University of Birmingham (University of Birmingham), or UoB for short, is located in Birmingham, the second largest city in the UK. Founded in 1825, it is one of the top 100 universities in the world, one of the top universities in the UK, one of the six famous "Red Brick Universities" in the UK, and a founding member of Russell University Group, a British elite university alliance, and Universitas 21, an international university organization. Birmingham University enjoys a high reputation internationally for its excellent teaching quality and scientific research level. The British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and the famous Chinese geologist Li Siguang are outstanding alumni of Birmingham University. So far, Birmingham University has cultivated 8 Nobel Prize winners and 1 British Prime Minister. The University of Birmingham ranked 10th in the UK and 62nd in the world in the 2013/14QS World University Ranking.
Birmingham University was founded in 1825 as Birmingham Medical College. In 1900, it was granted a royal charter to become a university and became one of the famous universities in Britain. The University of Birmingham is one of the world's famous universities and an international teaching and research center, with first-class teaching quality and perfect teaching facilities. The original research goal of the university is mainly science, industry and engineering. After a century of development, the university has developed into an academic oriented comprehensive university. The research goal has also extended to various fields and demonstrated outstanding research achievements, becoming a world-class research university. And Nottingham University Sheffield University 、 Leeds University , Warwick University, Manchester University, etc. are listed in 12 elite universities in the UK.
Since its establishment more than a century ago, the University of Birmingham has been recognized by the world for its high-quality and multidisciplinary research. British Prime Ministers Stanley Baldwin, Neville Chamberlain and Robert Anthony Eden, the inventor of the Nobel Prize winning mass spectrometer, Francis Aston, the father of modern Chinese geology, Li Siguang, and Yao Tongbin, the two bombs and one star hero, Ke Jun, the founder of Chinese metal physics and metallurgical history, is an outstanding alumnus of Birmingham University. By the end of 2016, there had been 11 Nobel Prize winners, 3 British Prime Ministers and 3 heads of foreign governments from Birmingham University.
Birmingham University provides language, preparatory, undergraduate, master and doctoral education, and a series of degree courses, including 427 undergraduate courses and 327 master courses. The range of disciplines is very wide, from primary nursing, cancer research, to psychology, sports and sports science, music and engineering. It also offers undergraduate preparatory and master's programs. The University of Birmingham has also been selected as the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Program Centre (STEM) for higher education in the UK. Top ranked in TIMES UK universities: Physics and Astronomy Chemical Engineering No.4 Computer Science Major No. 5. Other advantageous majors: Master of Education; In terms of monetary banking and finance, there are master's degree in accounting and finance, master's degree in economics, senior master's degree in engineering management, art management, and interaction design. TIMES, the mathematics major of the University of Birmingham, ranks 18th.
University of Birmingham World Ranking:
Birmingham University in 2023U S. News World University ranked 89 and 2023QS World University ranked 91. He won the gold medal in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) assessment organized by the British government in 2017.
The University of Birmingham has improved its position among the best performing research intensive universities in the world. In the latest QS World University Discipline Ranking, seven fields have entered the top 50.
Compared with last year, all five departments of this university have improved in the famous global rankings, including life sciences and medicine, which rose 30 places, tied for 62 places, and arts and humanities, which rose 12 places, ranked 65 places.
Sports, dentistry, English, theology, anatomy and physiology, and linguistics all improved in the top 50 - sports rose one place to sixth, and dentistry rose two places to 22nd.
Campus:
Edgbaston Campus, the main campus is located in Edgbaston District, Birmingham City, 4.8 kilometers southwest of the downtown of Birmingham, and built with reference to the campus planning of Cornell University. Selly oak campus, the Selly oak campus is about 2.5 kilometers south of the main campus. Mason College Campus is partly changed into the School of Music of Birmingham City University. The main departments include Medical School and Business School. Almost 50% of the Business School of Birmingham University are Chinese students.
scholarship : Birmingham University has a "Li Siguang Scholarship" named after Mr. Li Siguang, a famous Chinese alumnus, which is funded by Chinese doctoral students who are excellent in character and learning. This scholarship is not limited to research fields. Interested applicants must first apply to Birmingham University for doctoral candidates, and then apply to the China Scholarship Council after obtaining the admission permit.
One year fee : Living expenses for studying abroad: £ 9250; Average campus accommodation: £ 5367; Average annual tuition for undergraduate courses: £ 21780; Average annual tuition for master's degree: £ 22950
Accommodation services : The school is responsible for providing accommodation for new students. There are student dormitory buildings and self catering buildings for students to choose freely. The student dormitory building provides breakfast, lunch and dinner, and has a specially assigned person to clean the room. There are necessary facilities in the room, and each building has a full-time life teacher; The self catering building usually has 4-6 students sharing a room, shared kitchen and bathroom or independent bathroom (the price is higher, of course). If students fail to successfully apply to the dormitory on campus, there are also a few accommodation families to choose from.
