Expansion: Birmingham University is the leading university in Britain, and its discipline ranking and international ranking have always been among the best. The students of Birmingham University are very satisfied with teaching, ranking 17 in the Guardian's ranking of British universities. Because Birmingham University has outstanding performance in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)-its electrical engineering ranks 9th in the UK, and its civil engineering ranks10-the University was chosen to build a STEM education center to expand and strengthen activities in the STEM field.

Globally, Birmingham University ranked 62nd in the QS World University Ranking in 20 13. The initial research objectives of Birmingham University were mainly science, industry and engineering. After a century of development, this university has now developed into an academic-oriented comprehensive university. The research goal has been extended to various fields, showing outstanding research results and becoming a world-class research university (including the successful development of a plastic heart to replace the heart, the synthesis of vitamin C, and the botanical and geological basis of the British Antarctic expedition). In addition to its excellent reputation in scientific research, Birmingham University has also won international praise in the fields of humanities and social sciences, education and law, and was once among the best in the ranking of university research evaluation by the British Education Commission. The main library of Birmingham University is a concentration of learning resources and one of the largest academic libraries in Britain.