocatalytic Manufacture (CoEBio3)；

Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology (MCISB)；

Michael Barber Centre for Mass Spectrometry (MBCMS)；

Organic Materials Innovation Centre (OMIC)；

The Centre for Radiochemistry Research (CRR)；

The EPSRC National Facility and Service for EPR Spectroscopy；

Centre for Nuclear Energy Technology (C-NET)；

Centre for Process Integration (CPI)；

Centre for Mesoscience and Nanotech；

Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology (MCISB；

Manchester Infomatics；

The National Grid Power Systems Research Centre；

The Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC)；

Centre for Nuclear Energy Technology (C.NET)；

Laser Processing Research Centre；

Modelling and Simulation Centre；

Rolls-Royce Nuclear University Technology Centre；

Tyndall Manchester；

Materials Performance Centre；

Northwest Composites Centre；

The International Centre for Advanced Materials (ICAM)；

Centre for Atmospheric Science；

Research Centre for Radwaste & Decommissioning；

Williamson Research Centre；

Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Arts and Languages (CIDRAL)；

Centre for Jewish Studies；

Institute for Cultural Practices；

Centre for Study of Sexuality and Culture；

NOVARS；

Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies；

Russian and Eurasian Studies Network；

Centre for Biblical Studies；

Lincoln Theological Institute；

Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies；

Centre for the Cultural History of War；

Centre for Chinese Studies；

Centre for Development Informatics (CDI)；

Centre for Equity in Education；

Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC)；

Centre for Urban Policy Studies (CUPS)；

Centre for Urban Resilience and Energy (CURE)；

Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID)；

Global Urban Research Centre (GURC)；

Leverhulme Centre for the Study of Value (LCSV)；

Manchester Architectural Research Centre (MARC)；

Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice ；

Centre for Social Ethics and Policy ；

Manchester International Law Centre ；

ManReg: the Manchester Centre for Regulation, Governance and Security；

Alliance Manchester Business School；

Centre for Comparative and International Business Research；

Centre for Development Informatics；

Centre for Infrastructure Development；

Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change；

Centre for the Analysis of Investment；

Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC)；

Crime Science and Security Research Group；

Customer Management Leadership Group；

Dalton Nuclear Institute；

Decision and Cognitive Sciences Research Centre；

European Work and Employment Research Centre；

Fairness at Work Research Centre；

Manchester Accounting and Finance Group；

Manchester Critical Management Group；

Manchester Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Group；

Manchester Institute of Innovation Research；

MP3 - The Manchester Projects, Programmes and Portfolios Network；

Operations and Supply Chain Management Research Group；

Public Sector Research Centre (Herbert Simon Centre)；

Sustainable Consumption Institute；

Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (North)；

Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity；

Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives；

The Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis；

Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research；

Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC)；

Political Economy Institute；

Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR)；

Centre for Synthetic Biology of Fine and Speciality Chemicals；

Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research；

Systems Microscopy Centre；

Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine；

Centre for Integrative Mammalian Biology；

Centre of Excellence in Biopharmaceuticals (COEBP)；

The Healing Foundation Centre；

KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology；

Manchester Centre for Biophysics and Catalysis；

Research Northwest Embryonic Stem Cell Centre；

Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences；

Active ageing research (nursing)；

Adult stem cell biology and musculoskeletal tissue engineering (regenerative medicine)；

Ageing extracellular matrix (regenerative medicine)；

Ageing Research Network [Manchester Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Research on Ageing (MICRA)；

health sciences]；

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) (vision)；

Anxiety, mood, metacognitive therapy；

Arthritis；

Asthma (respiratory and allergy)；

Autism at Manchester (across the University)；

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)；

Autoimmune and inflammatory disease genetic epidemiology (Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research)；

Bereavement by suicide；

Biochemical genetics；

Centre for Biostatistics；

Body, eyes and movement (BEAM) (psychological sciences)；

(Institute of) Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health；

Brain-skin axis；

Cancer (various areas within or associated to the Faculty)；

(Institute of) Cancer Sciences；

(Centre for) Cardiac Research；

Caries and diagnostic research；

Cell-cell interactions (regenerative medicine)；

(Manchester Centre for) Cellular Metabolism (MCCM)；

Centre for New Treatments and Understanding in Mental Health (CeNTrUM)；

Child Health Psychology Research Network；

Child Health Research Network (health sciences)；

Child Study Centre [formerly Max Planck Child Study Centre] (language development and disorders)；

