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'''Manchester Metropolitan University''' (often abbreviated '''MMU''') is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] located in [[Manchester]], England. The university traces its origins to the Manchester Mechanics Institute<ref name="www2.mmu.ac.uk">http://www2.mmu.ac.uk/about/</ref> and the Manchester School of Design, which formed '''Manchester Polytechnic''' in 1970. Manchester Polytechnic then gained university status under the government's Further and Higher Education Act, becoming the Manchester Metropolitan University in 1992. It is the fifth-largest higher education institution student body size in the UK based on its number of admitted and enrolled students.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/may/10/universityguide-manchester-metropolitan-uni</ref>
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It is also home to the Manchester School of Art, the Manchester School of Theatre, as well as the Manchester School of Architecture (MSA) administered in collaboration with the [[University of Manchester]].
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University in England. Not to be confused with the University of Manchester.

Not to be confused with the University of Manchester.

Manchester Metropolitan University (often abbreviated MMU) is a public research university located in Manchester, England. The university traces its origins to the Manchester Mechanics Institute[1] and the Manchester School of Design, which formed Manchester Polytechnic in 1970. Manchester Polytechnic then gained university status under the government's Further and Higher Education Act, becoming the Manchester Metropolitan University in 1992. It is the fifth-largest higher education institution student body size in the UK based on its number of admitted and enrolled students.[2]

It is also home to the Manchester School of Art, the Manchester School of Theatre, as well as the Manchester School of Architecture (MSA) administered in collaboration with the University of Manchester.


 

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