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Overview of the university

Why choose us?

At Birmingham City University, we’ve been educating professionals since 1843. Our commitment to high quality teaching, innovative practice and cutting edge research ensures that Birmingham City University ranks among the best modern universities in the country.

  • 96% of our postgraduates find work or further study within six months of graduating (DLHE 2016/17).
  • Our strong links with industry ensure our courses are relevant and innovative. We work with leading brands such as Rolls-Royce, Cisco, Microsoft, Sony, Mitchell & Butler, Sky UK, The Royal Shakespeare Company and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
  • Almost 90% of our research was judged to have delivered ‘outstanding’ or ‘very considerable’ external impact (REF 2014)
  • Benefit from accredited courses. Around 40 of our courses are accredited by respected industry bodies.
  • We have undertaken a £260 million investment programme in our facilities, including a major expansion of our City Centre Campus.

Why Birmingham?

Join us at Birmingham City University and you will be right in the heart of a forward-looking and vibrant city with plenty of attractions close at hand.

  • Birmingham has the highest quality of life of any UK city outside of the capital. (Mercer Quality of Living Report 2017)
  • The second most cost-effective city for students in the UK. (UNiDAYS 2017)
  • One of the 10 most entrepreneurial cities in the UK. (Instant offices 2017)

Postgraduate subjects

With over 140 postgraduateand professional development courses, spanning health and sport, business, the arts and social studies, Birmingham City University offers its students a whole world of opportunity. Our courses equip you with the most relevant knowledge and skills to enhance your career prospects and encourage you to develop your powers of analysis and critical thinking.

Download our prospectus and find out more about our range of postgraduate opportunities.

Come to our events

There's no better way to find out more than to drop-in to one of our events. Students and lecturers will be on hand to answer all of your questions and to show you around our facilities. We host subject-specific events throughout the year.

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Benefits of postgraduate study

It’s becoming more beneficial to have a postgraduate degree than ever before. For instance:

  • Someone with a Master’s degree or PHD earns £240,000 more over a 40-year working life than someone with just a degree. (Graduate Labour Market Statistics 2017, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)
  • By 2022, one in seven jobs could require postgraduate qualifications (UK Commission for Employment and Skills 2014)
  • There are an increasing number of occupations where employers require a postgraduate qualification, including some areas of law, engineering and teaching, professional psychology roles, international development and NGO’s, technical roles in the environment profession and quantitive roles in investment banking. (Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services)

If you’d like to find out what more Birmingham City University has to offer, get in touch.

Programs and courses at Birmingham City University

424 courses at Birmingham City University, listed alphabetically:

