Ambitious and committed
This is a big institution with even bigger ambitions.
We have over 5,000 staff members, around 43,000 students – with about 6,000 choosing to study for a postgraduate qualification.
Through our excellent research, we transform lives by harnessing our creativity and confidence to deliver societal impact.
Our research is embedded within the global city of Manchester, often developed in partnership with the wider community with which we co-exist, pioneering radical thinking and social change.
We have high standards with clear objectives to excel in education and build our research profile.
You can see it best in how we’re committed to investment. As well as our £400m campus and University infrastructure upgrade, we invest in our people – making Manchester Metropolitan a place for professors at the peak of their powers.
Drive groundbreaking research
Our research is focused on five world-transforming missions. Each is committed to advancing understanding of the pressing problems facing our planet and global society. The five research missions drive a better understanding of the world around us, advancing knowledge and delivering new insights working with policymakers, industry, businesses and wider society
As the second-ranked modern university for research power, ranked 38th in the UK overall (REF 2021), we’re already one of the leading research environments in the sector.
We’re looking for people with the ability, confidence and determination to help us accelerate our growth in research.
Work in a multidisciplinary setting across the University and beyond with the freedom to tailor your development and build your academic reputation.
Not only will you be bringing your skill and expertise, but you’ll also be at the forefront of developing others and promoting a cooperative and intellectually curious research culture.
Be supported and feel valued
We understand that research culture is of the highest importance to professors. It’s why we work in a different way.
This is a place where you will feel valued – a collaborative workplace with a collegiate atmosphere and the scope for personal growth.
It’s welcoming, inclusive, diverse, ambitious, challenging, stimulating, rewarding and supportive – all at the same time.
And whether it’s the good work-life balance that we promise or that we’re proud to be the UK’s number 1 sustainable University**, good ethics are at the heart of everything we do.
We’re champions of diversity and inclusion, so whatever your background and circumstances, we offer opportunities for all.
**People and Planet University League 2023, ranking in a top three position since 2013
Whether it’s art, restaurants
or Premier League football,
our city has a lot going for it
Living in
Manchester
Manchester is a growing, vibrant, cosmopolitan place with a booming economy.
The city and
beyond
Whether it’s art, restaurants or Premier League football, Manchester is envied across the globe for its cultural, social and sports scenes.
Getting
around
Manchester, and the wider city region, is easy to get to and to navigate. It has some of the UK’s main motorways, the Metrolink tram service and bus networks.