Manchester Metropolitan University is one of the most popular universities in the UK, in the UKÕs most popular student city. We offer professionally relevant courses which place your future career at the heart of your learning and more than 70 professional associations recognise the quality and practical focus of our courses. YouÕll benefit from the strong, professionally-focused relationships that our academic staff have built with many organisations and companies at regional, national and international levels. With world-class facilities and dedicated, professional staff, we ensure our students ready for the workplace. We also have well established links with universities across Europe, Asia and North America and have been awarded a Centre of Excellence from the Academy of International Business and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, as well accreditation by the Association of MBAs. Of the 34,000 students who attend the university, over 2,800 are from overseas. We have considerable experience of working with Major UK employers including retailers such as Tesco, Booths and the Co-operative on specialist retailing and more general management programmes. We work with over 500 companies in the Manchester City Region and beyond, providing bespoke training when required and adapting course timetables to the demands of the client. World leading academics include The Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy and professors in CATE - the Centre for Air Transport and Environment, four of whom were among the IPCC science group who won the 2007 Nobel Prize for data on climate change.