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Birmingham City University
Perry Barr, Birmingham, GB, Birmingham United Kingdom

Birmingham City University

World University Rankings
Global Rank #1001

Overview of Birmingham City University

Birmingham City University is a dynamic, modern institution located in the heart of the bustling city of Birmingham, UK. With a focus on practical learning and industry partnerships, the university offers a wide range of programs to meet the needs of today's students.

Academic Excellence

Our university boasts a team of experienced and knowledgeable faculty members who are dedicated to providing high-quality education to our students. They bring real-world experience into the classroom, ensuring that students are well-prepared for their future careers.

Key Disciplines

Birmingham City University is renowned for its strong programs in art and design, business, engineering, and health sciences. Our cutting-edge research and innovative teaching methods set us apart from other institutions.

Focus on Research

Our university is committed to making a significant impact through our research endeavors. We have a history of producing groundbreaking research in various fields, contributing to the advancement of knowledge and society as a whole.

Specialized Programs

Some of our most popular programs include Fashion Design, Computer Science, Marketing, and Nursing. These programs are known for their hands-on approach, industry connections, and strong emphasis on practical skills development.

Case Study: Fashion Design Program

Our Fashion Design program is highly regarded in the industry for its emphasis on creativity, innovation, and professional practice. Graduates have gone on to work for top fashion houses and have showcased their designs at prestigious fashion events.

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Rankings

Sustainability Rankings

Rank: #1201

University Rankings by Region

Rank: #393

World University Rankings

Rank: #1001

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Programmes

Bachelor(159) / UG(159)

Arts and Humanities(42)

  • • BA (Hons) Acting
  • • BA (Hons) Applied Theatre (Community and Education)
  • • BA (Hons) Architecture
  • • BA (Hons) Art and Design Foundation Year
  • • BA (Hons) Art and Design with Creative Technologies
  • • BA (Hons) Creative Writing
  • • BA (Hons) Digital Animation
  • • BA (Hons) English Language and Literature
  • • BA (Hons) English Literature
  • • BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing
  • • BA (Hons) Entertainment Design
  • • BA (Hons) Fashion Design
  • • BA (Hons) Film and Screenwriting
  • • BA (Hons) Filmmaking
  • • BA (Hons) Fine Art
  • • BA (Hons) Game Design
  • • BA (Hons) Graphic Design
  • • BA (Hons) Horology
  • • BA (Hons) Illustration
  • • BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design
  • • BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design with a Foundation Year
  • • BA (Hons) Jewellery and Objects
  • • BA (Hons) Jewellery and Silversmithing - Design for Industry (Level 6 | Top-up)
  • • BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture
  • • BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture - China and UK Delivery
  • • BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture with Foundation Year
  • • BA (Hons) Music Business
  • • BA (Hons) Photography
  • • BA (Hons) Popular Music
  • • BA (Hons) Product Design
  • • BA (Hons) Stage Management
  • • BA (Hons) Textile Design
  • • BA (Hons) Visual Communication - Graphic Communication - China delivery
  • • BA Architecture
  • • BMus Jazz
  • • BMus Music
  • • BSc (Hons) Architectural Technology
  • • BSc (Hons) Digital Film Production
  • • BSc (Hons) Digital Film Production with a Foundation Year
  • • BSc (Hons) Gemmology and Jewellery Studies
  • • BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying
  • • BSc (Hons) Real Estate

Business and Management(28)

  • • BA (Hons) Business Administration (Top Up)
  • • BA (Hons) Business Management
  • • BA (Hons) Business Management with a Foundation Year
  • • BA (Hons) Business with Marketing
  • • BA (Hons) Business with Marketing
  • • BA (Hons) Digital Marketing
  • • BA (Hons) Events Management
  • • BA (Hons) Events Management
  • • BA (Hons) Fashion Business and Promotion
  • • BA (Hons) International Business (Top-Up) (1 Year)
  • • BA (Hons) International Business (Top-Up) (2 Years)
  • • BA (Hons) International Finance (Top-up)
  • • BA (Hons) International Marketing (Top Up)
  • • BA (Hons) Marketing
  • • BA (Hons) Marketing
  • • BA (Hons) Marketing (Advertising and Public Relations)
  • • BA (Hons) Marketing (Advertising and Public Relations)
  • • BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance
  • • BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance
  • • BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance with a Foundation Year
  • • BSc (Hons) Business Finance
  • • BSc (Hons) Business Finance
  • • BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology
  • • BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology with a Foundation Year
  • • BSc (Hons) Business and Entrepreneurship
  • • BSc (Hons) Economics
  • • BSc (Hons) Finance and Investment
  • • BSc (Hons) Finance and Investment

