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INTERNATIONAL GUIDE 2019/20 Birmingham City University International Guide www.bcu.ac.uk/international
CONTENTS
4 Welcome to BCU 14 Our campuses 30 Student life 42 Our courses 60 Your arrival 68 How to apply
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Located just over an hour from London, we breaking research and industry collaborations whose priority is to help make your move offer our students a friendly study environment are backed by around 50 professional between countries as easy as possible. in the UK’s second largest city, as well as accreditations, providing you with an education excellent facilities, following our recent that not only works in the classroom, but This guide will give you a flavour of the £260 million investment programme. in the real world for when you graduate. exciting courses you can study at Birmingham City University. If you would like to know We’ve built strong partnerships with both You’ll share your university with 24,000 more, please don’t hesitate to get in touch students and industry professionals to offer students from over 80 different countries, and we hope to see you in person soon. an inspirational learning environment. We’ve and we ensure that everyone feels right at helped to enrich the lives of leading architects, home here in Birmingham with guaranteed WELCOME designers, lawyers, engineers, healthcare accommodation for international students, professionals, musicians and many more. a meet and greet service at Birmingham BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY IS SITUATED IN THE HEART OF BIRMINGHAM, Our innovative teaching methods, ground- Airport and a friendly Student Services team WHICH IN TURN IS LOCATED IN THE CENTRE OF THE UK. WE ARE IDEALLY PLACED Please note that the information in this IMPORTANT LEGAL INFORMATION TO EXPERIENCE THE EXHILARATING CULTURAL, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND PHYSICAL guide is aimed at applicants starting Birmingham City University’s Terms and Conditions are available on The Student their course at Birmingham City Contract web page www.bcu.ac.uk/student-info/student-contract. The Terms and CHANGES THAT ARE TRANSFORMING OUR CITY FOR THE FUTURE. University in 2019/20 and should be Conditions set out the basis of the legal contract between you and the University read in conjunction with the information in the event you accept an offer of a place to study with us. It is important that you available on the course web pages. read this document carefully.
4 5 97%WORK WITH of our graduates are in employment or further study within six months of graduation
WHY STUDY 1 2 3 4 WORK WITH INTERNATIONALLY A GLOBAL ENHANCING CAREER GLOBAL BRANDS ACCREDITED COURSES CITY PROSPECTS We have a large number of industry Around 50 of our courses have internationally Study with us and you will be located at We offer career support and advice partners and work with big-name employers recognised accreditations, such as the the heart of the dynamic city of Birmingham – throughout your time with us and for WITH US? like the BBC, the NHS, Jaguar Land Rover, Nursing and Midwifery Council, Chartered with all its social and employment possibilities. up to five years after you graduate. Cisco, Microsoft and the Royal Shakespeare Institute of Management Accountants and In fact, Birmingham was recently declared Our Graduate+ scheme embeds HERE ARE OUR TOP 10 REASONS TO Company. All of our courses incorporate Royal Institute of British Architects. the most rapidly improving city in the country career-related skills into every one of work-related experience, with the majority in which to live and work (Good Growth for our degree courses, from becoming CHOOSE BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY. giving the option of a year-long placement. Cities index 2017). a course rep to studying abroad. See page 34. See page 28.
5 6 7 8 9 10 LEARN FROM PRACTICE-BASED TRANSFORMED EARN WHILE INVESTING IN HELPING YOU THE BEST RESEARCH TEACHING YOU LEARN YOUR FUTURE INTO WORK Our teaching staff come from and Almost 90% of our research was judged We have transformed our curriculum Our student employment agency, We have invested £260 million in maintain links with industry. Eight of to have delivered ‘outstanding’ or ‘very with a new range of contemporary, flexible OpportUNIty – Student Jobs on Campus, industry-standard, state-of-the-art Our commitment to ensuring students them are National Teaching Fellows - the considerable’ external impact (Research courses. We have built practice-based allows you to apply for paid roles at facilities to ensure you have the develop the skills and experience employers most prestigious award for excellence Excellence Framework 2014). learning and international opportunities the University (subject to any visa best possible environment for need means that 97% of our graduates in university teaching and learning. See page 28. into every stage of our programmes. We restrictions), gaining experience in practice-based learning. are in employment or further study within were awarded silver status for our quality crucial aspects of job applications and See page 20. six months of graduation (Destinations of teaching in the government’s Teaching valuable feedback on your work. of Leavers from Higher Education Excellence Framework (TEF) 2017. survey 2016/17).
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Local transport is also excellent, with a network of trains, buses and a recently extended tram network providing easy access to all University sites. www.bcu.ac.uk/maps
Aberdeen THE HEART Dundee
Glasgow Edinburgh Not only is Birmingham one of the UK’s most exciting and diverse cities, it is also one of the most accessible. We are at the centre of the UK’s road, rail and coach Newcastle Belfast networks, so travelling further afield is Durham no problem.
York Leeds Manchester FLIGHTS: Liverpool Sheffield BIRMINGHAM – AMSTERDAM 1H 15M
BIRMINGHAM – PARIS 1H 20M Derby Nottingham Leicester BIRMINGHAM – BUCHAREST 3H 20M
BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM – ISTANBUL 3H 55M Coventry BIRMINGHAM – DOHA 6H 40M Worcester Leamington Cambridge H M Gloucester Spa BIRMINGHAM – DUBAI 7 10
Oxford BIRMINGHAM – ISLAMABAD 7H 40M Cardiff Reading BIRMINGHAM – NEW DELHI 8H 30M London Bristol All journey times are approximate and may involve transfers.
Southampton Exeter Library of Birmingham Bullring Mailbox Birmingham Bournemouth
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WHETHER YOU WANT TO KICKSTART A SUCCESSFUL CAREER, GAIN WORLD-RECOGNISED QUALIFICATIONS OR HAVE AN ADVENTURE, YOU’LL FIND THAT THE UK HAS A HUGE AMOUNT TO OFFER.
Open the doors to your dream career Study your own way You’ll gain skills and qualifications to help Did you know you can do a UK course you succeed in any career you choose. at an overseas campus or online?
Perfect your English Discover, create, innovate! The UK is the top destination worldwide The UK is one of the most exciting and for English language study, with productive places in the world for research, courses for all ages and abilities. creativity and innovation. If you have a passion for learning and want to be at the forefront Have the adventure of a lifetime of your subject, this is the place to be. STUDYING Studying in the UK is an opportunity to discover its unique culture, cities and countryside – from Get great value for money music and sports to history and heritage. UK education can be affordable, and UK qualifications are a great boost to Join a friendly international community your salary as well as your CV. IN THE UK The UK is a welcoming place for students of all nationalities, cultures and faiths, Find out more at the Education UK home to over 435,000 students. website: www.educationuk.org
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STORIES GRAPHIC ARTIST LAWYER YIFAN LING RACHELLE HARRISON (MA) Visual Communication LLB (Hons) Law with American Legal Studies
WHETHER IT IS SETTING UP SUCCESSFUL Yifan has been creating manga comics Barrister Rachelle was called to the Bar aged professionally ever since she graduated in 2006. just 22 and has gone on to work for the Crown COMPANIES OR PREDICTING THE LATEST FASHION Now she has published more than 20 books Prosecution Service and international human rights internationally and her own online manga story organisations. She also mentors law students and TRENDS, OUR GRADUATES ARE SHAPING THE WORLD ‘Guarding’ is now being developed into a television trainees, has set up a network for new barristers WITH THE SKILLS THEY HAVE HONED RIGHT HERE. show and film.. and founded a youth club in her local area.
