Manchester Metropolitan University is a highly-ranked public institution for higher education and research in England. It traces its origins to the year 1824 when it was initially set up as the Manchester Mechanics Institute. The university has a global network of 330,000 alumni from 170 countries. Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) is located in the centre of Manchester, England. The university has over 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff. It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Education and Science and Engineering) and is one of the largest universities in the UK, measured by the size of its student population in 2020/21.