Editing London Metropolitan University (section)

==Academic profile==
London Metropolitan offers about 160 [[academic degree|degree]] courses,<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/news/new-directions1.cfm| title=New directions at London Met| date=15 April 2011| publisher=London Metropolitan University| access-date=27 August 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104110056/http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/news/new-directions1.cfm| archive-date=4 January 2012| df=dmy-all}}</ref> to {{HESA student population|INSTID=0202}} students<ref name="HESA citation"/> (including 7,000 overseas students from 155 countries).<ref name="TheIndependentAZ"/> The university also maintains several offices abroad in Beijing, [[Chennai]], [[Delhi]], [[Dhaka]], [[Lagos]] and [[Lahore]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/international/international-students.cfm| title=International students| publisher=London Metropolitan University| access-date=27 August 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820011442/http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/international/international-students.cfm| archive-date=20 August 2012| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref> The university's operations are overseen by a board of governors comprising external members and senior administrative and academic staff.

===Academic departments===
[[File:Sir John Cass's Foundation.jpg|thumb|The former Sir John Cass College site at 31 Jewry Street.  The Sir John Cass Foundation offices are on the premises which are leased to the university by the Foundation.]]

The University's academic departments are currently arranged into six schools, where previously there were four faculties each comprising three schools.  These are:

:*Guildhall School of Business and Law
:*School of Computing and Digital Media
:*School of Human Sciences
:*School of Social Professions
:*School of Social Sciences
:*[[School of Art, Architecture and Design (London Metropolitan University)|School of Art, Architecture and Design]]

===Scholarships===
The university invests more than £700,000 annually in its scholarship programme to help academically excellent students as well as students with outstanding achievements in various sports disciplines, such as hockey, tennis and basketball.<ref>[http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/international/howtoapply/scholarships/merit-scholarships/merit-scholarships.cfm Merit scholarships] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051219022452/http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/international/howtoapply/scholarships/merit-scholarships/merit-scholarships.cfm |date=19 December 2005 }} – London Metropolitan University website.</ref> The university gives £1000 for any of its undergraduate international students who achieve "A" grade marks. The university also offers postgraduate scholarships, a range of full tuition scholarships, including some scholarships with free accommodation. Scholarships are offered in conjunction the [[BBC World Service]], International Student House and [[Mahatma Gandhi Foundation]].{{Citation needed| date=August 2012}} The university has several student exchange programmes with academic institutions in the US and Europe, with financial support for those who participate through the Erasmus programme.

===Rankings and reputation===
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In the past, the university refused to participate in newspaper [[League tables of British universities|league tables]] on the grounds that Universities should be assessed by the UK Government and not (private) newspapers. The new management reversed this policy and in the 2013 rankings (published in 2012), the university was placed 118th out of 120 universities in The Guardian University Guide 2013.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/table/2012/may/21/university-league-table-2013| title=University guide 2013: University league table| newspaper=The Guardian| date=21 May 2012| access-date=30 August 2012| location=London}}</ref> In the 2011 Institutional Audit, the [[Quality Assurance Agency]] expressed "reasonable confidence" in the "academic standards" of the university's awards.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.qaa.ac.uk/InstitutionReports/Pages/London-Metropolitan.aspx| title=London Metropolitan University| series=Institution Reports| publisher=Quality Assurance Agency| date=15 April 2011| access-date=30 August 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110731113120/http://www.qaa.ac.uk/InstitutionReports/Pages/London-Metropolitan.aspx| archive-date=31 July 2011| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref> In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, London Metropolitan was ranked equal 107th out of 132 institutions by the [[Times Higher Education]]'s RAE league table.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/Journals/THE/THE/18_December_2008/attachments/RAE2008_THE_RESULTS.pdf| title=Times Higher Education RAE league table| access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.rae.ac.uk/results/qualityProfile.aspx?id=720&type=hei| title=RAE 2008 quality profiles: London Metropolitan University| series=Research Assessment Exercise| publisher=Higher Education Funding Council for England| access-date=30 August 2012}}</ref> The university has not fared well in the past national league tables (2014/2015) and has placed last in each respective league table, Guardian University Guide 2015 (116th),<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Guardian University Guide 2024 – the rankings |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2023/sep/09/the-guardian-university-guide-2024-the-rankings |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> Complete University Guide 2015 (123rd)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings|title=Top UK University League Tables and Rankings 2015|work=thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk}}</ref> and The Times and Sunday Times University League Table 2014 (121st).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/University_Guide/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719070112/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/University_Guide/|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2014|title=Login|website=[[The Sunday Times]]|access-date=16 July 2015}}</ref>  The university has fared better in the most recent Guardian University Guide 2024 (85th).<ref name=":0" />

The architecture department was ranked 18th and 20th in 2011 and 2012 in The Guardian University League Tables.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The Guardian University Guide 2022 – the rankings|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2021/sep/11/the-best-uk-universities-2022-rankings|access-date=2021-10-26|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> American Studies placed 20th, 17th and 18th in 2011, 2012 and more recently, at the newly published Complete University Guide 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?s=American+Studies|title=American Studies – Top UK University Subject Tables and Rankings 2015|work=thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk}}</ref> The law school ranked 87th in 2011 at the Complete University Guide and rose to 85th in 2012, 75th in 2013 and most recently placed 70th out of 98 law schools at the 2014 Complete University Guide. It is also ranked 58th out of 96 in Research Assessment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?s=Law|title=Law – Top UK University Subject Tables and Rankings 2015|work=thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk|access-date=28 April 2012|archive-date=21 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221182815/http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings/?s=Law|url-status=dead}}</ref> The School of Art, Architecture and Design (fashion, textile and retail design courses) was ranked 4th in The Guardian University League Tables 2022.<ref name=":0" />

The university also entered the QS World University Rankings (2022) of top universities in the world for the first time, placing in the 801-1000 bracket.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=QS World University Rankings 2022|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2022|access-date=2021-10-27|website=Top Universities|language=en}}</ref>