Birmingham University RP pmk 1924 to Czechoslovakia

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Birmingham University - real photo type
• Publisher:  Stanford and Mann, Birmingham
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  1½d George V red-brown prob SG420
• Postmark(s):  Birmingham 15 Sep 1924 wavy line
• Sent to:  Mr Jaralov Halanda in Czechoslovakia
• Notes & Key words: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University^[4][5][6][7]) is a British 'Red Brick' university located in the city of Birmingham, England. Founded in Edgbaston in 1900 as a successor to Mason Science College, and with origins dating back to the 1825 Birmingham Medical School,^[8] it was the first of the so-called 'red brick' universities to receive a Royal Charter and university status.^[9]

It is a member of the Russell Group of research universities and a founding member of Universitas 21. The student population includes around 16,500 undergraduate and 8000 postgraduate students, making it the largest university in the West Midlands region.^[3] As of 2006-07 it is the fourth most popular English university by number of applications.^[10] The annual income of the institution for 2007-08 was £411.6m, with an expenditure of £393.2m.^[11]

The university is ranked 12th in Europe and 75th in the world in the 2008 Times Higher Education Supplement QS World University Rankings. It is ranked 11th in the UK and 30th in Europe in the 2008 Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.^[12] The Guardian University Guide describes it as "Large, prestigious, and rather grand".^[13]