Ranked 79th in the world in the QS World UniversityRankings® 2019, the University of Birmingham is a red brick university, a termused to describe a group of universities founded in industrial cities inEngland in the 19th century. It is also a Russell Group university which meansit belongs to a small set of research universities with a reputation foracademic excellence.
The University of Birmingham ranks among the top 50universities across several disciplines in the QS World University Rankings bySubject:
· Dentistry (13th)
· Development Studies (36th)
· Education (36th)
· English Language and Literature (34th)
· Sports-Related Subjects (6th)
· Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies (26th)
