The Birmingham City University has the largest faculty of art, design and media education in Britain and the university's Business School has been awarded a platinum award for its teaching of accountancy, with some of the best teaching in this subject in the country.

The University is planning to invest GBP250 million to create a major new city centre campus, while a new gym and sports hall has recently been completed. 

The university is one of seventeen Skillset Media Academies in the United Kingdom (the only such Academy in the West Midlands), a status awarded to recognise "centres of excellence in television and interactive media". This stems from its courses at the Faculty of Technology, Engineering and the Environment, the Birmingham School of Media, and the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, which is the largest such Institute outside London. With regard to post-production, the university also has Avid Mentor status, and is the Midlands' accredited training centre for Apple's Final Cut editing software. The School of Media is regarded as the UK's number-one media school to offer both theory- and production-based teaching, and is ranked eleventh in The Guardian University Guide 2010.

For health and social care, Birmingham City University was awarded national recognition as a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, in its institutional audit and major review of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions, gave the university excellent outcomes. The university's Faculty of Health has an on-site virtual operating suite, the first at a university in England. In the Smithers-Robinson League Table, for initial teacher training, Birmingham City University and three other institutions are consistently ranked top ten. Ofsted inspection scores for teacher education courses are frequently among the best.

In May 2010, the university achieved the highest mark, an Ofsted grade 1 for the quality of training and the management and quality assurance of the training it provides for both its primary and secondary teacher training courses.

COURSES

All courses are BA (Hons) unless otherwise stated

• International Business
• International Finance
• International Marketing

A large number of other courses are available via third year entry. Look at the University web site for more details!

APPLICATION FORM

Special application procedures apply. Please contact Alan Hallett for further information.

UNIVERSITY WEBSITE

To find out more about the university look here.

Established:

1971

Number of Students:

Approx 25000

Undergraduate Fees:

£7,500 for most courses

Student Life

Birmingham City University Students' Union is located at the City North Campus. There are several reception offices located at all the university's campuses. It is affiliated with the National Union of Students, and all students are automatically members of the union. Student media comprises a magazine, Spaghetti Junction (also known as SJ magazine), and a television station, Tiger TV. The Students' Union also has close ties with the student and community radio station Scratch Radio, which is housed in the main Students' Union building.

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