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.
- Address: Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
- Motto Latin: Cognitio, sapientia, humanitas
- Motto in English Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity
- Established 2004 – University of Manchester
- Predecessor institutions:
- 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994)
- 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester
- 1880 – Victoria University
- 1851 – Owens College
- 1824 – Manchester Mechanics’ Institute
- Chancellor Lemn Sissay MBE[2]
- President and Vice-Chancellor Dame Nancy Rothwell[3]
- Location Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Campus Urban and suburban
- Website manchester.ac.uk