Celebrating our bicentenary
200
years of education
and innovation
Our year-long celebration began in January 2024

Events and activities

Our diverse programmes celebrated our people, their incredible achievements and the impact they  made, in Manchester and around the world.

Light Up

On 17 January 2025, we came together and started our celebration of The University of Manchester’s Bicentenary – marking 200 years of making a difference. There were many activities reflecting on our history, present and future, through performance, food, games and prizes, with a very special light up event at 18:24 of the University of Manchester - Dubai; a time with a subtle nod to our origin year.

Team 200

We invited our global community to come together as one for our 200th year.

Being part of Team 200 meant being part of our bicentenary, in whatever form that took.

Whether you joined an activity at The University of Manchester – Dubai, helped staff an event, listened to a podcast, or watched events online, everyone who took part in our bicentenary was part of the same universal team: Team 200.