伯明翰城市大学Birmingham City University

Address地址

City North Campus, Birmingham, B42 2SU

Fees学费

UK/EU fees£9,000

Fees (international)£10,500-£14,900

Performance	项目	Score数值	Ranking排名
2015 Times Ranking	2015年泰晤士报排名		91
2014 Ranking	2014年泰晤士报排名		91
World Ranking	世界排名
Student satisfaction	学生满意度	81%	80
Research quality	研究质量	2.3%	92
Ucas entry points	本科录取水平	317	80
Graduate prospects	毕业生展望	63%	75
Firsts and 2:1s	1等及2等1学位比例	63.3%	80
Completion rate	完成度	82.8%	85
Student-staff ratio	学生-老师比	21.2:1	106
Services/facilities spend	服务/设施花费	£1,563	59
Graduate salaries	毕业生起薪	£18,927
Sports points/rank	体育	38	113

Social mix	学生情况	Score数值
Undergraduate (full-time)	本科全日制人数	15,275
Postgraduate (full-time)	研究生全日制人数	1,815
Applications/places	申请人数／录取人数	32,015/6,095
Applications/places ratio	申请录取率	5.3:1
EU students	欧盟学生	2.6%
Other overseas students	海外学生	4.3%
Mature	成年学生	25.6%
State school educated	公立学校教育	97%
Middle class/working class	中产／工薪比率	54.3%/45.7%

Student satisfaction学生满意度
Subject	科目领域	%
Accounting & Finance	会计金融	93.2
Anthropology	人类学	70.8
Archaeology	考古学	77.7
Art & Design	艺术设计	78.5
Building	建造学	63.7
Business Studies	商务研究	83.6
Communication & Media Studies	传媒和媒体研究	78.3
Computer Science	计算机科学	79.6
Creative Writing	创造性写作	88.9
Drama, Dance & Cinematics	戏剧、舞蹈和电影研究	83.3
Economics	经济学	84.5
Education	教育	88.2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	电子电气工程	72.5
English	英语	81.1
Land & Property Management	土地及产业管理	85.3
Law	法律	80.8
Mechanical Engineering	机械工程	71.2
Music	音乐	83.3
Nursing	护理	81.7
Psychology	心理学	88.3
Radiography	射线学	79.0
Social Policy	社会政策	71.7
Social Work	社会工作	75.6
Sociology	社会学	77.4
Subjects allied to medicine	医学相关	85.2
Town & Country Planning & Landscape	城市乡村规划及景观	83.8

伯明翰城市大学（BCU）是英国现代化、综合性的高等学府之一，其历史最早可溯到1843年，位于英格兰城市伯明翰。BCU拥有来自全球80多个国家约25,000名学生，6大学院，300多种课程。学校重视学生的社会实践能力，所开设课程具备较强的实践性和创新性。BCU在伯明翰共有8个校区，拥有先进的现代化教学设施和实验室，提供给学生较好的硬件设施，包括图书馆，活动中心等。作为伯明翰东部发展的一部分，学校耗资1.5亿英镑，建立了一个新的“旗舰”校区。伯明翰城市大学在2014泰晤士报英国大学排名中位居全英第91位，在2015卫报英国大学排名中位居全英第88位，在2015完全大学指南英国大学排名中位居全英第82位。大学临近机场为伯明翰国际机场。

伯明翰城市大学地处英国的伯明翰，是一个生机勃勃而又充满文化多元化的大学，其历史最早可追溯到1843年，原名为中央英格兰大学，后来更名为伯明翰城市大学。它拥有来自全球80多个国家的约25,000名学生，近几年来，学生人数更是有极大的增长。其下属学院包括：伯明翰艺术设计学院，商学院（包括计算机系），伯明翰音乐学院，教育学院，技术创新中心，法律、人文、发展和社会学院，教育学院和健康和公共卫生学院。伯明翰演艺学校也是大学的一部分。大学提供语言、预科、本科、硕士以及博士层次的教育，其专业设置广泛，涵盖了管理、建筑、艺术、环境科学、计算机、工程、教育、法律、社会科学及音乐领域。

大学现有2,000多名员工，提供300多个专业课程；在校学生25,000名，其中本科生占78%，研究生约17%；中国留学生500多人，占学生总人数的2.4%；另外还有来自其他不同国家的留学生。来自不同文化、不同民族，不同兴趣和年龄的学生融会在一起，为他们的成长和发展创造了一个良好的学习环境。设置6大院系350多门课程，从基础水平到各级学位课程，涵盖了建筑、艺术、环境科学、商务、计算机、信息工程、教育、法律、科技、社会科学等领域的本科、硕士及博士课程。学校大约三分之一的学生都会利用课余时间工作，将实际工作经验与相关课程联系起来，提高自身的学术水平和职业经验。