TO SEE MORE OF OUR FORMER STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS, VISIT WWW.BCU.AC.UK/STORIES.
BLOGGER LILY PEBBLES BA (Hons) Marketing, Advertising and PR
When Lily began her beauty and lifestyle blog as JEWELLERY DESIGNER VISIONARY part of a digital marketing module, she had no idea how many doors would open up for her. Now FEI LIU ASHLEY INNIS she runs her blog and YouTube channel full-time, BA (Hons) Jewellery and Silversmithing BA (Hons) International Business Management collaborates with brands such as ASOS and won a Johnson & Johnson Journalism Award for Best After graduating, Liu went on to establish Fei Liu Ashley has played a key role in many of the Independent Beauty Blogger. Fine Jewellery and has since received worldwide projects reshaping the face of Birmingham, recognition receiving prestigious awards such including as Communications and Engagement as Harper Bazaar’s China Jewellery Designer of Manager for Grand Central Birmingham, the Year. He’s also gained a celebrity following in overseeing the centre’s transformation into a new David Beckham and Lisa Edelstein. premium shopping and dining destination.
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CAMPUS ROYAL BIRMINGHAM WE HAVE INVESTED CONSERVATOIRE £260 MILLION ACROSS A new £57 million building at our OUR BUILDINGS AND City Centre Campus, opened in 2017, provides a conservatoire for the FACILITIES, TO GIVE YOU 21st Century. Our music students benefit from a new concert hall, THE VERY BEST LEARNING private rehearsal and practice rooms, and teaching spaces for FACILITIES INCLUDE: ENVIRONMENT TO SHAPE musicians from a variety of disciplines. YOUR EXPERIENCE • Cisco networking lab FACILITIES INCLUDE: • City trading room • Curzon Print Centre, including • Five performance venues, including Kodak self-service booth a 500-seat concert hall • A 150-seat recital hall and smaller • Dedicated IT and student experimental music space services support • Organ room and dedicated jazz venue • Four industry-standard TV studios • Over 70 dedicated practice rooms. • Geotechnical soils lab This campus at the heart of • Green screen MILO studio Birmingham’s fast-developing • Hydraulics lab Eastside district, and just a short walk • Law courts from the city centre, is where most • Library with access to printed and students on courses including Music, Design, Media, Acting, Engineering, online resources Computing, Digital Technology, Built • Noise and vibration cells Environment, Law, Social Science, • Photography studios and darkrooms Business and English are based. • Print, textiles, wood, ceramics and The campus also features library, IT glass workshops and student support facilities, giving a • Radio studios and editing suites modern, dynamic space for you to learn • Recording facilities and vintage in with state-of-the-art resources. An mixing desk extension to the campus opened in 2018, with more learning space, another IT • Robotic laboratory suite and an innovative group-working • Specialist drama studios lecture theatre. It also provides a base • Students’ Union for our Students’ Union, incorporating the Grade II listed Eagle and Ball pub.
Our facilities are located alongside Eastside City Park – the first new urban park in Birmingham for over 130 years, which provides a superb space for relaxing in summer as well as a venue for events and activities.
City Centre Campus and Eastside City Park
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Our realistic learning environment STUDENTS ON HEALTH, SPORT, includes an operating theatre, hospital wards and a fully equipped LIFE SCIENCES AND EDUCATION midwifery skills/birthing room, as well as sport and life sciences COURSES ARE BASED ON OUR laboratories and replica classrooms STATE-OF-THE-ART CAMPUS for use by our teaching students. We have invested £41 million in IN THE LEAFY SUBURB OF new facilities on this site including specialist laboratories for the EDGBASTON, WITHIN EASY School of Health Sciences, as well as a new home for the School CITY SOUTH REACH OF THE CITY CENTRE. of Education and Social Work. CAMPUS
SPORT AND LIFE SCIENCES
The creation of our new suite of courses in Sport and Life Sciences is yet another exciting development at Birmingham City University.
Not only have we invested in a new building to house the laboratories and teaching spaces needed, but we also plan to open up these facilities to benefit all students and the wider community.
All courses have been co-designed with employers and are endorsed or accredited by professional bodies where appropriate.
FACILITIES INCLUDE: By expanding our provision to these areas, we will be helping to tackle • Mock hospital wards and some of the biggest challenges operating theatre facing society today, such as obesity • Virtual radiotherapy and and unhealthy lifestyles, as well as radiography imaging suites supporting the UK’s ambitions for • Simulated home environment success at international sporting • Replica school classrooms tournaments, including the 2022 • Physiology and biomedical Commonwealth Games in Birmingham! science laboratories. The new building at our City South Campus
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IN ADDITION TO OUR TWO BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL SCHOOL OF JEWELLERY BOURNVILLE MAIN CAMPUSES, OUR ART OF ART, MARGARET STREET VITTORIA STREET / Pre-entry international students are located in the peaceful and leafy surroundings AND JEWELLERY STUDENTS Floating mezzanine levels, glass lifts ASSAY OFFICE of our Bournville site, in the south of the and cutting-edge workspaces sit city. Located in the idyllic setting of the BENEFIT FROM STUDYING comfortably beside the original stained- One of the most significant jewellery Bournville Village Trust conservation area, glass windows and mosaic floors of this schools in the world stands in a modern this site has a 100-year pedigree as a centre AT SPECIALIST LOCATIONS glorious purpose-built art school. and spacious building right in the heart of of learning. IN THE CITY. Birmingham’s famous Jewellery Quarter, This Grade I listed Venetian Gothic FACILITIES INCLUDE: where much of the jewellery made in FACILITIES INCLUDE: It is home to Birmingham City University building houses a wonderful complex Britain today is manufactured. International College, which provides Both of these architectural of traditional-style workshops and • Light and airy studios • Specialist studio workshops bespoke pathways for overseas students, teaching and exhibition space. • Gallery and installation space Gemmology courses are based in a • Casting facility and leading to undergraduate and postgraduate gems have a long history • Fine art library purpose-built area within Birmingham’s electroplating laboratory courses at the University. and heritage of learning, as • Woodwork, metal, plaster, new Assay Office. • Machine workshop including fibreglass and ceramics workshops laser welders and laser cutters does our Bournville site for • Digital media, print and • Exhibition space and international students. photography workshops. specialist library • Stores for materials and tools.
School of Jewellery ACROSS THE CITY
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WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO STUDY AT In addition to high-quality facilities specific to your course, you will find a range of BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY, YOU general learning resources which provide CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT YOUR LEARNING you with all the help you need to succeed. THE NEEDS ARE OUR TOP PRIORITY.
TURN OVER. FACILITIES THERE’S MORE YOU NEED
EASTSIDE JAZZ CLUB
THE SHELL
A huge, open and versatile exhibition and production space at the entrance to The Parkside Building, The Shell houses a number of exhibitions, featuring ENGINEERING WORKSHOP TEXTILE STUDIOS work by our students, throughout the year.
