University of Birmingham

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The University of Birmingham (English: University of Birmingham; Latin: Universitas Birminghamiensis ) was established on March 24, 1900 by Queen Victoria and is now with a total of 27,000 students (of which 4,000 international students) is the largest university in the English city of Birmingham million and a the largest in the West Midlands and throughout England.

The University is a member of the Russell Group of British universities and research since 1997, a founding member of the global university network Universitas 21 In addition, the University operates a cooperation with the Goethe- University Frankfurt am Main. Both cities are connected by a long and deep relationship.

History

The Mason Science College was founded on February 23, 1875 by the Birmingham industrialist Josiah Mason marked the beginning of higher education and teaching in Birmingham and should be part of the neuzugründenden University of Birmingham, 25 years later. Actually important for the creation of which was, however, only the passionate commitment of Joseph Chamberlain for what were then considered - and in comparison to traditional English universities - education policy more advanced and liberal establishment. In this spirit of entrepreneurship, the University of Birmingham convenes today.

Facilities

  • Edgbaston Campus: The main campus of the University of Birmingham in Edgbaston with the bell tower named after Joseph Chamberlain and the University Aula (English: Great Hall ) of the architect Aston Webb.
  • Selly Oak Campus: A only in 1999 the University affiliated campus south of the main campus with theological and social science teaching facilities.
  • The Sculpture Trail
  • The Botanic Garden Winterbourne and
  • Other institutes such as the Barber Institute, the Shakespeare Institute and the Ironbridge Institute
  • The New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton, a large teaching hospital of the University of

Famous alumni and faculty

  • Walter Allen
  • Kenneth Anthony ( born 1951 ), former Prime Minister of St. Lucia
  • Francis William Aston (1877-1945), English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1922 )
  • Sister Bliss (born 1970 ), British musician
  • Madeleine Carroll (1906-1987), British actress
  • James Clavell (1924-1994), British- American writer
  • Tim Curry ( b. 1946 ), British actor
  • Richard Dalitz (1925-2006), Australian physicist
  • Spencer Davis ( born 1939 ), British rock musician
  • Tamsin Greig (born 1967 ), British actress
  • Stuart Hall (1932-2014), British sociologist
  • Simon Le Bon (born 1958 ), British singer
  • Richard Neville Lester (1937-2006), British botanist
  • Rozena Maart (born 1962 ), South African lecturer in English literature, philosophy and psychoanalysis, and feminist writer
  • Desmond Morris ( born 1928 ), zoologist and ethologist
  • Paul Nurse ( b. 1949 ), British biochemist, Nobel Prize for Medicine (2001)
  • Arthur Peacocke (1924-2006), English biochemist and theologian
  • John Henry Poynting (1852-1914), English physicist
  • Sana Salou (1955), Palestinian engineer
  • Fraser Stoddart ( born 1942 ), British chemist
  • John Robert Vane (1927-2004), British biochemist, Nobel Prize for Medicine (1982 )
  • Rodolfo Neri Vela ( born 1952 ), Mexican spaceman
  • Maurice Wilkins (1916-2004), New Zealand physicist
  • David Marsh ( b. 1952 ), Bank Manager, Honorary Professor
  • Philip Kerr ( born 1956 ), Prix du Roman d' Aventures and Prix Mystère de la critique received ( writer )
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