Alternative ways to visit us
Guided visits
If you are unable to come to one of our open days, you can join us for a guided visit of the campus instead. Guided visits include a presentation on the University, a question-and-answer session with a panel of current students, and a tour of the campus.
Guided visits take place on Wednesday afternoons, starting at 1.30pm at the Visitors Centre (building 37 on the campus map) and ending at approximately 3.30pm.
Guided visit dates for 2013 are as follows:
- 30 January 2013
- 6 February 2013
- 13 February 2013
- 20 February 2013
- 27 February 2013
- 6 March 2013
- 13 March 2013
- 20 March 2013
- 27 March 2013
- 24 April 2013
- 29 May 2013
- 3 July 2013
- 17 July 2013
- 31 July 2013
- 14 August 2013
- 21 August 2013
Parents and carers may also want to book onto a guided visit while their son or daughter is attending post-application interviews or visit days – some may have already been invited to one by the academic School that their son or daughter has applied to. On these days parents and carers will be reunited with their son or daughter after the event at approximately 4pm.
You can reserve a place on a guided visit by completing the guided visit booking form.
If you need any further information, please call our enquiries line on +44 (0)161 2752077.
Accommodation tours
We run accommodation tours of some of our halls of residence on Wednesday mornings between November and March, from 10.30am until 12pm.
Visitors will be able to go on a walking tour of the Fallowfield Campus, the largest of our three accommodation sites, and see at least one student bedroom. (There may be some occasions when this is a room not currently occupied by a student).
Accommodation tour dates for 2013 are as follows:
- 30 January 2013
- 6 February 2013
- 13 February 2013
- 20 February 2013
- 27 February 2013
- 6 March 2013
- 13 March 2013
- 20 March 2013
- 27 March 2013
- 31 July 2013
- 21 August 2013
If you would like to book onto one of these tours, please complete the guided visit booking form indicating that you would like to attend an accommodation tour. Please note that we have a cap on the number of visitors who can sign up, in order to keep tour groups to a manageable size. If you cannot see the date you require, this will be because it is fully booked.
For more information about accommodation tours, please email tours@manchester.ac.uk.
Alternatively, the Accommodation Office holds an Open House Event every year to show visitors our halls of residence.
Schools and colleges
We also run many activities as part of our schools and colleges programme, such as Discover Days and the University of Manchester Aspiring Students Society (UMASS). To find out more about these activities please visit our schools and colleges pages.