The university of Manchester is located in Manchester, England, the world's first industrial city. There are several trains a day from Manchester city to London, and the journey takes only two hours. The bus goes from the university to Manchester international airport in 50 minutes.
Known as the "second city of the UK" and the "capital of knowledge", Manchester is one of the most vibrant and important cities in the UK and is popular with students from both home and abroad. Manchester ranked 30th in the qs best place to study in the world in 2015, first in the UK in the 2013 Global Liveability Survey, and 51st in the world. Manchester is also the UK's second largest economy, with financial and professional services ranking first in the UK, creative digitisation and media ranking second in Europe, and the largest clinical academic research institution in Europe. It also has the UK's largest commercial real estate market and largest private enterprise community outside London, and plans to become one of the top 20 digital cities in the world by 2020. In terms of pop culture, especially music, fashion and design, Manchester is comparable to London, while the cost of living is much lower. In England, the city's Chinatown is second only to London's in size, and it is full of authentic Chinese restaurants of all flavors. Besides, there are two famous football teams in Manchester: Manchester city and Manchester united.
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