大学特色

1. 300多个可供选择的课程，8个校区，现代化的教学设施
2. 与工商业界的密切联系使得学校高度重视学生的职业发展，许多课程都有选择性的实习机会
3. 免费为学生提供英语和学习技巧的帮助
4. 优先安排国际学生就读期间的校园住宿
5. 生动的新生欢迎活动，包括机场迎接，对大学、伯明翰和一些社会活动的介绍
6. 拥有国际学生会，齐全的体育设施，俱乐部，支持服务和各种社会活动
7. 一个真正意义上的国际化的大学，伯明翰国际机场与之相邻，交通便利，到伦敦及英国其他地方都十分方便。

学术优势

拥有25,000名学生，占伯明翰市所有学生数量的三分之一。学校的商学院、艺术设计学院、法律和社会科学学院、技术创新中心、健康学院、表演与传媒学院开设一系列创造性和实践性课程，拥有一流的教职员工，他们强调实践的重要性，为学生创造良好的学习环境和教学质量。

校园设施

1. 大学大力投资于学校设施，仅商学院就有好几个电脑实验室、多媒体实验室和卫星电视，绝大部分电脑都可以上网；
2. 校图书馆拥有藏书300,000多册、杂志约1,200本，还有大量资料存储于电脑联网服务器上；
3. 学校拥有全市主要的运动中心，其运动设施相当完备，足球场、网球场、壁球场（各两个）台球室一应俱全；
4. 学校保证为所有一年级学生提供公寓或宿舍。

住宿介绍

作为国际化的大都市，伯明翰能满足各种的住宿需求，包括学生宿舍，学校管理的私人住宅和寄宿家庭。只要在开学前提交申请，大学会优先为国际学生安排就读期间的校园住宿。

校园住宿

对于新生，校园住宿最方便的选择也是认识新朋友最好的机会，学生可以通过网上申请大学宿舍。所有房间都有家具、电话和互联网。厨房设有炉具、冰箱、微波炉，学生可以自己做饭。校园住宿的租金包括暖气、水、电。

校外住宿的选择很多。学生可以选择和同学，朋友合租。大学会提供给学生私人租房的信息，学生可自己联系房东，选择合适自己的房型并签定租房协议。

地区介绍

1.伯明翰是英国的除伦敦外的第二大城市，也是英国的汽车工业中心

2. 它位于伦敦、曼彻斯特、利物浦和布里斯托之间等距离的焦点，地处英格兰的中部，人口300多万。城市的风格既传统又现代，在这里既可以看到壮观的摩天大厦，也可以在Brindleyplace河边找到古老的珠宝首饰店

3.伯明翰市随着经济的发展而逐渐繁华，而绿树如荫且宽阔的伯明翰大学俨然如一处城市中的特区，宁静安详。因为这里是英国的心脏地带，所以无论公路还是铁路都四通八达，从伯明翰乘火车去伦敦只需100分钟。

4. 伯明翰国际机场近在咫尺，从伯明翰机场到阿姆斯特丹、巴黎、法兰克福等大都市都有直达航班，伯明翰自然成为了一个国际性的大都市。

作为英国的第二大城市，伯明翰具有一切现代和国际性都市所具有的吸引力。它具有与国际大都会匹敌的夜生活、世界一流的运动设施、卓越的文化和艺术氛围，国际化的饮食风味和优秀的购物设施。伯明翰是英国最大的制造业中心，位于英格兰中部，有着便利的铁路、公路、航空，是英国和国际运输网络的枢纽，到伦敦乘火车只用90分钟。伯明翰是一座大学城，共有三所大学、多所学院和语言学校，是海外学生受欢迎的城市之一。同时，伯明翰是一个生气盎然的文化中心，戏院、剧场、美术馆、艺廊及各式博物馆比比皆是。体育方面，伯明翰有比英国其他城市更多的体育场馆和一流水准的运动设施，并有自己的‘英超’球队。音乐更是不可缺少，城市一年四季不间断地举办各式音乐会，有主流的摇滚乐、街头艺人表演、交响乐团、国际爵士音乐节等等。伯明翰同时也是购物者的天堂，不仅拥有欧洲最大的购物中心之一的‘BULLRING’购物广场，而且众多的私人精品店更是让人流连忘返。而伯明翰周围也有不少名胜古迹，每年都吸引了大量的海外游客来此参观游览。

伯明翰及周边的著名景点

• Thinktank科技博物馆
• 吉佰利巧克力世界
• 英国国际会展中心
• Botanical花园
• Bulling和Mailbox购物中心
• 伯明翰交响乐音乐厅
• 阿斯顿维拉足球俱乐部
• 珠宝制造中心
• 中国城
• Alton Towers主题公园
• 华威城堡
• 莎士比亚故居

申请条件

本科预科申请条件

高中毕业

IELTS分数要求：5.0

高中GPA：75.0

本科申请条件

开学时间：每年9月

申请截至日：每年6月30日

IELTS分数要求：6.0

高中GPA：75.0

研究生申请条件

开学时间：每年9月

申请截至日：额满为止

IELTS分数要求：6.0

大学GPA：75.0

奖学金／助学金Bursaries/scholarships

15% of additional fee income to be spent on additional access and student success measures.

