The University of Salford, Manchester is a public research university in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) west of Manchester city centre. The Royal Technical Institute, Salford, which opened in 1896, became a College of Advanced Technology in 1956 and gained university status, following the Robbins Report into higher education, in 1967.
The university is organised into seven schools:
School of Arts and Media
Salford Business School
School of Health Sciences
School of Health and Society
School of Computing, Science and Engineering
School of Environment and Life Sciences
School of the Built Environment