History
It was 1824 and the UK's Industrial Revolution was spreading. A group of prestigious businessmen and industrialists met up in a local pub and decided to form the 'Manchester Mechanics' Institute', to meet the need for workers educated in both chemistry and mechanics.
Sixty three years later, in 1887, in the Manchester Technical School (as it had then become), Professor George. E. Davis created the discipline we now know and love as 'Chemical Engineering' and wrote the first Chemical Engineering text book. Yes - that's right - it all started right here!
In 1918, the institution changed its name again to the 'Municipal College of Technology'. In 1966 it became the 'University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology' (UMIST), which it remained to be called until ceasing to exist on 1st October 2004 when it was reborn as 'The University of Manchester'.
The 'Department of Chemical Engineering', 'Department of Instrumentation and Analytical Science' and 'Centre for Process Integration' operated as independent departments in UMIST until 1st October 2004, when all three merged to become the new 'School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science' in The University of Manchester.
Following the new University's launch, we carried out a complete staff reorganisation and review of our systems to share best practices and decide how to manage our future operations. We are currently formulating our new vision and direction, and plan to build on the past successes and unique strengths and capabilities of all three of our former departments to create a bright and successful future for the School, its staff and its students.