Children and young people (nursing)；

Chronic cough (respiratory and allergy)；

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)；

(Centre for) Clinical and Cognitive Neurosciences；

Clinical craniofacial research；

Clinical epidemiology (musculoskeletal research)；

Clinical neurogenetics (genomic medicine)；

Clinical neuroscience (imaging)；

Cochrane Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group (musculoskeletal research)；

Common disease genetics；

Comparative disease genomics and animal genetics (Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research)；

Computer vision and cognitive systems computing (imaging)；

Conduct disorders, depression and personality disorders；

Connective tissue and ageing (dermatology)；

Craniofacial genetics (dentistry)；

Criminal justice (mental health and risk)；

Deafness；

Dementia at Manchester；

Dementia and ageing (nursing)；

Dental biomaterials and biomechanics (dentistry)；

(School of) Dentistry；

Dentistry: Systematic reviews and evidence based practice；

(Centre for) Dermatology；

Developmental biology (dentistry)；

Developmental disorders (psychological sciences)；

Developmental genetics；

Developmental psychopathology；

(Centre for) Developmental Sciences and Disorders；

Diabetes (endocrinology)；

Diabetes and Obesity Research Network [DORN；

health sciences]；

Diabetic retinopathy；

Drug Development and Translational Pharmacology；

Drug discovery and action；

Drug misuse [National Drug Evidence Centre (NDEC)]；

Drug Usage and Pharmacy Practice Division；

Eating disorders；

Emotional cognition (psychological sciences)；

(Centre for) Endocrinology and diabetes；

Endocrinology and growth (paediatrics and child health)；

Environmental epidemiology；

(Centre for) Epidemiology；

Epidemiology of work related ill health (occupational and environmental health) includes THOR (The Health and Occupation Reporting) Network and THOR-gP Network；

Epithelial biology；

Evidence Synthesis Network (health sciences)；

Face recognition (psychological sciences)；

Face recognition and visual processing (imaging)；

Food allergy (respiratory and allergy)；

Functional genomics (musculoskeletal research)；

Functional somatic syndromes and symptoms；

Fungal lung disease (respiratory and allergy)；

FungiBrain；

Gastrointestinal whole body clinical research；

Gene-environment interactions (occupational and environmental health)；

Genetic epidemiology；

Genetic ophthalmology；

Genetics and genomics (musculoskeletal research)；

(Centre for) Genomic Medicine；

Genomics；

Glaucoma；

Greater Manchester and Cheshire Supportive and Palliative Care Research Alliance (health sciences)；

Hair follicle biology (dermatology)；

Health and social inequalities；

Health and Work Research Network (health sciences)；

(Centre for) Health Economics；

Health eResearch Centre (HeRC)；

(Centre for) Health Informatics；

Health policy, politics and organisation (HiPPO)；

(Manchester Centre for) Health Psychology；

Health Sciences；

Health services research (gastrointestinal)；

Health services research in genetics；

Healthy ageing (nursing)；

(Centre for) Hearing and Vision Research；

History of health and social care；

Human decision making (psychological sciences)；

(Institute of) Human Development；

Imaging biomarkers and signal-based biomarkers；

Imaging in cancer；

Imaging in vascular disease；

Imaging neuroscience；

(Centre for) Imaging Sciences；

(Centre for) Immune Mechanisms；

曼彻斯特位于盆地之中，北方和东方毗邻奔甯荒野，南面是柴郡平原。市中心位于艾威尔河（River Irwell）东岸，靠近另外两条河——麦诺克河（River Medlock）和埃瑞克河（River Irk）的汇流处。默西河（River Mersey）也经过城市南部。内城区大部分是楼房，从许多高大建筑物楼上可以看到广阔的荒野。另外，曼彻斯特河道发达，靠近利物浦港和煤矿。曼彻斯特气候潮湿，属于终年温和多雨的温带海洋性气候，该市的平均年降水量为809毫米，降水持续时间长，但降水强度小，降水常在1个小时以上，而鲜见几分钟的倾盘大雨。