University of Greater Manchester

Our Customer Service Excellence Award-winning student services team are here to support you from the moment you enrol and throughout your time at University. They are here to help you with day-to-day matters; our specialist support services include:

• Disability Service
• Student Funding and Finance including Budgeting Advice
• Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
• Bursaries, Scholarships and the Student Support Fund
• Mental Health and Wellbeing including, Mental Health Advisors, Counsellors and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy based in the Life Lounge
• Multi-faith chaplaincy
• Pets as Therapy
• Academic Advice including complaints, mitigating circumstances, appeals and timetables
• Accommodation advice (via Orlando Village team)

Orlando Village is the preferred and only Halls of Residence recommend by theUniversity of Greater Manchester. The facility provides 381 single study, self-catering bedrooms and are popular with international students. It is a 10-minute walk away from our campus, close to both bus and rail links. For the full breakdown of what is included in the Halls of Residence, contract, methods and how to apply, please visit www.orlandovillage.co.uk

Our Students' Union Office can advise you of how to search for private accommodation and what to look for when entering into a contract with a private landlord. Organising private accommodation would mean contacting the landlord of the property to make arrangements. 

As you would expect, there are plenty of print books, ebooks and electronic resources available in our library. The dedicated Customer Service Excellence Award-winning team library team are also here to advise you on getting the most from the resources available to you. 

All our students are allocated a Personal Tutor to discuss academic and non-academic matters with. In addition you’ll have access to peer-assisted study sessions, our online academic support platform LEAP Online and our virtual learning environment, Moodle to support your studies.