Investing further in academic excellence

Be part of a successful University

no altCity University London is a global University committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.

We are in the top 5% of universities in the world according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011/12 and in the top 30 UK universities according to the Times Higher Education Table of Tables (2011).  We are ranked in the top 10 in the UK for both graduate employability (The Times Good University Guide 2011) and graduate starting salaries (The Sunday Times University Guide 2011) and fifteen of our subject areas were identified as undertaking world-leading or internationally-excellent research in the last Research Assessment Exercise.



Professor Paul Curran
Vice-Chancellor 

Continue our tradition of high quality research and education

Our academic range is broadly-based with world leading strengths in business, law, engineering, mathematical sciences, informatics, the arts including journalism and music, social sciences and health sciences.

We attract over 21,000 students (35% at postgraduate level) from around 160 countries and academic staff from over 50 countries.

Contribute to our strategic transformation

We have embarked on a strategic transformation to strengthen still further our position as a leading global University.

As part of this transformation and following two earlier rounds of investing in academic excellence in 2011, we are seeking to appoint 25 Professors with outstanding records of research achievement and a commitment to excellent education in the following disciplines:

You will find details of the appointments by School at the pages below:

Our School of Arts is not involved in this round of recruitment but to find out more about the School and its expanding programme of research visit the School of Arts website.

We invite outstanding academic staff to join us.

Professor Paul Curran
Vice-Chancellor