Birmingham city University

Birmingham City University is a university in Birmingham, England. Initially established as the Birmingham College of Art with roots dating back to 1843, it was designated as a polytechnic in 1971 and gained university status in 1992. 

It is the second largest of five universities in the city, the other four being Aston University, University of Birmingham, University College Birmingham, and Newman University. It is ranked third of the five according to the Complete University Guide, below both the University of Birmingham and Aston University. Roughly half of the university's full-time students are from the West Midlands, and a large percentage of these are from ethnic minorities. The university runs access and foundation programmes through an international network of associated universities and further education colleges, and has the highest intake of foreign students in the Birmingham area.

• Birmingham City University is a large, diverse university with 22,000 students from 80 countries
• For three years running Birmingham City University is recognized of its excellence in a range of services and activities by the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE)
• Sunday Times University Guide 2013 ranked the university in the UK top 30 for the proportion of their students entering graduate-level jobs