42 Facts About Birmingham University

University of Birmingham is a public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Birmingham University is home to the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, housing works by Van Gogh, Picasso and Monet; the Shakespeare Institute; the Cadbury Research Library, home to the Mingana Collection of Middle Eastern manuscripts; the Lapworth Museum of Geology; and the 100-metre Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, which is a prominent landmark visible from many parts of the city.

The Court of Governors received the Birmingham University Act 1900, which put the royal charter into effect on 31 May.

Birmingham University has been involved in many scientific breakthroughs and inventions.

Birmingham University was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Science and acted as Vice-Principal from 1947 until 1948.

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Birmingham University's research focused predominantly on carbohydrate chemistry in which he confirmed a number of structures of optically active sugars.

Birmingham University's research helped to define the basic features of the starch, cellulose, glycogen, inulin and xylan molecules.

Birmingham University contributed towards solving the problems with bacterial polysaccharides.

Birmingham University was a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1937.

Birmingham University's work involved investigating the phenomenon of tolerance and transplantation immunity.

Birmingham University collaborated with Rupert E Billingham and they did research on problems of pigmentation and skin grafting in cattle.

Birmingham University left Birmingham in 1951 and joined the faculty at University College London, where he continued his research on transplantation immunity.

Birmingham University was a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1960.

Birmingham University acted as a training camp for the Jamaican athletics team prior to the 2012 London Olympics.

Chamberlain may be considered the founder of Birmingham University, and was largely responsible for the university gaining its Royal Charter in 1900 and for the development of the Edgbaston campus.

The clock tower was Birmingham University's tallest building from the date of its construction in 1908 until 1969; it is the third highest in the city.

Birmingham University underwent a major expansion in the 1960s due to the production of a masterplan by Casson, Conder and Partners.

University of Birmingham operates the Lapworth Museum of Geology in the Aston Webb Building in Edgbaston.

University of Birmingham marked its grand ending of Green Heart Project at the start of 2019.

Birmingham University's Selly Oak campus is a short distance to the south of the main campus.

Woodbrooke College's Centre for Postgraduate Quaker Studies, established in 1998, works with the University of Birmingham to deliver research supervision for the degrees of MA by research and PhD.

The University of Birmingham School occupies a brand new, purpose-built building located on the university's Selly Oak campus.

The University of Birmingham School is sponsored by the University of Birmingham and managed by an Academy Trust.

In 2013, Birmingham was named 'University of the Year 2014' in the Times Higher Education awards.

Birmingham University traditionally had a focus on science, engineering, commerce and coal mining, but has now expanded its provision.

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Birmingham University Fellows are appointed to permanent academic posts, with five years protected time to develop their research.

Birmingham University Fellows are usually recruited at a lecturer or senior lecturer level.

Birmingham University Fellows are not expected to carry out academic administration during their term as Fellows, but will do once their posts turn into lectureships.

University of Birmingham opened the new Sport and Fitness Centre in May 2017 providing brand new facilities including gym, squash courts, 50m swimming pool, and climbing wall.

The Birmingham University has two international standard hockey pitches, completed in 2017, flexible 3G pitches which can be used for 5-a-side and 11-a-side football, as well as netball and tennis courts, and a 400m athletics track at Edgbaston Park Road.

University of Birmingham Sport provides a range of competitive and participation sports, for both the student and local community.

Birmingham University hosted the Jamaican track and field team prior to the 2012 London Olympics.

University of Birmingham Sport has since been host to a number of international teams; the Australian and South Africa teams ahead of the men's Rugby World Cup in 2015, the Jamaican, England and New Zealand netball teams before the Vitality Nations Cup in January 2020, and 19 nations for the individual competition at the World University Squash Championships in 2018.

Birmingham was selected as the host for the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the University was chosen as the venue for hockey and squash, due to the ability of existing facilities to host the games with only temporary structures needing to be constructed for seating, lighting, and broadcasting.

The Birmingham University was the largest athletes village during the games, hosting 3,500 athletes in Tennis Courts and the Vale, and the Birmingham University was the official training venue for both swimming and athletics.

University of Birmingham Sport offers around 30 scholarships and bursaries to national and international students of exceptional athletic ability.

Birmingham University maintained gender-segregated halls until 1999 when Lake and Wyddrington "halls" were renamed as Shackleton Hall.

Birmingham University House was decommissioned as accommodation to house the expanding Business School, while Mason Hall has been demolished and rebuilt, opening in 2008.

The redevelopment was designed by Birmingham University-based architect Patrick Nicholls while employed at Aedas, now a director of Glancy Nicholls Architects.

In recent years, Birmingham University has seen scholars such as athletes Jonny Davies, 2020 British indoor champion over 3000m; Sarah McDonald, a former 1500m British Champion, and Mari Smith, the current British indoor silver medallist over 800m pass through the doors.

Birmingham University led the broadcast of the London 2012 Olympics – the biggest television event in British broadcasting history.

Former Manchester United Chief Executive David Gill learned the ropes of financing at Birmingham University, studying Industrial, Economic and Business Studies in 1978; sports commentator Simon Brotherton developed his career whilst studying at UoB, and Sir Patrick Head, founder of the Williams team which dominated Formula One in the 1990s, studied Mechanical Engineering.