• The University of Birmingham is a public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
• It received its royal charter in 1900 making it the first English civic or ‘red brick’ university to receive its own royal charter.
• It is a founding member of both the Russell Group of British research universities and the international network of research universities, Universitas 21.
• The student population includes 22,440 undergraduate and 12,395 postgraduate students, which is the fourth largest in the UK.
• The university is home to the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, housing works by Van Gogh, Picasso and Monet; the Shakespeare Institute and the Cadbury Research Library.
• In September 2018 the University opened a new campus in Dubai, becoming the first global top 100 and Russell Group University to establish a campus in Dubai and its rapidly developing international educational hub.
• Coventry, Leicester and Nottingham are all under an hour away from Birmingham and London is a 2-hour journey by train.
• Aston University and Birmingham City University are some of the other Universities in the region. The university has 2 important campuses.
Things you should know
• The University of Birmingham ranks among the top 50 universities across several disciplines in the QS World University Rankings by Subject: like Dentistry (13th), Development Studies (36th), Education (36th), English Language and Literature (34th), Sports-Related Subjects (6th), Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies (26th).
• It is ranked 64th for Arts and Humanities, 84th for Life sciences Medicine and between 51 and 100 for Civil Engineering, Psychology, Material Sciences, Pharmacology in the world.
• The Times/Sunday Times ranked The University of Birmingham 112th in the world.
• The University of Birmingham was the third most targeted university by top employers in 2018-19 (The Graduate Market in 2019) and ranked 5th by the Complete University Guide for Graduate Prospects, demonstrating our dedication to your future.
• 11 Alumni from Birmingham University have got the Nobel Prize till date.
Of University of Birmingham
• British Prime Minister- Arthur Neville Chamberlain
• Singapore Minister of Finance – Hu Tsu Tau Richard.
• Sir John Jenning- director of the Bank of England-Lord Roll of Ipsden; Chairman of the Shell Transport and Trading Company plc
• CEO and chairman of BP – Sir Peter Walters.
• Chairman of British Aerospace- Sir Austin Pearce.
• Vice Chancellor of Amity University- Mr PB Sharma.
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