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St George's and City have merged. Find out more.

St George’s, University of London and City, University of London formally and legally merged on 1 August 2024 to form ‘City St George’s, University of London’

We hope that the information provided on this page will give you an insight into how the merger with City, University of London, may affect your application and studies. 

This page will be updated frequently. 

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What's happened?

St George’s, University of London and City, University of London have merged to establish a new, multi-site, combined institution called 'City St George's, University of London'. 

This development marks an important milestone for both institutions, bringing together each of our strengths to form one world-class University. With St George's reputation as a world-leading specialist health university and City's excellence in a range of disciplines including health, business, law, creativity, and communications, the merger created opportunities to generate significant change in healthcare. It means that we are now one of the largest multi-faculty institutions in London. The combined institution constitutes a ‘health powerhouse’ for students, researchers, and the NHS.

The new institution is led by Professor Sir Anthony Finkelstein, previously the President of City.

Why have we merged?
The voluntary merger has enabled us to become one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, and a powerful multi-faculty institution with a distinctive focus on professional education and research at the frontier of practice. You can read more about the merger here.
What does this mean for me, hoping to study in 2024?

For students joining us in 2024, you will be joining City St George’s (not St George’s) when you enroll for the 2024/25 academic year. 

There will be no change to the location, delivery, content or structure of your course. You can still expect the same excellent teaching, taught by the same subject experts, and will be based at our Tooting campus shared with St George’s Hospital.

Our Terms and Conditions of Study have changed to reflect the new name but there are no other substantive changes. 

We are going through the process to enable us to offer our students the choice to still graduate with a St George’s Hospital Medical School degree certificate or choose to graduate with a degree certificate from City St George’s. 

What does this mean for me, hoping to study from 2025?

Students joining us from 2025 can still expect excellent teaching, taught by subject experts, at a university that is committed to health education. You will be joining City St George’s (not St George’s).

Between now and when you enrol there may be some changes made to courses and the university services and facilities may change (or not be available). You will need to accept the terms and conditions relating to that year of entry, which will be available to view online prior to enrolment.

You can still apply to your programme of choice in the usual way. Undergraduate programmes, and programmes that accept applications through UCAS for 2025 will continue to be through City, University of London (C60) or St George’s, University of London (S49) as appropriate.  

Postgraduate applications for 2025 will also continue to be through City, University of London or St George’s, University of London as appropriate. Applications can be made via the relevant website.

If you are holding a deferred offer to study in 2025, you do not need to change your application in anyway, and we hope to welcome you to next year.  

Will I still be taught in Tooting?

Yes, the St George’s campus has become City St George's Tooting campus. City St George's recognises and values the importance of the unique co-location within the wider St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust campus.

There is no change of location planned to students enrolling in 2024.

For 2025 entry and beyond, it is likely you will still be based in Tooting. We will update our FAQs as soon we are able to confirm location of study.

Has the merger increased the number of Medicine places available?

No, the merger has not increased the number of Medicine places. Through the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, we may increase our number of Medicine places in the future, but this will not be as a consequence of the merger.

Will the branding change?

Yes, there will be changes to our brading, including logo and signage. You will start to see our new logo in use internally as we move through the rebranding process. The external launch of the new institution will take place in March 2025 and will be supported by a range of activities and events to mark this very significant step forward in our development. We will let you know about the launch plans nearer the time.

Learn more about changes to the brand here.

How can I find out more?

We will be updating these FAQs regularly to keep you updated with news about the merger.

You can also find out more in our online announcement and read the FAQs we have prepared for our current students

How can I get in touch?

If you have not applied to St George's yet please contact:

If you have applied to St George's please contact:

 

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