Glasgow Caledonian University - London Campus

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Location London, United Kingdom
Funding Type Public
No of Students17000
Type University
Year of Establishment 2010
Scholarship

GCU London is a postgraduate campus of Glasgow Caledonian University - one of the largest universities in Scotland with 20,000 students.

As one of the top modern universities in the UK, GCU provides high-quality teaching, learning and research.

Our students benefit from the University’s worldwide profile, state-of-the-art laboratories and a number of renowned centres of excellence.

With world-class research and market-leading courses, GCU provides a stimulating, vibrant and accessible learning environment and has international students from more than 100 different countries in the heart of Glasgow city centre.

Outstanding student experience
All of our programmes are designed to offer students an effective combination of academic study and practical experience. We also offer:

Award-winning student support
The best international student experience in the UK
Links with industry and an ideal preparation for employment
As well as Glasgow and London, GCU has a campus in Oman, partnerships with international institutions such as the University of Jinan in China, and a nursing college in Bangladesh.

Research excellence
GCU’s position as a world-class research institution has been reaffirmed by the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) results.

The results demonstrated that 89% of the University’s research activity in Allied Health Professions is in the highest categories of world-leading (4*) and internationally excellent (3*). Overall, the University is ranked in the top 20 universities in the UK for health research at world-leading and internationally excellent standards.

As part of the Common Good mission GCU London has set up a Common Good group, which is dedicated to developing opportunities for all its students and staff to participate in events and activities, engaging with the wider London community. The group welcomes all our collaborative partners that are active in the area of empowering young people from underrepresented backgrounds, promoting leadership and social change through education.

Remit (strategic)
To consider how GCU London staff and students can contribute to Common Good activities in line with Strategy 2020:

Raise aspirations and widen access to higher education
Enhance capabilities and capacity of workforce
Reduce inequalities and promote social justice
Contribute to the regeneration and growth of the communities we serve.
The group will meet 3 times per year (once a trimester).

Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) has been ranked in the world's top 150 young universities by the Times Higher Education's 200 under age of 50 Rankings 2017

GCU is the top modern university in Scotland for research power (REF 2014 rankings).

According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) UK Performance Indicators in Higher Education, GCU has a completion rate of 80.9 per cent, above the sector average of 80.6 per cent for Scotland.

97% of GCU graduates are in work or further student six months after graduation, according to HESA.

The Times Higher Education 2018 UK Student Experience survey named GCU as the second most improved university in the UK for student experience, up from 99th to joint 67th.

It is also a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, Universities UK, Universities Scotland, the Florence Network, the Talloires Network, the Erasmus+ Programme, and the Santander Universities Network.