Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB

Tel 020 7040 8028

ugadmissions@city.ac.uk

www.city.ac.uk

Sunday Times ranking 50 (48)

Teaching excellence 46.7%

Student satisfaction 68.5%

Head teacher ranking 61= (46=)

Peer ranking 35= (51)

Research quality 53.3%

A/AS-level points 316

A-levels for entry 59%

Unemployment 6.4%

Firsts and 2:1s 60.3%

Student/staff ratio 18.7:1

Dropout rate 14% (16%)

Undergraduates 7,391 (7,028)

Postgraduates 3,596 (5,665)

Teaching staff 587

Applications/places 17,749/2,253; 7.9:1 (+7%)

Clearing entry 11%

Bursaries 16%: £1,000

Scholarships Variable: £500-£2,000

EU/overseas 9.6%/20.6%

Mature 21.9%

State school 86%

Lowest social classes 36%

Low-participation areas 9%

Live in 12% (41%) £95-£172

City University is a mirror image of its location, being both business-focused and multicultural. With close to 160 nationalities represented, City has forged a worldwide appeal, born of its location on the fringes of the Square Mile and its portfolio of courses dominated by business, management and health programmes.

City bills itself as the university for business and the professions. Many degrees carry professional accreditation, excusing graduates further rounds of exams. And while City has not gone down the vocational route typified by hairdressing and golf-course management degrees, there is a specific job in mind at the end of many courses. This is reflected in the graduate unemployment rate, which is low, and the average starting salary of graduates which, at £23,200, is among the 10 highest.

The university has a distinctive balance. There are more part-time students than full-time; a third of the full-time student body are postgraduates, giving the institution a more scholarly air; and about a third of students are from overseas, mostly from outside Europe. They are spread across the main Northampton Square campus, the Cass Business School (a £20m smoked glass affair 10 minutes away) and the St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Bursary provision has been limited to those on full state maintenance grants and just 16% of new students qualified last year for the £1,000 City award. There are scholarships worth up to £2,000 a year in business, law and engineering.

The students’ union works hard to provide a social focus for City’s intake, but struggles to compete with the attractions of London. It doesn’t help that its main bar is not always open at weekends or that people study at three sites and live all over London.

Open days Contact the university.

Student view Gaurav Kalia, president of the students’ union:

USP Almost half our students are from abroad.

Worst feature Accommodation is limited, so apply in advance.

Location Lots of restaurants, bars and shops nearby.

Social scene We will look after you from day one.

Rated excellent (8) Allied health professions (health visiting, radiography); art and design (arts policy and management); business and management; economics; maths, statistics and operational research; music; nursing and midwifery; subjects allied to medicine (vision sciences, speech and language therapy).

Degree of student satisfaction 68.5%

Finance and Accounting 81.8; Management 75.3; Psychology 74.8; Business 73.7; Other subjects allied to Medicine 69.7; Mathematical Sciences 65.7; Civil, Chemical and other Engineering 65.1; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 63.1; Economics 62.8; Mechanically-based Engineering 60.7; Computer Science 59.4; Electronic and Electric Engineering 59.2; Law 58.6

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