The INTO Centre
The INTO Centre is crucial to a student’s academic and personal development, steering students towards their academic goals with the aim of progressing onto further study at topranking UK universities and institutions.INTO Centre at Bridgewater House INTO has joined with City College Manchester to create the new INTO Centre at Bridgewater House, an imposing building of exceptional architectural quality located near the heart of the city – just a five minute walk from the main train station, bus station, and shopping areas. The INTO Centre is where most international students will spend a great deal of their time learning, studying and socialising, and is designed with these needs in mind. The Centre offers excellent facilities such as a well-equipped library and learning centre, computing suites with free internet, a reception and admissions office, accommodation office, and a cafĂ© area where students can relax and meet up with friends.
Courses include:
- INTO undergraduate Foundation programme with pathways in Humanities, Law, Business, Management, Accounting and Economics; and Engineering, Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computing
- Art and Design Foundation programme
- NCUK¹ Pre-Master’s Programme
- INTO Academic English
- INTO Essential English
- INTO Summer schools
City College Manchester has more than one campus, and the laboratory facilities on the Northenden Campus are used by INTO Manchester to teach parts of the INTO Foundation pathway in Science and Engineering.
The campus is close to one of Manchester’s largest parks and only a 35-minute bus ride away from Manchester city centre. The College’s City Campus centre is located within a 120-year old building and is only a two-minute walk away from the INTO Centre at Bridgewater House.
¹ NCUK (Northern Consortium United Kingdom) is a partnership of eleven leading UK universities, including The University of Manchester, which has offered pathway programmes to international students for more than 20 years. Further information on NCUK and the NCUK universities can be found at www.ncuk.ac.uk



