Birkbeck University of London

Birkbeck, University of London, is a public research university located in Bloomsbury London, England, and a constituent college of the federal University of London.

 Established in 1823 as the London Mechanics' Institute by its founder, Sir George Birkbeck, and its supporters, Jeremy Bentham, J. C. Hobhouse and Henry Brougham, Birkbeck has been one of the few institutions to specialise in evening higher education.

Birkbeck's main building is based in the Bloomsbury zone of Camden, in Central London, alongside a number of institutions in the same borough. In partnership with University of East London, Birkbeck has an additional large campus in Stratford, next to the Theatre Royal.

• Birkbeck is ranked 40 in the United Kingdom by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2012-13
• It is a world-class research and teaching institution with vibrant centre of academic excellence and London’s only specialist provider of evening higher education
• Birkbeck has 4 Nobel Laureates and 1 British Prime Minister among it's student and faculty
• It is one of the very few British University which provides nearly all teaching is in the evening