First, school profile:
1. Birmingham University, referred to as Boda, is one of the top universities in the world 100. Founded in 1825, it is located in Birmingham, the second largest city in the UK, and one of the red brick universities in the UK. 1900 was granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria of England. The college is a founding member of Russell Group, Midland Innovation Alliance and Global Alliance for Advanced Research in Universities.
2. Birmingham University ranks 89th among universities in the world, and won the gold medal in the framework assessment of teaching excellence organized by the British government in 20 17. Birmingham University has 35 18 teachers and 33,430 students, of whom 10533 students are international students. According to the QS world university graduates' employability ranking, Birmingham University ranks 165433.
3. According to the information released by England Higher Education Funding Committee, Birmingham University is listed as one of the 65,438+02 elite universities in Britain. The twelve universities are Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, Manchester, Bristol, Warwick, Birmingham, Leeds, Nottingham, Sheffield, Southampton and Exeter.
Second, the academic field:
1. The main library of Birmingham University is a concentrated place for learning resources, with 2.5 million books and more than 3 million manuscripts, adequate computer equipment, good learning conditions and a leisure area with wireless network. In addition, Birmingham University consists of more than a dozen libraries, and most disciplines have their own specialized libraries, among which Barber Library is the most famous, mainly collecting art and music books.
2. Except for the reference materials of various libraries, most books can be checked out. There is a short-term lending area, which is full of frequently used course books. The loan period is 24 hours and can be returned or renewed in the library at noon the next day 1 1. The short-term borrowing area is fined heavily, and every overtime hour is 50p, and other books can be borrowed at any time.