Founded in 1850, St Mary’s University has a long and distinguished history in higher education. In fact, it is ranked in the Top 5 in the UK for teaching quality (The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023). Its teacher training programmes have been rated as ‘Outstanding’ by the UK government’s education inspector, Ofsted. It is ranked in the Top 10 in the UK for student experience (The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023).

At St Mary’s University, you get the best of both worlds: its campus is in the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames – a safe and green area of the Capital – but travelling into Central London only takes half an hour! The University is ranked the safest university in London and in the Top 10 safest universities in the country (Complete University Guide 2020). Within walking distance of the campus are the towns of Teddington and Twickenham, where you can find a good range of shops, restaurants and pubs. A short bus ride will take you to Richmond and Kingston with an excellent range of cinemas, theatres, clubs and high-street shops.

St Mary’s is one of London’s top-performing sports institutions and is ranked Top 4 in the UK for its Sport Scene (Which? University Student Survey). It provides students with state-of-the-art sports facilities equipped to world-class standards, as well as funding opportunities for high performance athletes.

Sports participation at all levels is regarded as an important element of university life and a wide range of clubs and activities are available to every student. 11 Alumni, Athletes and Students competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, winning three medals. Alumnus Moe Sbihi MBE was also the flag bearer for Team GB at the opening ceremony.

97% of St Mary’s graduates are in employment, vocation or further study within 15 months of graduation (HESA 2022). St Mary’s Centre for Workplace Learning (CWL) offers you the opportunity to undertake a work placement as part of your degree programme and its Careers Service is part of the University of London’s Careers Group, the largest and most successful careers service in the UK.

Location;

London, England (UK)

Academic Departments

• Business and law
• Computer science
• Education and teaching
• Humanities, theology and ethics
• Media, communications and creative arts
• Social, political and behavioural sciences
• Sport, health and science