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Your student experience
Develop skills outside of your degree to get ahead of the competition and give you the edge in your future career.
Stand out from the crowd
We believe that learning doesn’t just happen in labs and lectures. The knowledge and expertise that you will develop on your degree is just part of what you’ll take with you from your time at Manchester Met.
You’ll have access to a varied and exciting range of extracurricular activities and opportunities, whether you’re looking to develop skills to get ahead of the competition to kick-start your career or make new friends and support your health and wellbeing - we’ve got you covered.
Science and Engineering student profiles
Meet our students
I did a placement at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, supporting meningitis vaccine research and COVID-19 trials. Now my research data is being used as the backbone of future meningitis vaccine trials within Public Health England.
Joey
BSc (Hons) Microbiology and Molecular Biology
Alongside my degree I have become a certified carbon literacy trainer. I’ve had the opportunity to visit the EU Parliament in Brussels and represented the University at the Greater Manchester Green Summit 2021.
Connor
BSc (Hons) Environmental Science
I started climbing when I was eight years old and I just fell in love with it and I think that's where my passion for climbing came from. I've made all of my closest friends through sports, so to me sport is about bringing people together.
Hannah
BSc (Hons) Sport, Physical Activity and Health,
Climber, Team GB
Climber, Team GB
As part of the RISE programme I have started the Children Without Limits project where I am a Teaching Assistant, helping primary school children in their education and helping them on their educational journey.
Haleema
BSc (Hons) Sports and Exercise Science