Goldsmiths, University of London
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Overview
Goldsmiths was set up as an Institute in 1891 to provide educational opportunities for the people of New Cross. The University of London acquired the new Institute and re-established it as Goldsmiths College in 1904. Since 1989, Goldsmiths has been a full College of the University with its own distinctive role as an independent university institution, at the same time committed to its membership of one of the world’s great
Goldsmiths, University of London has over 8,000 students taking part in our undergraduate, postgraduate and adult education study opportunities. Six winners of the Turner Prize – and almost a quarter of those short listed for the award since it began – have been Goldsmiths graduates.
Goldsmiths’ unique academic approach comes from the interaction and cooperation of 15 academic departments, together with a number of smaller centres and units. We aim to be at the cutting edge of teaching and research in all of our subjects.
In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (2001) Goldsmiths built on outstanding successes in previous exercises: the Departments of Media and Communications and Sociology achieved the prized 5* rating, for international excellence in the majority of their research areas; Anthropology, Design, English, Music, and Visual Arts received a rating of 5 (international excellence in some areas of activity, national excellence in virtually all others).
Goldsmiths, University of London is best known for courses and research relating to creativity and culture, and has a reputation for producing visual artists, particularly those collectively known as YBA. This reputation was largely established by the influence of Michael Craig-Martin, Jon Thompson, Nick De Ville and Irit Rogoff as teaching staff. Goldsmiths’ Sociology department has been important in the recent development of the discipline in Britain, with leading sociologists such as Paul Gilroy, Bev Skeggs, Nikolas Rose, Don Slater, Celia Lury, Les Back, Jeffrey Alexander and Kate Nash, working in the Goldsmiths Sociology department in recent years.
Ranking
Goldsmiths, University of London has been highly-ranked by The Good University Guide as the best London university to study Media and Communications plus Visual Arts. Goldsmiths' campus is noted for its rich architecture, including Deptford Town Hall.
Services for International Students
The friendly staff at Goldsmiths’ International Office have a long experience of working with international students. They can help you with a wide range of issues to ensure that you get the most out of your time at Goldsmiths.
If English is not your first language, Goldsmiths’ Language Study Centre offers high quality programmes, covering a range of different language abilities.
Accommodation
There are almost 1,000 places in Goldsmiths accommodation within walking distance of the campus (most less than five minutes away). Goldsmiths has good quality, reasonably-priced accommodation, with rents comparable to similar universities in London. See www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/accommodation
Health centre
There is a full range of on-campus Health facilities at Goldsmiths, University of London with doctors, nurses and dentists. All students have full access to the health centre and all health care fees are fully covered by the National Health Service for full-time students.
Campus Location
Goldsmiths college is situated in New Cross, a highly populated area of south-east London with a considerable art and music scene. Goldsmiths’ main Richard Hoggart Building was originally designed as a school (opened in 1844) by the architect John Shaw Jr (1803-1870). In addition to this the college has built many more modern buildings to develop more of a campus, including the RIBA award-winning Rutherford Building completed in 1997 and the Ben Pimlott Building designed by Will Alsop and completed in 2005.