London Metropolitan University
London Met is the newest name in this guide and among the oldest roots: the City of London College began evening classes for 'young men' in 1848, and the polytechnics that grew from that tradition federated, merged and re-merged until two universities — North London and London Guildhall — were joined into one in 2002. Its campuses face the Holloway Road in the north and the City in the east.
It is, by most counts, the most diverse university in one of the world's most diverse cities: students from well over a hundred countries, a majority first in their families to attend university, and a trades-union inheritance in the old trades. Its business and law schools carry City of London guild lineages older than many colleges in this guide.
Field notes
- The 1848 classes met after work — the tradition of evening education in the City begins here.
- Its alumni are mostly glorious unknowns: teachers, nurses, solicitors, and a striking share of London's school heads.
- The Graduate Centre on Holloway Road — a glittering wedge by Daniel Libeskind — is north London's most photographed university building.
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In brief — from the field guide
Formed in 2002 from two civic universities — North London and London Guildhall — with deepest roots in the City of London College's evening classes of 1848. One of the most diverse student bodies in the country.
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