City, University of London City, University of London (abbreviated CUL) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom and a member City, University of London institution of the federal University of London. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute, and became a university when The City University was created by royal charter in 1966. The Inns of Court School of Law, which merged with City in 2001, was established in 1852, making it the University's oldest constituent part.City joined the federal University of London on 1 September 2016, becoming part of the eighteen colleges and ten research institutes that then made up that university. City has strong links with the City of London, and the Lord Mayor of London serves as the university's rector. The university has its main campus in Central London in the London Borough of Islington, with additional campuses in Islington, the City, the West End and East End. The annual income of the institution for 2016– 17 was £227.0 million, of which £11.6 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of Coat of arms of City, University of £221.4 million. It is organised into five schools, within which London there are around forty academic departments and centres, including the Department of Journalism, the City, University of Motto To Serve Mankind London Business School, and City Law School which Type Public Research incorporates the Inns of Court School of Law. University City is a founding member of the WC2 University Network which Established 1852 – Inns of developed for collaboration between leading universities of the Court School of heart of major world cities particularly to address cultural, Law environmental and political issues of common interest to world cities 1894 – and their universities. The university is a member of the Association Northampton of MBAs, EQUIS and Universities UK. Alumni of City include a Founding Father, members of Parliament of the United Kingdom, Institute Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, governors, politicians and 1966 – gained CEO's. university status by History royal charter 2016 – constituent college of Origins University of City traces its origin to the Northampton Institute, established in London 1852, which was named after the Marquess of Northampton who donated the land on which the institute was built, between Endowment £5.2 million (as of 31 Northampton Square and St John Street in Islington. The institute July 2017) was established to provide for the education and welfare of the Budget £227.0 million local population. It was constituted under the City of London (2016–17) Parochial Charities Act (1883), with the objective of "the promotion of the industrial skill, general knowledge, health and Chancellor Anne, Princess well-being of young men and women belonging to the poorer Royal (as Chancellor classes" Campus City has sites throughout London, with the main campus located Campus Urban At Northampton Square in the Finsbury area of Islington. The Rhind Building which houses the School of Arts and Social Sciences Colours Red and white is directly west of Northampton Square. A few buildings of the main campus are located in nearby Goswell Road in Clerkenwell. Affiliations University of London Other academic sites are: Association of . The City Law School (incorporating the former MBAs Inns of Court School of Law) in Holborn, Camden EQUIS Universities UK . City, University of London Business School in St Luke's, Islington, and at 200 Aldersgate in Website www.city.ac.uk (htt Smithfield, City of London ps://www.city.ac.u . INTO City in Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets k/) Organisation and administration The rector of City, University of London, is ex officio the Lord Mayor of the City of London. The day-to-day running of the university is the responsibility of the president. The current president is Professor Sir Paul Curran. Schools The main entrance of City, University of City, University of London is organised into five schools: London, in Northampton Square. The entrance was substantially remodelled The City Law School, incorporating The Centre for in 2017 and opened by the Rector, The Legal Studies and the Inns of Court School of Law Princess Royal School of Health Sciences, incorporating St Bartholomew School of Nursing & Midwifery School of Arts and Social Science, including the Academic profile Ranking Courses and rankings National rankings Complete (2021) 57 City, University of London, offers Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees as well as certificates and diplomas at both undergraduate and Guardian (2021) 95 postgraduate level. More than two-thirds of City's programmes are recognised Times / Sunday Times 82 by the appropriate professional bodies such as the BCS, BPS, CILIP, ICE, (2021) RICS, HPC etc. in recognition of the high standards of relevance to the professions. The University also has an online careers network where over Global rankings 2,000 former students offer practical help to current students. QS (2021) 351 The City Law School offers courses for undergraduates, postgraduates, THE (2021) 351– master graduates and professional courses leading to qualification as a 400 solicitor or barrister, as well as continuing professional development. Its Legal British Government assessment Practice Course has the highest quality rating from the Solicitors Regulation Silver Authority. Teaching Excellence Framework The Department of Radiography (part of the School of Community and Health Sciences) offers two radiography degrees, the BSc (Hons) Radiography (Diagnostic Imaging) and BSc (Hons) Radiography Notable people Notable alumni Government, politics and society Muhammad Ali Jinnah – founder of Pakistan, first Governor-General of Pakistan graduated from the Inns of Court school of Law (now part of The City Law School) Margaret Thatcher – Conservative Party Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, graduated from the Inns of Court School of Law (now part of The City Law School) Clement Attlee – Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 H. H. Asquith – Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916 Tony Blair – Labour Party Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007, graduated from the Inns of Court School of Law (now part of The City Law School) Christos Staikouras – Finance Minister of Greece from Muhammad Ali Jinnah 2019 to present Roderic Bowen – Welsh Liberal Party politician Robert Chote – chief of the Office for Budget Responsibility; former director of Institute for Fiscal Studies Ali Dizaei – former police commander Jody Dunn – Liberal Democrat politician, and a barrister specialising in family law Sir James Dutton – Royal Marine general and former deputy commander of the International Security Assistance Force Chloë Fox – Australian politician, former Labor MP for the South Australian electoral district of Bright Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada – Noted Pakistani lawyer & Politician. Also served as 5th secretary general of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Mahatma Gandhi – Leader of the Indian Independence Movement, graduated 1891 from the Inns of Court School of Law (now part ofThe City Law School) James Hart – Commissioner of the City of London Police David Heath – Politician and Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Somerton and Frome Clement Attlee Syed Kamall – Conservative Party politician and Member of the European Parliament for the London European Parliament constituency David Lammy – Labour MP for Tottenham Liu Mingkang – Chinese Politician and Businessman, current Chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, former Vice-Governor of the China Development Bank Jawaharlal Nehru – First Prime Minister of the Republic of India Houda Nonoo – Bahraini Ambassador to the United States Patrick O'Flynn – UK Independence Party MEP Stav Shaffir – Youngest member of the Israeli Knesset, leader of the social justice movement Aris Spiliotopoulos – Minister of Greek Tourism Ivy Williams – First woman to be called to the English bar Vice-Chancellors 1966–1974: Sir James Sharp Tait 1974–1978: Sir Edward W. Parkes 1978–1998: Raoul Franklin 1998– 2007: David William Rhind 2007– 2009: Malcolm Gillies 2009–2010: Julius Weinberg (acting) 2010– present: Sir Paul Curran .