University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham has various career support services for international students. All these services help the students in evaluating their career options, finding work experience, and applying for jobs. The University provides for a website named Student Circus that features UK and international job boards and helps the students in their search for visa sponsored opportunities in the UK as well as jobs at international locations. For Indian students, who wish to come back to India or work in other Asian regions, the University as an Asia Jobs Board that lists various vacancies in available in Asia. As example of such as job would include Wealth Management Analyst - Bank of Singapore.

University of Birmingham provides various career services to its postgraduate research students. The University helps the postgraduate research students in deciding their intended career path in case if they wish to pursue a career outside of the academia. For this, the University provides face to face careers advice and interactions with supervisor. There are various online resources such as e-book, The Career-wise researcher, that helps the students understand various types of professional roles in academia and outside of academia. The University also hosts various postgraduate careers events that help the students gain industry insights and connect with employers. Besides these, there are many other career support services available for the postgraduate research students.

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• IELTS Reading is one of the competitive sections that an aspirant goes through while appearing for the IELTS test. Know the IELTS Reading Tipsfrom here to get a good score
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The foundation pathways are suitable for candidates who have completed high school qualification that is below the equivalent standard of UK A levels, and therefore doesn't allow for direct entry to UG courses at UK universities. Check below the foundation UG criteria for Indian students:

• Indian students holding Class 12 Higher Secondary Certificate with an average score of 65% aggregate from ICSE, CBSE, West Bengal State Board will be considered for entry to Birmingham Foundation Academy. All other state boards require 70% overall.
• If a candidate wish to apply for the Engineering and Physical Sciences pathway, they need to have at least 65% in mathematics from ICSE, CBSE, West Bengal State Boards.
• To apply for a Biology based degree you will need to have a least 65% in Biology from ICSE, CBSE, West Bengal State Boards.

Indian students who have completed Class 12 higher secondary certificate with an average score ranging between 75% and 90%. The score will vary as per the board opted by the candidates in Class 12. 

Holders of the Indian Standard XII will be considered for entry to the first year of our undergraduate degree programmes.

• A*AA = 90% ISC, CBSE, Maharashtra or 85% West Bengal or 95% Other State boards
• AAA = 85% ISC, CBSE, Maharashtra or 80% West Bengal or 90% Other State boards
• AAB = 80% ISC, CBSE, Maharashtra or 75% West Bengal or 85% Other State boards
• ABB/BBB = 75% ISC, CBSE, Maharashtra and West Bengal or 80% Other State boards

Where a programme requires a specific A'level subject grade please refer to the guidance below for Indian Standard XII equivalent.

• A*AA = 90% ISC, CBSE, Maharashtra or 85% West Bengal or 95% Other State boards
• A = 85% ISC, CBSE, Maharashtra or 80% West Bengal or 90% Other State boards
• B = 80% ISC, CBSE, Maharashtra and 75% West Bengal or 85% Other State boards