The Ironbridge Institute, some 40 miles north-west of Birmingham, lies within the dramatic landscape of the Ironbridge Gorge at the heart of the World Heritage Site and in the historic ironworking community of Coalbrookdale. The Institute is a dedicated Postgraduate Research and Teaching facility delivering programmes in Heritage Management and the Historic Environment. It is operated as an equal partnership between the University of Birmingham and the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust building on both institutions' experience to provide postgraduate programmes of high quality and value. Programmes are offered conventionally at Coalbrookdale or in a Distance Learning format. Research students are welcome to undertake work based on  the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust's richly endowed library and picture collections on industrial history and archaeology and on its extensive collections of ironwork and ceramics.

With over 25 years experience in delivering postgraduate programmes and more than 800 alumni, an Ironbridge Institute qualification has become a mark of excellence for people working in museums and conservation organisations throughout the world. The Institute's location within a World Heritage Site, and its close association with the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, brings a uniquely powerful combination of experience and professional knowledge to our programmes.