Birmingham, the second-largest city of the United Kingdom and a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands. It lies near the geographic centre of England, at the crossing points of the national railway and motorway systems. Birmingham is the largest city of the West Midlands conurbation—one of England’s principal industrial and commercial areas—for which it acts as an administrative, recreational, and cultural centre. The city lies approximately 110 miles (177 km) northwest of London.
The historic core of Birmingham, along with Edgbaston and northern neighbourhoods such as Sutton Coldfield, Erdington, and Sheldon, lies in the historic county of Warwickshire.
University of Birmingham Facts
The University of Birmingham is a British red brick university in the city of Birmingham, England. It got its royal charter in 1900 and included the Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College (1875).
Birmingham was the first redbrick university to get university status. 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 the highest entry requirements.
The student population includes around 19,000 undergraduate and 9,000 postgraduate students, making the 11th largest in the UK.