University College Birmingham

University College Birmingham
MottoService Before Self
TypePublic
Established1957
PrincipalMichael Harkin
Students4,930 HE (2019/20)[1]
Undergraduates4,435 (2019/20)[1]
Postgraduates495 (2019/20)[1]
Other students
10,335 FE[2]
Location,
United Kingdom
Websiteucb.ac.uk

University College Birmingham is a university in Birmingham, England. It was awarded full university status in 2012 along with Newman University.[3] It is not a member of Universities UK.[4] The university was awarded 'University of the Year' in the 2022 WhatUni Student Choice Awards,[5] as well as coming first in the 'Student Support' category.[6]

The university is located in central Birmingham and offers both vocational and academic education at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. The university specialises in the areas of hospitality and the culinary arts, hairdressing and beauty, tourism, business enterprise, marketing, business management, accounting, finance, events management, sports management, sports medicine, sports therapy and Early Years education.

  1. ^ a b c "Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  2. ^ All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2005/06 Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Higher Education Statistics Agency
  3. ^ University status awarded to two Birmingham colleges Birmingham Mail, 27 November 2012
  4. ^ "Universities UK members". www.universitiesuk.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Compare the Best University Degrees Courses UK | Whatuni". www.whatuni.com. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Results of the 2022 Whatuni Student Choice Awards for Student Support". www.whatuni.com. Retrieved 6 June 2022.