How good is Manchester Met?

Like many ex polys some departments are very good others are shockingly awful, do your research first. MMU's league table results are often affected by its party reputation. I.e people going to MMU for a big party then dropping out when they realise it involves a lot of work. I know many people who have done this.

Reply 2

OP

How do you find out how good their departments are though? Department league tables usually just show top 20 and I don't expect to see ex-polys that high up. Any idea how good their computer science department is? You sound like you go to the uni.

i go and its alright

some depts are really good, like art and design ,archictecture(jointly run with man u and mmu).

about the league table, don't fully believed them. do u think bolton is better than mmu??

and AT82 is from salford!! as far as i known.

hope it help!! :rolleyes:

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I am not from Salford, I am from Manchester, actually only 2.5 miles from MMU.

For that reason I know a lot of people at MMU or who have studied there. You need to look into employment statistics (i.e where the graduates work when they leave)

Also have a look at their research ratings, I know this won't affect teaching quality but my department at Salford was 5 star rated, this meant the department was very rich and meant we got to use some state of the art facilties.

MMU is quite a few leagues about Bolton in my experience, I was quite shocked about just how bad Bolton was they spent the hole time slagging off other universities and some of the things the lecturers said during the open day were plain wrong. I don't know if it has improved since its got university status but I would choose MMU over Bolton any day.

Reply 6

malfoy

ive heard manchester met is a poor mans manchester.

Reply 7

OP

Where exactly is Salford in relation to Manchester uni and Met? When I went to Manchester open day I saw quite a few Met buildings but saw none of Salford. And I had a good look around the city before going home. I'm probably going to apply to all three although I have been considering dropping one because for my 6th choice I can't decide and have two in mine. I suppose I should do what you said and check on the research quality.

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Salford is actually a different city, but the city of Salford shares its borders with Manchester city centre. Parts of the city centre are actually in Salford. Its a bit like Westminster in London if that makes sense.

Salford is to the west of the city centre, its just over a mile away from MMU and about 5 mins from MMU on the train, 15 mins on the bus.

It is actually nearer to the Arndale and Shambles than Manchester University is.

http://maps.google.com/?ll=53.483541,-2.270666&spn=0.006703,0.017381&t=h&om=1

Reply 9

OP

I remember heading West when looking around. Saw some huge buildings and then ended up at Arndale. Didn't go any further West.
Google maps are that good? Wow. Here's me still using Multimap.co.uk >.<
Will have a good play about with that.

Reply 10

Jim-ie

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Google earth and maps are really outdated for manchester.

Whoever said about MMU being a poor mans university; Man U and MMU cost the same amount of money to go too.

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I he/she meant poor mans in terms of entry standards/prestige etc. And lets face it we all know MMU is not at the same standard of Manchester, but that dosn't mean its crap.

If do you think or any other university in Greater Manchester is as good as Manchester then you're deluded.

Reply 12

sarahnarya

I study English at MMU and I think it's a great university, so much so that I actually preferred the English department at MMU to the Uni of Manchester. It does depend on which department you're in though, but I'd say this is the case with any uni really.

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Yep some departments at Manchester are a bit iffy, but in general in terms of money, research, importance and everything else Manchester is by far the most important university in Greater Manchester. Even MMU and Salford combined probably dosn't come close in terms of research.

And I am saying that as a Salford graduate :smile:

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However on the same token its unfair that certain people look down on the other universities in Manchester because it is often unjustified.

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Jim-ie

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AT82

I he/she meant poor mans in terms of entry standards/prestige etc. And lets face it we all know MMU is not at the same standard of Manchester, but that dosn't mean its crap.

If do you think or any other university in Greater Manchester is as good as Manchester then you're deluded.

I know mate I was being sarcastic :wink:

Man U is the better university, but it does not automatically mean that MMU is crap. As far as im concerned a degree is a degree.

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sarahnarya

AT82

Yep some departments at Manchester are a bit iffy, but in general in terms of money, research, importance and everything else Manchester is by far the most important university in Greater Manchester. Even MMU and Salford combined probably dosn't come close in terms of research.

And I am saying that as a Salford graduate :smile:

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However on the same token its unfair that certain people look down on the other universities in Manchester because it is often unjustified.

Completely agree with everything there.

Just to add also that you should go to a uni that you feel comfortable with. Don't just go because it has a better reputation/importance because while this may be so, you might very well hate the course or even the uni. Just because MMU isn't anywhere near as high in importance as Manchester it can still be the right uni for you depending on what you want to do. :smile:

Reply 16

JKing84

Are you a mature student when your 22? ****

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You're classed as a mature student when you're 21. Its pure marketing dribble in my opinion.

Reply 18

OP

sarahnarya

Completely agree with everything there.

Just to add also that you should go to a uni that you feel comfortable with. Don't just go because it has a better reputation/importance because while this may be so, you might very well hate the course or even the uni. Just because MMU isn't anywhere near as high in importance as Manchester it can still be the right uni for you depending on what you want to do. :smile:

The problem with that is you aren't going to know if you're comfortable with the uni and course until you're actually there and studying it. An open day doesn't give you enough feel of what it will be like. One difficulty for me is I couldn't afford to visit lots of open days. Especially multiple ones in Manchester so I just went to the best.

AT82 what do you mean by marketing dribble?

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