Greater Manchester - Education

Education

See also: List of schools in Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester has four universities: the University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, the University of Salford and the University of Bolton. Together with the Royal Northern College of Music they had a combined population of students in higher education of 101,165 in 2007 – the third highest number in England behind Greater London (360,890) and the West Midlands (140,980), and the thirteenth highest in England per head of population. The majority of students are concentrated on Oxford Road in Manchester, Europe's largest urban higher education precinct.

Primary, secondary and further education within Greater Manchester are the responsibility of the constituent boroughs which form local education authorities and administer schools and colleges of further education. The county is also home to independent schools such as St Bede's College, Manchester Grammar School, Stockport Grammar School, Bolton School and Bury Grammar School.

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