Victoria University (United Kingdom)

Victoria University

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Motto	Olim armis nunc studiis
Motto in English	'Formerly by weapons, now by studies'
Type	Federal public university
Active	1880–1904
Religious affiliation	None
Chancellor	Charles, 6th Earl Spencer (1903)
Vice-Chancellor	Alfred Hopkinson (1903)
Students	Around 2,600 (1903)
Location	Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds
Campus	Urban, three colleges
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Victoria University was an English federal university established by royal charter on 20 April 1880 at Manchester. It was the fifth university founded in England, established as a university for the North of England open to affiliation by colleges such as Owens College, which immediately did so. University College Liverpool joined the university in 1884, followed by Yorkshire College, Leeds, in 1887. The university and the colleges were distinct corporate bodies until Owens College merged with the university in 1904. A supplemental charter of 1883 enabled the granting of degrees in medicine and surgery.