London Metropolitan University

Tracing its origins back to 1848, since the 2002 merger of London Guildhall University and the University of North London, London Metropolitan University has become London's largest single university and is one of the largest in the UK with over 34,000 students.

With nearly a third of its student population representing around 190 different nationalities studying at London Met, on one of two campuses (in the heart of central London and/or in North London), it has more international students than almost any other UK university and is one of the foremost providers of undergraduate, postgraduate, professional and vocational education and training in Britain.

London Met also has nine Research Institutes including the Global Policy Institute, Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition, Institute for Health Research and Policy, Institute for Policy Studies in Education, International Institute for Culture, Tourism and Development, Learning Technology Research Institute, Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute and the Working Lives Research Institute.

The University also runs an extensive public lecture and events programme with speakers such as Tony Benn, youngest ever Member of Parliament at just 25-years-old and Labour party member for 50 years; George Alagiah, BBC news presenter and specialist on Africa and the developing world; and Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop and well-known campaigner for women's rights.

London Met is London's Number One sports university and offers a wide range of facilities including the most advanced Science Centre in the world, featuring a Super Lab with 280 individual workstations and 12 teaching stations. The £30 million state-of-the art teaching facility was opened in September 2006 and also features an international quality basketball court and multi-purpose gymnasium, sports clinic, nutrition clinic, rehabilitation and physiotherapy rooms and phlebotomy labs.

In 2007, London Met's four business departments are to be merged creating what will be Europe's largest Business School. With 220 staff and 11,000 students London Metropolitan University Business School will be the largest provider of professional courses in the UK.