University of Birmingham
| 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 52°27′2″N 1°55′50″W / 52.45056°N 1.93056°W | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Curtis, Polly (29 July 2005). "Birmingham University houses tornado victims". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ↑ Bawden, Anna (11 February 2005). "Muslim students threaten to sue Birmingham University". The Guardian. London. 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. Archived from the original on 2011-08-01. 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[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 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" (PDF). The Times. London. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-14. 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.