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The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University, or simply Birmingham) is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. Founded in Edgbaston in 1900 as a successor to Mason Science College, and with origins dating back to the 1825 Birmingham Medical School, it was the first Redbrick university to gain an official royal charter.

It is a member of the Russell Group of research universities and a founding member of Universitas 21. The student population includes around 16,500 undergraduate and 8,000 postgraduate students, making it the largest university in the West Midlands region, and the 11th largest in the UK. As of 2006-07 it is the fourth most popular English university by number of applications. The annual income of the institution for 2007-08 was £411.6 million, with an expenditure of £393.2 million. Birmingham has the ninth largest financial endowment of any British university at approximately £85 million in 2009.

Described as "Large, prestigious and rather grand" by The Guardian newspaper, the university is ranked nationally between 10th (The Times HES) and 23rd (The Independent), and internationally between 59th (QS; The Times HES) and 94th (ARWU) in the latest respective rankings. The Sunday Times' composite ranking placed the university 19th from 1998-2007. Birmingham was ranked 12th in the UK in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, the best result in the West Midlands region, with 16 per cent of the university's research regarded as 'world-leading' and a further 41 per cent as 'internationally excellent', and particular strengths in the fields of music, physics, biosciences, computer science, mechanical engineering, European studies, political science, international relations and law. Birmingham's sport activities have been consistently ranked within the top three in British Universities competitions for the past 15 years. In 2010 Birmingham was ranked as the 10th most targeted British university by graduate employers.

The University is home to the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, housing works by Van Gogh, Picasso and Monet, the Lapworth Museum of Geology, and the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, which is a prominent landmark visible from many parts of the city, and the tallest free-standing clock tower in the world. Alumni include former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and 8 Nobel laureates.

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Multiples choice - The Guardian The Guardian--Dr David Toke Senior lecturer in energy policy, -University of Birmingham- • Just a word to thank you for printing the International Space Station fly-past ... - Date : Sun, 10 Oct 2010 23:05:47 GMT+00:00
Lecturer in Patisserie (2 posts) Birmingham - CatererSearch CatererSearch---University- College -Birmingham- (UCB) is a specialist HEI, offering a highly succesful miz of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes alongside vocational ... - Date : Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:28:59 GMT+00:00
Preserve Northfield Manor says local historian - BBC News BBC News--The building was given to The -University of Birmingham- in 1952, but was sold off in 2007 and has remained derelict ever since. Mike is concerned about the ... - Date : Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:29:31 GMT+00:00
Lord Mayor Quiz launched in Birmingham - Birmingham Mail Birmingham Mail--The Great Hall at the -University of Birmingham- will be thundering to the sound of quick fire buzzers as it hosts the Lord Mayor Annual Quiz. ... - Date : Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:34:58 GMT+00:00
One in 10 people hurt using mobile - Independent Independent--Dr Joanna Lumsden, from Aston -University- in -Birmingham-, said that in London, two teenage pedestrians a day were killed or injured because they were ... - Date : Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:02:38 GMT+00:00
New blood for city's chartered management accountants - The Birmingham Post The Birmingham Post--Nearly 100 newly qualified chartered management accountants celebrated their achievement in a special ceremony at the -University of Birmingham-. ... - Date : Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:02:55 GMT+00:00
Poor sleep linked to childhood obesity - Silentnight Beds Silentnight Beds--This is according to scientists from the -University of Birmingham-, who unveiled their findings at the British Sleep Society conference. ... - Date : Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:08:37 GMT+00:00
Anti-anxiety drug could help premenstrual syndrome - WebMD.Boots.com WebMD.Boots.com--Dr Thelma Lovick, from the -University of Birmingham's- School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, told the city's Science Festival that taking doses of ... - Date : Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:28:45 GMT+00:00
Health expert appointed by Gloucestershire council - BBC News BBC News--Prof Harrison is professor of environmental health at the -University of Birmingham-, deputy chairman of the Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards, ... - Date : Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:11:20 GMT+00:00
Malaria 'caught from gorillas' - BBC News BBC News--Dr Beatrice Hahn of the -University of Birmingham-, Alabama, in the US, is part of a team that had been studying HIV and related infections in humans and ... - Date : Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:18:49 GMT+00:00

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Multiples choice - The Guardian

The Guardian--Dr David Toke Senior lecturer in energy policy, -University of Birmingham- • Just a word to thank you for printing the International Space Station fly-past ... - Date : Sun, 10 Oct 2010 23:05:47 GMT+00:00

Lecturer in Patisserie (2 posts) Birmingham - CatererSearch

CatererSearch---University- College -Birmingham- (UCB) is a specialist HEI, offering a highly succesful miz of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes alongside vocational ... - Date : Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:28:59 GMT+00:00

Preserve Northfield Manor says local historian - BBC News

BBC News--The building was given to The -University of Birmingham- in 1952, but was sold off in 2007 and has remained derelict ever since. Mike is concerned about the ... - Date : Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:29:31 GMT+00:00

