University of Birmingham
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| Motto | Latin: Per Ardua Ad Alta | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Motto in English | "Through efforts to high things" [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Public | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Established | 1900 – gained University Status by Royal Charter 1825 – Medical School | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Endowment | £78.1 million[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chancellor | The Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea CBE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice-Chancellor | Sir David Eastwood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Visitor | Her Majesty the Queen | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Students | 26,073 [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 17,355[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 8,718[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | , , United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Campus | Urban, Suburban | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Colours | Blue, Gold, Red | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliations | Russell Group Universitas 21 Universities UK EUA ACU | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | birmingham.ac.uk |
The University of Birmingham (or Birmingham University) is a British red brick university in the city of Birmingham, England.[4][5][6][7] It is based in the suburb of Edgbaston. It got its royal charter in 1900, and included the Birmingham Medical School (founded 1825) and Mason Science College (1875).[8]
Birmingham was the first redbrick university to get university status.[9] It is a member of the Russell Group of research universities and a founding member of Universitas 21. Birmingham is one of the 12 institutions in England with highest entry requirements.[10]
The student population includes around 19,000 undergraduate and 9,000 postgraduate students, making the 11th largest in the UK.[11] As of 2011 it is the seventh most popular English university by number of applications.[12]
In 2010 Birmingham was ranked as the 10th most popular British university by graduate employers. The annual income of the institution for 2010-11 was £470.7 million, with an expenditure of £443.7 million.[13] Birmingham has the ninth largest financial endowment of any British university at approximately £85 million in 2009.[14]
Birmingham is ranked nationally between 10th [15] and 23rd.[16] Internationally it is 99th in the 2010 rankings,[17] and 67th in the 2011 rankings.[18] The Sunday Times composite ranking put the university 19th from 1998 to 2007.[19] Birmingham was ranked 12th in the 2008 research assessment.[20]
University Of Birmingham Media
A view across Chancellor's Court, towards the Law building
Friezes on the Aston Webb building
University of Birmingham, England
The construction of new school of Engineering was completed in 2021.
View of Old Joe at night from the university learning center
The Great Hall, where the final round of the first ever prime ministerial debate was held
Statues of the University of Birmingham (Beethoven, Virgil, Michelangelo, Plato, Shakespeare, Newton, Watt, Faraday, and Darwin)
References
- ↑ Ives, Eric (2000). The First Civic University: Birmingham, 1880–1980 – An Introductory History. Birmingham: University of Birmingham Press. ISBN 1-902459-07-5.
- ↑ "index". intranet.birmingham.ac.uk.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Students". Archived from the original on 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- ↑ "Birmingham University student wins engineering award". Birmingham City Council. 27 March 2006. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ↑ Student Life – Meeting the President. BBC News. 8 August 2008. http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2005/11/14/chinese_visit_feature.shtml.
- ↑ Curtis, Polly (29 July 2005). "Birmingham University houses tornado victims". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2005/jul/29/highereducation.news. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ↑ Bawden, Anna (11 February 2005). "Muslim students threaten to sue Birmingham University". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2005/feb/11/highereducation.students. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ↑ "University of Birmingham: The Medical School". Medicine.bham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2008-01-14. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
- ↑ [1], The Guardian, 8 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2010
- ↑ Paton, Graeme (13 July 2011). "Top students concentrated in just 12 elite universities". The Daily Telegraph (London). https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8635891/Top-students-concentrated-in-just-12-elite-universities.html. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
- ↑ "HESA Statistics – Higher Education numbers 2008/2009".
- ↑ "Choose your future". UCAS. Archived from the original on 2020-12-15. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ↑ https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/finance/documents/public/Accounts201011.pdf
- ↑ Postgraduate Prospectus 2009 admissions. University of Birmingham. 2009. p7
- ↑ "University of Birmingham – Top Universities". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
- ↑ "University League Table 2010". The Complete University Guide. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
- ↑ ARWU"ARWU 2010". Arwu.org. Archived from the original on 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
- ↑ "QS World University Rankings". Topuniversities.
- ↑ "University ranking based on performance over 10 years". The Times (London). 2007. http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/univ07ten.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ↑ "Research Assessment Exercise 2008 – Research – University of Birmingham". Research.bham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2010-04-29.