Degree Congregations 2009 - The University of Manchester

The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences is large and
comprehensive with nine component schools: Chemical Engineering and
Analytical Science; Chemistry; Computer Science; Earth, Atmospheric and
Environmental Sciences; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Materials;
Mathematics; Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering; and Physics
and Astronomy. Together they offer a diverse portfolio of research and
teaching of the highest quality.
Many of the major advances of the 20th century began here, including the
work by Rutherford leading to the splitting of the atom and the
development of the world's first modern computer. Today, research
activities remain at the cutting-edge and the Faculty now generates
around £75 million in research funding a year.
The Faculty of Humanities is the largest of the University’s four Faculties
and encompasses academic areas as diverse as Arts, Education, Social
Sciences, Business and Management, and Information Technology.
With a total income of around £190 million per annum, more than 16,331
students and some 957 academic staff, it is equivalent to a medium-sized
university in the UK.
The Faculty brings together seven schools: Manchester Business School;
Arts, Histories and Cultures; Law; Social Sciences; Environment and
Development; Languages, Linguistics and Cultures and Education, who all
have an excellent track record for research and teaching.
The Faculty of Humanities
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The quality, breadth and volume of research activity at the Faculty of
Engineering and Physical Sciences is unrivalled. There are more than 70
specialist research centres and groups at the Faculty, each undertaking
pioneering research into areas ranging from nuclear decommissioning and
nanotechnology to artificial intelligence and aerospace.
Research is at the heart of The University of Manchester's Faculty of
Engineering and Physical Sciences. The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise
revealed outstanding results, with all of our departments demonstrating
international or national excellence.
Major activities include the Centre for New Writing, the Institute for Social
Change, the Brooks World Poverty Institute, the Institute for Science, Ethics
and Innovation, the Manchester Institute for Innovation Research, the
Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures, The Centre for Chinese
Studies, the Institute for Development Policy and Management, the Centre
for Equity in Education and the Sustainable Consumption Institute.
In the 2009 Research Assessment Exercise, Humanities was behind only
Oxford and Cambridge in the number of world-leading staff returned
(classified as 4*). 22% of its activity was classed as world leading and a
further 40% as internationally excellent.