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LIBRARY AND LEARNING RESOURCES TV STUDIOS You will have access to a wide range If you need help in person or online, of online and many print resources our expert staff and back-up services with 24/7 support. These have been are there to help you get the best from selected in partnership with your the time you invest in developing your lecturers, so are quality assured and information-seeking skills. relevant to your course. We have been accredited to the Customer You can access library inductions, Service Excellence standard; we focus tailored tutorials, workshops and on delivery, timeliness, information, online tools. These will help you find, professionalism and staff attitude. We assess and use information resources value collaborative working, and include to improve your grades and develop the student voice alongside our expertise your employability skills. to improve your services.
www.bcu.ac.uk/library
PRINT STUDIO
CRIME SCENE ROOM CISCO NETWORKING LAB
LAW COURTS
MEDICAL WARDS
IT RESOURCES
You will have access to your own email account as soon as you accept an unconditional offer from us, free secure file storage and free University wi-fi, as well as the use of open-access computers within every library and faculty.
Our IT Help Desk is on hand to resolve any technical issues, while our Follow-Me printing system lets you print from any printer on campus. BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE LAB www.bcu.ac.uk/it
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With seven halls of residence within the city, Birmingham City University can guarantee all International students get a room in our safe and secure university accommodation, which is a great way to make new friends as you settle into the city.
Leaving home for university is one of the biggest moves you will ever make. And with the excitement, freedom and WANT TO independence of living in halls, it is the A PLACE perfect way to meet new friends. SEE MORE? Returning students in their second year Visit bcu.ac.uk/ and above may prefer to live in private halls to watch rented accommodation in the city, and our video tours of our Students’ Union’s own lettings agency, Birmingham City Student Homes, is able accommodation. to provide access to a range of safe and TO CALL secure properties in the city. www.bcu.ac.uk/accommodation Student bedroom, HOME University Locks
Location Price per week:
University Locks City Centre Campus From £140
Jennens Court City Centre Campus From £132 ` The Heights City Centre Campus From £135
Belgrave View City South Campus From £118.50 AT A Over 2,000 CCTV coverage Shared kitchen, living Easily accessible – Access to A safe and Lakeside City Centre Campus From £136 GLANCE rooms available and security areas, laundry facilities close to public free wi-fi secure home Stanford House City Centre Campus From £136 patrols and common rooms transport links Bagot Street City Centre Campus From £143.50
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ACCESSING ADVICE HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER. THROUGHOUT YOUR STUDENT CAREER, YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO OUR FULL RANGE OF SUPPORT SERVICES, INCLUDING CAREERS ADVICE, MENTORING, ADVICE ON FINANCE AND ACADEMIC FIRST- MATTERS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS AND MORE. www.bcu.ac.uk/student-affairs
To make sure it is all easy to access, we have introduced a one-stop confidential student enquiry service, Ask. If you have CLASS a question about health and wellbeing, CAREERS AND EMPLOYMENT visas, your student record, the Students’ Union, childcare, accommodation, IT or Our team of experienced careers anything else, we are here to help. consultants are available to help you refine your skills and identify potential Your studies career opportunities. Our dedicated • Admissions Employment Advisers offer a unique, • Academic calendar personalised service to make your • Student ID cards and student status letters SUPPORT transition from education into • Complaints and appeals employment as easy as possible. • Erasmus – study abroad programme • Careers and job prospects (see left) We work with local, regional, national • Graduation. and international employers to ensure our students and graduates have access Money matters to the best opportunities. These • Scholarships are accessed via our dedicated • Personal finances Online Jobs Board. • Student Loans Company queries • Payments. Student Success Advisors (SSAs) are We also offer a suite of face-to-face and recent graduates who are employed by e-mentoring initiatives, connecting Support services the University to help make sure courses students and graduates to employers • Healthcare run smoothly, issues are dealt with in the region and beyond. • Disability and dyslexia support quickly and you can manage any issues • Counselling, mental health and wellbeing that may be affecting your studies. Support includes: • Childcare • Work, study and social advice • Visas and immigration. • Commercial awareness, employability LEVEL UP skills and real-world preparation Students’ Union A comprehensive and engaging pre-arrival • CV, application form and interview • Support mentoring programme, designed to help you techniques. • Representation get used to studying in higher education. • Employability skills and part-time work www.bcu.ac.uk/careers • Help with finding accommodation. STUDENT BUDDY Current students helping new students by sharing their experience of university life. INTER-YEAR TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT Providing support to students throughout the student journey, including advice on placements, academic success and postgraduate study. YOU
A personalised service from our career consultants to help you find the job you want.
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RESEARCH IS A CORE COMPONENT OF WHAT WE DO AT Our dynamic research community works across disciplines and with external BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY. OUR RESEARCHERS companies to address local, national ARE COMMITTED TO DISCOVERING NEW KNOWLEDGE and global challenges. Our Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 results AND DELIVERING REAL BENEFIT TO CULTURE, demonstrate the public benefit of our INDUSTRY, SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. research to society and the economy, with 90% deemed to have either ‘outstanding’ or ‘very considerable’ impact.
OUR Our research areas • Architecture, Built Environment and Planning • Art and Design • Business and Management • Computing • Education • Engineering • English • Health • Law • Media and Cultural Studies RESEARCH • Music and Performance • Social Sciences
If you’d like to find out more, please visit www.bcu.ac.uk/research.
RESEARCH WITH IMPACT
‘Traffic light’ till receipts Researchers in our Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences have devised a ‘traffic light’ system which uses till receipts to display the total data for calories, sugar, fat and salt in a person’s entire shop, with a green, amber or red verdict on the basket as a whole, as opposed to individual items.
90% of our research was judged to have delivered ‘outstanding’ Visualising medical parts or ‘very considerable’ external Researchers at our Digital Media impact (REF 2014). Technology Lab are developing a system which allows medical practitioners to view and interact with virtual replicas of patients’ organs, bones or body parts. The system could also be used to demonstrate procedures or the effects of lifestyle choices such as healthy eating or smoking to patients.
We’re researching the use of virtual reality to help medical practitioners with their work.
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SOCIAL AT HEART
STUDYING HERE MEANS LEARNING AND LIVING AT THE IN THIS SECTION
HEART OF A VIBRANT, DIVERSE • Shot by BCU CITY OF ONE MILLION PEOPLE. • The city is your campus SO WHOEVER YOU ARE, YOU • City life CAN BE YOURSELF HERE. • Going abroad
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mybcu Digbeth, home to some of bcuactive Brilliant scenes from today’s Birmingham’s best street art. futsal tournament held by BCU!!
phillipmccahill look where we ended up after the Open Day bcu_global Snowday at BCU.
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SHOT biryanimuncher Hide and seek
BY BCU Karmic_herbalist The uni SU bar has VEGAN PIZZA! it’s curried jackfruit
Want a taste of what steadispider When books make a better student life in the city is pair of sticks for a profile. really like? Take a look at our Instagram profile to see what’s going on around our campuses and the city. bcurowing BCU Rowing members have been training hard ready for mybcu We love the city!!! If you’re visiting summer racing! bcuactive Want to play a sport? Want to elinady1 for our Open Day we recommend having a make some friends for life? Head down to one of our BCU Active sessions and mooch round before you go home! find your feet! instagram/mybcu
camellia.nk And sometimes we go back to the beginning to see everything in a new way.
carrier_cosplay Steampunk time stopper! Good shoot on the green screen getting some awesome shots!
mybcu Exploring Brum this weekend? Why not check out some of the colourful street art in Digbeth? mybcu Our pop up fashion show is underway! Not made it to this one? It starts all over again at 2, 3 and 4pm!
carrier_cosplay It’s Christmas mybcu oh Birmingham, you look picture season in Birmingham! German perfect and so christmassy today! bcusu_extreme_sports_team markets here and so is the ice rink Squad goals and ferris wheel! another year down!
mybcu The big wheel looks so good on campus we wish it could stay all year!
joekapia we came, we saw, we killed the crowd .
