Birmingham University

Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TT
Tel 0121 415 8900
international@bham.ac.uk
www.bham.ac.uk

 

Sunday Times ranking: 23 (23) Undergraduates: 16,181 (3,989) Postgraduates: 5,571 (6,367) Applications/places: 7:1 EU/overseas: 1.9%/10% Mature: 11% State school: 81%

Teaching excellence: 67.7% Student satisfaction: 70.2% Head teacher ranking: 11= Research quality: 61% A/AS-level points: 380 Unemployment: 4.8% Firsts and 2:1s: 68.9% Student/staff ratio: 17.1:1 Dropout rate: 7% (8%)

Areas rated excellent (29) American studies; archeology; classics and ancient history; computer science; dentistry; economics; electrical and electronic engineering; English; geography; geology; history; history of art; hospitality, leisure, recreation, sport and tourism (sport and exercise science); Iberian languages and studies; Italian; maths, statistics and operational research; Middle Eastern and African studies; molecular biosciences; music; nursing; organismal biosciences; physics and astronomy; politics; psychology; Russian and east European languages and studies; sociology; subjects allied to medicine (physiotherapy); teacher  training; theology and religious studies.

An intellectual powerhouse for more than 100 years, Birmingham’s prospectus challenges applicants head-on, asking: “What will you add?” Inside, it drives at the heart of what university education should be about. Oh, and it also mentions how great it is to study in Birmingham as a retail, culturaland entertainment mecca. Heavy investment in facilities is making Birmingham a dynamic place. A new television drama village, a joint venture with the BBC, has been established on the Selly Oak campus, and a £20m business school opened earlier this year. There are a host of other facilities on the 230-acre Edgbaston campus and sports provision is among the finest in Britain.

A global university

As a leading international university, we welcome students and academics from across the world. Staff and students here have the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to contribute to a global society.

We are:

• One of only of 23 UK higher education institutions in the top 150 of the World University Rankings carried out by the Times Higher Education Supplement

• One of only 11 UK higher education institutions in the top 100 universities listed in the Jiao Tong (China) worldwide league table

The following facts and figures help to demonstrate our international standing:

• Birmingham currently hosts 4,500 students from 143 countries – the fourth-largest population of international students at any UK higher education institution. Our international postgraduate community is the largest in the UK

• 23% of our academic staff are overseas nationals

• We are one of the UK’s biggest participants in the European Erasmus programme, with 236 partner universities across continental Europe, as well as links with 45 universities outside Europe. Every year we welcome around 400 students from our partner universities and they host a similar number of Birmingham students

• Birmingham is a founder member of Universitas 21, a global network of 20 research-led universities in 12 countries

• The University’s European Research Institute is the foremost UK research centre on European matters and is one of only 25 European institutions to be designated a Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence by the European Commission