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Birkbeck, University of London is a university which continues to change lives. In 2023 the institution marks its 200th anniversary. Established in 1823, Birkbeck is a world-class research and teaching institution, well known for being London’s premier evening university. Most classes take place in the evening, and this makes Birkbeck stand out from the crowd. Students have the freedom to use their daytimes however they like – a benefit that has become the university’s trademark.
The university offers a uniquely flexible learning experience, where its students can work or focus on other commitments during the day. Birkbeck’s wide range of courses can be studied full-time or part-time, and some can be studied through distance learning.
Birkbeck has cultivated a reputation for delivering a superb programme of postgraduate education, providing an inclusive and dynamic university experience and a rich learning environment. The university receives glowing reviews from its professional alumni, who remain connected to their parent institution throughout their successful careers.
Birkbeck is well known for the quality of its research output and supports a community of around 1,000 postgraduate students with a dynamic and academically enriching research environment.
Birkbeck is proud of its numerous accolades, and it is no surprise that it ranks among the world’s top 400 universities. The majority of Birkbeck’s research (83%) has been confirmed as world-leading and internationally excellent in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF), the UK’s official assessment of the quality and impact of research in universities.
Birkbeck’s students benefit from a wide range of facilities including a newly-refurbished five-story library, a cinema and art gallery, various sports facilities and a range of cafés.
Postgraduate
Birkbeck supports a postgraduate learning community of over 1,000 full-time students, and research degrees can be completed full-time over two to four years, or part-time over four to seven years. The university offers a variety of integrated PhD degrees, which include a compulsory year of taught modules and students benefit from face-to-face contact with the faculty team of highly qualified and widely experienced teaching staff, many of whom have worked and taught overseas and are able to communicate their experience and research methodologies to students from all backgrounds.
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