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A legacy of innovation The University of Manchester, in its present form, was created in 2004 by the amalgamation of the Victoria University of Manchester and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). After a hundred years of working closely together, both institutions agreed to form a single university and on 22 October 2004, they officially combined to form the largest single-site university in the UK. Each has an innovative and inspiring history that the University continues to build on, not only through ground-breaking research and as a centre of educational excellence, but also through the exploitation of the knowledge gained for economic and societal benefit. Manchester was the world's first modern industrial city. It was the birthplace of the nuclear age, when Ernest Rutherford's pioneering research led to the splitting of the atom. The computer revolution started here in June 1948, when a machine built by Tom Kilburn and Sir Freddie Williams, known affectionately as 'The Baby', ran its first stored programme. It was at the University that economist and logician WS Jevons formulated the principles of modern economics, and it was at the University's Jodrell Bank site in Cheshire that a young Bernard Lovell built the world's largest steerable radio telescope just after World War II. Great traditions have also flourished in theology, architecture, mathematics, music, law and many other disciplines. The history of the University is entwined with the history of our City and Region. The future economic prosperity of the City and Region and the University's future growth and academic excellence are closely connected. The 25 Nobel laureates among the University's current and former staff and students are a symbol of Manchester's rich academic heritage and contribution to world-leading science and social science. Artist's impression of the National Graphene Institute 5 INTRODUCTION