City, University of London

Established: 1896

City, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute and became a university when City, University of London was created by Royal Charter in 1966. The Inns of Court School of Law, which merged with City University in 2001, was established in 1852, making it the university's oldest constituent part. The University has its main campus in the Islington area of central London, with additional campuses in the City of London and the Holborn, Smithfield and Whitechapel areas of London. It is organised into seven Schools, of which there are around 40 academic departments and centres, including the City University Department of Journalism, the Cass Business School and the Inns of Court School of Law (part of the City Law School). Cass Business school is ranked 2nd in London and top 40 in the world. City is also included in the Times Higher Education's list of the top 100 universities in the world under 50 years old.