University of Birmingham

Location

The Birmingham Business School is located just 10 minutes far from the cosmopolitan and second largest city of UK, Birmingham. You can access the city by the train, in fact, carrying over 2.5 million passengers each year, University train station is the only one in Great Britain built with the main purpose of serving a university!

Birmingham connects the UK, Europe and the world with each other through its air, road and rail networks which all stem from here. The capital city, London, is just 2 hours away from Birmingham. The city is loaded with the perfect ingredients of excitement and provides a diverse exposure to the students. It is a celebrated hub for arts, music, dance and heritage. Being the 2nd largest city, it also offers multiple career opportunities for the business minds.

Campus

Because it is an old institution, it combines the century old building with a modern, multi-million pound teaching and learning complex covering an area of 2.75 acres of green gardens.

Residing Options

University of Birmingham realizes how difficult it is to stay away from family and house, therefore it offers various options for accommodation to make you feel at home. They provide with accommodation options such as catered halls, self-catered halls and students can have private houses in the nearby areas as well. They have accommodation for disabled students as well. Their residential areas are divided on the basis of the distance and facilities, some of their names are Selly Oak Village, Liberty Court. The Villages have Wi-Fi throughout the area. You also have access to 24 hour customer service and Student Mentor Scheme and the Residents' Association. For postgraduate students, the accommodation policy is a bit different because it doesn’t guarantee a room for local UK students. They also provide you with virtual video tours of the different accommodations available to get a better idea of your home away from home.

Residential costs form a major portion of your expenses here at Birmingham. Therefore, the university has provided with the average expenses to be incurred in this regard on their official website. Talking about food, the university is very flexible as it offers different catering options for you to consider. You can use your culinary skills and cook your own meal or have the flexibleMeal Plan option which is very popular amongst new students.

Faculty

The school has world class teaching standards with over 100 faculty. They have the triple- crown accreditation from bodies such as AACB, AMBA and EQUIS. The school has excellent links with local, national and international companies, has strong Asian connections. It also has extensive international contacts, specifically in emerging economies.

The building has 14 teaching rooms, a lecture theatre, two computer clusters and a computer lab. It also has a dedicated MBA common room, an Entrepreneurship and Innovation incubation space and a careers skills interview room.