Founded in 1825, Birmingham University is located in Birmingham, the second largest city in Britain. It is one of the top universities in the world 100 and one of the six famous red brick universities in Britain. 1900 was granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria of England.
Birmingham University has been recognized by the world for its high-quality and multi-disciplinary research since it was founded more than a century ago. British Prime Ministers Sir Stanley Baldwin, neville chamberlain and robert anthony eden, Nobel Prize winner francis aston, inventor of mass spectrometer.
Li Siguang, the father of modern geology in China, Yao, the founder of two bombs and one satellite, and Ke Jun, the founder of metal physics and metallurgical history in China, are all outstanding alumni of Birmingham University. By the end of 20 17, there have been 1 1 Nobel Prize winners, 3 British prime ministers and 5 foreign heads of government from Birmingham University.
In the RAE of British higher education in 2008, 58.4% of the research of Birmingham University reached the international excellent (3*) level and above. In the 20 14 REF of British higher education, 28.3% of the research of Birmingham University has reached the international leading level (4*) and above, and 53.2% of the research has reached the international excellent level (3*) and above.
Birmingham University offers a series of degree courses, including 427 undergraduate courses and 327 master's courses, covering a wide range of disciplines, from primary health care and cancer research to psychology, physical education and sports science, music and engineering.
Birmingham University has also been selected as the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Project Center (STEM) of British higher education. 20 14 uk research excellence framework (REF) ranking 15.