Science and Information Systems, titled Computer Systems Engineering was ranked 4th in the 2016 Guardian University guide.
=== Admissions ===
In terms of the average UCAS points of entrants, Birmingham ranked 26th in Britain in 2021. According to the 2017 Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, approximately 20% of Birmingham's undergraduates come from independent schools. In 2016, the university gave offers of admission to 79.2% of applicants, the 8th highest amongst the Russell Group. In 2022, offers were given to 61.3% of undergraduate applicants, the 30th lowest offer rate across the country.
In the 2016–17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 76:5:18 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively, with a female to male ratio of 56:44. 50.3% of international students enrolled at the institution are from China, the fourth highest proportion out of all mainstream universities in the UK.
=== Birmingham Heroes ===
To highlight leading areas of research, the university has launched the Birmingham Heroes scheme. Academics who lead research that impacts on the lives of people regionally, nationally and globally can be nominated for selection. Heroes include:
Alberto Vecchio and Andreas Freise for their work as part of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration towards the first observation of gravitational waves
Martin Freer, Toby Peters and Yulong Ding for their work on energy efficient cooling
Philip Newsome, Thomas Solomon and Patricia Lalor for tackling the silent killers, liver disease and diabetes
James Arthur, Kristján Kristjánsson, Sandra Cooke and Tom Harrison for promoting character in education
Lisa Bortolotti, Ema Sullivan-Bissett and Michael Larkin for their work on how to break down the stigma associated with mental illness
Kate Thomas, Joe Alderman, Rima Dhillon and Shayan Ahmed for their research in and teaching of life sciences
Pam Kearns, Charlie Craddock and Paul Moss for cancer research
Anna Phillips, Glyn Humphreys and Janet Lord who research healthy ageing
Pierre Purseigle, Peter …
