The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanics'_institute" id="mwgg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mechanics' institute">Mechanics' Institution</a> is established in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester" id="mwgw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, England at the Bridgewater Arms hotel, as part of a national movement for the education of working men. The institute is the precursor to three Universities in the city: the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Manchester" id="mwhA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="University of Manchester">University of Manchester</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMIST" id="mwhQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="UMIST">UMIST</a> and the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_University_of_Manchester" id="mwhg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Metropolitan University of Manchester">Metropolitan University of Manchester</a> (MMU).<sup about="#mwt69" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"bi"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-bi-10"}}' id="cite_ref-bi_10-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_7#cite_note-bi-10" id="mwhw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwiA">[10]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt73" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"umist"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-umist-11"}}' id="cite_ref-umist_11-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_7#cite_note-umist-11" id="mwiQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwig">[11]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt77" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"mmu"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-mmu-12"}}' id="cite_ref-mmu_12-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_7#cite_note-mmu-12" id="mwiw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwjA">[12]</span></a></sup>