The University of Birmingham was founded in 1900 as a successor to Mason Science College, and is thus the earliest of the so-called "red brick" universities. As a highly respected and major research-led institution, it currently has over 18,000 undergraduate and over 11,000 postgraduate students. The university ranked 33rd out of 109 higher education institutions in The Times 2007 Good University Guide, and came 16th in The Guardian’s 2006 rankings. It is ranked fifth nationally for Research Excellence. In October 2006, the University was also ranked equal 90th best in the world by the Times Higher Education Supplement.
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