it's not too late

Last few places available for 2012

There's still time to apply for a one-year Masters at City starting this September. Courses with places available include Media & Communications, Political Communications, International Communications & Development and Transnational Media & Globalisation.

UG Open Day

Apply now for our Sociology BSc degrees

Employers value the skills and intellectual abilities you'll develop with a Sociology degree from City, highlighted by 95 per cent of our most recent graduates finding employment or further study within six months of completing their course (UniStats). Find out more about our degrees in Sociology, Criminology & Sociology, Media Studies & Sociology, and Sociology with Psychology.

Department of Sociology

Why study sociology at City?

  • We are one of the largest and best-known sociology departments in London. In 2010/11 we had 450 students from 64 countries taking our undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees

  • We run innovative degrees in Sociology, Criminology, Human Rights, and Media and Communication Studies. (See the 'Courses' box, right, for details of our degrees.)

  • We also offer joint degrees with City's Departments of Psychology and International Politics

  • Our central London location facilitates the study of a 'global city' that is a centre of power and innovation, and offers numerous employment and volunteering opportunities

  • Our courses equip you with the analytical and practical skills that are relevant to a range of professions and postgraduate education

  • Our academic staff bring their internationally recognised scholarship and research into their teaching

  • We are ranked 3rd in London for Sociology by the 2012 Complete University Guide

News

  • An Economic & Social Research Council grant of £289,318 has been awarded to Professor Alice Bloch from City's Department of Sociology and Professor Sonia McKay (Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University) to carry out a study, 'Undocumented Migrants, Ethnic Enclaves and Networks: Opportunities, traps or class-based constructs'. The research began in October 2011 and is for two years.