PC clusters (The University of Manchester)

PC clusters

This service offers access to more than 3,000 cluster PCs across the University campus and halls of residence. There are faculty/school specific clusters or central PC clusters which can be booked and used by anyone. Whilst not in use for teaching purposes, PC clusters can usually be accessed by students when the cluster is open. The majority of PC clusters run the Windows Operating system though in some faculties Linux and Apple Mac PCs are available.

Clusters have a standard suite of software available such as Microsoft Office and specialist software may only be present in allocated clusters.

Further information on the following can be found on the PCs on Campus page:

Accessible PC clusters
Cluster availability
Software applications in a cluster
Open access clusters

Features

Bookable PC clusters available across campus for teaching purposes
PC cluster hardware support, maintenance and replacement
e-Assessment capability
Software deployment available to a specified PC clusters to enable teaching

Eligibility

All members of University staff and students are eligible to use this service subject to PC cluster availability.

Service Level Agreement (SLA)

We aim to respond to service requests within one working day and to resolve your query/request within ten working days. If your request is considered to be a priority when triaged by our IT Support Centre, the response time will be adjusted accordingly.