Victoria University of Manchester
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The Victoria University of Manchester, usually referred to as simply the University of Manchester, was a university in Manchester, England. It was founded in 1851 as Owens College. In 1880, the college joined the federal Victoria University. After the demerger of the Victoria University, it gained an independent university charter in 1904 as the Victoria University of Manchester.[2]
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Former names | Owens College | ||||||||||||||||||
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Motto | Latin: Arduus ad solem | ||||||||||||||||||
Motto in English | Striving towards the sun | ||||||||||||||||||
Type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Active | 12 March 1851[1]–1 October 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | , England, UK 53.4675°N 2.2325°W / 53.4675; -2.2325 | ||||||||||||||||||
Colours | Scarf: Blue, green white
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On 1 October 2004, the Victoria University of Manchester merged with the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) to form a new, larger entity named the University of Manchester.