About City, University of London (UK)
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 over a hundred years.
Academic excellence for business and the professions
We are a leading international institution and we are committed to academic excellence and focused on business and the professions.
A highly rated institution
We are proud of the quality of our education, research and enterprise and of our high rankings in recent surveys. City is:
in the top 15 in the UK for graduate prospects (The Times and Sunday Times University League Table 2017)
27th in the UK in the (Times Higher Education) ‘Table of Tables’ alongside leading Russell Group universities
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.