30 Facts About Manchester University

University of Manchester is a public research university in Manchester, England.

University of Manchester is considered a red brick university, a product of the civic university movement of the late 19th century.

The current University of Manchester was formed in 2004 following the merger of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and the Victoria University of Manchester.

University of Manchester is a member of the Russell Group, the N8 Group, and the worldwide Universities Research Association.

Manchester University's trustees established Owens College in 1851 in a house on the corner of Quay Street and Byrom Street which had been the home of the philanthropist Richard Cobden, and subsequently housed Manchester County Court.

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Manchester University campaigned and helped fund the engineering chair, the first applied science department in the north of England.

Manchester University left the college the equivalent of £10 million in his will in 1876, at a time when it was in great financial difficulty.

Manchester University's will funded Engineering chairs and the Beyer Professor of Applied mathematics.

Current University of Manchester was officially launched on 1 October 2004 when Queen Elizabeth II bestowed its royal charter.

Manchester University's successor was Dame Nancy Rothwell, who had held a chair in physiology at the university since 1994.

The University of Manchester is the "single supplier invited to submit a proposal for funding the new £45m institute, £38m of which will be provided by the government" – .

University's main site contains most of its facilities and is often referred to as the campus, however Manchester is not a campus university as the concept is commonly understood.

University of Manchester was divided into four faculties, but from 1 August 2016 it was restructured into three faculties, each sub-divided into schools.

On 25 June 2015, the University of Manchester announced the results of a review of the position of life sciences as a separate faculty.

In 1883, a department of pharmacy was established at the university and, in 1904, Manchester became the first British university to offer an honours degree in the subject.

University of Manchester is a major centre for research and a member of the Russell Group of leading British research universities.

Manchester University has a strong record in terms of securing funding from the three main UK research councils, EPSRC, MRC and BBSRC, being ranked fifth, seventh and first respectively.

University of Manchester has attracted the most research income from UK industry of any institution in the country.

In 2013 Manchester University was given the Regius Professorship in Physics, the only one of its kind in the UK; the current holder is Andre Geim.

University of Manchester Library is the largest non-legal deposit library in the UK and the third-largest academic library after those of Oxford and Cambridge.

The University of Manchester was ranked 36th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020.

Manchester University was given a prestigious award for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts by the Times Higher Education Awards 2010.

In 2022 The University of Manchester has been ranked at number 38 in the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities which ranks the world's leading higher education institutions.

Annual rankings see Manchester University retain its top ten status as the 6th best institution in the UK and 8th in Europe, according to the ARWU.

University of Manchester operates sports clubs through its athletics union while student societies are operated by the Students' Union.

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Manchester University has achieved success in the BUCS competitions, with its men's water polo 1st team winning the national championships under the tutelage of their coach Andy Howard.

In 2006, Manchester beat Trinity Hall, Cambridge, to record the university's first win in the competition.

Manchester University reached the semi-finals in the 2010 competition before being beaten by Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

However, Manchester did enter a year later and won University Challenge 2012.

Manchester University has the fourth largest number of Nobel laureates in the UK, only Cambridge, Oxford and UCL having a greater number.