Established in 1900 by Joseph Chamberlain, Birmingham has been testing and creating extraordinary personalities for over a century.
This was England's first metro college, where understudies from all religions and foundations were acknowledged on an equivalent premise
Birmingham was the principal free urban college based on a grounds model, the first with a Medical School, a Business School, a reason constructed understudies' union, and a ladies' lobbies of living arrangement.
Area and Transport
Birmingham is at the heart of the nation's street and rail organizes, with a universal air terminal with flights to numerous overall destinations.
Found sufficiently a long way from the downtown area to appreciate the advantages of grounds life, however sufficiently close to get to every one of the civilities of one of the UK's biggest urban communities.
Birmingham's Edgbaston grounds is green and open, with every one of the enhancements of a residential community on its 101-hectare (250-section of land site), including the college's own particular prepare station.
On grounds is additionally the University's own particular workmanship exhibition; the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, which includes works by Monet, Picasso and Van Gogh amongst others; Winterbourne Botanic Garden, a six-section of land garden showing plants from around the globe and offers a novel space to unwind. There are additionally bars, bistros, shops, a games focus, banks, specialist's surgery and dental practice.
Passage Requirements
We invite undergrad applications from all hopefuls offering A level or comparable capabilities.
Passage benchmarks for A level fluctuate, with mean focuses score for contestants being 402.
Global understudies need to show a decent level of composed and communicated in English.
Discover more about section prerequisites at the University of Birmingham on the site.
Understudy Mix
The 32,335 understudies selected in the scholastic year 2013/14 involve:
Level of study
Undergrad
59%
Postgraduate
41%
Method of study
Full Time
80%
Low maintenance
20%
Home
UK
76%
EU
4%
Other
19%
Understudy sexual orientation
Male
43%
Female
57%
Course Flexibility
Single respects projects for understudies wishing to focus on one subject, and joint respects for the individuals who like a scope of choices.
The Major/Minor degrees permit understudies to focus on one subject more often than not (70%), however give an essence of a second subject (30%).
The Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences permits understudies to outline their own particular program of study in light of their hobbies and qualities. Understudies will be bolstered in picking modules which fit together into an intelligent program of study, and specifically they will add to a Major territory of top to bottom information. Contingent upon the modules picked, understudies can keep their choices open and pick their Major toward the begin of their last year.
A few projects permit investigation of modules outside the primary teach (MOMD) – there are more than 130 MOMDs.
Instructing Standards
Birmingham understudies ought to hope to be tested and urged to think for themselves. They appreciate a scope of various learning settings, which covers the vital materials for the course. Understudies will likewise be required to think, talk about and draw in basically with the subject and discover things out for themselves,
Through enquiry-drove learning, understudies are urged to play a dynamic part in dealing with their learning, creating imagination and freedom, authority and critical thinking abilities – all exceedingly esteemed by managers.
Understudies will be bolstered in making this move to the thorough requests of a degree. Bolster on offer incorporates individual mentors and welfare coaches situated in offices, to a 'move survey' in the main year which helps understudies evaluate their advance so far and get to help where fundamental.
Likewise offered is a Personal Skills Award, which empowers understudies to pick up accreditation in a scope of authority, administration and life aptitudes that are crucial for the current work put.
The standard of projects and grants has been given the most noteworthy recognition by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.
Inquire about Standards
More than 81% of all exploration did by the University of Birmingham is evaluated as globally phenomenal (3*) or world driving (4*) as per the REF 2014.
The consequences of the REF additionally demonstrate that 87% of the University of Birmingham's exploration movement has a worldwide effect, affirming its position among the world's top colleges for research in an expansive scope of zones from History and Education to Chemical Engineering and Psychology.
The REF comes about place a large portion of the college's crafts and humanities scientists among the absolute best in the UK, highlighting our reality class examine program. This incorporates our work in the field of worldwide morals in, for instance, the administration of the UK Biobank and in hereditary research hones.
Positioned first in the nation for Dentistry as far as 4* and 3* inquire about, scholastics have united with driving worldwide industry names, for example, Unilever, Philips and Mars to trial new items which will have wellbeing affects a long ways past dental issues, incorporating into diabetes and coronary illness.