Lord Mayor Quiz launched in Birmingham - Birmingham Mail

Birmingham Mail--The Great Hall at the -University of Birmingham- will be thundering to the sound of quick fire buzzers as it hosts the Lord Mayor Annual Quiz. ... - Date : Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:34:58 GMT+00:00

One in 10 people hurt using mobile - Independent

Independent--Dr Joanna Lumsden, from Aston -University- in -Birmingham-, said that in London, two teenage pedestrians a day were killed or injured because they were ... - Date : Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:02:38 GMT+00:00

New blood for city's chartered management accountants - The Birmingham Post

The Birmingham Post--Nearly 100 newly qualified chartered management accountants celebrated their achievement in a special ceremony at the -University of Birmingham-. ... - Date : Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:02:55 GMT+00:00

Poor sleep linked to childhood obesity - Silentnight Beds

Silentnight Beds--This is according to scientists from the -University of Birmingham-, who unveiled their findings at the British Sleep Society conference. ... - Date : Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:08:37 GMT+00:00

Anti-anxiety drug could help premenstrual syndrome - WebMD.Boots.com

WebMD.Boots.com--Dr Thelma Lovick, from the -University of Birmingham's- School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, told the city's Science Festival that taking doses of ... - Date : Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:28:45 GMT+00:00

Health expert appointed by Gloucestershire council - BBC News

BBC News--Prof Harrison is professor of environmental health at the -University of Birmingham-, deputy chairman of the Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards, ... - Date : Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:11:20 GMT+00:00

Malaria 'caught from gorillas' - BBC News

BBC News--Dr Beatrice Hahn of the -University of Birmingham-, Alabama, in the US, is part of a team that had been studying HIV and related infections in humans and ... - Date : Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:18:49 GMT+00:00

**Chancellors**
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Name	Duration
The Rt Hon Joseph Chamberlain	1900 � 1914
The Rt Hon Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood	1918 � 1944
The Rt Hon Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon	1945 � 1973
Sir Peter Scott	1973 � 1983
Sir Alex Jarratt	1983 � 2002
Sir Dominic Cadbury	2002 � present

East Asia	Fudan * Korea (KU) * NUS * Shanghai Jiao Tong (SJTU) * Hong Kong * Waseda
South Asia	Delhi
Europe	Lund * Dublin (UCD) * Birmingham * Edinburgh * Glasgow * Nottingham
North America	McGill * ITESM * British Columbia (UBC) * Connecticut * Virginia
Oceania	Auckland * Queensland * Melbourne * New South Wales (UNSW)

Birmingham * Bristol * Cambridge * Cardiff * Edinburgh * Glasgow * Imperial College London * King's College London * Leeds * Liverpool * London School of Economics * Manchester * Newcastle * Nottingham * Oxford * Queen's * Sheffield * Southampton * University College London * Warwick

Universities and colleges in the West Midlands

Universities		Aston * Birmingham * Birmingham City * Coventry * Keele * Staffordshire * Warwick * Wolverhampton * Worcester
University colleges		Harper Adams * Newman * University College Birmingham
Further Education colleges		Birmingham Metropolitan * Burton * Bournville * City College, Birmingham * City College, Coventry * Dudley * Fircroft * Halesowen * Henley * Hereford College of Arts * Herefordshire College of Technology * Hereward * Kidderminster * Leek * Newcastle-under-Lyme * North Warwickshire and Hinckley * North East Worcestershire * Queen Alexandra * Royal National College for the Blind * Sandwell * Shrewsbury * Solihull * South Birmingham * South Staffordshire * South Worcestershire * Stafford * Stoke-on-Trent * Stourbridge * Stratford-upon-Avon * Telford * Walford and North Shropshire * Walsall * Warwickshire * Wolverhampton * Worcester
Sixth form colleges		Cadbury * Hereford * Joseph Chamberlain * King Edward VI College, Nuneaton * King Edward VI College, Stourbridge * Ludlow * Moorlands * New College, Telford * Shrewsbury * Solihull * Stoke-on-Trent * Worcester

League table rankings : University of Birmingham Observatory
	UK university rankings						World university rankings
	'The Times Good University Guide'	'The Guardian University Guide'	'Sunday Times University Guide'	'Independent Complete University Guide'	'Daily Telegraph'	'Financial Times'	Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)	Academic Ranking of World Universities	Times Higher Education
2011	22^nd	30^th	18^th	23^rd
2010	22^nd	24^th	20^th=	27^th			59th	99th=	145th
2009	26^th	30^th	24^th=	24^th			66th	94th=
2008	26^th	18^th	24^th	31^st			75th	91st
2007	33^rd	16^th	23^rd		31^st=		65th=	92nd
2006	23^rd	16^th	28^th				90th	90th
2005	20^th	29^th	23^rd				143rd	98th
2004	15^th=	22^nd	25^th
2003	17^th	14^th	20^th		18^th	16^th
2002	14^th	16^th	20^th			18^th
2001	13^th		14^th			13^th
2000	13^th		15^th			15^th
1999	16^th		14^th			15^th
1998	14^th		13^th
1997	18^th
1996	17^th=
1995	10^th=
1994	7^th
1993	16^th