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The University of Manchester is a public research university in Manchester, England.The main campus is south of Manchester City Centre on Oxford Road.The university owns and operates major cultural assets such as the Manchester Museum, The Whitworth art gallery, the John Rylands Library, the Tabley House Collection and the Jodrell Bank Observatory – a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In 1932 the university inherited the Firs, which was used as the vice-chancellor's residence until 1991. Fallowfield was also the site of playing fields at Mab Field used by the athletics union of the university. The campus played host to the Athletes Village for the 2002 Commonwealth Games held in the city. [1] [2] [3]
The University of Manchester occupies the building which, before the merger with UMIST in 2004, was UMIST's "Main Building". Construction of the building for the Manchester School of Technology began in 1895 on a site formerly occupied by Sir Joseph Whitworth's engineering works; it was opened in 1902 by the then Prime Minister, Arthur Balfour. [2]
The Whitworth Building is a grade II* listed building on Oxford Road and Burlington Street in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, England.It has been listed since 18 December 1963 [2] [3] and is part of the University of Manchester.
The Kilburn Building is a building on the Oxford Road in Manchester which is home to the Department of Computer Science at the University of Manchester.The building was designed by the Building Design Partnership and completed in 1972, [2] with three storeys [3] in a square shape, measuring 76 by 76 metres.
The Schuster Laboratory (also known as the Schuster Building) houses the Department of Physics and Astronomy, part of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, at the University of Manchester. [1] It is named after Arthur Schuster and is located in Brunswick Park (formerly Brunswick Street [3]) on the main campus of the university.
Dalton-Ellis Hall is a hall of residence complex at the University of Manchester in Manchester, England. It is situated in the south of the city on Conyngham Road in Victoria Park, next to St Chrysostom's Church. It is close to Wilmslow Road in Rusholme. Dalton-Ellis has 279 male and female residents in catered accommodation.
The Nancy Rothwell Building is named after Nancy Rothwell who served as Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester from 2010 to 2024. The building was officially named after Nancy Rothwell in July 2024 to mark her retirement as Vice Chancellor of the university in 2024. [16] It is one of the few buildings named after a woman on campus. [17]