City, University of London

City, University of London is a special place. With skill and dedication, we have been using education, research and enterprise to transform the lives of our students, our community and the world for more than 125 years.

Academic excellence for business and the professions

We are a leading international university and the only university in London to be both committed to academic excellence and focused on business and the professions.

A highly-rated university

We are proud of the quality of our education, research and enterprise and of our high rankings in recent surveys. Our University is:

• City ranked 2^nd in UK for graduate salaries (six months after graduation) by The Student Room
• City ranked 7^th in UK for relative graduate starting salaries by The Economist 2017
• City is 4^th in London for student satisfaction (2018 NSS - average of questions 1 to 25)
• Ranked 11^th nationally for graduate starting salary (The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019).

Notably, the Financial Times rates our Sir John Cass Business School second in London, 16th in Europe and in the top 1% in the world. Our Business and Management courses are ranked 4th in London and 21st in the UK, our Journalism course is also ranked 2nd in London (Guardian University Guide 2018).

World-leading research

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, an exercise to assess research quality at all UK higher education research institutions, rated 75.7% of City's submissions as being of world-leading 4* (23.3%) and internationally excellent 3* (52.4%) quality.

A vibrant international community

Our outlook is truly global. We welcome students, academics and professional staff from all around the world, work to international levels of research excellence and cultivate a growing network of international research partnerships.

Central London location

We are located in the heart of London, within easy reach of several central Underground stations and just a few stops from the British Library and the West End. We are minutes away from the Square Mile - London's world-famous financial district - and the headquarters of financial and professional institutions, major arts complexes and media offices, teaching hospitals and specialist medical research centres.

Since our foundation over a century ago, we have always enjoyed deep-rooted links with the City of London. The Lord Mayor of London is the Rector of City and many City of London livery companies are long-standing supporters of City.