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PANCAKES AT PINBALL AT TILT SHOPPING AT GREAT CHERRY REDS WESTERN ARCADE Birmingham has Set yourself up for plenty of quirky Birmingham’s arcades the day with a tasty bars including Tilt, offer the chance to breakfast from one where you can shelter from the of Birmingham’s enjoy a game of elements while enjoying popular cafés. pinball with your some interesting, craft beer. independent shops.
HAFSA GEORGE PHIL SHELBY TIA CITY LIFE WE ASKED THREE GROUPS OF BCU STUDENTS TO SHARE SOME OF THEIR FAVOURITE PLACES IN BIRMINGHAM
VINTAGE SHOPPING AT COW STREET FOOD AT DIGBETH DINING CLUB Fancy a bit of shopping? As well as big-name Head down to Digbeth stores in the Bullring, on a Friday or Saturday we have plenty of quirky for an ever-changing independent stores like street food selection at vintage clothes outlet Cow. Digbeth Dining Club.
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MUSIC STREET ART IN DIGBETH HOT CHOCOLATE AT BOND There’s a host of great live music Digbeth is destinations to be found across the city – from sticky-floored pubs and intimate well-known as There are plenty jazz bars to the famous O2 Academy Birmingham’s of places to warm and Jools Holland’s Jam House. cultural hub, with up with a hot drink art studios, creative such as Bond, a businesses and street café complete with art aplenty. canalside seating. SPORTS
Whether you’re interested in sport as a participant or a spectator, Birmingham has plenty to offer. The city is set to host the Commonwealth Games in 2022, CAMERON BETH underlining is reputation as a destination for major sporting events. There are LUCY three big-name football clubs nearby – Aston Villa, Birmingham City and West RHIANNE Bromwich Albion – and international cricket takes place at Edgbaston. ADIL MALOUDA GONZALO HARRISON
AUZINA CULTURE With a world-class symphony orchestra, royal ballet company and theatres, Birmingham has some of the finest contemporary arts venues in the country, while one of the city’s most exciting facilities is the state of-the-art, £188 million Library of Birmingham.
BUSINESS
With over 42,000 companies, Birmingham is not just a good place to study and explore; it is also a great location to start your career, gaining real-world skills and industry contacts. Major employers are DRINKS AND JENGA BURGERS AT ORIGINAL investing in the city, including world- AT RUIN PATTY MEN renowned businesses such as Jaguar Land Rover, HSBC and Deutsche Bank. If you like to ‘balance’ Having started out games with a drink, at Digbeth Dining the Ruin pub - one Club, the OPM guys of many characterful now have their own taverns in the Digbeth permanent outlet area -has both! with some of the best RELAXING burgers in town. If you want to get out and about, the city has over 8,000 acres of park and open space, making it one of the UK’s greenest cities.
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JEWELLERY QUARTER RAILWAY STATION THE CITY SCHOOL OF JEWELLERY JEWELLERY QUARTER St Paul’s Square CITY CENTRE SNOW HILL CAMPUS IS YOUR RAILWAY STATION BIRMINGHAM Barclaycard Arena SCHOOL OF ART Great Western ICC & Arcade Symphony Birmingham Hall Museum & Art Gallery Corporation Brindleyplace The Library of New Street Birmingham Street CAMPUS High NEW STREET Street JOIN US AT BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY RAILWAY STATION GRAND MOOR STREET CENTRAL AND YOU WILL BE RIGHT IN THE HEART OF A John RAILWAY STATION Broad Street Bright Street FORWARD-LOOKING AND VIBRANT CITY WITH BULLRING The Mailbox New PLENTY TO DO CLOSE AT HAND. Alexandra Theatre The Cinema Cube Arcadian Birmingham Coach Station
Markets Birmingham Custard Hippodrome Factory FIVE WAYS The O2 RAILWAY STATION Academy GAY VILLAGE CITY SOUTH DIGBETH CAMPUS
15-MINUTE WALK FROM NEW STREET STATION TO CITY CENTRE CAMPUS BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY CAMPUS ACCOMMODATION 10-MINUTE WALK FROM MOOR STREET STATION TO CITY CENTRE CAMPUS RAILWAY STATIONS CITY CENTRE AREAS OF INTEREST 15-MINUTE BUS JOURNEY FROM BULLRING TO CITY SOUTH CAMPUS
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Birmingham City University offers opportunities for full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students to study part of their degree overseas.
Decisions about how long you can study abroad for, where you can go, and how your international experience contributes to your degree are determined by your academic department and University regulations specific to your degree. ERASMUS+ Erasmus+ is the EU programme for There are many benefits to studying overseas education, training, youth and sport. including the possibility of higher average One of its aims is to boost the skills and earnings, graduating with a higher degree employability of university students by and feeling more employable, but you’ll taking your studies overseas for between also earn credits towards your degree. three and 12 months. It’s your chance to continue your course in a new environment Want to go further than the EU? and experience a different culture while you’re at it. Birmingham City University offers students another opportunity to gain international You can take your pick from any one of experience by studying in countries much 32 countries in Europe, with whom your further afield such as Australia, the USA, university has an agreement and most China, Taiwan and South Korea. You students receive a grant to help contribute won’t have to pay tuition fees to study at to the cost of living. So whether you fancy an overseas university where we have brushing up your languages, meeting up a partnership agreement in place. with new people or just immersing yourself in a completely new culture, Erasmus+ will Find out more: have something to suit you. www.bcu.ac.uk/international/go-abroad
PARTICIPATE IN THE SUMMER SCHOOL Birmingham City University’s International Summer School offers you the perfect opportunity to spend three GO ABROAD weeks sampling UK university life, as well as giving you the chance to enhance your academic skills and visit some of the UK’s MOVING COUNTRIES TO STUDY IN BIRMINGHAM DOESN’T HAVE TO END THERE. historic towns and cities. YOU MAY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN MORE INTERNATIONAL www.bcu.ac.uk/international/ summer-school EXPERIENCE BY STUDYING ABROAD FOR A SEMESTER OR TWO.
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OUR FACULTY OF ARTS, DESIGN AND MEDIA INCLUDES A SPECIALIST CONSERVATOIRE OF MUSIC AND ACTING, A LEADING PROVIDER OF MEDIA TRAINING, AND EUROPE’S BIGGEST JEWELLERY SCHOOL.
