A world-class research and teaching university
We welcome applicants from all educational backgrounds and we encourage those without traditional qualifications to apply. We will consider your knowledge and work experience alongside your qualifications.
Find out about the help we offer to boost your study skills or improve your English before you start your course.
As our teaching mainly takes place in the evening, many Birkbeck students work during the day. Find out about undertaking paid part-time work while studying in the UK.
Find details of entry requirements and equivalencies for over 120 countries worldwide.
Birkbeck is committed to doing everything we can to help you finance your studies. Find out about what is available, how to apply and the advice and support we provide.
Discover how Birkbeck's unique evening teaching, coupled with our comprehensive careers and employability services, can help you get ahead in a highly competitive job market.
You will be taught by renowned academics and will gain a University of London degree.
Birkbeck is London’s only specialist provider of evening higher education. With classes held 6pm-9pm, your days are free to study, work, volunteer, or just do your own thing.
Find out everything you need to know about the type of visa you need to come and study at Birkbeck, how to apply, and our free advice and support services.
Birkbeck welcomes students, staff and visitors from across the European Union and further afield. Find out everything you need to know about Brexit and making an application to Birkbeck.
Most of our students live in private accommodation, but we also offer student accommodation and access to the professional services of the University of London Housing Services.
Birkbeck offers a unique combination of evening study and a matchless central London location, right in the geographic and academic centre of the city, giving you exceptional opportunities.
If you have a question you might find the answer here, among the questions we are most frequently asked.
We provide advice and support to all international students who want to study at Birkbeck. We can help you with choosing your course, applying to, and enrolling at, Birkbeck, and making a visa application, among other things.
Find out if our international team, who visit countries throughout the year, will be in a city near you soon. We also run visa applications advice sessions.
Birkbeck is proud to work in partnership with some of the world’s leading universities. Discover more about the institutions we are working with and how you could benefit.
Birkbeck students talk about their experiences of studying in the UK's capital city.
The Birkbeck Centre for Technology and Publishing has released a new scholarly communications platform, Janeway, as an open-source download.
Research from the Department of Psychological Sciences' Dr Lara Maister found that babies as young as five months are sensitive to their own heartbeats, which could herald better understanding of psychological conditions.
The Survey, and the College’s recent TEF Silver award, confirms that Birkbeck’s teaching is among the best in the country.
17 August 2017 10:00 — 13:00
Room 323, 43 Gordon Square No booking required
19 August 2017 12:00 — 16:00
Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX Free entry; booking required
23 August 2017 18:00 — 19:30
639 Enterprise Centre, 639 High Rd, London, N17 8AA Free entry; booking required
Explore our beautiful Bloomsbury campus in the heart of London and state-of-the-art Stratford campus in east London.
of Dr James Hammond who visited Chile as part of his research into earthquakes.
Dr Jennifer Harris on the first mission simulations of the ExoMars rover.
