Published: 20 September 2024
St George's, University of London was named runner up in the Specialist University of the Year 2025 category of the Times University Awards. It has also increased its position in this year’s Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide ranking to 69th in the UK and 12th in London, as well as ranking third in the UK for Graduate Outcomes.
Increases in positivity in the National Student Survey (NSS) from 65.6% to 78.6% in teaching quality and 60.9% to 69% in student experience, were a key contributing factor to our progress in the overall ranking.
City, University of London has formally merged with St George’s, University of London, creating City St George’s, University of London, a powerful multi-faculty institution with a distinctive focus on professional education and research at the frontier of practice. League tables will list City and St George’s separately until Spring next year when UCAS begins listing the combined University as a single institution.
City, University of London also increased its position in the rankings this year to 49th in the UK, moving up 17 places. City was ranked 8th in London.
The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025 provides detailed online profiles for 134 universities covering research reputation to campus facilities, scholarships and bursaries, and nightlife. The ranking is based on recent data and evaluates factors including satisfaction with teaching quality and the student experience through to degree completion rates and graduate employment prospects.
St George’s and City have also increased their ranking in the other league tables released to mark the start of the new academic year such as the Daily Mail University Guide.
Professor Sir Anthony Finkelstein, President of City St George’s University of London, said:
There is a very simple story behind our continuing improvement in rankings. We decided, collectively, to put the student experience at the centre of our work. We are delivering it in the class, lecture by lecture, course by course, and through a consistent student-focus and flexibility on the part of all our professional services.
- Professor Sir Anthony Finkelstein, President of City St George’s University of London -
Professor Rachel Allen, Executive Dean of St George's School of Health and Medical Sciences, said:
We are delighted by this recognition of our long-standing history as a university dedicated to Medical & Health Sciences. We look forward to the benefits we can deliver to our students thanks to the increased breadth of expertise and impact brought by the merger.
- Rachel Allen, Executive Dean of St George's School of Health and Medical Science -
Professor Jane Saffell, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), added:
These ratings reflect the dedication of our staff to teaching and learning for excellence student outcomes, and sustained work to improve the learning environment. Seeing our students succeed is a shared priority so it is wonderful to see St George’s outstanding record on graduate prospects sustained with third spot this year.
- Professor Jane Saffell, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) -
Helen Davies, editor of The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide, said:
This year we have tweaked our methodology to keep up with contemporary concerns around climate change and careers and have added in a sustainability metric, teaming up with People & Planet, and boosted the weighting of graduate prospects.
London is one of the most extraordinary cities in which to study in the world. There are 23 universities to choose from who are leading the way in so many subjects from art to robotics and everything in between.
- Helen Davies, editor of The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide -
A fully searchable website with 70 subject tables, full interactive tables and additional features goes online on The Times and The Sunday Times on Friday September 20.