A diverse and supportive community

Birkbeck offers a unique learning experience, as you’ll be studying alongside students who often have professional work experience in the subject being studied. Our students find that this enriches their learning experience, as they are able to hear about real-life experiences and apply this knowledge to their academic studies.

Our flexible approach and academic reputation attract more than 7000 degree students a year, nearly half of whom are studying postgraduate programmes. Our students come to us from all over the world and represent over 100 countries.

This makes for a student community as diverse and cosmopolitan as London’s population; committed, hard-working and highly motivated, they are a source of great pride to Birkbeck and of mutual support to each other.