| School type: | University |
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| Location: | West Midlands England | |
| Established: | 1965 | |
| Course dates: | Mostly September starts | |
| Age range: | n/a |
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| Guardian Education university ranking: | 3 | ||
| Times Education university ranking: | 8 | ||

The first thing worth mentioning about the
Consistently placed very high up the various national league tables,
Students are attracted by its reputation, academic excellence, research capabilities and scenic, self-contained campus with excellent facilities, plus a well rated campus social scene. There are also many student societies here including well respected sports teams and student newspapers, radio and TV stations.
Total student population is very large, around 30,000, one third of which are postgraduates. Quite a high percentage (12%) of undergraduates come from outside the

Subject / Department Rank Student Satisfaction (%) Student : Staff Ratio UCAS Entry Tariff American studies 1/19 89 14 429 Biosciences 10/87 89 7 409 Business and management studies 2/111 80 16 450 Chemistry 10/43 90 14 429 Classics 3/22 91 14 439 Computer sciences and IT 12/98 79 13 434 Drama and dance 3/83 97 11 422 Economics 5/63 75 14 476 Education 2/66 85 16 338 Engineering: general 7/19 67 14 395 English 4/90 89 14 453 History and history of art 5/86 92 14 444 Law 6/86 89 14 466 Mathematics 6/51 75 13 512 Media studies and communications 4/74 15 423 Medicine 11/30 87 10 Modern languages 8/59 93 22 438 Philosophy 5/44 81 14 455 Physics 19/36 86 12 490 Politics 5/66 84 14 458 Psychology 12/97 77 13 419 Sociology 3/80 89 14 385
The historic town of
All first year students are guaranteed on-campus accommodation. After the first year, students usually have to leave the campus “bubble” and search for private accommodation in
Estimated accommodation and living costs in
English language admission requirement is IELTS 6.0 – 7.0 depending on the subject to be studied. The university offers pre-sessional English language courses and a range of foundation courses that are taught at a nearby further education college.
Overseas student fees:
Non-science based courses £9,000
Science and Engineering based courses £11,000
Medicine courses £11,000 – 20,000

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