The University of Manchester has announced that it is to invest £350m to create a new engineering campus.
The Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD) will be one of the largest, single construction projects ever undertaken by a higher education institution in the United Kingdom and will transform the way in which the University educates future engineers in response to the needs of the fast-changing global economy.
Once complete, it will become home to the University’s four engineering schools and two research institutes from the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences.
The build – due to open in 2020 – is part of the University’s campus master plan to create a world-leading teaching, learning and research campus to develop the engineers and innovators of tomorrow.