University of Birmingham, UK, Birmingham Resort
Rating: 8,5/10 (1014 votes)  The University of Birmingham is one of the largest and most prestigious universities in the UK and around the world. Located in downtown Birmingham and is part of the elite Russell group. Also, the University of Birmingham is the oldest and most important among the so-called"red brick" universities in the UK.
The number of university students exceeds 30,000, the area of the main campus is 330 hectares. This makes the University of Birmingham the largest academic institution in central England. In 2007, the University of Birmingham was ranked 4th in the ranking of the most in-demand among UK applicants. The competition was 9 people per place, despite the fact that there are no budget places at this university. The university is in the TOP-10 of the best universities in the country and in the TOP-60 of the world.
Among the graduates of the University of Birmingham are eight Nobel laureates, numerous scientists and artists, for example, physicist F. Aston, physicist D. G. Poynting, head of the British Armed Forces in 2003-2008. Michael Jackson, Chief Sanitary Doctor of Great Britain L. Donaldson, chief dentist of the country B. Cockcroft, experimental physicist M. Olyphant, rector of the University Dominic Cadbury, expert on biological weapons D. Kelly, vice speaker of the Singapore Parliament M. Yao Chi, geographer Brian Harley and many others.
The Faculty of Fine Arts of the University has a gallery that contains the originals of works by Picasso, Rubens, Van Gogh, Monet, Botticelli and others. The University of Birmingham Library is one of the largest in the country. It contains unique editions of the Bible, Shakespeare, manuscripts of Charles Dickens. In total, more than 6 million books and manuscripts are kept here, 120 thousand of which were published before the 19th century.
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