Buildings and Facilities

The University has spent £350m creating an outstanding place to study. The result is not just a modern campus brimming with the latest industry-standard equipment, but also a collection of buildings designed with the environment in mind. That’s why Manchester Met is one of the top 3 greenest universities in the UK*.

Geoffrey Manton Building

At the heart of our Geoffrey Manton Building, an impressive atrium offers a light, open space with a Student Hub, together with comfortable social areas, a bistro café and a book exchange.

Home to several areas of world-leading and internationally excellent research, the building fosters a creative community of interdisciplinary discussions and projects.

Teaching facilities include:

• Seven large, modern lecture theatres
• Seminar rooms and general teaching accommodation
• Four computer laboratories and a drop-in centre with PCs, iMacs, up-to-date software and network-attached printing and scanning devices
• Multimedia Resource Library with specialist facilities and meeting rooms for students
• Wi-fi access throughout the building
• Student Hub, which provides a centralised information and advice service for students

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Arts and Humanities Building

This six-storey structure is connected to the Grade-II listed Grosvenor Building – home to The Holden Gallery – with space to exhibit items from the University’s vast Special Collections.

The listed portico to Grosvenor Square is the principal entrance of the new building, which welcomes the public as well as students. Public spaces on the ground floor include a generous atrium and foyer space for exhibitions and events, and a café, bar and restaurant.

Teaching facilities include:

• A fully equipped flexible theatre space with 180 seats, capable of multiple configurations, supported by backstage facilities including dressing rooms, scenery workshops and a green room
• Double height movement studio spaces. One of which is fully equipped for smaller productions, complete with a control room and lighting rig
• Eight acoustically sealed acting and voice studios, with sprung floors, AV facilities and generous ceiling heights.
• State of the art television and radio studio, supported by editing suites.

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* People and Planet University League 2019.