Engineering and Technology(28)

  • • BA (Hons) Game Art
  • • BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering
  • • BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering with a Foundation Year
  • • BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • • BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering with a Foundation Year
  • • BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
  • • BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering with a Foundation Year
  • • BSc (Hons) Artificial Intelligence
  • • BSc (Hons) Building Surveying (Top-Up)
  • • BSc (Hons) Building Surveying (Top-Up)
  • • BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering
  • • BSc (Hons) Computer Networks and Security
  • • BSc (Hons) Computer Networks and Security with a Foundation Year
  • • BSc (Hons) Computer Science
  • • BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence
  • • BSc (Hons) Computer Science with a Foundation Year
  • • BSc (Hons) Computing (Level 6 | Top-up)
  • • BSc (Hons) Computing and Information Technology
  • • BSc (Hons) Computing and Information Technology with a Foundation Year
  • • BSc (Hons) Construction Management
  • • BSc (Hons) Construction Management with a Foundation Year
  • • BSc (Hons) Cyber Security
  • • BSc (Hons) Digital Media Technology - China and UK Delivery
  • • BSc (Hons) Game Programming
  • • BSc (Hons) Game Technology
  • • BSc (Hons) Software Engineering
  • • BSc (Hons) Sound Engineering
  • • BSc (Hons) Sound Engineering with a Foundation Year

Life Sciences and Medicine(25)

  • • BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies with Graduate Practitioner Competencies
  • • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
  • • BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography
  • • BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography
  • • BSc (Hons) Human Biosciences
  • • BSc (Hons) Midwifery
  • • BSc (Hons) Nursing - Adult
  • • BSc (Hons) Nursing - Child
  • • BSc (Hons) Nursing - Child
  • • BSc (Hons) Nursing - Learning Disability
  • • BSc (Hons) Nursing - Mental Health
  • • BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice
  • • BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science
  • • BSc (Hons) Psychology
  • • BSc (Hons) Psychology
  • • BSc (Hons) Psychology with Criminology
  • • BSc (Hons) Psychology with Criminology
  • • BSc (Hons) Psychology with a Foundation Year
  • • BSc (Hons) Specialist Complex Needs Rehabilitation Work (Visual Impairment) (Top-up)
  • • BSc (Hons) Specialist Complex Needs Rehabilitation Work (Visual Impairment) (Top-up)
  • • BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy
  • • BSc (Hons) Therapeutic Radiography
  • • BSc Enhancing Neonatal Care
  • • BSc Neonatal Critical Care (QIS)
  • • BSc Psychology and Counselling

Social Sciences and Management(36)

  • • BA (Hons) Conductive Education
  • • BA (Hons) Criminology
  • • BA (Hons) Criminology
  • • BA (Hons) Criminology, Policing and Investigation
  • • BA (Hons) Education Studies
  • • BA (Hons) English and Journalism
  • • BA (Hons) Fashion Communication
  • • BA (Hons) Human Resources Management
  • • BA (Hons) Human Resources Management
  • • BA (Hons) Journalism
  • • BA (Hons) Media Production
  • • BA (Hons) Media and Communication
  • • BA (Hons) Media and Communication with a Foundation Year
  • • BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS
  • • BA (Hons) Secondary Physical Education with QTS
  • • BA (Hons) Sociology
  • • BA (Hons) Sociology
  • • BA (Hons) Sociology and Criminology
  • • BA (Hons) Sociology and Criminology
  • • BA (Hons) Sociology and Criminology with Foundation Year
  • • BA (Hons) Sport Business Management
  • • BA (Hons) Sport Business Management
  • • BA (Hons) Sports Journalism
  • • BA (Hons) Working with Children, Young People and Families
  • • BA (Hons) Youth Work and Communities (JNC)
  • • BA (Hons) Youth Work and Communities (JNC)
  • • BSc (Hons) Professional Policing
  • • BSc (Hons) Qualified Habilitation Specialist (Children and Young People) – Top Up Degree
  • • BSc (Hons) Qualified Habilitation Specialist (Children and Young People) – Top Up Degree
  • • BSc (Hons) Social Work
  • • BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
  • • BSc (Hons) Sports Coaching and Physical Education
  • • BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy
  • • LLB (Hons) Law
  • • LLB (Hons) Law
  • • LLB (Hons) Law with a Foundation Year

