University of Birmingham, Public research university in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England.
The University of Birmingham occupies a campus of more than 270 acres with a central clock tower and red Victorian brick buildings near the city centre. The campus includes several residential halls, lecture theatres and research buildings arranged around open green spaces.
The institution was founded in 1900 from Mason Science College, which the industrialist Josiah Mason had established in 1875 as a technical school. It became England's first civic university with a royal charter and grew into one of the major research institutions in the country.
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts displays paintings, sculptures and decorative works from the 13th to the 20th century in a museum building on campus. Visitors can view the collection free of charge and walk through rooms filled with works by European masters.
The campus is in the Edgbaston district and can be reached by several bus routes and University station, which offers regular connections to the city centre. Visitors can walk around the grounds and visit publicly accessible areas such as the art museum.
The Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower rises 100 meters (328 feet) and is the tallest freestanding clock tower in the world. The tower houses a bell called Great George and offers wide views over Birmingham from the viewing platform.
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