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Follow Birkbeck student Charlie as she takes you on a tour of our central London campus. You can see our teaching spaces, library, cafe and restaurant, as well as the beautiful green spaces that surround our buildings.
History Founding Sir George Birkbeck, founder of Birkbeck, University of London Part of the main Birkbeck campus in Bloomsbury, showing the main entrance (on the right).. In 1823, Sir George Birkbeck, a physician and graduate of the University of Edinburgh and an early pioneer of adult education, founded the then "London Mechanics' Institute" at a meeting at the Crown and Anchor Tavern on the ...
Birkbeck was set up over 200 years ago to provide access to education to anyone who had the ability and drive to succeed, regardless of their circumstances or background. Today, we have one of the most diverse student bodies of any university in the country and we pride ourselves on the value that this brings to our learning community.
Find out more about our part-time and full-time University of London courses, taught by evening study, and our part-time and full-time MPhil/PhD degrees
BA (Hons) Pathway of Linguistics and Language (French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish)
Birkbeck University London is ranked #912 in Best Global Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.
There are a range of accommodation options available to Birkbeck students, including University of London halls of residence, private student accommodation and flat-shares with other students. For more information on applying to study at Birkbeck as an international student, please email [email protected]
