The Victoria University of Manchester, usually known simply as the University of Manchester, was a university in Manchester, England, which was founded in 1851 as Owens College. In 1880, the college was granted a royal charter and became the Victoria University of Manchester to reflect its position in the short lived federal Victoria University.
On 1 October 2004 it merged with the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) to form a new, larger entity. The new university was christened the University of Manchester and consequently, the Victoria University of Manchester became defunct.
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