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College of Social Sciences College of Life and Environmental Sciences College of Engineering and Physical Sciences College of Medical and Dental Sciences }} |website = (birmingham.ac.uk ) |logo = 220px }} The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham (founded in 1828 as the Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery) and Mason Science College (established in 1875 by Sir Josiah Mason), making it the first English civic or 'red brick' university to receive its own royal charter.〔〔(University guide 2014: University of Birmingham ), ''The Guardian'', 8 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2010〕 It is a founding member of both the Russell Group of British research universities and the international network of research universities, Universitas 21. The university was ranked 11th in the UK and 64th in the world in the QS World University Rankings for 2014-15.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=QS World University Rankings® 2014/15 )〕 In 2013, Birmingham was named 'University of the Year 2014' in the ''Times Higher Education'' awards. The Global Employability University Ranking conducted by THES places Birmingham at 57th world-wide. Birmingham is also ranked 1st in the UK for Graduate Prospects in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2015. The student population includes undergraduate and postgraduate students, which is the in the UK (out of ). The annual income of the institution for 2013–14 was £528.2 million, with an expenditure of £499 million. The university is home to the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, housing works by Van Gogh, Picasso and Monet, the Lapworth Museum of Geology, the Cadbury Research Library home to the Mingana Collections of Middle Eastern manuscripts and the Chamberlain Collection, and the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, which is a prominent landmark visible from many parts of the city. Academics and alumni of the university include former British Prime Ministers Neville Chamberlain, and Stanley Baldwin,〔K. Feiling, ''The Life of Neville Chamberlain'' (London, 1970), 11-12〕 and eight Nobel laureates. ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「University of Birmingham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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