picture of The University of Manchester’s excellence in national and global terms."
=== Admissions ===
Manchester received 92,500 UCAS main scheme applications for undergraduate courses in 2024. It had the 20th highest average entry qualification for undergraduates of any UK university in 2022, with new students averaging 166 UCAS points, equivalent to 1/4 of a grade below A*A*A* in A-level grades. The university gave offers of admission to 57.7% of its UK-domiciled undergraduate applicants in 2024.
15.7% of Manchester's undergraduates were privately educated in 2019-20, the 23rd highest proportion amongst mainstream British universities. In 2023-24, 18,660 of Manchester's 46,915 students (40%) were from outside the UK in 2023–24, with 9,090 (49% of international students, 19% of all students) coming from China. It was identified by Times Higher Education in 2023 as having the fifth highest proportion of international students from China out of all mainstream universities in the UK.
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