Facts and Achievements
- City is one of the most international universities in the UK with more than 21,000 students from over 160 countries and staff from over 50 countries.
- More than 100,000 former students from over 150 countries are members of the City Alumni Network. Once you graduate you'll be eligible to join them.
Our location in the heart of London (a world city)
- City is the fifth largest higher education establishment within central London.
- The Lord Mayor of the City of London is our Chancellor.
Our commitment to and passion for academic excellence
- City is ranked 8th out of London universities (The Sunday Times University Guide 2011).
- We are in the top 5% of world universities according to Times Higher Education.
- One third of our students are on postgraduate or research programmes.
- We have 15 areas of academic activity where our research was assessed by the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) as being of a quality comparable with the very best in the world.
- We are the first UK University Student Centre to receive the Service Mark Quality Standard from the Institute of Customer Service.
Our focus on business and the professions
- City's Sir John Cass Business School is in the top 3 UK business schools, 12th in Europe and in the top 1% in the world (Financial Times).
- Our Executive MBA is ranked 10th in the world (Financial Times).
- City ranks in the top 10 universities in the UK for both graduate employability (The Times Good University Guide 2011) and graduate starting salaries (The Sunday Times University Guide 2011).
