Birmingham City University

Postgraduate Open Evenings

25^th to 27^th May 2010

Go to www.bcu.ac.uk/pgevents for subjects available, event locations and times.

Discover Birmingham City University

Birmingham City University is combining world-leading new knowledge with pioneering teaching methods to create a dynamic learning environment.

A recent national audit of research excellence - the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) - has led to Birmingham City University being placed in a ‘supergroup' of rising star modern universities spearheading research excellence to the very highest quality.

This excellence is shared among students because it directly informs pioneering teaching, often delivered in state-of-the-art facilities or through hi-tech virtual learning environments.

The University is regularly praised for innovation across its broad portfolio of courses, from being awarded Skillset Media Academy status for its media provision to being one of only 10 UK universities to have Grade 1 Ofsted rating for both primary and secondary teacher training.

Birmingham City University offers a learning experience that is very much practice-based to give graduating students the edge in a future career - for example, Law students do ‘pro bono' (voluntary) work on Death Row cases and broadcast students create their own radio show.

This success in teaching and research underpins Birmingham City University's renewed mission to be a powerful force for learning, creativity and enterprise.

To help deliver this mission there has recently been major expansion of facilities, for example the creation of the Seacole Building at the University's modern Edgbaston campus, a new facility which is part of the Faculty of Health and houses state-of-the-art learning equipment such as ‘virtual' hospital wards, realistic simulation dummies and a mock operating theatre.

While £7million sport facilities - comprising a sports hall and 80-station fitness suite - at the City North Campus in Perry Barr is due to open this September, with a further £150million to be invested to create a major city centre campus in the Eastside district. This state-of-the-art campus will feature television studios, a library, concert and recitals halls, performance theatre, lecture theatres and a learning resource centre. Incorporated inside the iconic campus buildings will be cutting edge technologies to enhance the learning experience and support business engagement.

This combination of academic quality and on-going investment in facilities offers an exciting student experience.

With around 23,000 students, attracted from across the UK and up 80 different countries from around the world, Birmingham City University is one of the largest and liveliest universities in the country.

Proudly located in Birmingham, one of Europe's largest and youngest cities. Birmingham is a dynamic business and leisure city, diverse with a lively mix of shopping, attractions, nightlife, major international events and exhibitions with easy access to beautiful countryside. This is a business and cultural capital serving the West Midlands but with an international reputation and reach.

Taught Courses

The University's range of specialist postgraduate courses and near market research opportunities lead to a full range of qualifications, including Certificates, Diplomas, Masters degrees, research degrees and professional qualifications.

Postgraduate specialisms include: Architecture, Art, Business and Management, Computing, Construction, Criminology and Social Sciences, Design and Visual Communication, Drama and Acting, Education and Teacher Training, Engineering, English, Health and Well-being, ICT, Law, Media and Mulitmedia, Music and Music Technology, Property, Planning and Housing.

Research Programmes

Birmingham City University has been officially recognised for its world leading research by the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise - a government-backed quality audit.

As a result of this influential nationwide survey, Birmingham City University is now seen as a supergroup of ‘rising star' modern universities spearheading research excellence to the very highest quality.

This has confirmed the University's reputation for discovering new knowledge that has a positive impact on the real world. This cutting edge research is varied in its academic subject range, with strong scholarly concentrations in the arts and humanities and the social sciences.

The emphasis in the arts and humanities is on speculative, theoretical, historical, critical, and cultural aspects, particularly music, the visual media, the linguistic, the creative and the literary.

The University also boasts strengths in fields of a social-scientific nature, including criminal justice policy, town and country planning, education, and management and enterprise.