Aston University

Aston University is a British university campus in Gosta Green in the city center of Birmingham, England. Aston received its Royal Charter as Aston University of Queen Elizabeth II on 22 April 1966.

According to his experience in technology, business, science, engineering and applied topics, Aston continues to have a focus on industry and trade. The university also has a School of Languages ​​and Social Sciences. Most college students are enrolled in courses leading to a bachelor's degree and 70% of eligible undergraduate students at Aston are enrolled on sandwich courses for four years, spending a year abroad or internship in a company. The university emphasizes its focus on training in a company and registration of graduate employment. Aston has also performed well in the National Student Survey, with the 10th highest average satisfaction score of all major universities in the UK at 80.6% in 2008 and the highest percentage of all 13 universities in the United Kingdom. In the same survey, 89% of Aston students were satisfied with the quality of their course (UK average 82%).

Aston is a relatively small university, serving about 7,500 full-time students, compared with 18,840 of your closest neighbor institution, the University of Birmingham. Aston also has 2,530 graduate students (1,315 full times) on MSc, PhD, PGD ip and MBA programs. Aston Business School (part of the University) celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2007, one of the most established in the UK.

Aston University hosted the British Science Festival in September 2010, said to be the largest European event of public science.

Aston Business School (ABS) got its own AACSB accreditation in 2003 and is one of a small number of schools across the UK to win this international recognition. AACSB International assures quality and promotes excellence and continuous improvement in the education of undergraduate and graduate business administration and accounting. This accreditation has allowed ABS to establish a BGS Collegiate Chapter and Aston University is the first institution in the UK was allied with Beta Gamma Sigma.


History

Aston University was founded in 1895 and granted its Royal Charter as Aston University in 1966. Separated from the Birmingham and Midland Institute in 1895 as the Birmingham Municipal Technical School, renamed in 1927 for the Birmingham Central Technical College to reflect its changing approach to teaching technology. In 1951 the School was renamed the College of Technology, Birmingham and began working in the main building of Gosta Green. In 1956, he became the first designated College of Advanced Technology and underwent a major expansion. The first step took place when he moved to an area north of Jennens Road in 1955. He moved to the buildings that were built between 1949 and 1955 to a design by Ashley & Newman. The college expanded again to a design by the architect of the city of Birmingham Alwyn Sheppard Fidler between 1957 and 1965. It officially became the University of Aston in Birmingham receipt of your Royal Charter on April 22, 1966. Since May 2011 Sir John Sunderland has been the current chancellor of the University of Aston.

In 1983, Aston University, in collaboration with the City of Birmingham and Lloyds Bank, established Birmingham Technology Ltd., which manages the Aston Science Park adjacent to the site of the university.