Services and Student Facilities
The University of Manchester offers a greater number of university-owned undergraduate accommodation than any other university in the UK.
Visit the Undergraduate Accomodation website for further information.
The University's advanced accommodation search database.
Transport in and around Manchester is excellent. City buses run through the night as do many local train services and metro services (light rail).
You can easily access beautiful countryside in the nearby Derbyshire Peak District or the Lake District.
Manchester has an international airport with many UK, European and global destinations.
The University's Maps and travel section.
Every student is allocated a personal tutor to help them with any problems or issues they may have, and this relationship lasts throughout your degree studies.
The University's Student Advice Centre provides impartial advice on a range of issues including finance and scholarships, housing, tax and employment.
The University Student Support Website provides help with student issues including registration and fees, documentation, loans and grants and exams, right through to graduation.
The value of a Manchester Computer Science degree is reinforced by our close ties with industry.
Employers, from larger multinationals such as EA Games, IBM and Microsoft to small local organisations, actively seek out our students for projects, sponsorships, placements (with Industrial Experience variant) and graduate jobs.
A significant number of our graduates also go on to undertake research and higher degrees.
The Careers Service is extremely active within the school and the University, organising graduate recruitment fairs and employer presentations.
Our student to PC ratio is better than 5:1 and you'll find a wide range of PC laboratories across campus and PC clusters in and around Halls of Residence. Rooms in Halls are networked and free internet provided in most.
The School also has its own dedicated teaching laboratories. Visit our Virtual Tour page to find out more.
The John Rylands University Library has over 4 million printed items, the largest collection of electronic resources in the UK.
The Special Collections of the JRUL were designated as of international significance by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council in 2005.
The School of Computer Science provides it's students with up to date syllabus reading books on loan basis.
The Student Union has links to:
- Over 100 International Societies,
- Student Direct official newspaper with a circulation of 60,000 across three Greater Manchester institutions.
- Fuse FM the University's own radio station.
- Manchester University Debating Society - one of the most highly-rated in the country.
- The University's very own Manchester Academy is one of the city's biggest live music venues.
