University of Birmingham facts for kids
| Motto | Latin: Per Ardua Ad Alta | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Motto in English
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"Through efforts to high things" | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Public | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Established | 1900 – gained University Status by Royal Charter 1825 – Medical School |
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| Endowment | £78.1 million | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chancellor | The Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea CBE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice-Chancellor | Sir David Eastwood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Visitor | Her Majesty the Queen | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Students | 26,073 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 17,355 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 8,718 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location |
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52°27′2″N 1°55′50″W / 52.45056°N 1.93056°W |
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| Campus | Urban, Suburban | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Colours | Blue, Gold, Red |
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| Affiliations | Russell Group Universitas 21 Universities UK EUA ACU |
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| Website | birmingham.ac.uk |
The University of Birmingham (or Birmingham University) is a British red brick university in the city of Birmingham, England. 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).
Birmingham was the first redbrick university to get university status. 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.
The student population includes around 19,000 undergraduate and 9,000 postgraduate students, making the 11th largest in the UK. As of 2011 it is the seventh most popular English university by number of applications.
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. Birmingham has the ninth largest financial endowment of any British university at approximately £85 million in 2009.
Birmingham is ranked nationally between 10th and 23rd. Internationally it is 99th in the 2010 rankings, and 67th in the 2011 rankings. The Sunday Times composite ranking put the university 19th from 1998 to 2007. Birmingham was ranked 12th in the 2008 research assessment.
Images for kids
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A view across Chancellor's Court, towards the Law building
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Ceiling of the Aston Webb building
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Friezes on the Aston Webb building
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Poynting physics building
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The Great Hall, where the final round of the first ever prime ministerial debate was held
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Statues of the University of Birmingham (Beethoven, Virgil, Michelangelo, Plato, Shakespeare, Newton, Watt, Faraday, and Darwin)
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Plan of the new University Campus at Edgbaston, proposed by architects Sir Aston Webb and Mr Ingress Bell in 1909
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Old Joe, the university's clock tower, remains the tallest freestanding clock tower in the world
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The university's Learning Centre (left), School of Computer Science (right) and Sir Eduardo Paolozzi's Faraday sculpture
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Faculty of Arts Building
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University railway station
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The Mason College building housed the Faculties of Arts and Law until 1962
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Aston Webb building from the rear
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The Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon
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The University of Birmingham Astronomical Observatory
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The old main library, which has now been demolished
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The Medical School and Queen Elizabeth Hospital
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William Bloye's Birmingham University mermaid
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The Birmingham Business School
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Birmingham University playing fields
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High Hall as it appeared just prior to demolition in 2013
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Barber Institute interior
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William Bloye's mermaid fountain at Birmingham University
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Nobel Prize winner Sir Norman Haworth
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Saint Lucian Prime Minister, Kenny Anthony
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Chief Justice of Hong Kong, Geoffrey Ma
