Celebrating our graduates making a difference

Each year, over 17,000 students graduate from The University of Manchester, many of whom are already making contributions to our city and beyond through healthcare, education and protecting the natural environment.

In December, we held our winter graduation, with 4,253 students graduating from a variety of disciplines such as mental health nursing, public policy, biotechnology and much more.

Since the University’s foundation, social responsibility and delivering civic impact has been at the heart of our values and our students play a huge role in this. Our students make an active contribution to the social responsibility, civic engagement and the sustainable development of society – locally, nationally and internationally.

With over 45,000 students and 550,000 alumni, who we educate, how we deliver teaching, learning and the student experience and what our graduates go on to do as future citizens and professionals play a major role in creating a fairer, more sustainable and prosperous future for all.

During winter graduation we asked our students ‘how do they hope to make a difference following their degree?’

Here’s what they had to say

Mengxin from the Faculty of Humanities is graduating with a Masters of Education and is currently working as an education consultant, providing services for young international students from China. Mengxin spoke of how she plans to make a difference: “I really want to work in the special education area. I’m passionate about supporting kids with special education needs.”

Erin from the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health is going on to work as a midwife. She’s pleased to “Bring a new generation of babies and help mums to begin their new journey in life.”

Roman studied a Masters of Advanced Chemical Engineering in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. He hopes to help reach the Net Zero 2050 targets and is working day-to-day with clients to help achieve this.