International partnerships
Increase your global influence
Working in partnership with other international institutions enables us to have a greater impact on global challenges.
The Faculty works with a small number of handpicked institutions to collaborate and achieve shared goals. We aim to make the most of each partner’s unique strengths in order to create impact.
Discover how working with our Faculty can enhance your research and teaching.
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Research partnerships
The University of Manchester is a global leader in discovery science and translating this into healthcare for the benefit of society.
We work with elite biological, medical and healthcare institutions across the globe that share our research interests, approach and commitment.
In return, our partners benefit from collaboration and access to our world-leading research facilities and expertise.
Our strategic partner universities are:
Peking University Health Science Center
A double-first class university ranked 22nd in the world (QS World University Ranking). We are a partner in their National Centre for International Research in Translational and Clinical Research.
We collaborate in the areas of genomics, health informatics, pharmacy, biomarker discovery and cancer, primary care, neuroscience and mental health.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
A leading institution in China, both in terms of number of projects and the amount of money awarded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
We collaborate in the areas of cancer (radiotherapy), neuroscience, rheumatology, human development and antimicrobial resistance.
The University of Melbourne
The university is home to Australia’s largest biomedical research faculty. The University of Manchester shares a joint fund with Melbourne to deepen and extend collaborative research links between the universities by allowing staff to undertake short-term visits in both directions.
We collaborate in the areas of cancer, infection and immunology, neuroscience, ageing, nursing and mental health.
University of Toronto
A university ranked 29th in the world (QS World University Ranking), Toronto attracts funding worth £420 million each year for its basic biology and healthcare research. The University of Manchester shares a joint fund with Toronto to deepen and extend collaborative research links between the universities by allowing staff to undertake short-term visits in both directions.
We collaborate in the areas of cancer, nursing, health informatics and infectious diseases.
International PhD students
Our research partnerships extend to include PhD programmes. Providing coordinated and collaborative activity ensures that our next generation of academics receive the best training.
We offer a number of flagship PhD programmes that are open to international research students. We also offer funding through country-specific schemes such as the China Scholarship Scheme, Conacyt, Conicyt, Colciencias, Pronabec and Commonwealth PhD Scholarships.
Find out more: International PhD students
Teaching partnerships
The University is home to students from 160 different countries. A third of our students come from outside the UK.
Our vision is to inspire and prepare the next generation of leaders, educators, innovators and researchers within basic biology and healthcare.
We work with our international partners to develop their academic staff and provide their students with the opportunity to train internationally in our subject areas.
There are a number of ways you can work with us to improve your teaching offering:
- Summer schools
- Offer a joint degree
- License our programmes
- Academic and researcher development
Our teaching partners
We are proud to work with leading educational organisations across the world, including:
- Alexandria University;
- Beijing Normal University;
- China Pharmaceutical University;
- Jilin University;
- Nanjing Medical University;
- Shanghai Ocean University;
- University of Hong Kong.
We also have a long-standing partnership with Mansoura University, Egypt, who deliver medicine and dentistry programmes that have been created from The University of Manchester's medical and dental programmes. These lead to awards from Mansoura University.
Summer schools
Give your undergraduate students a unique study experience and the chance to discover Manchester and what it’s like studying abroad.
They will spend four weeks studying biosciences, epidemiology, nursing, pharmacy or science communication. Each course is informed by elements of our research and uses the innovative, varied and successful teaching approaches from our undergraduate degrees.
Find out more: International summer schools
Offer a joint degree
Offer your students the opportunity to study in the UK and receive a dual award degree from The University of Manchester and your institution.
Our flexible programmes mean your students can study in Manchester for one or two years, following a period of study at your institution.
Students from international partner institutions can undertake shorter exchanges, studying for one semester or completing a short research project.
Find out more: Information for visiting students
License our programmes
Our professional qualifications are highly regarded worldwide.
We are able to license our undergraduate medicine, dentistry, nursing, midwifery, optometry, pharmacy and speech and language therapy curriculum to your institution, as well as a number of postgraduate taught courses.
We have strong processes to translate our curriculum, blending our expertise with each partner’s local knowledge and needs.
Find out more: Medical education consultancy and partnerships
Academic and researcher development
Our academics benefit from training delivered by our sector-leading Centre for Academic and Researcher Development (CARD).
We can provide this training to visiting academics from our partner institutions, helping them maximise the impact of their research and give students the best teaching and learning experience.
Alternatively, we can support you in the creation of a bespoke package of development training to meet your organisation’s specific needs.
Find out more: CARD website
Social responsibility – global benefits
We aim to benefit the health and wellbeing of society, not only in the UK but around the world.
Our international community of academics, researchers and students are translating our research and teaching into global benefit through collaboration and knowledge sharing with institutions across the globe.
Schedule of international visits
See when members of our team will be travelling to different regions and countries in 2020.
If you would like to meet with us while we are in your country, or to invite us to visit your institution, please get in touch.
Europe
Belgium: October
Germany: November
India
Delhi: August
North America
Canada
Vancouver and Toronto: 29 September - 6 October
USA
San Francisco and New York: October
St Louis and Baltimore: Mid-March
South East Asia
China
Macau: September
Shenzhen: 18-22 January
Beijing and Shanghai: Mid-March
South China: Mid-October
Hong Kong
July
September
18 - 22 January
Mid-March
July
Indonesia
Late September
Jakarta: Mid-October
Korea
Seoul, Jeju and Busan: Mid-March
Malaysia
Late September
Mid October
Mid-January
Singapore
Late September
Mid-October
Sri Lanka
Colombo: Mid-January
Taiwan
September
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Dubai and Abu Dhabi: Late February
Meet the team
Find out more about our team members.
Professor Keith Brennan – Associate Dean for Internationalisation
Directors
Professor Qing-jun Meng– Director of Internationalisation, School of Biological Sciences
Dr Holly Shiels – Director of Internationalisation, School of Medical Sciences
Dr Mike Harte – Director of Internationalisation, School of Health Sciences
Dr Forbes Manson – Director for International Postgraduate Research
Get in touch
Contact us if you are interested in research partnerships, teaching partnerships or international visits and study.