The Faculty also incorporates Birmingham Our subject areas include: • Radio studio and editing suites Institute of Art and Design, an internationally • Acting and Theatre • Light and airy art studios renowned centre for creative education • Architecture and Design • Gallery and installation space with a history dating back to 1843. It is • Art and Design • Fine art library England’s largest provider of creative courses • English • Exhibition space and specialist library outside of London (HESA 2015/16). • Fashion and Textiles • Digi.lab - a digital lab for • Jewellery and Silversmithing prototyping and 3D printing Our links with industry have included Rolex, • Media and Multimedia Technology • Jewellery, silversmithing and Swatch, Saatchi and Saatchi, Goldsmith, • Music computer-aided design equipment the BBC, The Royal Shakespeare Company, • Visual Communication. • 10 specialist acting studios complete with the City of Birmingham Symphony temperature regulation and sprung floors Orchestra, The Brits, Axis Design Architects Facilities include: • Five public performance venues – including Ltd, Sony Computer Entertainment • Print, textiles, wood, ceramics a 500 seat Concert Hall and Jazz Club, Europe, SEGA and Rockstar North. and glass workshops situated in our new £57 million Royal • Photography studios and darkrooms Birmingham Conservatoire building • Digital print and pattern-making facilities • An experimental black box performance space • Four TV studios • Seven industry standard recording • Green screen MILO studio studios and a mastering suite.
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ARTS, DESIGN AND MEDIA SCHOOLS
Birmingham School of Birmingham School of Media School of English Architecture and Design Strong links with a range of potential employers Our Institute of Creative and Critical Writing Over 100 years of training Royal Institute of who offer placements and expertise - from gives students access to industry expertise British Architects (RIBA) accredited architects. major radio and TV broadcasters to PR agencies and masterclasses from writers, publishers and games developers. and agents. School of Visual Communication New Technology Institute School of Jewellery Our students have won prestigious national and international competitions, including the Providing training in video game design and The largest school of jewellery in Europe. Royal Television Awards, Macmillan Children’s development through courses backed by Students work with high-profile companies Book Awards and Direct Marketing Awards. the UK video game industry. Undergraduate such as Rolex, Georg Jensen (Denmark) degrees here can be completed via a two-year and Weston Beamor (Birmingham). School of Fashion and Textiles fast track route. Birmingham School of Art Selected graduating BA (Hons) Fashion Design Royal Birmingham Conservatoire students showcase their designs at Graduate Birmingham School of Art’s heritage Fashion Week, London, in June each year. Multidisciplinary institution ranked in the top stretches back over 130 years. five for both music and acting in the Guardian University Guide 2018. New £57 million state-of- the-art music building opened in 2017.
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ARTS, DESIGN AND MEDIA COURSES
Undergraduate
BA (Hons) Acting BA (Hons) Jewellery and Objects MMus Composition MA Luxury Jewellery Management
BA (Hons) Applied Performance HND Jewellery and Silversmithing MMus Conducting (Choral or Orchestral) MA Media and Cultural Study (Community and Education) BA (Hons) Jewellery and Silversmithing - MA Contemporary Arts China MA Media Production BA (Hons) Architecture Design for Industry MA Conservation of the Historic Environment MA Multi-platform and Mobile Journalism BA (Hons) Art and Design BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture MA Cosmetics Branding and Promotion MA Musicology BA (Hons) Costume Design and Practice BA (Hons) Media and Communication MA Creative Writing MMus Music Technology BA (Hons) Design for Performance BA (Hons) Media and Communication (Music Industries) MA Design and Visualisation MMus Orchestral Performance (Strings) BA (Hons) Digital Marketing BA (Hons) Media and Communication MA Design Management AdvPgDip Professional Performance BA (Hons) English (Public Relations) MA English Linguistics PT DL MA Professional Voice Practice BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing BA (Hons) Media and Communication (Radio) MA Events, Festivals and Exhibition MA Public Relations BA (Hons) English and Drama BA (Hons) Media and Communication Management (Television) MA Textile and Surface Design BA (Hons) English and Journalism MA Fashion Design BMus (Hons) Music MSc Video Game Development BA (Hons) English Language and Literature MA Fashion Management BSc (Hons) Music Technology MSc Video Game Enterprise, BA (Hons) English Literature MA Fashion Promotion Production and Design BA (Hons) Photography BA (Hons) Fashion Branding MA Fashion Styling MA Visual Communication and Communication BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design MA Film Distribution and Marketing MMus Vocal Performance BA (Hons) Fashion Business and Promotion BA (Hons) Stage Management MA Fine Art BA (Hons) Fashion Design BA (Hons) Textile Design: Cross-Disciplinary Practice MA Future Media BA (Hons) Film and Animation BA (Hons) Video Game Design and Production MSc Future Media BA (Hons) Fine Art BSc (Hons) Video Game Development MA Garment Technology HND Fine Art BA (Hons) Video Game Digital Art MA Global Media Management BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design MA Innovation and Leadership in BA (Hons) Garment Technology Museum Practice Postgraduate BSc (Hons) Gemmology and Jewellery Studies MMus Instrumental Performance
BA (Hons) Graphic Communication MA Acting MA Interior Architecture and Design th BA (Hons) Horology MArch Architecture MMus Jazz 4
BA (Hons) Illustration PgDip Architectural Practice MA Jewellery and Related Products Ranked 4th in the UK for drama and dance, and 5th for music BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design MA Art and Design: Interdisciplinary Practices GradCert Jewellery and Related Products (Guardian League Table 2018)
BA (Hons) International Jewellery Business MA Arts and Education Practices MA Landscape Architecture
BMus (Hons) Jazz MA Arts and Project Management MA Luxury Brand Management
46 47 Birmingham City University International Guide www.bcu.ac.uk/international BUSINESS, LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
THE FACULTY OF BUSINESS, LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IS A GLOBALLY ORIENTED FACULTY, DRAWING ON THEORIES AND PRACTICE FROM AROUND THE GLOBE TO INFORM OUR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
Birmingham City Business School is a leading students and academics work together across Our subject areas include: professionally oriented, international business the disciplines of Criminology, Psychology • Accountancy and Finance school focused on connecting you with every and Sociology to develop insights into society. • Advertising, Marketing and PR aspect of the world of business and innovation. We also apply our research in real world • Business and Management While we have a unique relationship with the settings on an international scale, working with • Criminology extraordinary city we're rooted in, renowned communities, prisons, hospitals, schools • Economics for its industry and commerce, our courses and the police to understand, and influence, • Law are designed to meet the needs of businesses social change. • Psychology across the globe. • Social Sciences. Accreditations include: Birmingham City School of Law has been at the • Association of Chartered Certified Our facilities include: forefront of innovative law teaching for more Accountants (ACCA) • Library with access to 62 million than 40 years, specialising in social justice • Chartered Institute of Management print and online resources and access to justice, with leading academics Accountants (CIMA) • Dedicated IT and student services support who are experts in human rights and the death • Chartered Institute of Personnel and • Simulated courtrooms penalty, as well as civil and social issues. Development (CIPD) • Students’ Union Our globally oriented, innovative law degrees • Chartered Management Institute (CMI) • Psychology laboratories are tailor-made for law professionals who want • Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) • Internal marketing agency to make an impact on the world. • Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) • City Trading Room. • The British Psychological Society (BPS) At Birmingham City School of Social Sciences • Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar. our mission is to make sense of the world. Our Standards Board.
