University in London, England

London Metropolitan University:
London Metropolitan University is one of the foremost providers of undergraduate, postgraduate, professional and vocational education and training in Britain. Our courses are planned in consultation with employers and examining bodies in commerce, industry, the world of art and design, the financial services industries and the professions. The end result is courses that are of direct relevance to their field and of a high quality. The University is committed to social justice, equal opportunities and community involvement and has many years' experience of dealing with the needs of mature and overseas students. Our 200+ degree courses are both vocational and intellectually stimulating - many employers and professionals help to design our courses, provide paid placement opportunities and guest lecturers.

Undergraduate courses - BA, BSc, & BEng, HNCs, HNDs, Foundation and Extended degrees.
London Met offers unlimited choice in Single Honours degrees: choose from a huge range of over 150 subjects; alternatively you may pick two subjects and study a joint honours providing over 500 different available combinations.

Many employers and professionals help design our degree courses to ensure they are both vocational and intellectually stimulating. On many of our courses you will have the opportunity to undertake a placement with an employer for a year or semester to provide you with experience which will increase your employability.

You also have the opportunity to study a language whatever course you are on and as part of most courses it is possible to spend a semester or year abroad.

Postgraduate courses - MA & MSc, MPhil & PhD programmes.
We offer over 140 postgraduate courses and combine academic rigour with highly vocational content in a warm and supporting atmosphere.

Our postgraduate programmes are planned in consultation with industry, employers, commerce and professional bodies to ensure that our content is relevant and contemporary and that you will graduate with the skills and knowledge to succeed in today's challenging employment environment.  

We also offer: Further Education - City and Guilds, Access courses. Professional & Short Courses

We have 1,300+ rooms in halls close to both campuses. We guarantee you a place if you:

- live more than 25 miles from us
- accept an offer of a place to study
- return your halls application form by the relevant deadline

Our accommodation office can also help you find somewhere to rent locally - as well as giving help and advice. We also run house-hunting workshops and online noticeboards.

Our two campuses (London City and London North campus) are in close proximity to central London and are both well located for tubes, buses and trains. You will have all the benefits of studying in the heart of a major city and when you graduate you will find there are countless job opportunities at your doorstep.

London North Campus - Situated in leafy Islington, the London North campus lies in and around Holloway Road. In this trendy area, close to Upper Street you'll discover a wide range of restaurants, bars, clubs, local art-house cinemas. The area is also home to premiership football team Arsenal.

London City Campus - Our City campus has prime location in the heart of the City of London and the vibrant Aldgate area of east London. You'll find an area where fast-moving, high flying financiers rub shoulders with creatives attracted by the colourful character of Brick Lane, Spitalfields markets and the Whitechapel art gallery.

Both campuses offer a wide range of modern facilities to students including libraries and gym facilities. There are state-of-the-art IT studios at both campuses. All of our thousands of PC and Macs are connected to the University network, providing you with free access to email and the Internet, as well as to our library catalogue. The open-access computers are set up with Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as specialist software such as CAD. Support staff are available to help you with any queries. You will also find the computers have printing facilities and access to web-based learning materials.

We realise that there may be other areas of student life which you may need help or advice with from time-to-time, such as student finances, loans, benefits, and visas. At London Met we have services and facilities on both campuses to help you with these areas.

We also provide a professional childcare service for children aged 2-5, offering an educationally stimulating environment, on either a session or full-time basis.

There is a counselling service to provide you with confidential help and advice about private or personal concerns. As well as this, the University's chaplaincy reflects the multi-cultural and multi-faith community of the University, where you can talk confidentially and find help in the area of faith and spirituality.