The contract is worth up to £140m to completely revamp the 29 hectare site which currently has room for 3,251 students.

Redevelopment work is being funded by the Mubadala Development Company with the university managing construction work.

The Mubadala Development Company is owned by the Abu Dhabi government and run by Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak.

Construction work is scheduled to start on site in June 2016 and last three years.

Up to four contractors will be shortlisted for the job and firms must express their interest by June 29 here

The University of Manchester confirmed this week that it had chosen Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke and Sir Robert McAlpine to deliver the bulk of its £1bn capital programme through a partnership framework agreement.