Birmingham City University

Welcome to study abroad at the Birmingham City University!

Birmingham City University: a large, diverse, historic provider of higher and further education for the people of Birmingham and beyond.

From the seven faculties and seven campuses, the Birmingham City University delivers over 300 courses to more than 23,000 students. The catchment area extends from inner Birmingham to the Far East and the United States. Local, regional, national and international partners play a key role in much of the University's work. In pursuing the historic aim of providing an inclusive education for employable graduates, Birmingham City University works with organisations in the private and public sectors to ensure the highest possible standards of delivery.

The roots of Birmingham City University go back to 1843 with the founding of the Polytechnic Institute and the Birmingham School of Design. Over the next hundred years Schools of Jewellery, Music, Commerce, Art, Education, Architecture, Physical Education and Technology sprang up and were re-established in and around the city. In 1971 those Schools joined to form the new City of Birmingham Polytechnic, which in 1989 was established as an independent corporation with exempt charitable status. University status was conferred in 1992, and as the new University of Central England we continued to develop. In 1995 the University acquired a new Faculty of Health and Community Care, and as recently as 2001 moved into state-of-the-art premises at Millennium Point.

Birmingham, home of the Birmingham City University is a cultured and vibrant city, full of quirky and popular places to visit. A social and cultural heaven.