About The Exchange
The Exchange is the University’s city-centre venue, based in the historic municipal bank in Birmingham’s Centenary Square.
Our public programme of free exhibitions, events and family-friendly activities, welcomes everyone to join in the University’s efforts to understand and tackle today’s complex challenges. We explore vital topics like clean air, adult social care, and AI, making meaningful connections between academic research and communities.
The Exchange is more than a building: it’s a welcoming hub for community involvement and collaborations. Beyond its walls, The Exchange is a place for academics, communities, and policymakers to come together to discuss and amplify important issues and initiatives, and to showcase the diversity and vibrancy of our city and region.
Opening up research
We share our research through free public exhibitions and events. Visit us to have your say, exchange ideas and participate in our public programme.
What's On
Free tasters, short paid courses and micro-credentials
Aimed at widening participation, professional development and/or building regional skills. A particular focus on leadership encompasses the private, public and third sectors and grow the capacity of community leaders. The Exchange also provides a hub to support the development of entrepreneurial skills, helping to create the next generation of businesses.
Bringing people together
We're bringing people together by creating an inclusive and unique venue that attracts a range of different audiences and stakeholders to learn with and from each other.
Partnerships and data sharing
We're Facilitating data sharing and partnerships that are helping to grow the regional economy and improve people’s quality of life.
Who is at the Exchange?
We're home to a range of different University of Birmingham initiatives creating positive change both in the West Midlands and globally.
The Birmingham Leadership Institute
The Birmingham Leadership Institute
The most pressing contemporary challenges - local, national and international – are often characterised by complexity, difference, disruption and conflict. The Birmingham Leadership Institute exists to research and develop the leadership required to make progress on them.
Discover how The Birmingham Leadership Institute are researching and developing the leadership required to make progress on the most pressing contemporary challenges
The West Midlands Regional Economic Development Institute (WMREDI)
The West Midlands Regional Economic Development Institute (WMREDI)
The West Midlands Regional Economic Development Institute (WMREDI) is based at the University of Birmingham’s Exchange building, in the heart of Birmingham, to support inclusive economic growth in our city-region and regions across the UK.
University of Birmingham Elevate
University of Birmingham Elevate
University of Birmingham (UoB) Elevate is an incubator and business growth programme for University of Birmingham students and graduates.
Through this initiative, our students are helped to develop their own ventures, supporting them to create possibilities beyond established graduate routes.