University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

Motto	Latin: Per Ardua Ad Alta
Motto in English	"Through efforts to high things" [1]
Type	Public
Established	1900 – gained University Status by Royal Charter 1825 – Medical School
Endowment	£78.1 million[2]
Chancellor	The Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea CBE
Vice-Chancellor	Sir David Eastwood
Visitor	Her Majesty the Queen
Students	26,073 [3]
Undergraduates	17,355[3]
Postgraduates	8,718[3]
Location	Birmingham , West Midlands , United Kingdom 52°27′2″N 1°55′50″W
Campus	Urban, Suburban
Colours	Blue, Gold, Red
Affiliations	Russell Group Universitas 21 Universities UK EUA ACU
Website	birmingham.ac.uk

The University of Birmingham (or Birmingham University) is a British red brick university in the city of Birmingham, England.^[4][5][6][7] It is based in the suburb of Edgbaston. It got its royal charter in 1900, and included the Birmingham Medical School (founded 1825) and Mason Science College (1875).^[8]

Birmingham was the first redbrick university to get university status.^[9] It is a member of the Russell Group of research universities and a founding member of Universitas 21. Birmingham is one of the 12 institutions in England with highest entry requirements.^[10]

The student population includes around 19,000 undergraduate and 9,000 postgraduate students, making the 11th largest in the UK.^[11] As of 2011 it is the seventh most popular English university by number of applications.^[12]

In 2010 Birmingham was ranked as the 10th most popular British university by graduate employers. The annual income of the institution for 2010-11 was £470.7 million, with an expenditure of £443.7 million.^[13] Birmingham has the ninth largest financial endowment of any British university at approximately £85 million in 2009.^[14]

Birmingham is ranked nationally between 10th ^[15] and 23rd.^[16] Internationally it is 99th in the 2010 rankings,^[17] and 67th in the 2011 rankings.^[18] The Sunday Times composite ranking put the university 19th from 1998 to 2007.^[19] Birmingham was ranked 12th in the 2008 research assessment.^[20]

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19. "University ranking based on performance over 10 years" (PDF). The Times. London. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-14. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
20. "Research Assessment Exercise 2008 – Research – University of Birmingham". Research.bham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2010-04-29.