University of Salford

The University of Salford is a public university in Salford, Greater Manchester, about a mile from Manchester city centre. Its roots go back to the Pendleton Mechanics Institute (1850) and Salford Working Men's College (1858), which merged in 1896 as the Royal Technical Institute, Salford, later the Royal Technical College. Its successor, the Royal College of Advanced Technology, received a Royal Charter on 10 February 1967 and became the University of Salford, one of the 1960s technological universities; it merged with University College Salford in 1996. The main campus is Peel Park on the River Irwell, with the nearby Frederick Road and Adelphi sites, and teaching and research space at MediaCityUK, opened in 2010. Teaching is organised in four schools: Arts, Media and Creative Technology; Science, Engineering and Environment; Health and Society; and Salford Business School. It had about 26,000 students in 2024/25; QS counts 22,612 students, of whom 7,044 (about 31%) are international. It is known for health professions such as physiotherapy and nursing, media and creative technology, the built environment and computing. Taught master's courses such as Data Science take international entrants in both September and January.

Ranked 901-950 in the QS World University Rankings 2026 (1001-1200 in QS 2027) and 801-1000 in THE World University Rankings 2026.

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Peel Park, the main campus, sits beside the River Irwell about a mile from Manchester city centre, near Salford Crescent station, with the Maxwell Building, Students' Union and Sports Centre; the Frederick Road and Adelphi sites are close by. The university also has a teaching and research building at MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, opened in 2010-2011.

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Undergraduate degrees start in September and are applied for through UCAS. Many taught master's courses, such as MSc Data Science, have both September and January starts (January 2027 and September 2027 listed), while some, like MSc Nursing, start only in September and close when full. Self-funded international students must pay the GBP 5,500 tuition deposit before an unconditional offer is issued and the CAS process begins, so applicants should apply and pay well before the start date.