Birmingham City University

Get ready to gasp, this University’s got eight campuses. Most are near Birmingham city centre – Perry Barr’s the main site, educating about half the students ... more detail There’s a stonking range of courses (nursing and education are highly rated) and students, having picked up on the easy-going, determined cheerfulness of the city, study hard ... more on academic Bursaries support low-income students and an Action Officer knocks around the campuses making improvements for disabled students ... more on welfare Birmingham’s a cultured city nowadays, there’s booze and Balti galore and the cinemas, theatres, clubs and music venues would make a Londoner jealous ... more on entertainment The SU’s got entertainment too – five bars and a bunch of club nights, though live music’s on the quiet side ... more on the SU A sports-for-all policy tries to get as many as possible off their bums – three new sports developments are planned and there’s already a new sports pavilion ... more on sports All non-local first years are guaranteed a room in halls, native Brummies may not be so lucky. Houses aren’t hard to get locally though and it’s surprisingly cheap for a big city ... more on housing

Woohoo: Recent cash-splashing has tarted up the campuses
Boo: Scattered sites with limited SU reps
Tel: (0121 331 5000
E-mail: choices@bcu.ac.uk
Website: www.bcu.ac.uk