What’s On
What’s on at the Unviersity of Manchester?
Upcoming Events in 2026
A selection of events from across the University of Manchester that are likely to interest employers and industry club members.
Saturday 7th & Tuesday 10th March: TEDx Manchester
Ideas Change Everything:
- tedxmanchester.com, Saturday 7th March Bridgewater Hall
- TEDxUniversity of Manchester, Tuesday 10th March, Manchester Academy 2
Friday 20th March: Mentoring meeting 2 of 2
The next round of our software engineering mentoring program resumes on 20th March, for details and registration see the mentoring program.
Wednesday 25th March: Computing in Electronic Music
The Past, Present & Future of the Computer in Electronic Music. Upcoming event with creative.manchester.ac.uk, details and registration at bit.ly/electromanc
Monday 13th April: IEEE Milestone award
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE.org has recognised the University of Manchester’s invention of Manchester code in 1948 as a Milestone technical achievement and the Milestone will be awarded at a ceremony at the University on the afternoon of 13th April 2026. There will be technical talks describing the invention and its impact as well as the formal handover of the Milestone plaque.
Manchester code was invented for the storage of data in the magnetic drum store of the Manchester Mark I computer. It became a standard for computer magnetic tapes and floppy disks, perhaps more importantly it has been widely used in digital communications including the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft and early Ethernet networks. It has also been used in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags, many control network standards and domestic remote controllers found in millions of homes across the world.
Find out more and register at bit.ly/ieee-manc
October: Computing and AI Careers Fair
Our annual Computing and AI careers fair takes place in October/November each year, date tbc see careers fairs
Other events
For other events across the University see also: