City (City St George's, University of London)

Day in, day out, year in and year out, City St George’s transforms the lives of around 27,000 students, creates new knowledge, supports business and the professions, and contributes to the global good of society.

Why City St George's?

• 86% of our research rated world leading 4* and internationally excellent 3*
• Ranked 4th in London and 13th in the UK in the People and Planet University League
• Ranked 38th University in the UK (Complete University Guide 2025)
• Ranked 7th in London for career prospects (Guardian University Guide 2025) and 13th in UK for Graduate outcomes (Complete University Guide 2026) 

Dynamic location, global outlook, responsible future

We are proud of our London location, our heritage and links with business. London has been named the best student city in the world (QS Best Student Cities 2025). 

• The Lord Mayor of London is our Rector and this connection is often celebrated in our events and ceremonies including the annual Lord Mayor’s Show.
• Professional bodies and organisations help develop our courses and facilities, offering excellent opportunities for work experience, enhancing the career prospects of our graduates.
• Our outlook is global: around half our students come from outside the UK and our research has worldwide impact, while our commitment to sustainability and social responsibility runs through everything we do.
• Located across three campuses: Clerkenwell, Moorgate and Tooting. Each campus offers a unique environment and provides a wide variety of academic programmes. 

Rankings, research and alumni

• We are highly ranked both for our student employability and the impact of our research.
• Our research spans a wide range of important subjects including identifying heart conditions in athletes, prevention of food allergies in infancy, expert leadership and economic policies against human smuggling.
• We have 175,000 alumni worldwide, in over 170 countries, including medical pioneers John Hunter, Edward Jenner, Henry Gray, and Patrick Steptoe, and prominent figures particularly throughout media, business and politics such as Tony Blair, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, David Lammy, Samira Ahmed and Sophie Raworth.

By combining legacy St George’s world-leading specialism in health and medicine with legacy City’s excellence in a breadth of disciplines including health, business, law, communications, policy and global affairs and science and technology, our merger has created opportunities to generate significant change in the world of healthcare through interdisciplinary working. This includes changes to treatment, population health monitoring, workforce development and leadership, policy, and advocacy.