Master(134) / PG(134)

Arts and Humanities(43)

  • • MA Acting
  • • MA Arts and Education Practices
  • • MA Arts and Education Practices
  • • MA Conservation of the Historic Environment
  • • MA Creative Writing
  • • MA Creative Writing
  • • MA Design Management
  • • MA Design and Visualisation
  • • MA Design: Active Practice
  • • MA Design: Active Practice
  • • MA Fashion Communication
  • • MA Fashion Management
  • • MA Fashion and Textile Design
  • • MA Feature Film Development
  • • MA Film Distribution and Marketing
  • • MA Fine Art
  • • MA Fine Art
  • • MA Interior Architecture and Design
  • • MA Jewellery and Related Products
  • • MA Landscape Architecture
  • • MA Landscape Architecture
  • • MA Planning Built Environments
  • • MA Planning Built Environments
  • • MArch Architecture
  • • MArch Architecture
  • • MFA Acting
  • • MLA Landscape Architecture (Conversion Masters)
  • • MMus Composition
  • • MMus Conducting
  • • MMus Conducting
  • • MMus Experimental Performance
  • • MMus Experimental Performance
  • • MMus Music Technology
  • • MMus Performance
  • • MMus Performance
  • • MRes Masters by Research in Creative Arts
  • • MSc Construction Project Management
  • • MSc Construction Project Management
  • • MSc Gemmology
  • • MSc Quantity Surveying
  • • MSc Quantity Surveying
  • • MSc Sportswear Design
  • • PgDip Acting

Business and Management(17)

  • • MA Luxury Brand Management
  • • MSc Accounting and Finance
  • • MSc Accounting and Finance (Masters Stage) - UK Campus
  • • MSc Finance and Investment
  • • MSc Internal Audit Management and Consultancy
  • • MSc Internal Audit Professional Apprenticeship
  • • MSc International Professional Accounting (ACCA)
  • • MSc Management and Entrepreneurship
  • • MSc Management and Finance
  • • MSc Management and International Business
  • • MSc Management and Marketing
  • • MSc Marketing
  • • MSc Project Management
  • • MSc Project Management
  • • MSc Real Estate Management
  • • MSc Real Estate Management
  • • Msc Internal Audit Management and Consultancy

Engineering and Technology(18)

  • • MRes Masters by Research in Sustainable Engineering
  • • MSc Advanced Computer Science
  • • MSc Advanced Computer Science
  • • MSc Artificial Intelligence
  • • MSc Automotive Engineering
  • • MSc Automotive Engineering
  • • MSc Big Data Analytics
  • • MSc Big Data Analytics
  • • MSc Building Information Modelling and Digital Construction
  • • MSc Building Information Modelling and Digital Construction
  • • MSc Computer Science
  • • MSc Computer Science
  • • MSc Cyber Security
  • • MSc Cyber Security
  • • MSc Digital Transformation
  • • MSc Digital Transformation
  • • MSc User Experience Design
  • • MSc User Experience Design

Life Sciences and Medicine(23)

