The University of Birmingham, located in Birmingham, the second largest city in Britain, was founded in 1825. It is one of the oldest famous universities in Britain, one of the top 100 universities in the world, the founding member of Russell University Group, the international university organization Universitas 2 1, and one of the six famous "red brick universities" in Britain. Birmingham University enjoys a high international reputation for its excellent teaching quality and scientific research level. British Prime Minister neville chamberlain and China famous geologist Li Siguang are outstanding alumni of Birmingham University. So far, Birmingham University has trained eight Nobel Prize winners and 1 British Prime Minister.

The University of Birmingham has five faculties, namely, the Faculty of Arts and Law, the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. There are many kinds of undergraduate, master and doctoral courses offered by the school, among which the most popular majors include: dentistry, medicine, electronic and electrical engineering, English, language studies, history, business, architectural design, physics and astronomy, sociology, molecular biology and so on.