A Accounting and Finance, BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance, MSc Accounting and Finance (Masters Stage), MSc Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing (January), BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing (September), BSc (Hons) Advanced Clinical Practice, MSc Advanced Computer Networks, MSc Advanced Computer Science, MSc Advancing Diabetes Care, MSc Applied Theatre (Community and Education), BA (Hons) Applied Theatre (Community and Education) with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Architectural Technology, BSc (Hons) Architectural Technology with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Architectural Technology with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Architecture, BA (Hons) Architecture (RIBA part 2), MArch Architecture with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Architecture with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Art and Design, BA (Hons) Art and Design (Interdisciplinary Practices), MA Art and Design with Creative Technologies, BA (Hons) Art and Design with Creative Technologies with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Art and Design with Creative Technologies with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Art and Design with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Art and Design with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Art Business (Top-Up), BA (Hons) Artificial Intelligence, MSc Arts and Education Practices, MA Arts and Project Management, MA Automotive Engineering, MSc, MEng (Hon) Automotive Engineering, BEng (Hon) Automotive Engineering with Foundation Year, BEng (Hon) Automotive Engineering with Professional Placement Year, MEng (Hon) Automotive Engineering with Professional Placement Year, BEng (Hon)
B Big Data Analytics, MSc Biomedical Engineering, BEng (Hon) Biomedical Engineering with Foundation Year, BEng (Hon) Biomedical Sciences, BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Black Studies, MA Black Studies, BA (Hons) Black Studies (Criminal Justice), BA (Hons) Black Studies (Criminal Justice) with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Black Studies with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Building Surveying, BSc (Hons) Building Surveying with Facilities Management, MSc Building Surveying with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Building Surveying with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Business Administration (Top Up), BA (Hons) Business and Management, HND Business Finance, BSc (Hons) Business Finance with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology, BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Business Management, BA (Hons) Business Management with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Business Management with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Business with Marketing, BA (Hons) Business with Marketing with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons)
C Chartered Institute of Public Relations Advanced Certificate, Advanced Certificate Child Nursing (January), BSc (Hons) Child Nursing (September), BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering, BEng (Hon) Civil Engineering with Foundation Year, BEng (Hon) Civil Engineering with Professional Placement Year, BEng (Hon) Clinical Hypnosis and Related Techniques, Advanced Professional Diploma Community Health Nursing Specialist Practitioner, BSc (Hons) Computer Games Technology, BSc (Hons) Computer Games Technology with Foundation Year, BSc Computer Games Technology with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Computer Networks and Security, BSc (Hons) Computer Networks and Security with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Computer Networks and Security with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Computer Science, MSc Computer Science, BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence, BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence with Professional Placement, BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Computing (Top-Up), BSc (Hons) Computing and Information Technology, BSc (Hons) Computing and Information Technology with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Computing and Information Technology with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Conductive Education with QCS, BA (Hons) Conservation of the Historic Environment, MA Construction Management, BSc (Hons) Construction Management with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Construction Management with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Construction Project Management, MSc Contemporary Arts China, MA Cosmetics Branding and Promotion, MA Counselling (Children and Young People), MSc Creative Writing, MA Creativity, Making and Innovation Practice, MA Criminology, MA Criminology, BA (Hons) Criminology with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Criminology, Policing and Investigation, BA (Hons) Criminology, Policing and Investigation with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Cyber Security, MSc Cyber Security, BSc (Hons) Cyber Security with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Cyber Security with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons)
D Design and Visualisation, MA Design for Future Living, BA (Hons) Design for Future Living with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Design for Future Living with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Design Management, MA Diagnostic Radiography, BSc (Hons) Digital Animation, BA (Hons) Digital Animation with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Digital Animation with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Digital Construction, MSc Digital Film Production, BSc (Hons) Digital Film Production with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Digital Film Production with Professional Placement, BSc (Hons) Digital Forensics, BSc (Hons) Digital Forensics with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Digital Forensics with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Digital Marketing, BA (Hons) Digital Media Computing, BSc (Hons) Digital Media Computing with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Digital Media Computing with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Digital Transformation, MSc
