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The University of Manchester

Motto	Latin: Cognitio, sapientia, humanitas
Motto in English	"Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity"
Type	Public research university
Established	2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1966 – UMIST 1956 - Manchester College of Science and Technology 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria University 1851 – Owens College 1824 – Manchester Mechanics' Institute
Endowment	£196.8 million (as of 31 July 2016)
Budget	£970.9 million (2015-16)
Chancellor	Lemn Sissay MBE
President	Dame Nancy Rothwell
Academic staff	3,849
Students	39,700 (2015/16)
Undergraduates	27,635 (2015/16)
Postgraduates	12,065 (2015/16)
Location	Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Campus	Urban and Suburban
Colours	Blue, gold, purple
Affiliations	Universities Research Association Russell Group EUA N8 Group NWUA ACU
Website	manchester.ac.uk

Blue, gold, purple

The University of Manchester is a public research university in Manchester, England, formed in 2004 by the merger of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and the Victoria University of Manchester. The University of Manchester is a red brick university, a product of the civic university movement of the late-19th century.

The main campus is south of Manchester city centre on Oxford Road. In 2015/16, the university had 39,700 students and 10,400 staff, making it the second largest university in the UK (out of 166 including the Open University), and the largest single-site university. The university had a consolidated income of £987.2 million in 2015–16, of which £273.5 million was from research grants and contracts. It has the third largest endowment of any university in England, after the universities of Cambridge and Oxford. It is a member of the worldwide Universities Research Association, the Russell Group of British research universities and the N8 Group.

In 2016-17, the University of Manchester was ranked 55th in the world and 8th in the UK by Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 34th in the world and 7th in the UK by QS World University Rankings, 35th in the world and 5th in the UK by Academic Ranking of World Universities and 59th in the world by U.S. News and World Report. In the 2014 Research Assessment Exercise, Manchester was named as the 17th best research institution in the United Kingdom.