Best Uni's in London...

woody1989

First of all I'd like to ask what is the best University in London?

My next is does anyone recommend [maybe, because they are at it] a University that does a course, similar to Criminal Justice Studies or Crimminology.

I have applied to UEL; Westminster and Greenwich but they have alot of negative feedback on this forum, which is ashame...

... Thanks so much, all!

Reply 1

andy_85

well if those are the unis that are closest to your reach then you need to look alot closer at which one is going to help you acheive.. look at their online prospectus to compare the different units.. and more essentially visit each one to see how the facilities compare. i know uel has invested alot into facilities but not sure about the others. but visit all then at least you will hopefully have a better feel for which one YOU want to go to

Reply 2

woody1989

OP

I mean I really want to go to Westminster, but there is so much bad press about it.

Damn, its soo annoying!

Fact is I don't want to waste £12,000 [3 years] for a course that I'm only studying because of the ethos of the University.

Reply 3

benben

The 'best' university in London is probably considered the University OF London, although don't ask where the individual colleges lie. That isn't to say the other universities don't have something to offer - there are, in fact, courses which are better taught (and have, in TSR-speak, a 'better reputation', which is a silly indicator of anything) at City, Greenwich etc. or not available with the UoL. However, the only degree courses related to Criminal Justice are postgraduate options at Kings or BA Social Policy and Criminology at LSE. However, LSE is a very competitive university and I'm sure the average offer is pretty high - but there's never any harm in trying anyway.

City University also offers Sociology and Criminology, and like most dual-title degrees it's probably possibly to study mostly in one area (although I'm guessing the two are quite linked anyway). I'm curious about the Westminster ethos you're attracted to - is there something in particular you've experienced/heard about? And does that mean you're not that attracted to the course?

Those courses fill your criteria of being a) in London and b) Criminology-related - but if you expanded your choice of area you'd have a lot more options! Hope that helps.

Reply 4

woody1989

OP

What I mean is the location, absolute central to London. London is where I want to study, whenever I pop into London, I love the lift and the rush that it greets you with.

I have now applied for that course Social Policies and Criminology, if I do not get in I don't get in. But, thing is as I'm considering these after my initial application, I cannot make ammendments to my personal statement

But thanks your troubles are very much appreciated!

Reply 5

Iscariot

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Queen Mary's, UCL, KCL and City all do Criminology no? At least they do have law departments I think.

Reply 6

Bissman

woody1989

What I mean is the location, absolute central to London. London is where I want to study, whenever I pop into London, I love the lift and the rush that it greets you with.

I have now applied for that course Social Policies and Criminology, if I do not get in I don't get in. But, thing is as I'm considering these after my initial application, I cannot make ammendments to my personal statement

But thanks your troubles are very much appreciated!

If you really want a central location, out of the three universities stated Westminster is the best placed. I am not sure if the top unis (kings, Lse UCL) actually do offer a course in straight criminology- the module is usually taken as part of the Law LLB.

Reply 7

woody1989

OP

Seriously why is Westminster regarded so badly?

Reply 8

akmd

11

Because it's an ex-polytechnic. People don't like Polys on here.

Reply 9

woody1989

OP

LOL... is that seriously why?

I mean its ranked 80-something in the 'Guide', so its quite confusing!

Reply 10

fundamentally

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woody1989

First of all I'd like to ask what is the best University in London?

LSE : Social sciences
Imperial : Sciences.

Reply 11

andy_85

its an odd thing really. the uni of westminster has much higher entry requirements than other "new" universities and being a much older institution than many red brick universities aswell as having the queen as its official patron does help its credibility. so perhaps it is suprising that despite all this it still seems to be performing quite badly in the university league tables

Reply 12

andy_85

fundamentally

LSE

only for undergraduate degrees. lbs outranks even lse for postgraduate (i am aware the lbs only does postgraduate)

Reply 13

Pendulum

14

UCL/Imperial/LSE depending on what you want to do.

Reply 14

Iscariot

11

fundamentally

LSE

I'd actually say Imperial is better. Unfortunately for the OP they only do sciences really.

Reply 15

fonzievision

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Iscariot

I'd actually say Imperial is better. Unfortunately for the OP they only do sciences really.

Completely true -- even if I don't trust one ranking specifically, so many rating Imperial above LSE can't be that wrong.

Reply 16

Crazster

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Hi I like comapring apples to oranges.

Its not that LSE and Imperial are specialist colleges in their own niches, not that can't be it..

The best 3 are Imp/Lse/UCL. The former 2 specialist, the last multifaculty.

Reply 17

benben

Why does virtually every single thread get bogged down with people posting their opinion on which college/university is 'best'? For heavens sake stop it, it makes no sense to the original question and takes things off track.

To try and redeem this thread, can the OP let us know how he gets on with LSE?

Reply 18

Crazster

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benben

Why does virtually every single thread get bogged down with people posting their opinion on which college/university is 'best'? For heavens sake stop it, it makes no sense to the original question and takes things off track.

To try and redeem this thread, can the OP let us know how he gets on with LSE?

Hey, Thanks for the speech, maybe next time you can READ the FIRST LINE of the OP's post

"Which is the best university in London"

thanks.

Reply 19

benben

Crazster

Hey, Thanks for the speech, maybe next time you can READ the FIRST LINE of the OP's post

"Which is the best university in London"

thanks.

And that was answered with "The University of London". Debating the relative merits of the colleges within it based on your own personal criteria is utterly pointless. Thanks for recommending Imperial, UCL and LSE when only one of them actually offers any courses relevant to what the OP was asking for...

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