| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAG |
Confidentiality Advisory Group |
| CAH |
Common Aggregation Hierarchy |
| CAP |
College of American Pathologists |
| CAPD |
Continuing Academic and Professional Development |
| CAT |
Cognitive Analytic Therapy |
| CBER |
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research |
| CBS |
Central Booking service |
| CC |
Creative Commons |
| CCRS |
Campaign and Corporate Reputation Strategy (Group) |
| CEAS |
School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science |
| CC-BY |
The Creative Commons Attribution Licence |
| CCHAT |
Collection Care Handling and Transport |
| CDRH |
Center for Devices and Radiological Health |
| CEAS |
School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science |
| CF |
Conditional Firm Offer Holder |
| CFTA |
Cross Faculty Teaching Adjustment |
| CHICC |
Centre for Heritage Imaging and Collection Care |
| CILIP |
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals |
| CI |
Confidence Interval |
| CI |
Cultural Institution |
| CiS |
Christians in Science |
| CITPSC |
Change and IT Projects Sub Committee |
| CLA |
Copyright Licensing Agency |
| CLAHRC-GM |
Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care - Greater Manchester |
| CLASS |
Clerical, Administrative and Secretarial Support |
| CLIA |
Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments |
| CLP |
Curriculum-Linked Programme |
| CLRN |
Comprehensive Local Research Network |
| CMA |
Competition and Markets Authority |
| Cmax |
Maximum plasma concentration |
| CMLT |
Communications and Marketing Leadership Team |
| CMFT |
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Cmin |
Minimum plasma concentration |
| CNT |
Consented but not treated |
| CoDE |
Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity |
| Co-I |
Co-Investigator |
| COLIM |
University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of London, Imperial College London, University of Manchester (Libraries) |
| COSHH |
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health |
| COO |
Chief Operating Officer |
| CP |
Corporate Planner |
| CPD |
Continuing Professional Development |
| CPPE |
Centre for Postgraduate Pharmacy Education |
| CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
| CPSC |
Capital Planning Sub Committee |
| Cr |
Serum creatinine |
| CRA |
Clinical Research Associate |
| CRC |
Clinical Research Co-ordinator |
| CRF |
(Manchester) Clinical Research Facility |
| CRF |
Case report form |
| CRM |
Customer Relationship Manager (software) |
| CRO |
Contract research organisation |
| CSC |
China Scholarship Council |
| CSL |
Clinical Senior Lecturer |
| CT |
Computer tomography |
| CTA |
Clinical trials agreement/authorisation |
| CTC |
Circulating tumour cell count |
| CTCAE |
Common terminology criteria for adverse events |
| CTF |
Core Technology Facility |
| CTIMP |
Clinical trial of an investigational medicinal product |
| CTS |
Central Teaching Spaces |
| CTU |
Clinical Trials Unit |
| CYP |
Cytochrome P450 |