Now's not the time to be picking between them anyway, you can just apply to both.

If you've got the grades for Manchester you're also probably considering Ox/Cam. A common dilemma I see on here is that if you apply there, plus Imperial, plus Manchester, that's three A*A*A choices. However Manchester is by a long way the least competitive of those three (stats here). So it's not as risky as it might seem.

Reply 8

rosy_posy

Imperial is better, it is held in much higher regard and specialises in subjects like Physics, unlike Manchester.

Reply 9

Sinnoh

Original post by rosy_posy

Imperial is better, it is held in much higher regard and specialises in subjects like Physics, unlike Manchester.

What do you mean by that? They both offer the course.

Reply 10

rosy_posy

Original post by Sinnoh

What do you mean by that? They both offer the course.

Imperial offers STEM subjects only, whereas Manchester offers a wider range of courses which shows it is less specialised than Imperial in STEM.

Reply 11

Sinnoh

Original post by rosy_posy

Imperial offers STEM subjects only, whereas Manchester offers a wider range of courses which shows it is less specialised than Imperial in STEM.

I don't think that has much of an impact inherently on the undergraduate course - although it does certainly have an impact on the whole environment.

Reply 12

rosy_posy

Original post by Sinnoh

I don't think that has much of an impact inherently on the undergraduate course - although it does certainly have an impact on the whole environment.

If OP wanted to work in STEM, Imperial would look more competitive on his CV because it has a higher reputation and specialises in STEM subjects such as Physics.

Imperial

Original post by Sinnoh

but i need to submit my choices in order

thanks man

Original post by rosy_posy

Imperial is better, it is held in much higher regard and specialises in subjects like Physics, unlike Manchester.

Original post by Wired_1800

Imperial

thanks

Reply 15

Sinnoh

Original post by rxrx2004

but i need to submit my choices in order

No you don't. The order you put your choices in on UCAS is completely irrelevant. It's only once you've heard back from all your unis that you then pick a firm choice and an insurance choice.

Reply 16

rxrx2004

Original post by Sinnoh

No you don't. The order you put your choices in on UCAS is completely irrelevant. It's only once you've heard back from all your unis that you then pick a firm choice and an insurance choice.

Reply 17

Muttley79

Original post by rxrx2004

thanks

Manchester - Imperial has a terrible rep for student satisfaction.

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Reply 18

artful_lounger

Universities Forum Helper

Original post by rosy_posy

Imperial offers STEM subjects only, whereas Manchester offers a wider range of courses which shows it is less specialised than Imperial in STEM.

Manchester was born out of a merger between UMIST and Victoria University of Manchester. UMIST, from which the current University of Manchester's STEM departments grew out of, was a specialist STEM university and so they have retained that specialism, just also added in the additional specialisms in non-STEM subjects from VUM.

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Reply 19

rosy_posy

Original post by artful_lounger

That's interesting, I didn't know about that before. So Imperial and Manchester are both specialised in STEM, but Imperial has a higher repuation and is therefore a better decision.