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Goldsmiths, University of London

Goldsmiths, University of London, legally the Goldsmiths' College, is a constituent research university of the University of London.[3] It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in New Cross, London.[4] It was renamed Goldsmiths' College after being acquired by the University of London in 1904, and specialises in the arts, design, computing, humanities and social sciences.[5] The main building on campus, known as the Richard Hoggart Building, was originally opened in 1844 and is the site of the former Royal Naval School.[6][7]

Former names

The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute
(1891–1904)

Public constituent college

1891 – Tertiary college
1904 – Constituent college

University of London

£15.0 million (2023)[1]

£141.5 million (2022/23)[1]

The Princess Royal
(as Chancellor of the University of London)

Frances Corner

10,090 (2019/20)[2]

6,500 (2019/20)[2]

3,590 (2019/20)[2]

8 Lewisham Way
,
London
,
England

51°28′26″N 0°02′07″W / 51.4739°N 0.0354°W / 51.4739; -0.0354

Urban

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University of London
Association of Commonwealth Universities
Universities UK

gold.ac.uk

According to Quacquarelli Symonds (2021), Goldsmiths ranks 12th in Communication and Media Studies, 15th in Art & Design and is ranked in the top 50 in the areas of Anthropology, Sociology and the Performing Arts.[8] In 2020, the university enrolled over 10,000 students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.[2] 37% of students come from outside the United Kingdom and 52% of all undergraduates are mature students (aged 21 or over at the start of their studies).[9] Additionally, around a third of students at Goldsmiths are postgraduate students.[2]

National rankings

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111

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401–500

The Head of Department is Richard Noble. Notable alumni include , Sarah Lucas, Steve McQueen, Gillian Wearing, Fiona Banner, Angela Bulloch and Graham Coxon.

Damien Hirst

The university is also a member of the .

Screen Studies Group, London

Student life[edit]

Sports, clubs and traditions[edit]

Sports teams and societies are organised 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 (for example the Jewish society and the LGBT society) to interest-based societies (the Drama Society and the on-campus radio station Wired) and more.

Student media[edit]

Goldsmiths has a long history of student-led media platforms, including Smiths Magazine,[33] The Leopard newspaper,[34] and Wired radio.[35] The student media is run independently by students at the college.

Student housing[edit]

Accommodation Services offers accommodation within seven halls:

TV presenter

Dave Myers

DJ and producer

SHERELLE

Bollywood actor

Kalki Koechlin

Beatie Wolfe

Graphic novelist

Malik Sajad

film director and editor in chief of Kurdish Question

Mehmet Aksoy

Stathis Kefallonitis

lead singer of Placebo

Brian Molko

and Graham Coxon, founding members of the British rock band Blur

Alex James

dancer Nighat Chaudhry

Kathak

Alumni of the Department of Art include:


Alumni of the Department of Music include:


Other alumni include:

Armorial of UK universities

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Goldsmiths CCA

List of Goldsmiths College people

List of universities in the UK

Official website

The official Goldsmiths Students' Union website

Goldsmiths, University of London lists of students

Goldsmiths, University of London military personnel, 1914–1918