A range of scholarships and bursaries are available.

大学概况University Profile

If you can’t beat them, join them. Birmingham City (BCU) has proved the old adage and followed the example of its city neighbour by introducing unconditional offers for highly-qualified applicants in 2014.

BCU increased the size of its undergraduate intake by almost 800 students in 2013 and has seen further growth in the demand for places in 2014. It made unconditional offers in a range of subjects this year from business to engineering, English, drama and law. To qualify, candidates had to have at least three Bs at AS level or a DDM profile in BTEC while making the university their first choice.

BCU opened the first phase of its expanded city centre campus in 2013. Situated next to Millennium Point and opposite the newly opened Eastside City Park, the £125m development will become the university’s main base and help to create a Learning Quarter in Eastside. 

The first phase houses design-related courses from the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD) and the whole of Birmingham School of Media. 

Construction is now under way on the second phase, which will house business, law, social science and English courses, as well as new library, IT and student support facilities from September 2015. 

A third phase of development, set to open in 2017, will create additional teaching space at both the City Centre and City South campuses. A new building for Birmingham Conservatoire will also open at the City Centre campus in 2017. 

The Conservatoire is one of the university’s best-known features, together with the School of Jewellery, which is part of BIAD, the largest institute of its kind outside London.

The university has been remodelling its estate for some time, and now has four sites in and around the city centre, plus one in the north and another in the south of Birmingham. City North, until recently the main base, will close in 2017.

Millennium Point already houses computing and engineering, as well as Birmingham School of Acting, while the Conservatoire is currently located in the city’s convention centre. 

The City South campus, in Edgbaston, has been refurbished for the Faculty of Health, with a prize-winning library, IT suites, teaching facilities and recreational space. 

Meanwhile, the Bournville campus, which occupies part of the Cadbury Village, hosts a new college for overseas students to support BCU’s international ambitions. Birmingham City University International College, which provides preparatory courses for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, is a joint venture with global education provider Navitas Ltd. 

Birmingham City has thrived since adopting its new name in 2007, with record demand for places. The switch from the previous (and rather vague) incarnation as the University of Central England was designed to emphasise the university’s location, reinforce its close relationship with the city and give the university a stronger identity.

The university enjoys strong links with business and the professions. As a pioneer in green technology, for example, BCU is attracting support from national and regional partners to help support a green economy with the potential to create thousands of jobs. 

There is a strong emphasis on making graduates “job-ready”, with support schemes and work placements among a raft of initiatives designed to help develop skills and knowledge for the workplace. High-powered visiting lecturers and an innovative i-learning strategy contribute to this agenda, with students having access to learning tools such as Shareville – a virtual town where students can engage with real-life scenarios.

The prize-winning Student Academic Partners scheme has spawned a formal agreement between the university and the students’ union to improve the student experience. Internal student surveys have led to the introduction of internet tutorials in engineering and new help with research for law and social science undergraduates. 

The university will be hoping for some pay back through the views expressed in the annual National Student Survey in which the university has not thrived to date. Far more successful have been academic assessments of teacher education courses; these consistently produce among the best scores in England in their Ofsted inspections. 

Almost 46% of the students come from working-class homes and 97% are state educated. Six out of ten come from the West Midlands, many from ethnic minorities. The dropout rate has been improving and at 12.1% now beats the expected dropout level of 13.4% given BCU’s courses and entry grades. 

With the city’s other universities, BCU is working with schools in the region to encourage more young people to go on to higher education. Many students enter through the network of associated further education colleges, which run foundation and access programmes.

The university has been increasing its portfolio of high-tech degree courses such as electronic commerce, communications and network engineering, and electronic systems. The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise recorded some world-leading work in all seven areas covered by the university’s submission. In art and design, 30% were given the top grade, placing Birmingham City in the top ten for the subject. Most research is applied, with an accent on employment in the region.

University accommodation is guaranteed for first years whose homes are outside Birmingham. The city’s student scene is highly rated and has become a draw for many young applicants.

Student view

Joe Boyd, students’ union president

First impressions

The scale will blow you away with welcome week offering talks during the day and entertainments in the evening.

Worst feature

All our campuses are spread out, but you’ll get to know the city really well.

Making a difference

The university employs more than 1,000 students on campus every year. 

Deal clincher

About 8,000 students will be studying in our brand new campus next year.