THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
At a glance
Source: Discover Uni, median across coursesStudent satisfaction87%National Student Survey
In work or study87%15 months after graduating
Entrants’ UCAS points96–192+Middle entrant, by course
Continuation95%Students continuing into year 2
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM offers 261 undergraduate courses listed in the Discover Uni dataset, based in the West Midlands. Across its courses, the median student satisfaction score is 87%. A median of 87% of graduates were in work or further study 15 months after finishing. Students typically arrived with between 96 and 192+ UCAS tariff points, depending on the course. 85 courses offer a placement year and 127 offer a year abroad.
Courses at THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Filter these coursesAccounting2 courses
Adult nursing1 course
Aeronautical and aerospace engineering2 courses
Anthropology1 course
Biology10 courses
- BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Biological Sciences4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences with International Year4 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Biological Sciences with Professional Placement4 years · Full-time95% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences with Study in Continental Europe4 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Microbiology3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Microbiology4 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Microbiology with International Year4 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Microbiology with Professional Placement4 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Microbiology with Study in Continental Europe4 years · Full-time88% satisfied
Biomedical sciences3 courses
Biosciences2 courses
Biotechnology4 courses
Business and management3 courses
Business studies2 courses
Chemical, process and energy engineering10 courses
- BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering4 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering (with International and Industrial Study)5 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering (with International Study)4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering with Industrial Study4 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering with Industrial Study5 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Energy Engineering3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Energy Engineering4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Energy Engineering with Industrial Study4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Energy Engineering with Industrial Study5 years · Full-time87% satisfied
Chemistry14 courses
- BSc (Hons) Chemistry3 years · Full-time93% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Chemistry4 years · Full-time95% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Chemistry with a Modern Language3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Chemistry with a Modern Language4 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Chemistry with a Year in Industry4 years · Full-time93% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Chemistry with a Year in Industry4 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Chemistry with Business Management3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Chemistry with Business Management4 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Chemistry with Foundation Year4 years · Full-time93% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery3 years · Full-time93% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery4 years · Full-time93% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Chemistry with Study Abroad4 years · Full-time93% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Chemistry with Sustainability3 years · Full-time93% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Chemistry with Sustainability4 years · Full-time93% satisfied
Children's nursing1 course
Civil engineering5 courses
- BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Civil Engineering4 years · Full-time72% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Civil Engineering (International Study)4 years · Full-time77% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Civil Engineering with industrial experience4 years · Full-time77% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Civil Engineering with Industrial Year5 years · Full-time77% satisfied
Computer science10 courses
- BSc (Hons) Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science3 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Artificial Intelligence/Computer Science with an Industrial Year4 years · Full-time96% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science3 years · Full-time93% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Computer Science4 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Computer Science and Software Engineering4 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Computer Science and Software Engineering with an Ind Yr5 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science with an Industrial Year4 years · Full-time92% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Computer Science with an Industrial Year5 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Study Abroad4 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Computer Science with Study Abroad5 years · Full-time91% satisfied
Creative writing1 course
Dental nursing1 course
Dentistry1 course
Development studies4 courses
- BA (Hons) International Development and Politics3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Development and Politics with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations and Development3 years · Full-time95% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations and Development with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
Developmental psychology1 course
Earth sciences7 courses
- BSc (Hons) Environmental and Engineering Geoscience3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Geology3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Geology4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Geology with an International Year4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Palaeontology and Geology3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Palaeontology and Geology4 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Palaeontology and Geology with an International Year4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
Economics8 courses
- BA (Hons) Economics3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Economics3 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Economics and Politics3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations with Economics3 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations with Economics with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematical Economics and Statistics3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Money, Banking and Finance3 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics, Philosophy and Economics3 years · Full-time89% satisfied
Education1 course
Electrical and electronic engineering9 courses
- BSc (Hons) Computer Engineering3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Electronic and Electrical Engineering3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Electronic and Electrical Engineering4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Electronic and Electrical Engineering with Industrial Year4 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Electronic and Electrical Engineering with Industrial Year5 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering with Industrial Year4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering with Industrial Year5 years · Full-time84% satisfied
English language1 course
English studies5 courses
- BA (Hons) English Literature3 years · Full-time92% satisfied
- BA (Hons) English Literature and Creative Writing3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BA (Hons) English Literature and Film3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BA (Hons) English Literature and History3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Modern Languages and English Literature4 years · Full-time88% satisfied
Environmental sciences6 courses
- BSc (Hons) Environmental Change and Sustainability3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Environmental Change and Sustainability4 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Environmental Change and Sustainability with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Environmental Science3 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Environmental Science with International Research Placement4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Environmental Science with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time86% satisfied
