Metropolitan UniversityManchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design
Manchester Metropolitan University’s (MMU) Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design (MIRIAD) specialises in the research, teaching & learning, and innovative development of art, media, visual culture, design, crafts, fashion technologies, urban design & architecture, and creative enterprise. It engages in the practices, theories, histories, industries, cultures & technologies of art, architecture and design at an advanced level.
MIRIAD is home to eight research centres and supports research degrees in the Faculty of Art & Design:
- Architecture
- Art
- Crafts
- Design
- Fashion Technologies
- Media
- Tourism, Hospitality & Events
- Visual Culture
RAE 2008. In the last Research Assessment Exercise, MIRIAD was judged to be the highest rated research centre for art and design in the North West, and on a quality of work to quantity of staff ratio was rated sixth in the UK.
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