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BUSINESS COURSES LAW COURSES SOCIAL SCIENCES COURSES
Undergraduate BA (Hons) Marketing Undergraduate Undergraduate
BSc (Hons) Accountancy BA (Hons) Marketing (Advertising and PR) LLB (Hons) Law BA (Hons) Black Studies
BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance BA (Hons) Marketing (Consumer Psychology) LLB (Hons) Law with American Legal Studies BA (Hons) Criminology
MAcc Accounting and Finance BA (Hons) Marketing (Digital) LLB (Hons) Law with Business BA (Hons) Criminology and Security Studies
BA (Hons) Business BA (Hons) Marketing (Professional Practice) LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology BA (Hons) Criminology, Policing and Investigation BA (Hons) Business (Marketing) BA (Hons) Marketing (Retail) BSc (Hons) Policing* BA (Hons) Business (Professional Practice) Postgraduate BSc (Hons) Psychology BSc (Hons) Business Accounting Postgraduate LLM International Law BSc (Hons) Psychology with Business BA (Hons) Business Administration (Top Up) ACCA LLM Law (International Business Law) BSc (Hons) Psychology with Criminology BA (Hons) Business Economics MSc Accounting and Finance LLM Law (International Human Rights) BSc (Hons) Psychology with Marketing BSc (Hons) Business Finance MSc Accounting and Finance (Master’s Stage) LLM Legal Practice BSc (Hons) Psychology with Sociology MFin Business Finance MSc Accounting and Financial Management LPC Legal Practice Course BA (Hons) Sociology BA (Hons) Business Management Doctorate in Business Administration LLM Professional Law BA (Hons) Sociology and Criminology BA (Hons) Business Management (Consultancy) Executive MBA Postgraduate Diploma in Law
BA (Hons) Business Management (Enterprise) MSc Finance and Investment Postgraduate BA (Hons) Business Management MSc Insurance and Risk Management (Professional Practice) MA Criminology MSc Internal Audit Management and BA (Hons) Business Management Consultancy MSc Forensic Psychology (Supply Chain Management) International MBA MSc Health Psychology BA (Hons) Economics MSc International HRM MSc Psychology BA (Hons) Event, Venue and Experience Management MSc Management and Entrepreneurship MA Security Studies
BSc (Hons) Finance and Investment MSc Management and Finance
MFin Finance and Investment MSc Management and International Business
BA (Hons) Financial Economics MSc Management and Marketing
BA (Hons) Global Sport Management* Online MBA
BA (Hons) Human Resource Management MSc Organisation Risk Management
BA (Hons) International Business (Top Up)
BA (Hons) International Finance (Top-Up)
BA (Hons) International Marketing (Top Up)
BA (Hons) Management and Leadership (Top Up) *subject to approval
50 51 Birmingham City University International Guide www.bcu.ac.uk/international COMPUTING, ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
THE FACULTY OF COMPUTING, ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT COMPRISES TWO SCHOOLS WITH A SHARED VISION TO CREATE A POWERFUL CENTRE OF TECHNOLOGICAL EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION, AND TO EQUIP YOU WITH THE SKILLS YOU NEED TO SUCCEED IN THE WORKPLACE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE WIDER SOCIETY.
We have excellent resources including foremost employers, including the Our subject areas include: state-of-the-art laboratories and engineering BBC, Microsoft, Cisco, Jaguar Land Rover • Built Environment workshops, world-class film and television and Wilmott Dixon. • Computing studios, and the latest computing and digital • Digital Technology technologies, all located in a spectacular Accreditations include: • Engineering. environment provided by the Millennium • The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) Point building. • Royal Institution of Chartered Our facilities include: Surveyors (RICS) • Cisco networking labs Our courses are designed to develop highly • The Institution of Engineering and • Industry-standard computer forensics lab employable graduates and we have worked Technology (IET) • Specialist games lab closely with our strong employer network to • The Institute of Mechanical • Hydraulics lab ensure our courses meet their demands and Engineering (IMechE). • Computer Aided Design lab expectations. We work with some of the world’s • Flexible project space with makers’ area.
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COMPUTING, ENGINEERING AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT COURSES
Undergraduate Postgraduate
BSc (Hons) Architectural Technology MSc Advanced Computer Science
BEng (Hons) Automotive Engineering MSc Automotive Engineering
BSc (Hons) Building Surveying MSc Big Data Analytics
BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology MSc Broadcast Engineering
BEng/MEng (Hons) Civil Engineering MSc Building Surveying with Facilities Management BSc (Hons) / MSci Computer and Data Science MSc Construction Project Management BSc (Hons) / MSci Computer Forensics MSc Cyber Security BSc (Hons) / MSci Computer Games Technology MSc Data Networks and Security BSc (Hons) / MSci Computer Networks MSc Enterprise Systems Management BSc (Hons) / MSci Computer Networks and Security MSc Environmental Surveying
BSc (Hons) / MSci Computer Science MSc International Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Distance Learning) BSc (Hons) / MSci Computing and Information Technology MSc International Project Management (Distance Learning) BSc (Hons) Construction Management MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management BSc (Hons) Digital Media Computing MSc Mechanical Engineering BEng/MEng (Hons) Electronic Engineering MA Planning Built Environments BSc (Hons) Film Production Technology MSc Project Management BSc (Hons) Film Technology and Visual Effects MSc Quantity Surveying BEng/MEng (Hons) Manufacturing Engineering MSc Real Estate Management BEng/MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
BSc (Hons) Music Technology
BSc (Hons) / MPlan Property, Development and Planning
BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying
BSc (Hons) Real Estate
BSc (Hons) Sound Engineering and Production
54 55 Birmingham City University International Guide www.bcu.ac.uk/international HEALTH, EDUCATION AND LIFE SCIENCES
THE FACULTY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND LIFE SCIENCES HAS A NATIONAL AND GROWING INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION FOR PIONEERING APPROACHES TO LEARNING AND TEACHING, THROUGH THE CREATION OF CUTTING EDGE SIMULATED EXPERIENCES, AND HAS CONSISTENTLY ACHIEVED “EXCELLENT” RATINGS IN NATIONAL QUALITY AUDITS.
The School of Health Sciences is one of We have a good history of engagement Our facilities include: three Schools within the Faculty: the School with overseas ministries, academic institutions • Mock operating theatre and hospital wards of Education and Social Work, the School and professional bodies to transform local of Nursing and Midwifery and the School of healthcare and education practices. Activities • Fully equipped midwifery skills/birthing room Health Sciences. It was established in 2014 to include collaborative research and delivery, • Virtual radiotherapy suite accommodate our growing Biomedical Science student progression and mobility of staff • A radiography imaging suite and Sports courses portfolio. The school and students. • A simulated home environment room aspires to be one of the largest and most diverse providers of public health education in • Specialist speech and language therapy clinic the country. room • Digitally enabled bioscience laboratory
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HEALTH, EDUCATION AND LIFE SCIENCES COURSES
Undergraduate Postgraduate
BEng/MEng Integrated Masters MSc Diabetes Care Biomedical Engineering MSc Dietetics BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences MA Education (Childhood Studies) BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies MA Education (Early Years Leadership) BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies (1 Yr Top Up) MA Education (International Education)
BA (Hons) Education Studies MSc Physiotherapy
BSc (Hons) Food and Nutrition PgCert/PgDip/MSc Public Health
BSc (Hons) Health Studies (Public Health) MSc Speech and Language Therapy*
BSc (Hons) Physical Education and School Sport *subject to approval
BSc (Hons) Professional Practice (Healthcare for International Students)
FdSc Rehabilitation Work (Visual Impairment)
BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Nutrition
BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy
BA (Hons) Working with Children, Young People and Families
58 59 Birmingham City University International Guide www.bcu.ac.uk/international YOUR ARRIVAL
MOVING COUNTRIES IS A HUGE DECISION AND WE WANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION AS EASY AND SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE. OUR INTERNATIONAL TEAM WILL HELP YOU EACH STEP OF THE WAY AND IT DOESN’T STOP WHEN YOU ARRIVE, AS WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE SUPPORT SYSTEM IN PLACE TO HELP YOU WITH ANY ISSUES YOU MAY HAVE.
