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University Structure

Manchester Metropolitan University is led by the Board of Governors, the Executive and Directorate. MMU has 8 faculties, 10 research institutes and a range of departments and divisions that support the work of the University.

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Faculties &
Academic Departments
Central Services
& Departments
Research Institutes,
Centres & Groups

Faculties

Manchester School of Art
Faculty of Health, Psychology & Social Care
Hollings Faculty
Faculty of Humanities, Law & Social Science
Institute of Education
MMU Business School
MMU Cheshire
Faculty of Science & Engineering

Academic Departments

Accounting, Finance & Economics
Art
Business & Management Studies - MMU Cheshire
Clothing Design &Technology
Combined Honours
Contemporary Arts
Design
English
Exercise & Sport Science
Food & Tourism Management
Foundation Year
Health Professions
History & Economic History
Information & Communications
Interdisciplinary Studies
Languages
Management
Manchester School of Architecture
Marketing, Operations & Digital Business
Media
MIRIAD – Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art & Design
Nursing
Politics & Philosophy
Postgraduate, Professional & Commercial
Psychology
School of Computing, Mathematics & Digital Technology
School of Engineering
School of Healthcare Science
School of Law
School of Science & The Environment
Social Work & Social Change
Sociology

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Research Institutes

The Dalton Research Institute
The Education and Social Research Institute
The Healthcare Science Research Institute
The Institute of Humanities and Social Science Research
Institute for Performance Research
The Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design
The Research Institute for Business and Management
The Research Institute for Health and Social Change

Research Centres

Architecture Research Centre
ARIC - Centre for Aviation, Transport and the Environment
Art Research Centre
ASCent - Automation Systems Centre
Centre for Biophysical and Clinical Research into Human Movement
Centre for Communication Networks Research
Centre for Corporate and Public Affairs
Centre for Dental Technology Studies
Centre for Enterprise
Centre for Learning and Teaching
Centre for Materials Science Research
Centre for Professional Accounting and Financial Services
Centre for Research in Library and Information Management
CHER - Centre for Hospitality Employment Research
CMMFA - Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Flow Analysis
Community Audit and Evaluation Centre
Crafts Research Centre
Design Research Centre
Fashion Technologies Research Centre
International Centre for Arts in Health Care (Arts for Health)
Media Research Centre
North West Food Centre
Professional Practice and Research Development
Qualitative Research, Subjectivity and Critical Theory
Rail Technology Unit
Science & Engineering Analytical Centre
Social Change and Well Being
STATUS - The Specialist Transport Advisory and Testing Utility Society
Tourism, Hospitality and Events Research Centre
UK Profibus Competence Centre
Visual Research Centre

Research Groups

Active Life Span Research Programme
Advanced Materials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
Archives, Collections and Objects Research Network
Behavioural and Environmental Biology (BEB)
Cell and Molecular Biology
Computational and Applied Mathematics Research
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Computer and Digital System Design
Control Engineering (Electrical Engineering)
Control Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
Department of Sociology Research
Design for Environment
Diversity and Difference Research Group
Durability of Structures
Education and Social Research Institute
Fermentation and Industrial Microbiology (Biotechnology)
Finite Element Stress Analysis
ICT, Pedagogy and Learning Research Group
Image and Sensory ComputAtion Group (ISCA)
Images, Narratives and Cultures Research Group
Information Systems Research Group
Institute for Biophysical and Clinical Research into Human Movement
Instrumentation and Electronics
Intelligent Systems Group
Languages Research
Literacy and Early Years Education Research Group
Location, Memory and the Visual Research Group
Marketing Management Research Group
Materials in Biological and Food Science
Mathematics & Science Education Research Group
Microbiology
Microprocessor Engineering
Modelling of Vehicle Dynamics
Optical Fibre Communication/Networks
Optical Fibre Devices Research
Organic Polymer Materials and Their Properties
Photonic Sensors and Devices Research
Politics and Philosophy Research
Power Electronic Systems
Professional Issues in Education Research Group
Righton Press
Surface Coatings and Characterisation

Projects and Activities

Artefact Makers Group
Artifact
Arts for Health
Atoms to Art Project
Contact Partnership
Connecting Art and Anthropology
e-space - MMU's digital repository
Graphic Design, Propaganda and Publicity
Here and There
Invest to Save: Arts in Health
Mechanical Drawing Schiffli Project
Micromouse for Schools
North West Film Archive
Special Collections