Birkbeck is a world-class research and teaching institution, a vibrant centre of academic excellence, and London's only specialist provider of part-time, evening higher education. Birkbeck offers prestigious University of London qualifications and is consistently ranked number one by students in the National Student Surveys.

Birkbeck has been London's only specialist provider of part-time higher education since it was founded in the year 1823. It has developed a real understanding of the needs of part-time and mature students, attracting many non-traditional students, by enabling them to fit study around their busy lives. In the year 2006 and 2007 National Student Surveys Birkbeck students voted it number one in London for student satisfaction, and in the year 2005 it was voted number one nationally for the quality of teaching. Birkbeck’s flexible approach and academic reputation attracts 19,000 students a year.

At Birkbeck we know that money is a major concern and we are committed to helping you find ways to gain the financial support you need to achieve your goals. There is a generous package of government funding available for part-time Certificate of Higher Education students and if you are not eligible for Government fee grants, Birkbeck may be able to offer other financial support, to ensure that lack of finances does not prevent you from studying.

By choosing to study at Birkbeck you can be sure that you are studying at a quality institution and getting the best higher education experience, and you will gain a prestigious University of London qualification that will enhance your future career prospects.

Birkbeck offers around 1,000 certificate modules and short courses, 75 undergraduate programmes and more than 170 postgraduate programmes. A multi-faculty institution, Birkbeck has a wide-ranging curriculum offered across four Faculties: Arts (incorporating the Schools of English and Humanities; History of Art, Film and Visual Media; History, Classics and Archaeology; Languages, Linguistics and Culture; Law; Philosophy; and Politics and Sociology); Science (Schools of Biological and Chemical Sciences; Crystallography; Earth Sciences; and Psychology); Social Sciences (Schools of Computer Science and Information Systems; Economics, Mathematics and Statistics; Geography; and Management and Organizational Psychology); and Lifelong Learning.