City, University of London is a special place. With skill and dedication, we have been using education, research and enterprise to transform the lives of our students, our community and the world for over a hundred years. Academic excellence for business and the professions We are a leading international institution and we are committed to academic excellence and focused on business and the professions. A highly rated institution We are proud of the quality of our education, research and enterprise and of our high rankings in recent surveys. City is: ´ First in London for student satisfaction (The Complete University Guide 2017). ´ Ranked 18th overall in the United Kingdom (Guardian University Guide 2017). ´ Among the top five per cent of universities in the world (Times Higher Education World Rankings 2015) Notably, the Financial Times European Business School Rankings 2015 rates our Sir John Cass Business School among the top six business schools in the UK and 21st in Europe. World-leading research The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, an exercise to assess research quality at all UK higher education research institutions, rated 75.7% of City's submissions as being of world-leading 4* (23.3%) and internationally excellent 3* (52.4%) quality. A vibrant international community Our outlook is truly global. We welcome students, academics and professional staff from all around the world, work to international levels of research excellence and cultivate a growing network of international research partnerships. Since our foundation over a century ago, we have always enjoyed deep-rooted links with the City of London. The Lord Mayor of London is the Rector of City and many City of London livery companies are long-standing supporters of City.