Degree Congregations 2009 - The University of Manchester
Degree Congregations 2009 - The University of Manchester
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<strong>The</strong> Inauguration <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
At midnight on 30 September 2004, UMIST and the Victoria <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong> were dissolved<br />
and the single institution <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong> came into existence.<br />
<strong>The</strong> formal Inauguration <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> took place on Friday, 22 October 2004 when Her Majesty<br />
<strong>The</strong> Queen visited the campus to personally present the <strong>University</strong>’s new Royal Charter to<br />
Co-Chancellor Anna Ford at a special ceremony held in the Whitworth Hall.<br />
<strong>The</strong> new institution has a distinguished heritage. It can trace its roots back to the formation <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> Mechanics Institute in 1824, which later became UMIST. <strong>The</strong> Victoria <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> was founded as Owens College in 1851 and became England’s first civic university in 1880.<br />
<strong>The</strong> two universities first began working together almost 100 years ago. <strong>The</strong>y were situated on<br />
neighbouring campuses and this enabled them to develop a number <strong>of</strong> joint courses, departments<br />
and services. <strong>The</strong>y took the decision to merge in 2003.<br />
<strong>The</strong> creation <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong> has been hailed as one <strong>of</strong> the boldest and most<br />
ambitious initiatives in higher education. This pioneering spirit carries on today, with the aim<br />
to become one <strong>of</strong> the world’s top 25 universities by 2015 backed by an ongoing £650 million<br />
investment programme in staff and facilities – the largest such investment programme in<br />
British higher education.
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