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Our campus is the perfect learning environment for you. With accommodation villages within walking distance of main campus and state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities, you will forge your own future at the University of Birmingham. Find your feet among friends as over 35,000 students from more than 150 different nationalities unite on campus to explore new activities and develop their skills.

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Find out about life on campus from our current students

A campus full of opportunity

Campus is a vibrant, diverse and lively hub of activity all year round. With regular student social events, research showcases, family fun days, live sporting events and more, there is always something exciting happening. But if that wasn't enough, Birmingham city centre is only a short train ride away from our 'University' train station. 

With historic buildings, modern facilities and green surroundings, our Edgbaston campus is a place to be inspired.

  • The Barber Institute of Fine Arts is home to our unique art collection. Located on our main campus, it hosts lunchtime concerts, evening lectures and literature workshops.
  • Winterbourne House and Garden is a beautiful Edwardian house with botanic gardens nestled in a leafy corner of our Edgbaston campus. Relax in the surrounding gardens, or take in a lecture, exhibition or special interest tour.
  • Our recently-renovated Lapworth Museum of Geology is one of the oldest specialist geological museums in the UK.
  • The Bramall Music Building is home to the Elgar Concert Hall - hosting fantastic events year-round including concerts, comedy shows and free lunchtime music for students and staff every Friday. 

Our cultural assets are just the tip of the iceberg and the University has a plethora of research and cultural collections accessible to students throughout the year via a variety of activities.

Societies, sport and culture

During the busy seasons or exams, the green spaces become areas to relax, with students gathering for a break, to eat lunch or maybe just get a bit of studying done in the fresh air! Everything is in one place but is only a short and cheap train ride away from the rest of the city

Rachel, from Bury
Biological Sciences
  • Two students walking into the Teaching and Learning Building on the University of Birmingham campus.

    Teaching and Learning

  • Two students walking alongside the University of Birmingham Sports and Fitness building.

    Sports and Fitness

  • Interior shot of the Main Library at the University of Birmingham campus.

    Main Library

  • Three female students smiling and talking to each other on the University of Birmingham Green Heart.

    Green Heart

  • Interior shot of the New School of Engineering at the University of Birmingham campus.

    New School of Engineering

Buildings and spaces

We are continue to invest back into our campus to provide the best experiences for you, our students, on campus.

Within the last ten years, our campus has seen a series of large changes including:

  • Our new Main Library which is home to over 2.1 million printed books and journals and 40 miles of shelving (time to get your steps in!)
  • The University's Sport and Fitness Centre. Inside, there's the region’s first 50m-length pool, 200+ station gym, 2000m2 arena and so much more. 
  • Our Green Heart. Sitting at the centre of campus for students to relax and study, this space is multi-functional for markets, performances and events, including outdoor cinemas.
  • The Collaborative Teaching Laboratory which unites STEM subjects in one state-of-the-art teaching facility.
  • A Teaching and Learning Building - the hub for education. The facility is equipped for future-focused learning and teaching with social study space to support a variety of study and learning experiences.
  • There's a new School of Engineering which strives strengthen the relationship between our teaching and research with contemporary and flexible spaces, including the Centre of Excellence for Digital Systems.
  • And the latest addition is our new Molecular Sciences building. This building showcases research and innovation and is a place to apply research to education to promote collaborative work.