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伯明翰市位于英格兰中部，是英国第二大城市，也是一座交织着传统和现代风格的城市。这里交通便利，距离国家展览中心和伯明翰国际机场非常近。伯明翰大学的住宿条件很不错，大体分为包餐式宿舍和带有厨房设施的自炊式宿舍，大多数宿舍是在校园内或校园附近，宿舍房间均为单人学习室兼卧室，许多房间内还有浴室（带独卫的大概一周八九十磅，包水电）。同时，伯明翰大学还为外国留学生开设咨询服务，留学生新生还可以在开学前参加十分实用的入学教育课程。
Birmingham University 伯明翰大学
Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TT
Tel 0121 415 8900
international@bham.ac.uk
www.bham.ac.uk
星期天泰晤士报大学综合排名：23 本科生数：16,181 (3,989) EU学生/留学生：1.9%/10% |
教学优质度：67.7% |
作为英国著名的高等学府，拥有100多年历史的伯明翰大学对申请人一直保持严谨的要求，大学处处也体现了优秀的高等教育机构应有的品质。伯明翰这一英国商业、文化和娱乐大都市的确是学习生活的好选择。对各项设施的投资使得整座大学充满生机和活力。与英国广播公司合资的新的电视村刚在Selly Oak校园落成，另外耗资2000万英镑的商学院也于今年初建成。在230公顷的Edgbaston校园，各项先进设施一应俱全，特别是体育设施在全英国名列前茅。
被评为优秀的学科：美国研究；考古学；古典和古代历史；计算机科学；牙科；经济学；电子和电气工程学；英语；地理学；地质学；历史；艺术史；旅游和休闲；体育科学；意大利语；数学；统计学；中东和非洲研究；分子生物学；声乐；护理学；有机生物学；物理与天文学；政治；心理学；俄罗斯和东欧语言和研究；社会学；理疗学；教师培训；宗教研究等。
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
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The largest numbers of international students at Birmingham come from: China 811 Germany 106 USA 101 Greece 154 Taiwan 87 Japan 150 Canada 82 Singapore 145 Cyprus 82 Malaysia 142 Irish Republic 71 Nigeria 128 France 69 India 127 Thailand 67 South Korea 116 Ghana 55 Mauritius 106 Vietnam 52 |
Going out… Over 145,000 Birmingham alumni have taken their knowledge and expertise to 192 countries around the globe. Excluding the UK, our alumni are currently active in the following countries:
Australia 939 Canada 914 China 3,879 France 1,682 Germany 1,246 Greece 1,712 India 1,155 Indonesia 654 Italy 654 Japan 791 Malaysia 1,895 Nigeria 738 Singapore 1,500 Spain 682 Taiwan 812 USA 1,914 (figures as at November 2005, excluding occasional students) |