Goldsmiths, University of London Profile
History
•Founded in the year 1891.
•Part of University of London for over 100 years.
Location and transport
•Situated in lively, urban New Cross, southeast London.
•Excellent transport links to Central London – just 15 minutes away by train. The recently extended London Over ground provides fast links to East London and North London.
Student mix
•The ratio of man and women is 65:35.
•Domicile: UK = 76%; other EU = 10%; international (non-EU) = 14%.
Teaching standards
•Goldsmiths achieved more than average scores for teaching in National Student Survey.
•Recent world university rankings have positioned Goldsmiths in world's top 100, and UK's top 20 universities for arts and humanities and a few more discipline.
•A number of academics are leaders in their departments and write books which are on the reading lists.
Research standards
•It is focused on diverse, high quality research.
•League tables coming from 2008 Research Assessment Exercise place Goldsmiths among the top 35 of research-intensive universities, and when it comes to the peak of the world-leading research, Goldsmiths comes an impressive ninth. Sociology was positioned joint first in the country, and in Media and Communications 80 per cent of research activity was placed in the top two bands.
•The member of prestigious 1994 Group of smaller, research-directing universities.
Academic strengths
•Internationally renowned for creativity and innovation.
•Radical and exceptional approaches to subjects.
•An emphasis on the enterprise and entrepreneurship, and on traning students with creative and critical thinking skills.
Student facilities, including library and computing
•The award winning Rutherford Building, computer work stations, housing library, and media services.
•Library is open until midnight at term time, and is open 24 hours a day at some periods.
•Academic departments have remarkable facilities to assist students' learning, comprising specialist laboratories and workshops, a 160-seat theatre, and a radio and film/TV studio.
Students' union
•Diverse, vibrant, award-winning organization providing a range of services and student development opportunities.
•Offers volunteering opportunities, student media, meeting rooms, representation, advice, clubs, societies, sports facilities and entertainment.
• The Goldsmiths students can also use facilities at University of London Union (ULU) in central London.
Sport
•State-of-the-art fitness gym on campus, with subsidised rates for students.
•The broad range of clubs and sporting classes provided by the Students' Union.
•The College Green is used for the training of rugby and football.
Notable alumni
•Mercury Prize nominees Katy B and James Blake, Alex James and Graham Coxon (Blur), Margaret Howell, Sam Taylor-Wood, Antony Gormley, Ian Rickson, Lucian Freud, Damien Hirst, Julian Clary, Tessa Jowell, Malcolm McLaren, Mary Quant.
•Six winners of Turner Prize have been Goldsmiths graduates