What you can see and do at Open Days

Open Days are one of the most important parts of choosing what uni to go to, so we really recommend that you encourage your child to go – and that you should go with them!

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Once your child has got a shortlist of unis they’re interested in, it’s worth doing some research to find out when their next Open Days are scheduled; most universities will run Open Days all year round, so the next one shouldn’t be too far away.

On top of having the perfect opportunity to chat to staff and current students, it’s also a great chance to tour where your child could be studying for the next few years. On top of this, you can go on accommodation tours, and attend talks and taster lectures. Make sure you take a good look around – we’ve invested over £400 million in our facilities, so here’s just a taster of what you can see on the day…

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What not to miss...

New specialist facilities

Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences

A £41 million new building at our City South Campus. In addition to classrooms, a lecture theatre, social learning spaces, an open access IT suite and cafe facilities, it offers a range of specialist teaching and learning facilities for specific areas such as sports nutrition, physiotherapy, laboratories and a sports hall. Here's a sneak preview.

Curzon Building

Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences

Birmingham City University students Katie, Aisha and Shelby take you on an all access tour of our Curzon Building, home to the Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences, plus our Curzon B extension.

TV Studios

Parkside Building

As part of our tours you will have the opportunity to visit our state-of-the-art £62 million Parkside Building. The building includes TV and radio studios, Avid editing suites, a moving image theatre, photography studios and fantastic recording facilities, all designed to industry-standard working methods and technology.

Simulated healthcare equipment

Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences

Our health courses are taught in the £30 million Seacole Building, where state-of-the-art facilities include a fully functional radiography suite, a 3D imaging diagnostic suite, a simulated operating theatre and hospital wards, and a fully-equipped birthing room. A further £41 million building opened in Spring 2018, providing a new home for our education, sports and life sciences courses.

Formula car and workshops

Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment

If you're interested in our engineering or computing courses, head over to the Faculty's home at Millennium Point on our City Centre Campus. You can see our Formula Student car workshop and get hands-on in our computer games studio.

School of Art

Margaret Street

Founded in 1885, the Birmingham School of Art's inspiring Victorian design features original stained glass windows, mosaic floors, and hand-carved bannisters, alongside contemporary architecture and the latest specialist student workspaces. Make sure you take a look at our students' work whilst you're here - on display as part of the Inspired Festival.

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