Key facts

The University of Manchester:

• Is one of the country’s major research universities, rated third in the UK in terms of ‘research power’ according to the HEFCE's 2008 Research Assessment Exercise.
• Attracted over £279m in external research funding in 2010/11.
• Is part of the Russel Group and is one of the largest and most popular universities in the UK, receiving more than 58,000 applications for undergraduate study in 2011. 
• Consistently registers more intellectual property and invention disclosures than almost any other UK university.
• Employs 11,500 staff, including more than 5,800 academic and research staff.
• Embarked on the largest capital investment programme ever undertaken in UK higher education, with more than £400m invested so far in state-of-the-art buildings, major refurbishments and public realm work. A further £250m investment by 2015 will take the overall spend to more than £650m.
• Is currently home to four Nobel Laureates.

Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust:

• Is one of the largest hospital Trusts in the UK, with 1300 beds across eight hospitals, on a site equivalent to 66 football pitches.
• Cares for a large and diverse patient population, who comprise almost 5% of the UK’s total population.
• Treats more than one million patients each year.
• Recruited 8,126 patients to take part in research studies during 2011/12.
• Employs 8,500 staff, including more than 400 biomedical research staff.
• Annually undertakes over 600 new research projects, attracting just under £15m a year in external grant funding.
• Benefits from being located in a region home to a full complement of NIHR Clinical Research Networks.
• Invested £500m in a new hospitals development which opened in 2009, providing world-class facilities for clinical services and biomedical research.