Celebrating our bicentenary
200
years of education
and innovation
Our year-long celebration begins in January 2024.
Discover some of our key events and activities – and how you can get involved as part of Team 200.
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Events and activities

Our diverse programme will celebrate our people, their incredible achievements, and the impact they have made, in the Middle East and other regions.

Here is a taste of what we have planned, with more to come throughout 2024.

Light Up

On 17 January 2024 we come together and start our celebration of The University of Manchester’s Bicentenary – marking 200 years of making a difference. There will be 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 Middle East Centre; a time with a subtle nod to our origin year. Later in the evening at 22:00, join us for the live streaming of the Bicentary light up event from Manchester.

Be part of Team 200

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

Being part of Team 200 means being part of our bicentenary, in whatever form that takes.

The Middle East team has embarked on an ambitious regional tour to connect with students, alumni and prospective candidates while marking 200 years since the foundation of the University, in 1824. Under the theme of ‘200 years of making a difference’, it’s an opportunity to celebrate the bicentenary together with the regional community but the team is going further with a mission to reach out and recognise the University’s first 200 graduates who studied through the Middle East Centre. Since its launch in 2006, the Middle East Centre has graduated around 2,300 part-time Master’s students.

There will be many ways for you to get involved throughout 2024.

Regional tours -
200 years of making a difference

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Bicentenary identity guidelines

Join in the celebrations and create your own communications and marketing materials using our bicentenary identity guidelines.

Download identity guidelines (PDF, 1.88MB)
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