ACCOMMODATION International Exchange students are guaranteed accommodation in University housing, providing they apply before the 31 July deadline. For Erasmus students housing may be available in University accommodation, EATING and there is plenty of private housing available. There is a centralised University of Birmingham meal plan available. To learn more, please visit: More information is available at: www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/ www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/ accommodation/Our-Services/ accommodation/index.aspx mealplan.aspx Essential living costs* Catered halls Self catered halls Private house Rent £175 £150 £100 Gas and electric Included Included £11 Water Included Included £3 FACT SHEET FOR Food Included £50 £50 Toiletries £5 £5 £5 STAY IN TOUCH Laundry £5 £5 £5 Birmingham Global EXCHANGE STUDENTS Edgbaston, Birmingham, AND B15 2TT, United Kingdom Weekly total £185 £210 £174 Edinburgh Annual total £7,770 £8,820 £7,308 PARTNER UNIVERSITIE S Twitter: *approximate costs at the time of printing (2020) @unibirmingham Belfast #myglobalstory Facebook: Manchester www.facebook.com/groups EMERGENCY CONTACTS MyGlobalStoryUoB YouTube: Emergency Security Contact: BIRMINGHAM www.youtube.com/ +44 (0)121 414 4444 unibirmingham London Instagram: Non-Emergency Security Contact: @myglobalstory +44 (0)121 414 3000 UK Emergency Services Designed and printed by (Fire Services/Ambulance/Police): 999 20886 © University of Birmingham 2020. Printed on FSC certifed paper. UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM COURSE INFORMATION STUDENT SUPPORT, SOCIETIES AND SPORT COURSE ADVISORY, INTERNATIONAL Head of Study Abroad The University’s International Student Team (IST) and the Study Abroad and Exchange team Academic Colleges ADVISORY AND TRANSCRIPTS Claire Belkadi Outgoing Team General Enquires College of Social Sciences support students whilst they are at university. There are Wellbeing Offcers in all the Colleges, STAFF Incoming Exchange tutors are available in +44 (0)121 414 9122 Lucy Stubbs (Europe) Dawn Williams n Birmingham Business School and in addition, we offer the specifc support below: each School to advise exchange students +44 (0)121 414 7730 +44 (0) 121 415 8423 n Education in their choice of courses and credit transfer. Study Abroad Rebecca Peartree [email protected] n Government and Society Global Buddies – The service offers peer-to- climbing wall, 55 sport teams including a fve-time Operations Manager (International) n Social Policy peer support and regular mixing events – an UK championship American football team and more. Maggie Wootton +44 (0) 121 414 7734 Erasmus code: RESTRICTIONS opportunity to meet our friendly volunteers and www.sportandftness.bham.ac.uk +44 (0)121 415 8427 outgoingstudyabroad@ UKBIRMING02 College of Arts and Law Exchange students cannot study courses in other students. Visit: www.guildofstudents.com/ contacts.bham.ac.uk n Birmingham Law School the College of Medical and Dental Sciences. support/guildadvice/global-buddies Wellbeing and Disability Services – Incoming Team n English, Drama and Creative Studies At Birmingham, we offer a range of welfare POSTAL ADDRESS Cori Leung (Europe) Erasmus+ ICM n History and Cultures MARKING, ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK Exchange Society – This society is run by support for students with medical disability +44 (0)121 414 7696 Lucy Drummond Birmingham Global students that have returned to Birmingham or long-term health conditions, dyslexia, n Language, Cultures, Art History Information about University marking and incoming- +44 (0) 121 414 2637 Cedar House and Music after their study abroad experiences, and dyspraxia, autism or Asperger’s and other University of Birmingham assessment policy is available at: europeanexchange@ ICMenquiries@contacts. n Philosophy, Theology and Religion want to help incoming students to settle mental health conditions: www.birmingham. www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/ contacts.bham.ac.uk bham.ac.uk Edgbaston in and socially integrate. ac.uk/undergraduate/support/index.aspx university/legal/taught-programme- Neil Driscoll (International) United Kingdom College of Engineering and module-assess.pdf 44 (0)121 414 8613 Partners Contact B15 2TT Physical Sciences Other support for all students at Academic Support – Exchange students will incoming- exchangepartners@contacts. n Chemical Engineering Birmingham includes: be allocated an academic, discipline-specifc internationalexchange@ bham.ac.uk n Chemistry INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ARRIVAL exchange tutor. For more information, please visit: contacts.bham.ac.uk n Computer Science The University of Birmingham is the only The Guild of Students – The Guild has over www.birmingham.ac.uk/undergraduate/ n Engineering UK university which has its own train station 250 societies, community volunteering groups support/asc.aspx n Mathematics with a direct link to the city centre and airport, and associations, collectively known as student SEMESTER DATES n Metallurgy and Materials and is only 1.5 hour from London by train. groups – all for you to join. Health care in Birmingham – Information about the NHS, the UK’s largest healthcare provider, TOP 100 WORLD Autumn: September–December n Physics and Astronomy International students can fnd information Sport & Fitness – The University is proud to is accessible here: www.uhb.nhs.uk. Spring: January–June on fying into Birmingham Airport and College of Life and host an iconic £55 million Sport & Fitness Centre The University also houses an in-house the University airport pick-up service Environmental Sciences including a 50M swimming pool, 200 station gym, medical and dental practice available to all LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION in September here: www.birmingham. n Biosciences up to 200 classes per week, squash courts, its students and staff: www.theump.co.uk UNIVERSITY Exchange Students from non-English speaking ac.uk/welcome/before-you-start/travel- (QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2019) n Geography, Earth and countries need to meet our English Language Environmental Sciences information/Travelling-from-overseas.aspx entry requirements. We accept multiple entry n Psychology VISA REQUIREMENTS DID YOU KNOW? tests such as IELTS and TOEFL. For detailed n Sport, Exercise and WE CURRENTLY HAVE 8,700 STUDENTS Students who are in the UK for more than The University of Birmingham is proud to house GUARDIAN information, please visit: www.birmingham. Rehabilitation Sciences six months and do not hold an EU passport one of the largest collections of Roman, Byzantine, ac.uk/International/study-abroad/ FROM OVER 150 COUNTRIES need to apply for a Tier 4 Student Visa. Sasanian and Islamic coins in the world within the UK RANKING study-abroad-incoming/applying.aspx College of Medical And Dental Sciences Students who are in the UK for less than Barber Institute of Fine Arts, which also includes 15 n Dentistry AMONG OUR STUDENT COMMUNITY six months may be able to use a Short Renaissance works of Botticelli and Tintoretto up to n Medicine Term Study Visa. modern art such as works by Monet, Turner, Renoir, APPLICATION PROCESS AND DEADLINES n Nursing Van Gogh and Magritte: www.barber.org.uk Students are nominated by their home institution This is the fourth-largest population of n Pharmacy Advice and support with visa applications frst, and they are subsequently invited to submit international students at any UK higher n Specialist Medical Sciences Schools can be found on the University of Birmingham’s The University of Birmingham is also home to one an online application. All supporting documents education institution and the largest International Student Team (IST) web-pages: of the oldest known fragments of the Qu’ran in can be attached electronically. Nomination School of Liberal Arts international postgraduate community www.birmingham.ac.uk/International/students/ the world within the Mangana collection of ancient deadlines are end of March for a September and Natural Sciences in the UK. The total student population support-international.aspx manuscripts: www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/ start and end of September for a Spring start. is over 34,000. cadbury/birmingham-quran-mingana-collection/ index.aspx .