E Early Childhood Studies, BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Early Years, FDA Economics, BSc (Hons) Economics with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Education, MA, PhD, EdD Education Studies, BA (Hons) Education Studies with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Electronic Engineering, MEng (Hon) Electronic Engineering, BEng (Hon) Electronic Engineering with Foundation year, BEng (Hon) Electronic Engineering with Professional Placement Year, BEng (Hon) Electronic Engineering with Professional Placement Year, MEng (Hon) English, BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing, BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) English and Journalism, BA (Hons) English and Journalism with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) English and Journalism with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) English Language and Literature, BA (Hons) English Language and Literature with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) English Language and Literature with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) English Linguistics (Distance Learning), MA English Literature, BA (Hons) English Literature, MA English Literature with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) English Literature with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) English with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) English with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Events Management, BA (Hons) Events Management with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons)
F Fashion Branding and Communication, BA (Hons) Fashion Branding and Communication Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Fashion Branding and Communication with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Fashion Business and Promotion, BA (Hons) Fashion Business and Promotion with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Fashion Business and Promotion with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Fashion Design, BA (Hons) Fashion Design, MA Fashion Design with a Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Fashion Design with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Fashion Management, MA Fashion Promotion, MA Fashion Styling, MA Feature Film Development, MA Film and Screenwriting, BA (Hons) Film and Screenwriting with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Film and Screenwriting with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Film Distribution and Marketing, MA Filmmaking, BA (Hons) Filmmaking with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Filmmaking with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Finance and Investment, BSc (Hons) Finance and Investment, MSc Finance and Investment with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Fine Art, BA (Hons) Fine Art, MA Fine Art with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Fine Art with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Forensic Psychology, MSc Foundation Degree in Popular Music, FDA Future Media, MA
G Gemmology, MSc Gemmology and Jewellery Studies, BSc (Hons) Gemmology and Jewellery Studies with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Gemmology and Jewellery Studies with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Global Business Operations, MSc Graphic Design, BA (Hons) Graphic Design with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Graphic Design with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons)
H Health Psychology, MSc Horology, BA (Hons) Horology with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Horology with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Human Resource Management, BA (Hons) Human Resource Management with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons)
I Illustration, BA (Hons) Illustration with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Illustration with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design, BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design, MA Interior Architecture and Design with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Internal Audit Management and Consultancy, MSc International Business (Top-Up), BA (Hons) International Business Law, LLM International Finance (Online), MSc International Finance (Top Up), BA (Hons) International Human Resource Management, MA International Human Rights, LLM International Law, LLM International Logistics and Supply Chain Management, MSc International Marketing (Top Up), BA (Hons) International MBA, MBA International Professional Accounting (ACCA), MSc International Project Management, MSc International Sport Management, MSc
J Jewellery and Objects, BA (Hons) Jewellery and Objects with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Jewellery and Objects with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Jewellery and Related Products, MA Jewellery and Silversmithing, HND Jewellery and Silversmithing Design for Industry (Top Up), BA (Hons) Journalism, BA (Hons) Journalism with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Journalism with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons)
L Landscape Architecture, BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture, MA Landscape Architecture (Conversion) - MLA, MA Landscape Architecture with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture with Urban Design, BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture with Urban Design with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture with Urban Design with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Law, LLB (Hons) Law and Practice, HND Law with American Legal Studies, LLB (Hons) Law with American Legal Studies with Professional Placement Year, LLB (Hons) Law with Business Law, LLB (Hons) Law with Business Law with Professional Placement Year, LLB (Hons) Law with Criminal Justice, LLB (Hons) Law with Criminal Justice with Professional Placement Year, LLB (Hons) Law with Foundation Year, LLB (Hons) Law with Professional Placement Year, LLB (Hons) Learning Disability Nursing, BSc (Hons) LLM Legal Practice, LLM Logistics and Supply Chain Management, MSc Luxury Brand Management, MA Luxury Jewellery Management, MA
M Management and Entrepreneurship, MSc Management and Finance, MSc Management and International Business, MSc Management and International Business (Online), MSc Management and Marketing, MSc Manufacturing Engineering, BEng (Hon) Manufacturing Engineering, MEng (Hon) Manufacturing Engineering with Foundation Year, BEng (Hon) Manufacturing Engineering with Professional Placement Year, BEng (Hon) Manufacturing Engineering with Professional Placement Year, MEng (Hon) Marketing, BA (Hons) Marketing with Advertising and Public Relations, BA (Hons) Marketing with Advertising and Public Relations with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Marketing with Digital Communication, BA (Hons) Marketing with Digital Communication with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Marketing with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Master of Education Leadership, MEd Master of Educational Practice, MEd Master of Public Health, MPH Masters by Research - MRes, MRes Mechanical Engineering, MSc, MEng (Hon) Mechanical Engineering, BEng (Hon) Mechanical Engineering with Foundation Year, BEng (Hon) Mechanical Engineering with professional placement, MSc Mechanical Engineering with Professional Placement Year, MEng, BEng (Hon) Media and Communication, HND, BA (Hons) Media and Communication with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Media and Communication with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Media and Cultural Studies, PhD Media Production, BA (Hons) Media Production, MA Media Production with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Media Production with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Medical Engineering Applications for Healthcare, MSc Medical Imaging Technology, MSc Medical Ultrasound, MSc Mental Health Nursing (January), BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing (September), BSc (Hons) Midwifery, BSc (Hons) Midwifery (January), BSc Music Business, BA (Hons) Music Business with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Music Business with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Music Technology, BSc (Hons) Music Technology with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons)
N Nursing - Adult - Pre-registration, MSc Nursing - Adult and Child (Dual Award), MSci Nursing - Adult and Learning Disabilities (Dual Award), MSci Nursing - Adult and Mental Health (Dual Award), MSci Nursing - Learning Disabilities and Child (Dual Award), MSci Nursing - Mental Health - Pre-registration, MSc Nursing - Mental Health and Child (Dual Award), MSci Nursing - Mental Health and Learning Disabilities (Dual Award), MSci
O Online MBA, MBA Operating Department Practice, DipHE, BSc (Hons)
P Paramedic Science, BSc (Hons) Photography, BA (Hons) Photography with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Photography with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Physiotherapy (Pre-registration), MSc Planning Built Environments, MA Popular Music, BA (Hons) Post-Compulsory Education and Training - PGCE, PgCE Primary and Early Years (Physical Education) with QTS - PGCE, PgCE Primary and Early Years Education with QTS - PGCE, PgCE Primary Education with QTS, BA (Hons) Primary Education with Specialism in Mathematics with QTS - PGCE, PgCE Primary Education with Specialism in SEN with QTS - PGCE, PgCE Product and Furniture Design, MA Product and Furniture Design, BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Professional Policing, BSc (Hons) Professional Policing with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Professional Voice Practice, MA Project Management, MSc Psychology, MSc Psychology, BSc (Hons) Psychology and Counselling, BSc (Hons) Psychology and Counselling with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Psychology with Criminology, BSc (Hons) Psychology with Criminology with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Psychology with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Psychology with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Public Relations, MA Public Relations and Media, BA (Hons) Public Relations and Media with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Public Relations and Media with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons)
Q Quantity Surveying, MSc Quantity Surveying, BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons)
R Radiography, MSc Real Estate, BSc (Hons) Real Estate Management, MSc Real Estate with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Real Estate with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons)
S Safeguarding, MSc Secondary Art and Design - PGCE, PgCE Secondary Computer Science - PGCE, PgCE Secondary Design and Technology: Food, Textiles and Product Design - PGCE, PgCE Secondary Drama, PgCE Secondary English - PGCE, PgCE Secondary Geography - PGCE, PgCE Secondary History, PgCE Secondary Mathematics - PGCE, PgCE Secondary Music - PGCE, PgCE Secondary Physical Education with QTS, BA (Hons) Secondary Religious Education - PGCE, PgCE Secondary Science (Biology) with QTS, BSc (Hons) Secondary Science: Chemistry - PGCE, PgCE Secondary Science: Physics - PGCE, PgCE Security Studies, MA Smart Manufacturing, MSc Social Work, MSc Social Work, BSc (Hons) Sociology, BA (Hons) Sociology and Criminology, BA (Hons) Sociology and Criminology with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Sociology and Criminology with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Sociology with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Sound Engineering and Production, BSc (Hons) Sound Engineering and Production with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Sound Engineering and Production with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons) Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor), BSc (Hons) Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse), BSc (Hons) Specialist Complex Needs Rehabilitation Work (Visual Impairment) (Top-up), BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy, MSc Speech and Language Therapy, BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Nutrition, MSc Sport and Exercise Science, BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Sport Business Management, BA (Hons) Sport Business Management with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Sports Coaching and Development, FdSc Sports Coaching and Physical Education, BSc (Hons) Sports Coaching and Physical Education with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Sports Journalism, BA (Hons) Sports Journalism with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Sports Journalism with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Sports Therapy, BSc (Hons) Stage Management, BA (Hons)
T Textile and Surface Design, MA Textile Design, BA (Hons) Textile Design with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Textile Design with Professional Placement Year, BA (Hons) Therapeutic Radiography, BSc (Hons) Therapeutic Radiography (Pre-Registration), MSc Transforming and Leading in Health Care, MSc
U Urban Design, MA
V Video Game Design, BA (Hons) Video Game Design with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Video Game Development, MA Video Game Development, BSc (Hons) Video Game Development with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Video Game Digital Art, BA (Hons) Video Game Digital Art with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Video Game Enterprise, Production and Design, MSc Visual Communication, MA Visual Effects, BSc (Hons) Visual Effects with Foundation Year, BSc (Hons) Visual Effects with with Professional Placement Year, BSc (Hons)
W Working with Children, Young People and Families, BA (Hons) Working with Children, Young People and Families with Foundation Year, BA (Hons) Wound Healing and Tissue Repair, MSc
Y Youth Work and Communities, BA (Hons)

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