UMIST Main Building on Whitworth Street

The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) was a university based in the centre of the city of Manchester in England (53°28′34″N, 2°14′5″W). It specialised in technical and scientific subjects and was a major centre for research. On October 1, 2004, it merged with the Victoria University of Manchester to form the University of Manchester, the largest conventional university in the United Kingdom. Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 780 KB)UMIST main building on Whitworth Street Photograph taken by Lmno on 24 Sept 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 780 KB)UMIST main building on Whitworth Street Photograph taken by Lmno on 24 Sept 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctor) in a variety of subjects. ... Sydney, Australia at Night. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England, United Kingdom. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Victoria University of Manchester (almost always referred to as simply the University of Manchester) was a university in Manchester in England. ... The University of Manchester in Manchester, England is a university that was formed from the merger of the Victoria University of Manchester (commonly known as the University of Manchester before the merger) and UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) on 1 October 2004. ...

UMIST gained its Royal Charter in 1956 and became a fully autonomous university in 1993. Previously its degrees were awarded by the Victoria University of Manchester. A Royal Charter is a charter given by a monarch to legitimize an incorporated body, such as a city, company, university or such. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctor) in a variety of subjects. ... Cite error 4; Invalid call; no input specified 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Victoria University of Manchester (almost always referred to as simply the University of Manchester) was a university in Manchester in England. ...

The Mechanics' Institute (1824-1882)

The foundation of UMIST can be traced to 1824 during the Industrial revolution when a group of Manchester businessmen and industrialists met in a pub, the Bridgewater Arms, to establish the Mechanics' Institute in Manchester, where artisans could learn basic science, particularly mechanics and chemistry. Hundreds of such institutions were founded in towns and cities throughout the country and while many of the fine Victorian buildings built to house them remain, Manchester's alone survived as an independent institution serving some of its original educational aims throughout the 20th century 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Industrial Revolution was the major technological, socioeconomic and cultural change in the late 18th and early 19th century resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labour to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada... Historically, Mechanics Institutes were educational establishments formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working people. ... Mechanics refers to: a craft relating to machinery (from the Latin mechanicus, from the Greek mechanikos, meaning one skilled in machines), or a range of disciplines in science and engineering. ... Chemistry (derived from the Arabic word kimia, alchemy, where al is Arabic for the) is the science of matter that deals with the composition, structure, and properties of substances and with the transformations that they undergo. ... The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles during the Victorian era: Neoclassicism Gothic Revival Italianate Second Empire Neo-Grec Romanesque Revival (Includes Richardsonian Revival) Renaissance Revival Queen Anne Jacobethan architecture (the precusor to the Queen Anne style) British Arts and Crafts movement painted... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

The meeting, convened by G. Wood on 7 April 1824, was attended by prominent members of the science and engineering community, including: April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

• John Dalton who became known as the father of atomic theory. He became the Vice President of the Institute in 1840.
• Robert Hyde Greg a cotton mill owner who was soon to be elected a Member of Parliament.
• Peter Ewart a millwright and engineer.
• Richard Roberts a machine tools inventor.
• David Bellhouse a builder.
• William Henry a pioneer in the scientific chemical industry, discoverd Henry's law of solubility of gas in water.
• William Fairbairn a Scottish engineer associated with water wheels and the Britannia tubular bridge but above all with a scientific approach to engineering. He was elected first Secretary of the Mechanics' Institute.
• Sir Benjamin Heywood, a prosperous banker, acted as President of the Mechanics' Institute for the period 1824-1841.
• Oliver Heywood (Sir Benjamin's son) - also became President of the Mechanics' Institute and was the first Freeman of the City of Manchester.

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The Tech (1883-1917)

In 1883 secretary of the Institution John Henry Reynolds reorganised the Institution as a Technical School using the schemes and examinations of the City and Guilds of London Institute. A new building was begun in 1895 and opened by the Prime Minister Arthur Balfour in October 1902. This is the western end of what is currently known as UMIST's Main Building, pictured above. By this time the institution was called the Manchester Municipal School of Technology or fondly known as The Tech. 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... John Henry Reynolds (February 8, 1842 - July 17, 1927) was a British educationist and administrator, particularly associated with the development of the Manchester educational institution that was to go on to become UMIST. Life Born, Salford the eldest of eleven children of a bootmaker, he attended the day school of... The City and Guilds of London Institute was founded by the London Livery Companies for the purpose of training craftsmen and engineers in 1878. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister A prime minister may be either: chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the... The Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, (25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930) was a British statesman and the thirty-third Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

As befits its roots in the early chemical industry of the region the Tech had pioneered Chemical Engineering as an academic subject in Britain. Similarly in the 1920s it pioneered academic training in Management, with the formation of a Department of Industrial Administration funded by an endowment from asbestos magnate Samuel Turner. But perhaps a more significant advance was the foundation in 1905 of a Faculty of Technology, answerable academically to its 'younger sister' the Victoria University of Manchester and awarding BSc and MSc degrees, the beginnings of UMIST as a University and the first technology faculty in the country. Chemical engineering is the application of science, in particular chemistry, along with mathematics and economics to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms. ... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America and in Australia as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ... Fibrous asbestos on muscovite Asbestos Asbestos Asbestos (a misapplication of Latin: asbestos quicklime from Greek ἄσβεστος: a-, not; sbestos, extinguishable) describes any of a group of fibrous metamorphic minerals of the hydrous magnesium silicate variety. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Victoria University of Manchester (almost always referred to as simply the University of Manchester) was a university in Manchester in England. ...

