Founded in 1984, SSR Manchester was the original SSR campus. Whilst other SSR centres have now opened, Manchester remains the primary headquarters of the SSR institution.

SSR was the first audio engineering school in the UK and first AVID Pro School in Europe. We are a BBC Preferred Training Supplier and an official Apple 'Authorised Training Centre for Education'. All SSR tutors are industry active professionals, using real world projects to teach our students. In 2009, we were awarded the MEN "Business of the Year" award for the quality and professionalism of our training.

Unique to SSR, we offer externally accredited diplomas up to NCFE Level 6 Qualification and are supported by leading industry employers and manufacturers. We also teach full time degrees, postgraduate programmes and short courses.