About City St George's, University of London
City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions.
City St George’s attracts around 27,000 students from more than 150 countries.
Our academic range is broadly-based with world-leading strengths in business; law; health and medical sciences; mathematics; computer science; engineering; social sciences; and the arts including journalism, dance and music.
In August 2024, City, University of London merged with St George’s, University of London creating a powerful multi-faculty institution. The combined university is now one of the largest suppliers of the health workforce in the capital, as well as one of the largest higher education destinations for London students.
City St George’s campuses are spread across London in Clerkenwell, Moorgate and Tooting, where we share a clinical environment with a major London teaching hospital.
Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to go out and get good jobs. Our research is impactful, engaged and at the frontier of practice. In the last REF (2021) 86 per cent of City research was rated as ‘world-leading’ 4* (40%) and ‘internationally excellent’ 3* (46%). St George’s was ranked joint 8th in the country for research impact with 100% of impact cases judged as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’. As City St George’s we will seize the opportunity to carry out interdisciplinary research which will have positive impact on the world around us.
Over 175,000 former students in over 170 countries are members of the City St George’s Alumni Network.
City St George’s is led by Professor Sir Anthony Finkelstein.
10 things you didn’t know about St George’s
Our history
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St George’s Hospital Medical School was established in 1733 and initially based at Hyde Park Corner, before moving to our Tooting site in 1980. It was the second institution in England to provide formal training courses for doctors. Find out more about our history here.
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St George’s alumni include pioneers in medicine, John Hunter, Edward Jenner, Henry Gray and Patrick Steptoe. Find out more about our alumni here.
Our focus
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St George’s has a dynamic research culture, with teams working to improve the health of people of all ages, from children to the elderly, in populations locally and globally. Find out more about our research here.
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We are the only UK university based in a hospital (St George’s Hospital). This is also where Channel 4 television series 24 hours in A&E is filmed). Find out more about our location here.
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St George’s is the only university in the UK to specialise in healthcare and medicine. Find out what courses we offer here.
Our community
Ranking and awards