University of Birmingham

Birmingham has continued to be a university unafraid to do things a little differently, and in response to the challenges of the day. It was a founder member of the National Union of Students and the first university in the country to: 1-be built on a campus model 2-establish a faculty of commerce 3-incorporate a medical school 4-offer degrees in dentistry 5-create a womens hall of residence 6-have a purpose-built students union building 7-The University of Birmingham was established by Queen Victoria by Royal Charter in 1900 and was the UKs first civic or 'redbrick' university. The first phase of building work on the campus was completed in 1909 under the auspices of the esteemed architect Sir Aston Webb. We celebrated the centenaryof those buildings inJuly 2009.