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University of Birmingham

Coordinates: 52°27′2″N 1°55′50″W / 52.45056°N 1.93056°W / 52.45056; -1.93056
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University of Birmingham
MottoLatin: Per Ardua Ad Alta
Motto in English
"Through efforts to high things" [1]
TypePublic
Established1900 – gained University Status by Royal Charter
1825 – Medical School
Endowment£78.1 million[2]
ChancellorThe Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea CBE
Vice-ChancellorSir David Eastwood
VisitorHer Majesty the Queen
Students26,073 [3]
Undergraduates17,355[3]
Postgraduates8,718[3]
Location
Birmingham
,
West Midlands
,
United Kingdom

52°27′2″N 1°55′50″W / 52.45056°N 1.93056°W / 52.45056; -1.93056
CampusUrban, Suburban
ColoursBlue, Gold, Red
                                         
AffiliationsRussell Group
Universitas 21
Universities UK
EUA
ACU
Websitebirmingham.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]

References

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  1. ↑ Ives, Eric (2000). The First Civic University: Birmingham, 1880–1980 – An Introductory History. Birmingham: University of Birmingham Press. ISBN 1-902459-07-5.
  2. ↑ "index". intranet.birmingham.ac.uk.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Students". Archived from the original on 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
  4. ↑ "Birmingham University student wins engineering award". Birmingham City Council. 27 March 2006. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Student Life – Meeting the President". BBC News. 8 August 2008.
  6. ↑ Curtis, Polly (29 July 2005). "Birmingham University houses tornado victims". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
  7. ↑ Bawden, Anna (11 February 2005). "Muslim students threaten to sue Birmingham University". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
  8. ↑ "University of Birmingham: The Medical School". Medicine.bham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2008-01-14. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
  9. ↑ [1], The Guardian, 8 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2010
  10. ↑ Paton, Graeme (13 July 2011). "Top students concentrated in just 12 elite universities". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 2011-08-01. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
  11. ↑ "HESA Statistics – Higher Education numbers 2008/2009".
  12. ↑ "Choose your future". UCAS. Archived from the original on 2020-12-15. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  13. ↑ https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/finance/documents/public/Accounts201011.pdf[permanent dead link]
  14. ↑ Postgraduate Prospectus 2009 admissions. University of Birmingham. 2009. p7
  15. ↑ "University of Birmingham – Top Universities". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
  16. ↑ "University League Table 2010". The Complete University Guide. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  17. ↑ ARWU"ARWU 2010". Arwu.org. Archived from the original on 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  18. ↑ "QS World University Rankings". Topuniversities.
  19. ↑ "University ranking based on performance over 10 years" (PDF). The Times. London. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-14. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  20. ↑ "Research Assessment Exercise 2008 – Research – University of Birmingham". Research.bham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
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