About us

Known for its long academic history and important research discoveries, including gaseous diffusion and cavity magnetron, observation on gravitational force, and energy-efficient cooling, The University of Birmingham was established by Queen Victoria by Royal Charter in 1900. Situated in Birmingham, West Midlands, UK, the university is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of Universities and presently educates over 23000 undergraduate and 14000 postgraduate students, including 7875 international students from over 150 countries. The university campus houses some of the world-famous institutes in it like Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Cadbury Research Library, and Shakespeare Institute. The university has sophisticated academic, recreational and residential infrastructure. It also provides on and off-campus accommodation assistance to all the students. The university, through its 5 academic colleges and 100 departments, offers many professional, undergraduate, postgraduate, research, and master’s degree programs in various subjects. The university is highly reputed in the world and holds a QS Top Universities ranking of 81, marking its place in the World’s top-notch 100 universities in 2020. ‘THE’ 2020 and The Guardian 2020 have ranked the university at 13th and 16th position respectively, making it amongst UK’s top 20 universities.