City, University Of London

A multi sited university campus based in the city area of London. Attended for an open day. The multiple sites revolve around a central green area and have interlinked walkways between each site. A semi modern site with a 5 level library but clean and presentable inside. Has approx 3 tube stations near by but approx 10min walk to each. Nice place

If you are looking to study in London and obtain a degree without spending too much money, this college may be an option for you. However, it is important to choose your subject wisely and research existing & past student reviews and most importantly the professors and lecture staff. City used to be the established university for the skills in the City: Finance, Insurance, Businesses etc but i think that claim is spurious these days with more specialist Business School competition in this area. The location is also going to cost you as much in transport costs as the costs of the course itself, before you even get into the hunt for decent affordable accommodation. These days, it is just as efficient and far more cost effective to create your own course or mimic prestigious college course syllabus and self-learn at home, using recommended textbooks, libraries, and online resources & courses. Especially if you are going on to professions that have their own exam structure. University degrees are not essential for most of these professions anyway and can be superfluous and time wasting. (Law, Accountancy, Finance, Actuarial, etc) Unless you can afford the best prestigious brand colleges, physical universities are becoming obsolete and extremely poor value for money, especially in expensive international cities.”

If you are a long distance student and planning to enrol online you better better think twice!! They will make you go crazy, first of all, there is no one person or department to call directly and to solve any problems with registry, administration, accidents, technical problems and so on. The only way to get through is an Enquiry system you open a ticket and days or week later it will be assigned to another random department that you will again have no direct access to. Then from then on, the staff members sometimes take weeks in my case always months, 4-6 months to get back, each time with sn incorrect response and some incomplete answer, the administive system has not been designed will for long distance students. You will have to spend more time calling the university begging people go follow up with the issue on your ticker than you spend time studying. For me the stress and the level of ignorance from the university side has been a very negative experience, and i am half way through and am left with no choice !

Worst University ever! First they sent out an offer and then cancelled the course in June end, leading to no other options at the disposal of students. When I sent out a mail saying that it’s unfair, they clearly chose not to respond. This shows their hypocrisy. I hope no one ever studies at City, especially as an international student.