Vietnam
Birmingham has a Vietnamese community of over 3,500 people who play a significant role in contributing to the city's economic, social, and cultural life.
Birmingham has a proud reputation as one of the youngest and most diverse cities in Europe. You will experience great food, great entertainment and a great culture in our city. We have many Vietnamese restaurants to enjoy, as well as events and attractions at the Vietnamese Development Centre, including nail art, reflexology, traditional music, food and dance. There are many temples across our city too, including the Birmingham Buddhist Vihara and Chùa Từ Đàm.
It's a particularly exciting time to become a student at Birmingham City University. We've invested over £500 million in our estate, including a major expansion of our City Centre Campus at Eastside, providing students with an enviable range of facilities. We've invested heavily in innovative technology to give our students the best possible preparation for their chosen careers. Facilities include a mock law court, a virtual radiography suite, broadcast studios, fashion workshops and a mock operating theatre.
Our research work continues to attract international attention, 93% of our research was recognised internationally for originality, significance and rigour, of which 19% was judged world-leading (REF 2021).
- Hanoi Medical University
Undergraduate
We are happy to consider the Upper Secondary School Graduation Diploma with four or five subjects (depending on course selection) with a score of 5 to 10, PLUS the Intermediate Professional Education Diploma with a minimum score of 7 overall. A foundation qualification can be considered for entry to year one of all courses.
Postgraduate
We are happy to consider a Bachelor's Degree with a minimum GPA score of 6.0 overall.
Some postgraduate courses require a subject-specific undergraduate degree to qualify for entry, for example, Law, Computing, Social Sciences, Engineering, etc. Please check the relevant course page for this information.
Special requirements
Art and Design
All undergraduate Art and Design courses require a good portfolio of artwork. Some postgraduate courses also require a portfolio, others require a proposal of studies, while some courses require both a portfolio and a proposal of studies. Please check the relevant course page for specific requirements.
Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment (CEBE)
All undergraduate courses in the CEBE faculty require Mathematics at O Level. However, for the Engineering suite and BEng in Telecommunication and Networks, Mathematics is required at AS Level, with a minimum Grade C or equivalent.
Business School
All Business School undergraduate Year 1 courses require Mathematics minimum of Grade C at O Level or the equivalent.
English language requirements
Undergraduate
BCU is offering a scholarship of £5,000 to self-funding international undergraduate students joining BCU on a full-time degree. The scholarship will be applied as a tuition fee discount of £3,000 in year one and £2,000 in year two.
Undergraduate scholarship terms and conditions
Postgraduate
BCU is offering a scholarship of £3,000 to self-funding international postgraduate students joining BCU on a full-time postgraduate taught Master’s degree. The scholarship will be applied as a tuition fee discount.
Please contact Lisa Hwang (lisa.hwang@bcu.ac.uk) for more information.
Student views
What our students say...
“I chose Birmingham City University because it offers a top-up programme which is very beneficial to me. I want to work in finance within a bank or company. I have three relatives who have been very successful in finance, and I want to be like them. I like that you learn the theory in the course, as well as how to use programmes and how to analyse data. The tutors are very helpful and I know I can email them if I don’t understand something, and they will answer.
"Birmingham is the second largest city in the UK, so I love living and studying here; I work part-time in a local restaurant so I earn money alongside my study. It’s a very lively city and I’ve made lots of international friends; you will never get bored of living here and moving here won’t be a culture shock as there are lots of Vietnamese and Chinese students. After I graduate, I want to go home to work in finance but maybe I will come back to do my MBA here in one – two years time.”
Tuyet Kim Ngan Khau, BA International Finance
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