The Kilburn Building is a building on the Oxford Road in Manchester which is home to the Department of Computer Science at the University of Manchester. The building was designed by the Building Design Partnership and completed in 1972, with three storeys in a square shape, measuring 76 by 76 metres. The building was formerly known as the Computer Building changing its name in 2001 in honour of Tom Kilburn who died in the same year.
The Kilburn Building seen from the Oxford Road in 2011
Looking North over the Kilburn Building towards the City from University Place, with Manchester One and
Picture showing "big aggressive box of brick pier and vertical window strips"
Looking South down the Oxford Road past University place and the Kilburn building sign
Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester
The Department of Computer Science at the University of Manchester is the longest established department of Computer Science in the United Kingdom and one of the largest. It is located in the Kilburn Building on the Oxford Road and currently has over 800 students taking a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses and 60 full-time academic staff.
The Department of Computer Science is based in the Kilburn Building on Oxford Road
Professor Steve Furber FRS FREng works on the SpiNNaker and the Human Brain Project
Carole Goble CBE FREng is a Professor of Computer Science
Professor Robert Stevens has served head of school/department since 2016
