180 years of UMIST
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180 years of UMIST
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 18 Feb 2017
In one corner of the university campus is a granite monument. The plaque on it reads: This monument was unveiled by Professor John Garside, Vice Chancellor, on the 8 September 2004 to commemorate 180 years of educational excellence at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). It also heralds the beginning of a new era of higher education in this City, with the establishment of The University of Manchester on the 1 October 2004.
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