About University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university. It was first founded in 1824 and was named Manchester Mechanics’ Institute, later in 1851, it was renamed Owens College. It was again renamed to Victoria University in 1880, the university again got a new name in 1904 Victoria University of Manchester.
In 1956, the university was called UMIST and for the last time, the university got its name in 2004. Its chancellor is Nazir Afzal and the President is Nancy Rothwell. As of 2020, they had 12920 employees with 26630 students and 13855 postgrad students.
Meaning and History of University of Manchester Logo
The university operates and owns one of the most known cultural assets like The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester Museum, Tabley House Collection, John Rylands Library and Jodrell Bank Observatory. Some of these sites are recognized by the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The University of Manchester changed their logo twice in the following years.
Evolution of University of Manchester Logo
The University of Manchester is a member of the N8 Group, Russell Group and the global Universities Research Association. The university is linked to the first world’s first industrial city. The university was established with the help of a very famous chemist John Dalton along with some industrialists and businessmen. The university changed its logo in the following ways.
2004
This year, the logo had a picture of a red and white building and below it, the university is written in capitalized letters in black color and below it, ‘of Manchester’ is written. ‘Of’ is written in a very fancy italicized font and Manchester is capitalized.
University of Manchester 2004
2012
This year, the logo was completely changed and became very much fancy. In the logo, there is a shield that has a sun coming out of the purple edge of a wall and has a blue sky. The purple wall has two bees in a row and another bee at the bottom of the shield. Outside at the top of the shield there is a half armor facing left and has a golden crown. On the golden crown, there is a lion facing to the left but looking straight and is holding a torch. The lion’s tongue is sticking out and it has red claws. There is a flower on the belly of the lion and on the lions’ head, there is a crown made up of concrete. The logo has a floral border of purple and yellow goldish color.
2012 logo
Note: On the website of the University of Manchester, the logo is different. The logo on the website has a purple rectangle with Manchester written in capitalized letters and below the letters; EST, 1824 is written. Below the purple rectangle, there is a text that says, ‘The University of Manchester’, this text is in light black color. The letters; EST and 1824 are in yellow color and the rest of the letters are in white color.
Building of University of Manchester Logo
The institute was made so that the workers could learn general things about science. The university was merged with Owens College which was owned by John Owens who was a textile merchant and founded the college to train men about non-sectarian lines. The University of Manchester is made of the following two things.
Font
In the first year, the words; the, university and Manchester were written in Times New Roman and the word ‘of’ was written in a customized font. In the second year, there was no font. The font of website’s logo is Times New Roman and text in light black color is written in customized Calibri Body font.
Color
In the first year, red, white and black colors are used. In the second year, the logo used the following colors; black, yellow, white, blue, purple, red, golden, grey, and purple. On the website’s logo, white, light black, purple and yellow colors are used.
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Conclusion
All three of the logos are extravagant. The purple color represents royalty and the university is considered the best ones the world. The current logo gives a dignified look and the ones studying here might always feel grand or superior for that matter.
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