Why choose City, University of London for Social Sciences?

Home to a wide range of subjects including Economics, International Politics, Criminology and Journalism, the City of London School of Social Sciences is an internationally-excellent center of research and education. City is currently investing in the development of the School – which aims to enhance the lives and career prospects of its students.

  • The City Q-Step Centre provides training for social science students to build data literacy and quantitative skills, with a compulsory data placement in stage 2 and optional international work placement.
  • 1 in 6 students of the Department of English becomes a published author – including Iman Verjee, who won PDF Young Writer of the Year.
  • International Politics graduates have gone on to work at Amnesty International, the Japan Foreign Policy Institute and The European.
  • The City Department of Journalism ranks 7th in the UK for 'research power' (a combination of research quantity and quality) by the Research Excellence Framework 2014. The University's newsrooms and studios were developed alongside experts from the BBC and ITN.
Top 10 in the UK for Communication and Media Studies (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019)

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