Manchester, Melbourne and Toronto alliance

The University of Manchester has a strong history of bilateral relationships with the universities of Melbourne and Toronto, with a track record of established research seed funds, student exchange programmes, collaborative PhDs, and joint research developments.

To strengthen existing trilateral collaborations across science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and non-STEM areas such as cancer, cities, the creative economy and migration studies, the universities have formed a three-way alliance to promote shared initiatives that address global challenges in a post-pandemic era.

With a combined 187,000 students and 45,000 staff, the opportunities across the three continents include:

• global classroom programmes for students that provide interaction with world-leading teachers and researchers;
• student exchange programmes providing global experiences to boost career prospects;
• dual PhD programmes;
• giving researchers access to specialist facilities;
• opportunities to work on joint research programmes;
• making joint funding applications;
• knowledge exchange on topics including operational best practises, policies and geopolitics;
• cross-continental links to industry and researchers.