Meet and greet Jobs and careers
We’ll meet you at Birmingham Airport We can help you get a National Insurance and make sure you’re dropped off at your number, look for a part-time job and improve student accommodation. Visit www.bcu.ac.uk/ your CV. Our student employment agency, meet-and-greet for more information. OpportUNIty, allows you to apply for part- time jobs at the University, subject to any visa restrictions. Our Enterprise, Innovation and Visas and immigration Business Engagement department will assist you if you aim to apply for a Tier 1 Graduate The International Student Visa Advisers provide Entrepreneurship Scheme visa towards the advice on UK Immigration law, including the end of your studies. impact of academic decisions on your visa, replacing lost visas and extending student visas. Students’ Union, sports and societies Welcoming you When you become a Birmingham City University During September we hold a week of welcome student you automatically become a member activities especially for new international of our Students’ Union, and have access to the students. You will enrol on your course, wide range of fantastic services and facilities. get information about the University, meet The International Student Association will help members of staff, open a bank account, register you get acquainted with student and city life. with the police and register with a doctor. It’s From something as simple as having a meal at also an opportunity to attend social events, one of the city’s many restaurants, to a day trip familiarise yourself with Birmingham, and make to a different location, we’re here to create a the city your home away from home. welcoming social environment for our students.
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AS SOON AS YOU ENROL AT BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY A MEMBER OF THE STUDENTS’ YOUR UNION, WHICH MEANS INTERESTED IN SOCIETIES? YOU DON’T HAVE ANY We sent our intrepid vlogger Joey to try out some of the societies at FORMS TO COMPLETE OR BCU. See how he gets on at STUDENTS’ MEMBERSHIP FEES TO PAY. www.bcu.ac.uk/societies We like to consider that you’re part of our Volunteering projects on a local, national or family and that you will be for the entire time international scale will enhance your existing you study here. Being a part of the BCUSU skills and help you to learn new ones. family means you have free access to all of our amazing services and facilities, including: Our very own letting agency to help you find your next student home without Top notch support and advice from our the hassle. specially trained advisers on a range of UNION topics, including money, health, academia Exciting entertainment to make your and housing. social life as fun-filled as possible – it’s not all academic, you know! A voice throughout your time here: WELCOME TO BCUSU - YOUR STUDENTS’ UNION! we guarantee you will be listened to and A unique, Grade II listed pub at the City represented by us. We campaign on your Centre Campus with special prices on all our behalf to make your student experience food and drinks and a special entertainment even better! programme just for you.
Over 200 student groups for you to get Shops on our campuses, offering all of involved in, including sports, activities, those essential items you’ll need. AT A religion, special interest and subject A voice Over 200 Volunteering projects A unique, Grade II Top notch Help finding specific. As well as a great way to meet We’re run by students for students and new people, being a member or leading a each year we ask all our students to vote GLANCE throughout student groups on a local, national or listed pub based at the support and your student student group will look great on your CV! for who they want to lead BCUSU. your time here to get involved in international scale City Centre Campus advice home www.bcusu.com
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£90- £75 £132.50
EU students pay the same as home students
£75 £15 TUITION FEES LIVING COSTS
You can expect to pay the following each week:
YOUR ANNUAL TUITION FEES COVER Programme level Non-EU students IF YOU'RE FROM OUTSIDE THE EU, Description Cost Birmingham City University International College £8,900 EVERYDAY TUITION, EXAMINATION YOU'LL NEED TO HAVE SUFFICIENT Private furnished room, shared kitchen, Accommodation £90 - £132.50 COSTS AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE Undergraduate £12,300 FUNDS TO STUDY IN THE UK. YOU gas, water, electricity, wi-fi Postgraduate From £12,300* STUDENTS’ UNION. HALF OF YOUR WILL NEED TO ALLOW IN EXCESS OF Study items Books, stationery, printing £15 FEES ARE PAID AT ENROLMENT, Some programmes have a different tuition fee structure. Please check our £1,015 PER MONTH OR IN EXCESS OF Food and drink Weekly shopping, dining out, social nights £75 AND THE REST CAN BE PAID IN website for the most up-to-date fees. £9,135 FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS INSTALMENTS, PROVIDED YOU *Course fees vary per postgraduate course OF YOUR STUDIES. Additional costs Insurance, clothing, hairdressers, cinema etc. £75 HAVE A UK BANK ACCOUNT. Find out more information at www.bcu.ac.uk/international/tuition-fees. Weekly total £255 - £297.50*
*These costs will vary dependent on your personal circumstances.
Find out more information at www.bcu.ac.uk/international/living-costs.
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We work with employment agencies within Birmingham to list the opportunities available in the city. This allows you to work while you £1.2 MILLION study with us, fitting the job around available in scholarships your course commitments.
SCHOLARSHIPS EARN WHILE YOU LEARN
WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR BCU Academic Excellence Scholarship ‘OPPORTUNITY: STUDENT JOBS By taking part in the scheme, you will gain Example roles include: Depending on your prior education Prompt Payment Bursary valuable experiences and employability skills, ACADEMIC CAREER IS A COSTLY background. you may be entitled If the students pay their tuition fees in ON CAMPUS’ ENSURES THAT enhancing your prospects in the job market. • Administration assistants to a scholarship ranging from full before travelling to, or during their It will also allow you to become more involved • Laboratory assistants ONE, THEREFORE WE WOULD LIKE £1,000 up to £2,000. enrolment in the UK, they will be entitled OUR STUDENTS ARE GIVEN THE in University life by delivering, leading and • Marketing assistants TO HELP YOU TO FIND FUNDING FOR to a £300 prompt payment discount. This OPPORTUNITY TO FILL MANY PART- supporting many aspects of the learning • Student ambassadors If you’re an undergraduate student discount applies to the amount the students experience, from administration to research • Student academic mentors YOUR STUDIES AT BIRMINGHAM at BCU, looking to continue your owe after any scholarships or bursaries TIME TEMPORARY POSITIONS WITHIN and mentoring roles. • Copywriting studies with a Master’s degree, you have been deducted from their tuition fee. • Magazine editor CITY UNIVERSITY AND HAVE OVER could be eligible for an Achievement THE UNIVERSITY. • Technical assistant Scholarship of up to £3,000. • Web developer £1.2 MILLION AVAILABLE Find out more: www.bcu.ac.uk/stay • Video and post-production assistant IN SCHOLARSHIPS. • Database assistant External scholarship providers • Disability assistant There are a number of providers • Receptionist who offer financial support for your • Assistant PA. journey to studying in the UK. www.bcu.ac.uk/international/scholarships www.bcu.ac.uk/student-employment
EU students only
66 67 Birmingham City University International Guide www.bcu.ac.uk/international THE APPLICATION PROCESS
SELECT CHECK APPLY RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPT AND RECEIVE YOUR APPLY FOR YOUR COURSE ELIGIBILITY OFFER LETTER PAY YOUR CAS LETTER* YOUR VISA* 1 2 3 4 5 DEPOSIT* 6 7 If you don’t meet entry Online, on paper, Your offer letter will provide Accept and pay your deposit We will email you a Confirmation Once you have received your For more information on the requirements you may be able via a representative details about: course offered, to confirm your place at of Acceptance of Studies (CAS) CAS letter, you can then apply application process visit: to study a foundation year at or through UCAS. tuition fee, scholarship awarded, Birmingham City University. number in a CAS statement. for your visa. You can find guidance Birmingham City University course start dates and other on applying for your visa: www.bcu.ac.uk/international/ International College (BCUIC). relevant information. www.bcu.ac.uk/international/visa application-process
*Only applicable to non-EU students
68 69 Birmingham City University International Guide www.bcu.ac.uk/international HOW THERE ARE FOUR EASY WAYS THAT YOU TO APPLY CAN SEND AN APPLICATION TO US:
ONLINE PAPER APPLICATION
Apply early and avoid the August rush. Request an application form from Select your course of choice [email protected] on the website and click and return by email with your "apply now". scanned documents.
