Located in Manchester on Oxford Road, England, the University of Manchester was established in the year 2004 when the Victoria University of Manchester and University Of Manchester Institute Of Science and Technology were merged. It is a public research red brick university, produced after civic university movement that took place at the end of the 19th century.
Also known as the country largest students union, The University of Manchester Students Union is the main student body at the university. It was formed when the University of Manchester Union and UMIST Students Association were amalgamated. It is not the same as many student unions in the country as the body is not led by a president but has an executive team of 8 members who work for the betterment of the university.
The university offers undergraduate courses, Taught master courses, postgraduate research, diplomas and certification programs. As per the data of 2016-17, the university had more than 40,000 students and a total of 10,400 staff members and therefore became the second largest university in the British nation and the largest on-site university. In 2017-18, the university had £298.7 million was from research study and contracts from a combined income of £1 billion. It has the 3rd largest donation of any university in England.
Not just this, the university possesses and runs some of the cultural properties such as the John Rylands Library, Manchester Museum, Whitworth Art Gallery and Jodrell Bank Observatory. The university has a number of inventors, eminent scientists, entrepreneurs, media figures and four Nobel laureates (more than any other UK university) among its alumni and staff.