REF comes about put the college's Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation specialists among the main three in the UK, highlighting the world-class scrutinize program into spearheading work, including helping 'hard to achieve' groups to receive and keep up more dynamic and more beneficial ways of life.
Scholastic Strengths
Scientists have set up a few new medication mixes to help growth survival rates and are right now creating imaginative new TB treatments.
New innovation has been utilized to investigate a lost ancient world far below the North Sea and archeologists as of late found another henge close to the Stonehenge site.
Scientists from the Universities of Birmingham and Lancaster, examining information taken by the ATLAS try, have been at the focal point of what is accepted to be the primary clear perception of another molecule at the Large Hadron Collider.
Scientists have created medications to moderate the movement of Rheumatoid Arthritis and battle the side effects of Premenstrual Syndrome.
In 2012 we invited Professor Alice Roberts as the new Professor of Public Engagement in Science. Alice has highlighted as a science moderator on projects, for example, Coast and Horizon. Notwithstanding working with undergrad and PhD understudies, Alice's part likewise includes being an envoy, elevating our scholastics' exploration to the overall population and motivating individuals about science.
Birmingham is spearheading new work into quantum advances that could help industry to take care of numerous issues, investigating approaches to battle anti-infection resistance, and creating smart robots that could help us in our regular lives.
The college is get ready to send water bugs into space to perceive how they respond to zero gravity, taking a gander at therapeutic morals to convey incredibleness in exactly educated and strategy important research, and driving the path in stratified drug – another method for streamlining medications customized to individual needs.
College classes
Sort of Qualification:
All Postgraduate (1153)
All Undergraduate (285)
To begin with Degree (285)
LLB (8)
LLM (12)
MBA (15)
Postgraduate (Research) (401)
Postgraduate (Taught) (752)
Method of study:
Remove/online (91)
Full-time (787)
Full-time with time abroad (63)
Low maintenance (491)
Sandwich (7)
Variable (1)
Skim all courses
Understudy Facilities
A world pioneer in growing new learning advances intended to help people learn in the way that suits them best.
Nine open-access PC suites crosswise over grounds, two e-learning suites, information focuses in 90% of college study rooms, remote system, internet learning assets.
One of the UK's biggest scholastic libraries, containing more than 2.7 million volumes and 3 million documents and compositions, in addition to a further ten libraries and asset focuses.
Handicap Services
Visit the site for data about handicap benefits at the University of Birmingham or phone 0121 414 5130.
Understudies' Union
A long and effective history of campaigning and crusading to enhance understudy life.
Runs more than 190 understudy gatherings and social orders, mirroring each taste and hobby.
Intervol (International Volunteering) send around 100 understudies every year to extends over the globe, incorporating Aids Awareness in Cambodia and Kenya, preservation work and other supportable long haul activities.
Discover more about the understudies' union at the University of Birmingham visit the site.
Accessibility of Part-Time Work
Numerous chances to discover low maintenance work in Birmingham. The vast majority of understudies find paid work amid their time at college.
Work Zone is an on-grounds benefit keep running by our Student Guild to help understudies discover outer low maintenance employments. Opening promoted are seldom over 16 hours for every week amid term-time.
Worklink is a sevice based at the Guild of Students, and works nearby the Jobzone to furnish understudies with the association with on-grounds easygoing work.
Vocations Guidance
Because of a late £5-million venture into the extension of Birmingham's understudy employability benefits, understudies profit by a one of a kind Careers Network direction benefit, access to coaching from some of our best graduated class, bursaries to bolster their advancement through work experience and national-recompense winning entry level positions and arrangements in the UK and abroad.
Professions Network has five school groups, each made up of vocations specialists and vocations consultants, an applications counselor, entry level position officer and vocations data officer. Every school group is committed to bringing you data, counsel and direction custom-made to your particular needs. You'll discover your group in areas inside of your school and in addition at our focal center.
The college was positioned in the main 12 most focused on colleges by driving businesses in the UK in the High Fliers Graduate Market in 2014 report.
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