London Metropolitan University, commonly known as London Met, is a public research university in London, England. The University of North London (formerly the Polytechnic of North London) and London Guildhall University (formerly the City of London Polytechnic) merged in 2002 to create the university. The University’s roots go back to 1848.
The university has campuses in the City of London and in the London Borough of Islington, a museum, archives and libraries. Special collections include the TUC Library, the Irish Studies Collection and the Frederick Parker Collection.
Academic Profile
London Metropolitan offers about 160 degree courses, to 10,390 students[4] (including 7,000 overseas students from 155 countries). The university also maintains several offices abroad in Beijing, Chennai, Delhi, Dhaka, Lagos and Lahore. The university’s operations are overseen by a board of governors comprising external members and senior administrative and academic staff.
Academic Departments
The University’s academic departments are currently arranged into six schools, where previously there were four faculties each comprising three schools. These are:
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- Guildhall School of Business and Law
- School of Computing and Digital Media
- School of Human Sciences
- School of Social Professions
- School of Social Sciences
- School of Art, Architecture and Design
Scholarships
The university invests over £700,000 annually in its scholarship programme to help academically excellent students as well as students with outstanding achievements in various sports disciplines, such as hockey, tennis and basketball.[48] The university gives £1000 for any of its undergraduate international students who achieve ‘A’ grade marks. The university also offers postgraduate scholarships, a range of full tuition scholarships, including some scholarships with free accommodation. Scholarships are offered in conjunction the BBC World Service, International Student House and Mahatma Gandhi Foundation.[citation needed] The university has several student exchange programmes with academic institutions in the US and Europe, with financial support for those who participate through the Erasmus programme.
Rankings and reputation
| National rankings | |
|---|---|
| Complete (2022) | 119 |
| Guardian (2022) | 87 |
| Times / Sunday Times (2022) | 125 |
| Global rankings | |
| QS (2022) | 801-1000 |
| British Government assessment | |
| Teaching Excellence Framework | Bronze |
In the past, the university refused to participate in newspaper league tables on the grounds that Universities should be assessed by the UK Government and not (private) newspapers. The new management reversed this policy and in the 2013 rankings (published in 2012), the university was placed 118th out of 120 universities in The Guardian University Guide 2013.[54] In the 2011 Institutional Audit, the Quality Assurance Agency expressed “reasonable confidence” in the “academic standards” of the university’s awards. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, London Metropolitan was ranked equal 107th out of 132 institutions by the Times Higher Education’s RAE league table. The university has not fared well in the past national league tables (2014/2015) and has placed last in each respective league table, Guardian University Guide 2015 (116th), Complete University Guide 2015 (123rd)[59] and The Times and Sunday Times University League Table 2014 (121st). The university has fared better in the most recent Guardian University Guide 2022 (87th).
The architecture department was ranked 18th and 20th in 2011 and 2012 in The Guardian University League Tables. American Studies placed 20th, 17th and 18th in 2011, 2012 and more recently, at the newly published Complete University Guide 2013. The law school ranked 87th in 2011 at the Complete University Guide and rose to 85th in 2012, 75th in 2013 and most recently placed 70th out of 98 law schools at the 2014 Complete University Guide. It is also ranked 58th out of 96 in Research Assessment. The School of Art, Architecture and Design (fashion, textile and retail design courses) was ranked 4th in The Guardian University League Tables 2022 .
The university also entered the QS World University Rankings of top universities in the world for the first time placing at 801-1000 bracket.