  • • MSc Advanced Clinical Practice
  • • MSc Advancing Diabetes Care
  • • MSc Advancing Practice in Peripheral Vascular Disease
  • • MSc Applied Child Psychology
  • • MSc Applied Child Psychology
  • • MSc Counselling (Children and Young People)
  • • MSc Dietetics - (Pre-registration)
  • • MSc Enhancing Neonatal Care
  • • MSc Forensic Psychology
  • • MSc Forensic Psychology
  • • MSc Health Data Science and Clinical Informatics
  • • MSc Health Data Science and Clinical Informatics
  • • MSc Health Psychology
  • • MSc Health Psychology
  • • MSc Medical Imaging Technology
  • • MSc Medical Ultrasound
  • • MSc Neonatal Critical Care (QIS)
  • • MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-registration)
  • • MSc Psychology (Online)
  • • MSc Radiography
  • • MSc Speech and Language Therapy - (Pre-registration)
  • • MSc Transforming and Leading in Health Care
  • • MSc Transforming and Leading in Health Care

Social Sciences and Management(33)

  • • LLM Conversion in Law
  • • LLM International Business Law
  • • LLM International Business Law
  • • LLM International Law
  • • LLM Legal Practice (SQE1 and SQE2 Preparation)
  • • MA Black Studies and Global Justice
  • • MA Black Studies and Global Justice
  • • MA Criminology
  • • MA Criminology
  • • MA Education
  • • MA Education
  • • MA Education (Early Years)
  • • MA Education (International Education)
  • • MA Future Media
  • • MA International Human Resource Management
  • • MA International Human Resource Management
  • • MA International Relations and Security
  • • MA International Relations and Security
  • • MA Journalism
  • • MA Master of Education – Leadership in Learning (Teach First)
  • • MA Media Production
  • • MA Public Relations
  • • MA Visual Communication
  • • MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • • MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • • MSc Policing and Criminal Justice Leadership
  • • MSc Social Work
  • • MSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition
  • • MSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition
  • • MSc Strength and Conditioning
  • • MSc Strength and Conditioning
  • • Master of Public Health
  • • Master of Public Health

MBA (1)

Full-Time MBA(1)

  • • International MBA

PHD(26)

Arts and Humanities(7)

  • • PhD Art and Design
  • • PhD Art and Design
  • • PhD Built Environment Research Degrees
  • • PhD Conservatoire Research Degrees
  • • PhD English Research Degrees
  • • PhD English Research Degrees
  • • PhD English Research Degrees (distance learning)

Business and Management(3)

  • • PhD Business Research Degrees
  • • PhD Business Research Degrees
  • • PhD Business Research Degrees (distance learning)

Engineering and Technology(2)

  • • PhD Computing Research Degrees
  • • PhD Engineering Research Degrees

Life Sciences and Medicine(2)

  • • PhD Health
  • • PhD Life Sciences

Social Sciences and Management(12)

  • • Law - PhD
  • • Law - PhD
  • • Law - PhD (distance learning)
  • • Media and Cultural Studies - PhD
  • • Media and Cultural Studies - PhD
  • • Media and Cultural Studies - PhD (distance learning)
  • • PhD Education
  • • PhD Education
  • • PhD Social Sciences
  • • PhD Social Sciences
  • • PhD Social Sciences (distance learning)
  • • PhD Sport and Exercise Sciences

University Information

Admission

Bachelor

SAT: 1100+
GMAT: 500+
GPA: 2.6+
IELTS: 6+
TOEFL: 80+

Master

GPA: 2.5+
IELTS: 6.5+

Students & Staff

Total students

31,744

UG students: 75% PG students: 25%

International students

5,482

UG students: 29% PG students: 71%

Total faculty staff

1,488

Domestic staff: 80% Int'l staff: 20%

Cost of Living

Accommodation

$7,970

(Approx. amount)

Food

$2,640

(Approx. amount)

Transport

$840

(Approx. amount)

Utilities

$4,400

(Approx. amount)

Campus Locations

City South Campus, Edgbaston Campus

Primary Campus

Westbourne Road, Edgbaston

City: Birmingham Country: United Kingdom Code: GB Region: Europe Subregion: Northern Europe

Perry Barr, Birmingham, GB Campus

Perry Barr

City: Birmingham Country: United Kingdom Code: GB Region: Europe Subregion: Northern Europe

Birmingham School of Art Campus

Margaret Street

City: Birmingham Country: United Kingdom Code: GB Region: Europe Subregion: Northern Europe