Establishment as a university (1918-1993)

In 1918, the institution changed name again to Manchester Municipal College of Technology. By 1949 over 8500 students were enrolled, however most still studying non-degree courses. The appointment of B.V. Bowden (later Lord Bowden of Chesterfield) in 1953 marked the beginning of a phase of expansion. During 1955 and 1956 the Manchester College of Science and Technology achieved independent university status under its own Royal Charter and became separately funded from the University Grants Committee. 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... (Bertram) Vivian Bowden, Baron Bowden of Chesterfield (January 18, 1910 - July 28, 1989) was a British scientist and educationist, particularly associated with the development of UMIST as a successful university. ... Chesterfield is a market town and local government district in Derbyshire, a county in England. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Royal Charter is a charter given by a monarch to legitimize an incorporated body, such as a city, company, university or such. ...

A UMIST crest from the late 20th Century

By 1966 all non-degree courses were moved to the Manchester Polytechnic which is now known as Manchester Metropolitan University, and in 1966 the name finally changed to the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. UMIST and the Victoria University of Manchester retained close ties for the second half of the 20th Century, with UMIST students being awarded, or having the choice of, a University of Manchester degree until full autonomy in 1993. Modern UMIST Logo. ... Modern UMIST Logo. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Manchester Metropolitan University is a university in Manchester, England. ... Manchester Metropolitan University is a university in Manchester, England. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... The Victoria University of Manchester (almost always referred to as simply the University of Manchester) was a university in Manchester in England. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Cite error 4; Invalid call; no input specified 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Achievements and evolution

During the last quarter of the 20th century UMIST established a reputation as a major research-based university, performing well in the government's Research Assessment Exercise in 2001, and was well placed in various league tables. UMIST has won four Queen's Prizes for Higher and Further Education, two Prince of Wales' Awards for Innovation and two Queen's Award for Export Achievement. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) is an attempt by the government of the United Kingdom to evaluate the quality of research undertaken by British Universities. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Queens Award for Enterprise is an award for British companies and other organizations who excel at international trade, innovation or sustainable development. ...

UMIST was instrumental in the founding of what is now the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. Famous alumni include Nobel Laureate in nuclear physics Sir John Cockcroft, aeroplane pioneer Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, and designer of the Lancaster bomber Roy Chadwick. While famous lecturers include mathematicians Louis Joel Mordell and Lewis Fry Richardson. The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, located in Manchester, England, is a large technical museum devoted to the citys not-inconsiderable contributions to the development of science, technology, and industry. ... The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. ... Nuclear physics is the branch of physics concerned with the nucleus of the atom. ... See also: John Cockroft (politician) Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (May 27, 1897 - September 18, 1967) was a British physicist. ... Sir Arthur Whitten Brown (July 23, 1886 - October 4, 1948) was, as a Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force together with Captain John Alcock, the navigator of the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight, from St Johns, Newfoundland to Clifden, Connemara, Ireland which took place on 14 June 1919... The Avro Lancaster was a four-engine World War II bomber aircraft made initially by Avro for the Royal Air Force (RAF). ... Roy Chadwick (1893–August 23, 1947) was an aircraft designer for Avro. ... Louis Joel Mordell (28 January 1888 - 12 March 1972) was a British mathematician, known for pioneering research in number theory. ... Lewis Fry Richardson (October 11, 1881 - September 30, 1953) was a mathematician, physicist and psychologist. ...

In 2004 Terry Leahy, CEO of Tesco and alumnus was the last Chancellor of UMIST, and the Vice Chancellor was fittingly a chemical engineer, Prof John Garside. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Terry Leahy (born 28th February 1956) is the CEO of Tesco, the largest British supermarket chain. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... This article refers to Tesco PLC - the international retailer headquartered in the UK, see also Tesco (Disambiguation). ... A Chancellor is the head of a university. ...

UMIST, together with the Victoria University of Manchester ceased to exist on 1 October 2004, when they were combined in a new single University of Manchester hoping to combine the strengths and traditions of both. The Victoria University of Manchester (almost always referred to as simply the University of Manchester) was a university in Manchester in England. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Manchester in Manchester, England is a university that was formed from the merger of the Victoria University of Manchester (commonly known as the University of Manchester before the merger) and UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) on 1 October 2004. ...

External links

• University of Manchester
• old umist website
• PDF map of UMIST campus