IN-COUNTRY UCAS REPRESENTATIVES Undergraduate students can apply 10 DAY PROMISE through UCAS. The University’s UCAS Use the guidance and assistance of code is B25 BCITY. Once you've submitted a complete Birmingham City University reps in your country. You can find them listed at: application - we'll make you an offer For support on how to apply, www.bcu.ac.uk/research-your-country within 10 working days. you can contact us on +44 121 331 5389 or email [email protected].
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6.0
You’ll need a minimum 6.0 IELTS score to study here. To achieve 6.0, you can take our pre-sessional English courses.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS NEED TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH?
Once you have found the course you would To be successful while studying at Level Requirement Pre-sessional English courses You need an Available like to apply for, it’s important that you have Birmingham City University, you’ll need to Pre-sessional English courses are for extra score of course achieved, or are aiming to achieve, the entry have a good level of English. The majority of international and EU students whose first You should be educated to a standard comparable to requirements for that course. Our website is the Undergraduate our courses require a minimum IELTS score language is not English, and who have a 0.5 6-week pre- British A-Level standard best source for this information but as a general of 6.0 overall (with no band less than 5.5). conditional offer to study for a degree sessional English rule, please see the table on the right: course. 1.0 10-week pre- You should normally hold a qualification which is comparable If IELTS isn’t your main English language The courses are designed to equip sessional English For your country entry requirements, please Postgraduate to a British Bachelor’s (Honours) degree qualification provider, we also accept a range international students with the academic visit: www.bcu.ac.uk/international/countries of other qualifications as evidence of your skills they need to succeed during 1.5 16-week pre- English language abilities. Please visit our foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate sessional English or website to find out if we accept your local courses and to raise their English language 1 year Foundation PhD You should have a Master’s degree in an appropriate discipline qualification. level to meet the entry requirements of their Certificate in English main programmes. for Academic Purposes (FCEAP) We have three programmes to offer You should normally hold a First or Second Class Honours MPhil students: If you have 4.0, you can take our one- undergraduate degree or equivalent year Foundation Certificate in English for • 16 weeks Academic Purposes which has a 100% • 10 weeks pass rate! www.bcu.ac.uk/fceap • 6 weeks
www.bcu.ac.uk/international/english
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BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY 1,000 INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE
Enrolled over 1,000 students (BCUIC) OFFERS A RANGE since opening in 2013 OF DEDICATED PATHWAY PROGRAMMES WITH ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC SUPPORT – TO HELP PREPARE YOU FOR A BACHELOR’S OR MASTER’S DEGREE AT BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY.
BCUIC is a good choice for you if you don’t meet the academic or English language requirements to go straight onto one of our courses, or if you have been away from education for some time and want to improve your skills.
Depending on your current academic level and your chosen degree programme, you can enrol onto a one, two or three-semester pathway programme with BCUIC at either Foundation level, First Year level or Pre-Master’s level.
What does BCUIC offer? • Dedicated pathway programmes onto over 125 Level Foundation First Year Pre-Master's degree courses. • A flexible entry system, with three intakes Faculty of Arts, every year (January, May or September), so √ √ Design and Media that you can start studying at a time that best suits you. • Just one visa for the full duration of your Faculty of academic studies. Business, Law and √ √ √ FOUNDATION Social Sciences • Smaller class sizes, allowing for plenty of contact time with tutors, and a greater focus Faculty of on academic study skills to help you succeed Computing, at the University. Engineering √ √ √ • Access to the University’s facilities and and the Built services – with the benefit of additional Environment support. PROGRAMMES Faculty of Health, Education and Life √ √ Sciences For more information and to apply to YOUR DIRECT PATH TO UNIVERSITY BCUIC, visit www.bcu.ac.uk/bcuic
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We are always pleased to Meet us International partnerships All of our representatives have in-depth Birmingham City University collaborates meet prospective students in knowledge of the application process for successfully with partners from around the person. We visit many schools, students in each country they visit. You can find world. Our international partnerships team us in the countries shown on the map below, has regional expertise across different world colleges and higher education or alternatively you can check out our website regions and ensures that our collaborations are fairs to provide support and for exact dates and times: developed in the most professional manner, complying with UK quality assurance standards information for those thinking www.bcu.ac.uk/international/meet-us to the benefit of our students and partners. MEET US ABROAD about applying. If you’re in Our agreements give students from our partner the UK, we’d love to meet universities the opportunity of having advanced you, but if you are unable to entry to a variety of our courses. In addition, visit us here, there are plenty we are also able to validate local qualifications and deliver our courses in foreign countries. of other opportunities. You can find further information about our current partnership agreements at www.bcu.ac.uk/international/partners.
Meet us
Africa Asia Europe Ghana Bangladesh Bulgaria Kenya China Cyprus Nigeria Dubai Estonia Tanzania India Latvia Uganda Indonesia Lithuania Japan Romania Malaysia South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Vietnam
Partners
Africa Asia GLOBAL Mauritius Hong Kong (China) India We welcome over 24,000 Singapore students from some 80 Sri Lanka countries to study with us. Thailand United Arab Emirates China
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As a parent, you want a university that is going to help your CHOOSING THE RIGHT UNIVERSITY child realise their potential. A university with an excellent reputation and highly awarded lecturers who connect with their FOR YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER IS A BIG students. A learning environment with an astounding record for graduating successful entrepreneurs, nurses or teachers, as DECISION, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE well as a university with excellent extracurricular opportunities that promote learning and personal growth outside of the SENDING THEM OVERSEAS TO STUDY. classroom, and a safe, welcoming and diverse campus.
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Birmingham City University International Office
University House, 15 Bartholomew Row, Birmingham B5 5JU United Kingdom T: +44 (0) 121 331 5389 E: [email protected] www.bcu.ac.uk/international
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