About us

With around 21,000 students, 1,350 academic staff, 650 professional services staff, and £350 million of annual income, we aspire to be one of the most successful Humanities faculties in the world.

We aim to be a truly international body of staff and students, with our research, teaching and social responsibility having global reach. We're already highly internationalised, with:

  • 28.5% of our Manchester-based students from outside the UK and EU
  • 37% of our academic staff from outside the UK
  • 226,909 alumni around the globe.