University of Birmingham

Edgbaston, Birmingham

#=80 QS Global World Ranking
PublicStatus
Very HighResearch Output
32,001Total Students
3,354Faculty
11,067Int'l Students

About

Ranked 79th in the world in the QS World UniversityRankings® 2019, the University of Birmingham is a red brick university, a termused to describe a group of universities founded in industrial cities inEngland in the 19th century. It is also a Russell Group university which meansit belongs to a small set of research universities with a reputation foracademic excellence.

The University of Birmingham ranks among the top 50universities across several disciplines in the QS World University Rankings bySubject:

· Dentistry (13th)

· &...
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About

The University of Birmingham ranks among the top 50universities across several disciplines in the QS World University Rankings bySubject:

· Dentistry (13th)

· &...
Read more

University highlights

2012
#77
2014
#62
2015
#64
2016
#76
2017
#82
2018
#=84
2019
#=79
2020
#81
2021
#87
2022
#90
2023
#91
2024
#84
2025
#=80

Ranking criteria

64.1

Overall

68.9

Academic Reputation

40.5

Citations per Faculty

44.5

Employment Outcomes

Employer Reputation

Faculty Student Ratio

92.6

International Faculty Ratio

97.5

International Research Network

89.3

International Students Ratio

96.8

Sustainability

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Student & Staff

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Data

Total students

32,001

PG students

29%

UG students

71%

International students

11,067

PG students

49%

UG students

51%

Total faculty staff

3,354

Int'l staff

1254

Domestic staff

2100

Total students

32,001

PG students

29%

UG students

71%

International students

11,067

PG students

49%

UG students

51%

Total faculty staff

3,354

Domestic staff

2100

Int'l staff

1254

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Scholarships

Offered

Yes

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