City St George's, University of London

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City St George's, University of London is globally renowned for its specialized focus on professional education, particularly excelling in business, journalism, healthcare, and law. Formed by the recent merger of City, University of London and St George's, University of London, the institution combines world-class medical and health sciences with a top-tier business school located in the heart of the UK capital. International students benefit from a highly diverse, cosmopolitan campus where all degree programs are taught in English, supported by a dedicated International Student Advice team that assists with visas, orientation, and academic transition. A particularly distinctive characteristic of the university is its exceptionally high graduate employability rate, driven by deep professional partnerships with London’s financial, media, and healthcare sectors.

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City St George's, University of London is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London. Founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute, it officially became a university when the City University was created by royal charter in 1966. The Inns of Court School of Law, which merged with City in 2001, was established in 1852. City joined the federal University of London on 1 September 2016, becoming City, University of London. In 2024, St George's, University of London, which was established in 1834, merged with the university, with the combined institution adopting its name City St George's, University of London the following year. City St George's has strong links with the City of London, and the Lord Mayor of London serves as the university's rector. The university has Central London campuses spanning the London Borough of Islington; the City of London; and the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is organised into six schools, within which there are around forty academic departments and centres, including the Department of Journalism, Bayes Business School ...

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