City, University of London (abbreviated CUL) is a leading public research university in London, United Kingdom. It has been a constituent college of the University of London since 2016. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute, and became a university when The City University was created by royal charter in 1966.The Inns of Court School of Law, which merged with City in 2001, was established in 1852, making it the University's oldest constituent part. City joined the federal University of London on 1 September 2016, becoming part of the eighteen colleges and ten research institutes that make up that university.
City has strong links with the City of London, and the Lord Mayor of London serves as the university's rector.The university has its main campus in Central London in the London Borough of Islington, with additional campuses in Islington, the City, the West End and East End. The annual income of the institution for 2016–17 was £227.0 million, of which £11.6 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £221.4 million.[1] It is organised into five schools, within which there are around forty academic departments and centres, including the Department of Journalism, the Cass Business School, and City Law School which incorporates the Inns of Court School of Law
- City currently has nearly 20,000 students (over 40% at postgraduate level) from more than 150 countries and staff from over 75 countries.
- More than 140,000 former students from over 180 countries are members of the City Alumni Network.
- City has been educating students in London since 1894.
- We adopted the name "City" in 1966 to reflect our long-standing relationship with the City of London.
- The Lord Mayor of London is our Rector, an arrangement which has been in place since 1966.
- City has been supported by the City of London livery companies for over 100 years.
- We joined the University of London federation in 2016.
- City has five Schools - Cass Business School, School of Arts & Social Sciences, School of Health Sciences, School of Mathematics, Computer Science & Engineering and The City Law School. Our Graduate School, interdisciplinary centres and the Department for Learning Enhancement & Development (LEaD) complete the academic structure of City.
- At City, 40% of all academics are producing research that is world-leading or internationally excellent (2014 Research Excellence Framework )
- Ranked 11th nationally for graduate starting salary (The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019).
- Around 46% of our students are on postgraduate or research programmes.
- The Financial Times European Business School Rankings 2017 ranked the Sir John Cass Business School 4th in the UK and 15th in Europe
- Our full-time MBA ranks 1st in London, 6th in the UK, and 46th globally (Financial Times Global MBA Ranking 2018)
- 6th in the UK for business and management research (The Research Excellence Framework 2014)
- Our Nursing courses are ranked 2nd in London (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering courses at City are ranked 2nd in London and 11th in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2017).
