The University of Birmingham - A presentation

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The University of Birmingham (UoB) is oldest of the three universities in the city of Birmingham in the West Midlands of England. It was founded in 1900 to succeed Mason Science College and is thus the first of the "Redbrick" universities. It is an institution of important research with 18 000 students of first cycle and 11 000 students with the higher cycles. It also forms a part of Universitas 21 and is a founding member of the global network based on research. UoB is rated as one of the top five British research institutions and is ranked 11th overall in the UK, and the 30th in Europe. In 2007, UoB was ranked 7th in the UK according to a national league table published by The Guardian, and was ahead of all the other Midlands universities. Meanwhile, the Times Higher Education Supplement placed Birmingham in the 65th place in its latest table of world university rankings.

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[...] With the largest financial services and creative sectors outside London, it offers a wealth of graduate job opportunities”. The landscape is adapting every day: Birmingham is building stylish apartments, offices and hotels to replace old factories and warehouses. Furthermore, there is one of the largest shopping center of Europe with more than 150 shops and the influence is very huge: million the first year. There is a lot of choice to eat very well: there are 500 restaurants in Birmingham: you can eat China, Japanese or European food!! [...]

[...] The University of Birmingham a leading research university in one of the most vibrant and cosmopolitan cities in Europe”: there are 9,000 new students every day and over 4,000 international students from 150 countries. There are 500 undergraduate programs and more than 320 postgraduate. If you go to Birmingham, you acquire not just a qualification but “skills which you'll keep for life”. The campus is very agreeable: it's a busy town with bars, cafés, shops, banks, a hair salon, doctor's surgery and dental practice and its own railways station. [...]

[...] Thanks to a global ambitious, the University of Birmingham combines technical skill, staff quality and its global dimension. Bibliography Welcome to Aldi Recruitment, http://recruiting.uk.aldi.com/start.html, consulted on November the 30th. Birmingham Business School, http://www.business.bham.ac.uk/, consulted on November the 29th. University of Birmingham, http://www.bham.ac.uk/, consulted on December the 1st. BIRCHALL Martin, "Where next for . Birmingham graduates" published on April the 27th in 2006 from the Times. Top 100 Graduate Employers 2007 from the The Times Higher Education Supplement. The Guardian Newspaper, http://www.guardian.co.uk/, consulted on November the 31st. University of Birmingham on Wikipedia, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham, consulted on December the 2nd. [...]

[...] The City of Birmingham has a population of 1,006,500 (2006 estimate). It takes part of the larger West Midlands conurbation, which has a population of 2,284,093 (2001 estimate) and includes several neighbouring towns and cities, such as Solihull, Wolverhampton and the towns of the Black Country. The city's reputation was forged as a powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain, a fact which led to Birmingham being known as "the workshop of the world" or the "city of a thousand trades". [...]

[...] With the opportunity of a two-year secondment in Europe or further afield plus a chance of directorship after five years, Aldi stands out from other retailers in giving its graduates high levels of responsibility from day one. We are delighted to be associated with Birmingham Business School and to be sponsoring the best performing first year student on the Business Management programme. Interests for both university and firm Breadth of experience. Some programmes give graduates the chance to work across several functions. This gives them a chance to experience different careers before specialising. Mentoring is commonplace on these programmes. Advice from an experienced manager can give them a leg up the career ladder. Friends and networks. [...]