The University of Manchester has recently climbed six places in the Shanghai Jiao Tong annual global ranking of universities, cementing its place as one of the world's best higher education institutions.

Manchester Business School's China Centre was established in 2008 as part of one of the oldest business schools in the United Kingdom.

The latest data for Manchester shows that 94 percent of its UK, full-time, first degree graduates were working or doing further study six months after graduation, while 82 percent were in graduate-level jobs or study.