History of City

• Sadler's Wells Theatre, 0.19 miles (0.32km)
• Barbican Arts Centre, 0.67 miles (1.08km)
• Museum of London, 0.74 miles (1.19km)
• Old Bailey, 0.88 miles (1.42km)
• Fleet Street, 0.94 miles (1.52km)
• St Paul's Cathedral, 0.94 miles (1.52km)
• British Library, 1.1 miles (1.78km)
• Bank of England, 1.17 miles (1.88km)
• River Thames, 1.19 miles (1.92km)
• British Museum, 1.2 miles (1.94km)
• "The Gherkin", 1.29 miles (2.09km)
• Tate Modern, 1.39 miles (2.24km)
• West End, 1.65 miles (2.66km)
• National Gallery & National Portrait Gallery, 1.66 miles (2.67km)
• Tower of London, 1.69 miles (2.72km)
• "The Shard", 1.74 miles (2.80km)
• Houses of Parliament, 2.15 miles (3.46km)
• Buckingham Palace, 2.49 miles (4.02km)
• Hyde Park, 2.64 miles (4.26km)
• Royal Albert Hall, 3.69 miles (5.95km)
• National History Museum, 3.74 miles (6.02km)
• O2 Arena, 4.74 miles (7.63km)

• Cass is ranked 4^th in the UK and 15^th in Europe (Financial Times European Business School Rankings 2017).
• Accounting and Finance courses are ranked 3^rd in London, 22^nd in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2018).
• Our Business, Management and Marketing courses are ranked 4^th in London, 21^st in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2018).
• Cass operates an MBA tailored to Middle East and North African markets in Dubai.
• Cass Business School holds the gold standard of 'triple-crown' accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business ( AACSB ), the Association of MBAs ( AMBA ) and the European Quality Improvement System ( EQUIS ).
• The Sir John Cass Foundation has supported education in London since 1710.

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• The Centre for Cultural Policy and Management, part of the School, is the longest-established centre of its kind in the country
• The School's Department of Psychology is 2^nd in London for Student satisfaction with a 90% overall satisfaction rate according to the ( 2016 National Student Survey)
• City currently has around 4,000 alumni working as journalists and media professionals around the world
• 87% of City's Music-related research was rated as either 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent' in 2014's Research Excellence Framework (REF), placing us 11^th (out of 84) in the UK.

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• 1^st in London for Nursing and 1st in London for Medical Technology (Complete University Guide 2019), and 2^nd in London for other subjects allied to medicine (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019).
• City's undergraduate Nursing degrees have the 2^nd highest rate of student satisfaction in London (National Student Survey 2017).
• Our undergraduate Optometry is the 3^rd in the UK for student satisfaction with a 92% overall satisfaction rate (National Student Survey 2017).
• Our Health Professions courses are ranked 1^st in London and 2^nd in the UK by the Guardian University Guide 2018.
• The School incorporates the former St Bartholomew's School of Nursing and Midwifery with over 120 years' experience in educating health professionals.
• The School's Radiography undergraduate degrees have a 97% overall satisfaction rate (National Student Survey 2017) .
• 100% of the School's research impact was judged as world leading or internationally excellent in 2014's Research Excellence Framework (REF).
• City was the first institution in the world to offer a full-time course in ophthalmic optics in 1927.

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• Engineering was at the heart of City's foundation in 1894. Mechanical and Electrical Engineering were two of the first departments formed.
• City was the first to offer courses in Aeronautical (also known as Aerospace) Engineering in the UK (1909).
• The School holds accreditation from BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals ( CILIP ) and Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing ( SAP ).
• Both Electronic & Electrical and Mechanical Engineering courses are ranked 2^nd in London and 11^th in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2017).

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• The School was the first in London to educate students and practitioners at all stages of legal education.
• It incorporates the former Inns of Court School of Law, established 1852.
• Several historical figures and many of the country’s top QCs are alumni of the Inns of Court School of Law, now part of the City Law School. They include Mahatma Gandhi, Clement Attlee, Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair.

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