Birmingham, UK

  • Birmingham has the UK’s 2nd largest student population
  • More than 64,000 students
  • 51% of full time students in Birmingham have NO purpose built student accommodation meeting the current high level of expectations
  • 2nd largest ”city economy” in the UK
  • 3 Universities and 37 Colleges National Student Survey ranked Aston University 11th in the UK
  • 82% of  all  graduates from Birmingham Aston University find  “Graduate Level” jobs, ranked 9th out of 120 UK Universities
  • National Student Survey ranked Aston University 11th in the UK
  • Between 1996 and this year student numbers have risen from 1.8 million to 2.4 million — an annual growth rate of 2.5 per cent that is forecast to keep rising.
  • Ranked 3rd best UK city for “quality of living” by Mercer