Your partner of choice
Benefit from the expertise of a global leader in health and biomedical research and innovation through our business services, including research collaborations and consultancy.
Our global partners address urgent health and biomedical challenges in areas such as cancer, neuroscience and mental health, and genomic medicine and rare diseases.
Our close alignment with Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and the wider Greater Manchester health innovation ecosystem gives our partners unparalleled access to diverse and sizeable patient populations for real-world evaluation, rapid recruitment and meaningful clinical insight.
We host extensive National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) infrastructure, including biomedical research centres, clinical research facilities, and major translational programmes.
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Our team is your single point of call for advice, support and connections across every stage of collaboration.
Benefits at a glance
93% of the University's research is world-leading (REF 2021)
Over 300 Faculty collaborations with industry since 2020
Over 250 businesses worked with our Faculty since 2020
2nd for allied health professions, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy and 5th for biological sciences (REF2021)
Work with us
Partner with us to turn ambition into impact
Whether you're a global blue chip organisation, an ambitious SME or a charity driven by innovation, a business engagement partnership with us can have a significant impact on your business, giving you a competitive edge.
You can engage with us in several ways, with differing levels of commitment depending on your requirements.
“The development and subsequent success of the Future Renew skincare range simply would not have happened without the partnership with The University of Manchester.”
Dr Ellie Bradley, Scientific Credentialing Manager, Boots No7.
Partnership options
Collaborative research projects that accelerate innovation and impact
Student projects and sponsored PhDs to develop talent and tackle real‑world challenges
Leveraging funding for UKRI and other translational research projects
Case studies
Researching Alport syndrome with industry
The Alport Research Hub is a pioneering initiative dedicated to advancing research and treatment for the rare genetic condition Alport syndrome.
Read the case study : Collaborating with industry to research Alport syndrome.
CAPKR industry consortium
Better understanding drugs' effects after they have been taken, using a unique model of industry-academic collaboration through a long-standing consortium.
Driving translational research through UKRI funding
Advancing the development and commercialisation of a novel pro-healing bacterial strain via a strategic Impact Acceleration Account award.
Boots-funded studentships driving skincare innovation
Our collaboration with Boots No7 was set up to investigate the intrinsic characteristics and environmental impacts behind skin ageing, and is still going strong 20 years later.
Read the case study : Boots-funded studentships driving skincare innovation.
More case studies
See how we have partnered with global companies, SMEs and startups to tackle global health challenges, develop and test new products, and explore new discoveries.
Research strengths
Expertise for your project
Home to more than 1,800 researchers, the Faculty's scale and diversity create a uniquely powerful environment for discovery.
Our research spans the full innovation journey - from uncovering the fundamental mechanisms that underpin health and disease, to translating discovery into new diagnostics, treatments and technologies that improve lives.
Research excellence with impact
Our work is aligned with three grand challenges:
“From Stoneygate's initial investment, the Hub has returned it 1.8-fold through industry funding. We have brought in £3 million in additional investment and worked with 15 companies.”
Professor Rachel Lennon, Director of Alport Research Hub.
Discovering
novel biological, psychological and social mechanisms
Developing
new approaches to prevention and early detection of disease
Deploying
person-centred therapies, interventions and care pathways into clinical practice
Our major research themes
Neuroscience and mental health
Genomic medicine and rare diseases
Heart and circulation
Digital health and data analytics
Immunology, inflammation and repair
Cancer
Health inequalities
Applied health and care research
Cellular and developmental systems
Antibiotic and antifungal resistance
Why Manchester?
Integrated locally, nationally and globally
- A leading UK university for knowledge exchange.
- 26 Nobel Prize winners in our current and former staff.
- 7,000 academic and research staff across our three Faculties.
- A diverse community of 14,000+ UK and international students.
- A well-documented large, diverse population in Greater Manchester, enabling clinical research to benefit from big data and patient recruitment potential.
- Part of the Greater Manchester health innovation ecosystem: 6 hospitals across Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Northern Care Alliance and the Christie Trusts
Contact us
Learn more
Whether you are exploring an idea or ready to collaborate, we welcome conversations with partners who want to improve health through research and innovation.
Get in touch to learn how your organisation can work with the Faculty.
Chris Hepworth
Business Engagement Manager
Email: christopher.hepworth@manchester.ac.uk