University of Manchester
Big civic university with strong industry ties and a huge student city.
Why it's a good choice
Excellent engineering and business schools with a lower cost of living than London and a large graduate employer base.
Strongest for
Courses to look at here
BA Human Resource Management
Recruitment, employment law and organisational psychology.
BA Marketing & Communications
Brand, audience research and campaign work across digital and traditional media.
BA Media & Communication
Audiovisual storytelling, production and media theory for newsroom and content careers.
BSc Actuarial Science
Statistics and risk modelling for insurance, pensions and finance.
BSc Business Analytics
Turning company data into decisions with SQL, statistics and visualisation.
BSc Business Management
Broad grounding in how organisations work: strategy, finance, operations and people.
BSc Economics
How markets, money and policy interact, with a strong quantitative core.
BSc Finance & Investment
Valuation, markets and corporate finance — the standard route into banking and investing.
BSc Supply Chain & Logistics
How goods and data move: planning, procurement and operations analytics.
Course availability changes each year — always check the centre's own site before you apply.