French studies6 courses
- BA (Hons) French and German4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BA (Hons) French and Italian4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BA (Hons) French and Portuguese4 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BA (Hons) French and Russian4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BA (Hons) French and Spanish4 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BA (Hons) French with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
Geography4 courses
German and Scandinavian studies3 courses
History3 courses
History of art, architecture and design1 course
Iberian studies3 courses
Italian studies1 course
Law4 courses
Liberal arts1 course
Marketing4 courses
- BSc (Hons) Marketing3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Marketing with Business Analytics3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Marketing with Business Analytics with Year in Industry4 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Marketing with Year in Industry4 years · Full-time83% satisfied
Materials technology3 courses
Mathematics15 courses
- BSc (Hons) Mathematical Sciences3 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics3 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Mathematics4 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Computer Science3 years · Full-time95% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Mathematics and Computer Science4 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Computer Science with an Industrial Year4 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Mathematics and Computer Science with Industrial Year5 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Mathematics and Music3 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Mathematics and Philosophy3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics with a Year in Industry4 years · Full-time77% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Business Management3 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Mathematics with Business Management4 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics with International Year4 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Study in Continental Europe4 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics, Statistics and Data Science3 years · Full-time90% satisfied
Mechanical engineering9 courses
- BEng (Hons) Engineering3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Engineering4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering4 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Automotive)3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Automotive)4 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Industrial Year4 years · Full-time73% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Industrial Year5 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Year Abroad5 years · Full-time81% satisfied
Media studies4 courses
Medicine1 course
Mental health nursing1 course
Midwifery1 course
Molecular biology, biophysics and biochemistry6 courses
- BSc (Hons) Biochemistry3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Biochemistry4 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Biochemistry with International Year4 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Biochemistry with Professional Placement4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Biochemistry with Study in Continental Europe4 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Medical Biochemistry3 years · Full-time92% satisfied
Music1 course
Natural sciences2 courses
Others in language and area studies3 courses
Pharmacy1 course
Philosophy2 courses
Physical geographical sciences3 courses
Physics17 courses
- BSc (Hons) Physics3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Physics4 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Physics (International Study)4 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Physics (with International Study)4 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Physics and Astrophysics3 years · Full-time97% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Physics and Astrophysics4 years · Full-time97% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Physics and Astrophysics (International Study)4 years · Full-time97% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Physics with Data Science3 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Physics with Data Science4 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Physics with Medical Physics3 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Physics with Medical Physics4 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Physics with Particle Physics and Cosmology3 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Physics with Particle Physics and Cosmology4 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Theoretical Physics3 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Theoretical Physics4 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Theoretical Physics and Applied Mathematics3 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Theoretical Physics and Applied Mathematics4 years · Full-time90% satisfied
Physiotherapy1 course
Planning (urban, rural and regional)2 courses
Politics12 courses
- BA (Hons) History and Politics3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations with French4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations with Spanish4 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Philosophy, Politics, and Law4 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics3 years · Full-time77% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and Philosophy3 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and Philosophy with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
Psychology3 courses
Social policy6 courses
- BA (Hons) Policy, Politics and Economics3 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Policy, Politics and Economics with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and Social Policy3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and Social Policy with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Social Policy3 years · Full-time93% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Social Policy with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time83% satisfied
Social sciences1 course
Social work1 course
Sociology14 courses
- BA (Hons) Criminology3 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Criminology with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Education and Sociology3 years · Full-time94% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Philosophy and Sociology3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and Sociology3 years · Full-time95% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and Sociology with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Social Policy and Criminology3 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Social Policy and Criminology with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Sociology3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Sociology and Criminology3 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Sociology and Criminology with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Sociology and Social Policy3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Sociology and Social Policy with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Sociology with Year Abroad4 years · Full-time89% satisfied
Sport and exercise sciences3 courses
Theology and religious studies1 course
Tourism, transport and travel2 courses
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Frequently asked questions
What UCAS points do you need for THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM?
It depends on the course. Based on the most recent entrants, the middle student arrived with between 96 and 192+ points across THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM’s courses. Check each course page for its figure, and the university’s own website for its current offer.
Are students at THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM satisfied with their course?
The median National Student Survey positivity score across THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM’s courses is 87%. Scores vary a lot by course, so compare the individual courses you are interested in.
Do THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM graduates get jobs?
A median of 87% of graduates were in work or further study 15 months after graduating, with a median salary of £30,000. Figures come from the Graduate Outcomes survey.
How many courses does THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM offer?
We list 261 undergraduate courses at THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, across 64 subjects.