The rankings of the University of Manchester are – GLOBAL The university ranked 35 by ARWU It ranked 27 by QS World University Ranking NATIONAL It ranked 5 by ARWU It ranked 13 by Complete It ranked 6 by Qs World University Ranking

The notable alumni of the University of Manchester are – John Dalton – founder of modern atomic theory Ernest Rutherford – proved nuclear nature of atom George E. Davis – founder od discipline of chemical engineering Bernard Lovell – a pioneer of radio astronomy Anthony Burgess – author Robert Bolt – two time Academy Award winner and three time Golden Globe winner Benedict Cumber batch – actor Sherlock Holmes – actor Alan Turing – actor

The University’s main site contains most of its facilities and is often referred to as the campus, however Manchester is not a campus university as the concept is commonly understood. It is centrally located in the city and its buildings are integrated into the fabric of Manchester, with non-university buildings and major roads between. The campus occupies an area shaped roughly like a boat: the foot of which is aligned roughly south-west to north-east and is joined to the broader southern part of the booty by an area of overlap between former UMIST and former VUM buildings, it comprises two parts: North Campus or Sackville Street Campus, centred on Sackville Street South campus or Oxford Road campus, centred on Oxford Road. Fallowfield Campus is the main residential campus in Fallowfield, approximately 2 miles south of the main site.