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University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham
(informally
Birmingham University
) is a
public research university
located in
Edgbaston
,
Birmingham
, United Kingdom. It received its
royal charter
in 1900 as a successor to
Queen's College, Birmingham
(founded in 1828 as the
Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery
) and
Mason Science College
(established in 1875 by Sir
Josiah Mason
), making it the first English
civic or 'red brick' university
to receive its own royal charter. It is a founding member of both the
Russell Group
of British research universities and the international network of research universities,
Universitas 21
.
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