Goldsmiths, University of London

Goldsmiths, University of London is a public research university in London, England, specializing in the arts, design, humanities, and social sciences. It is a constituent college of the University of London. It was founded in 1891 as Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in New Cross, London. It was acquired by the University of London in 1904 and was renamed Goldsmiths' College. The word College was dropped from its branding in 2006, but Goldsmiths' College, with the apostrophe, remains the institution's formal legal name.

Nearly 20% of students come from outside the UK, and 52% of all undergraduates are mature students (aged 21 or over at the start of their studies). Around a third of students at Goldsmiths are postgraduate students.

Faculties

• Anthropology
• Art
• Centre for Academic Language and Literacies
• Computing
• Confucius Institute for Dance and Performance
• Design
• Educational Studies
• English and Creative Writing
• History
• Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship
• Institute of Management Studies
• Music
• Law
• Media, Communications and Cultural Studies
• Politics and International Relations
• Psychology
• Social, Therapeutic and Community Studies 
• Sociology
• Theatre and Performance
• Visual Cultures

Student life

Sports teams and societies are organized by the Goldsmiths Students' Union. The Union runs 18 sports clubs, 11 of which compete in either University of London Union or BUCS leagues.

The Students' Union runs 35 societies, ranging from political societies and identity-based societies to interest-based societies and more.

Goldsmiths has a long history of student-led media platforms, including Smiths Magazine, The Leopard newspaper, and Wired radio. The student media is run independently by students at the college.

Accommodation

The university owns seven halls of residence:

• Chesterman House
• Dean House
• Loring Hall
• Surrey House
• Surrey House Annexe
• Raymont Hall
• Ewen Henderson Court

Several of the halls include electricity bills and gas bills as part of rent. Free internet is also offered in some of the halls. International students are generally assigned accommodation in Loring Hall, Dean House or Chesterman House. Loring Hall currently holds around 400 students.

Rankings

National rankings

• Complete (2021)                                            68
• Guardian (2021)                                             105
• Times / Sunday Times (2021)                       97

Global rankings

• QS (2021)                                                        416
• THE (2021)                                                       401–500

British Government assessment

• Teaching Excellence Framework                Bronze