Editing University of Manitoba (section)

=== Founding colleges ===
Officially opening on June 20, 1877,<ref>{{cite book|last=Pound|first=Richard W.|title='Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates'|publisher=Fitzhenry and Whiteside|year=2005}}</ref> the university was formed by the federation of three existing [[Denominational school|denominational]] colleges and conferred degrees on students graduating from these colleges: [[Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface|Collège de Saint-Boniface]] ([[Roman Catholic]]), [[St. John's College, University of Manitoba|St John's College]] ([[Anglican]]), and [[Manitoba College]] ([[Presbyterian]]).<ref name=":2" /><ref name="thecanadianencyclopedia2" />

The university would add a number of colleges to its corporate and associative body since. In 1882, the '''Manitoba Medical College''', privately founded by physicians and surgeons, became a part of the university.<ref name=":2" /> Six years later, in 1888, [[Wesley College (Manitoba)|Wesley College]] ([[Methodism|Methodist]]) became affiliated with the university as well.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="thecanadianencyclopedia2" /> The Bacteriological Research Building of the Manitoba Medical College would be designed by architect Charles Henry Wheeler in 1897, while the Science Building, between 1899 and 1900 by architect George Creeford Browne.<ref>{{cite web|title=Browne, George Creeford|url=http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/1223|access-date=March 30, 2019|website=Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800–1950}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wheeler, Charles Henry|url=http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/352|access-date=March 30, 2019|website=Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800–1950}}</ref>

In 1895, the ''University of Manitoba Act'' was amended to give the denominational colleges the power to confer degrees in divinity. It would be amended again two years later in order to allow the Manitoba government to grant up to $60,000 for the university and a [[normal school]] (i.e., a teaching college).<ref name=":2" />

In 1900, the university became a teaching institution by an act of the [[Legislative Assembly of Manitoba]]. Soon after, other colleges also received affiliated status:<ref name="thecanadianencyclopedia2" /><ref name=":32">{{Cite web|title=Join our academic community {{!}} University of Manitoba|url=https://umanitoba.ca/about-um/provost-vice-president-academic/join-our-academic-community|access-date=2021-11-04|website=umanitoba.ca}}</ref>

*[[Manitoba College of Pharmacy]] (1902)
*[[Manitoba Agricultural College]] (1906)
*[[St. Paul's College (Manitoba)|St. Paul's College]] (1931)
*[[Brandon College]] (1938)
*[[St. Andrew's College (Winnipeg)|St. Andrew's College]] (1981), which was established in 1946 to train the ministry for the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada|Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church]].
In 1938, Wesley College and Manitoba College merged to form [[United College, Winnipeg|United College]]. Three decades later, in 1967, United College became the [[University of Winnipeg]], and Brandon College became [[Brandon University]].<ref name=":32"/>

In contrast, Collège universitaire de St. Boniface has retained its affiliation with the University of Manitoba, though operating independently on its own campus in the [[Saint Boniface, Winnipeg|St. Boniface]] area of Winnipeg. Moreover, St. John's, St. Paul's, and St. Andrew's College have continued their affiliated relationship with the University of Manitoba into the present day, and are housed on the university's Fort Garry campus.<ref name=":32"/>