Editing University of Manchester (section)

==Campus==
[[File:University of Manchester Campus Map 2025.png|thumb|A 2025 map of the university campus, with all buildings labelled]]
The university's main site contains most of its facilities and is often referred to as the ''campus'', however Manchester is not a [[campus university]] as the concept is commonly understood. It is centrally located in the city and its buildings are integrated into the fabric of Manchester, with non-university buildings and major roads between.

The campus comprises two parts:
*''North campus'' or ''Sackville Street Campus'', centred on Sackville Street in Manchester<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk/science-engineering/2019/03/19/north-campus-the-names-behind-the-buildings/|title=North Campus – the names behind the buildings|date= 19 March 2019|access-date=9 December 2024|website=University of Manchester}}</ref>
*''South campus'' or ''Oxford Road Campus'', centred on [[Oxford Road, Manchester|Oxford Road]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/magazine/features/a-vision-of-transformation/|title=A vision of transformation|website=University of Manchester|date=Spring 2016|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref>


Student accommodation is located on three residential campuses: the City campus, adjacent to the academic departments; the [[Fallowfield campus]] approximately {{convert|2|mi|km}} south of the main site; and the [[Victoria Park, Manchester|Victoria Park]] campus between the City and Fallowfields campuses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/accommodation/student-accommodation/|title=About our student accommodation|website=University of Manchester|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref>

As of 2025, most of the former North Campus has migrated to the Oxford Road Campus, with the Sackville Street site now home to the SISTER regeneration area (formerly ID Manchester). This is a joint venture between Bruntwood SciTech and the University of Manchester, set to become a £1.7 billion innovation district and new city centre neighbourhood.<ref>{{Cite web |title=£1.7bn innovation district and neighbourhood in Manchester opens its doors and reveals new name, Sister |url=https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/17bn-innovation-district-and-neighbourhood-in-manchester-opens-its-doors-and-reveals-new-name-sister/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=£1.7bn innovation district and neighbourhood in Manchester opens its doors and reveals new name, Sister |language=en}}</ref> The Manchester City Council Strategic Regeneration Framework for the site was approved in 2017, and updated in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |others=Manchester City Council |title=Manchester City Council download - North Campus (ID Manchester) {{!}} Planning and regeneration {{!}} Regeneration {{!}} City centre growth and infrastructure |url=https://www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/download/6619/north_campus_srf_january_2017 |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=www.manchester.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref>

===Old Quadrangle===
[[File:The University of Manchester (with snow).jpg|thumb|The buildings of the University of Manchester and the Manchester Museum in Oxford Road]]
The buildings around the Old Quadrangle date from the time of Owens College, and were designed in a [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style by [[Alfred Waterhouse]]. The first to be built was the John Owens Building (1873), formerly the Main Building; the others were added over the next thirty years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/history-heritage/history/buildings/john-owens/|title= The John Owens Building|website=University of Manchester|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref> These include the Beyer Building (1887),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/history-heritage/history/buildings/beyer/|title=Beyer Building|website=University of Manchester|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref> the [[Manchester Museum]] (1887),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/history-heritage/history/buildings/museum/|title=Manchester Museum|website=University of Manchester|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref> the Christie Library (1898)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/history-heritage/history/buildings/christie/|title=Christie Library|website=University of Manchester|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref> and [[Whitworth Hall]] (1902),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/history-heritage/history/buildings/whitworth-hall/|title=Whitworth Hall|website=University of Manchester|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref> which is used for the university's graduations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.graduation.manchester.ac.uk/frequentlyaskedquestions/|title= Frequently Asked Questions |website=Graduation|publisher=University of Manchester}}</ref>

===Other notable buildings===
The University of Manchester estate includes over 30 [[listed building]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.estates.manchester.ac.uk/ourestate/|title=The facts...|website=Directorate of Estates and Facilities|publisher=University of Manchester|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref> Besides the buildings some the Old Quadrangle, other notable buildings on the Oxford Road Campus include the [[Stephen Joseph Studio]], a former German Protestant church and the Samuel Alexander Building, a [[grade II listed building]]<ref name="English Heritage – List Entry Summary – Samuel Alexander Building">{{cite web |url=http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle_print.aspx?uid=1393664&showMap=1&showText=1 |title=List Entry Summary – Samuel Alexander Building |work=[[English Heritage]] |access-date=31 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103181011/http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle_print.aspx?uid=1393664&showMap=1&showText=1 |archive-date=3 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> erected in 1919 and home of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures.

Notable buildings on the Sackville Street Campus include the [[Sackville Street Building]], formerly the UMIST Main Building, which was opened in 1902 by the then [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]], [[Arthur Balfour]].<ref name="campus_history">{{cite web |title=UMIST campus history |url=http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/project/teaching/civil/historic_construction/maps/umist.php |website=Mace.manchester.ac.uk |access-date=9 February 2008 |archive-date=21 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221114319/http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/project/teaching/civil/historic_construction/maps/umist.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Built using [[Burmantofts Pottery|Burmantofts]] [[Architectural terracotta|terracotta]], the building is now [[Grade II listed]]. It was extended along Whitworth Street, towards London Road, between 1927 and 1957 by the architects [[Bradshaw Gass & Hope]], completion being delayed due to the [[Great Depression|depression in the 1930s]] and the [[Second World War]].<ref>{{ cite book | title=Pevsner Architectural Guides – Manchester | last=Hartwell | first = Clare | year = 2001 |publisher= Penguin | isbn=0-14-071131-7 }}</ref><ref>''Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity: Portraits from our Past'', University of Manchester. 2013. p. 11</ref>

===Cultural institutions===

The university's [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]] in Cheshire is a [[World Heritage Site]] and home to the 76-m [[Lovell Telescope]]. Other cultural institutions at the university include the [[John Rylands Research Institute and Library]], [[the Whitworth]] art gallery and the [[Manchester Museum]].<ref name=cultural>{{cite web|url=https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/open-public/cultural-institutions/|title=Cultural institutions|website=University of Manchester|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref> The special collections at the John Rylands Library, and the entire collections at the Whitworth and the Manchester Museum are designated under the [[Arts Council England]]'s [[Designation Scheme]] as being among the "pre-eminent collections held in museums, libraries and archives across England".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/sites/default/files/download-file/Collections_List_Jan_2021_1.pdf|title=Designated Collections|website=Arts Council England|pages=3, 28, 29|date=January 2021|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref>