MRI is the short name of the
Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Situated on Oxford Road opposite Whitworth Park halls of residence, it is the largest hospital complex in Europe. It is also a University Hospital meaning that this is where doctors and nurses are trained. Being such a hospital, links to academia mean that much research is carried out there from psychology, neurology, techniques etc. all the way to biomedical devices, bio-informatics and GIS.