Birmingham City University

Not to be confused with University of Birmingham.

Birmingham City University
Coat of Arms
Birmingham City University
Former names
  • Birmingham College of Art
  • Birmingham Polytechnic
  • University of Central England in Birmingham
MottoLatin: Age Quod Agis
Motto in English
"Do what you are doing; attend to your business"
TypePublic
Established1992—gained university status
1971—City of Birmingham Polytechnic
1843—Birmingham College of Art
Endowment£5.3 m (2015)[1]
ChancellorAde Adepitan
Vice-ChancellorProfessor David Mba
Students31,745 HE (2022/23)[2]
Undergraduates23,905 (2022/23)[2]
Postgraduates7,840 (2022/23)[2]
Other students
275 FE
Location
Birmingham
,
West Midlands
,
England, UK

52°28′56″N 1°53′19″W / 52.48222°N 1.88861°W / 52.48222; -1.88861
CampusUrban (multiple)
Affiliations
Websitebcu.ac.uk

Birmingham City University (abbrev. BCU) is a university in Birmingham, England. Initially established as the Birmingham College of Art with roots dating back to 1843,[3] it was designated as a polytechnic in 1971 and gained university status in 1992.

The university has two main campuses serving four faculties, and offers courses in art and design, business, the built environment, computing, education, engineering, English, healthcare, law, the performing arts, social sciences, and technology. A £125 million extension to its campus in the city centre of Birmingham, part of the Eastside development of a new technology and learning quarter, is opening in two stages, with the first phase having opened in 2013.[4][5]

It is the second largest of five universities in the city, the other four being the University of Birmingham (which is the largest), Aston University, University College Birmingham and Birmingham Newman University.[6] Roughly half of the university's full-time students are from the West Midlands, and a large percentage of these are from ethnic minorities. The university runs access and foundation programmes through an international network of associated universities and further education colleges, and has the highest intake of foreign students in the Birmingham area.[7]

  1. ^ "Report of the Board of Governors and Audited Accounts 2014 - 15" (PDF). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  3. ^ United Kingdom. "Birmingham City University : Our History". Bcu.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Education". birminghampost. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  5. ^ United Kingdom. "Birmingham City University : City Centre Campus expansion – Phase 1". Bcu.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 14 February 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  6. ^ Keogh, Kat (27 November 2012). "University College Birmingham and Newman College to be given university status". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Profile: Birmingham City University". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.