City University has 12,000 students and is located in central London. Its main buildings occupy the leafy and green Northampton Square and the campus is not far from the very up-market and trendy London towns of Islington and Clerkenwell, and close to London's West End.

Business studies ranging from accounting to finance and management form one third of City's course offerings. City also offers a broad selection of course options covering sociology including media studies and criminology, psychology, economics, international politics, computer sciences, mathematics and engineering, journalism and music. The university has a range of both international and local contacts with professional institutions, businesses and industry.