According to the map, the University of Manchester is located in Manchester, England. The University of Manchester, founded in 1824, is the top comprehensive research university in the world, located in Manchester, the second most prosperous city in Britain, the first of the six famous red brick universities in Britain, and one of the founding members of Russell University Group in Britain. It is the largest single-site public university in Britain. There are 25 Nobel Prize winners among the current and past faculty and students of Manchester University.

QS World University Ranking Organization announced the QS World University Ranking from 202/KLOC-0 to 2022, among which Manchester University ranked 27th in the world.