Southwark

Birkbeck University of London is located in Bloomsbury and was originally established back in 1823. It’s a well-respected university that tends to rank well and is known for its Birkbeck Institute for the humanities, science, research, history, psychology, computer science and physics.

City, University of London is located in the heart of the capital and was originally founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute. The modern university is known for the City Law School, the School of Community & Health Sciences and related fields.

Imperial College London was created by Prince Albert and merged the Royal College of Science, Royal School of Mines and City and Guilds College into one. The current college has a narrow focus on science, technology, medicine and business and is highly regarded across the world for those subjects.

King's College London is a long-established university with links to St Thomas’s Hospital in the centre of the city. It has five campuses: Strand, Guy’s, Waterloo, St Thomas’s and Denmark Hill. It is known for dentistry, oral and craniofacial sciences, life sciences, medicine, psychiatry and related fields.

London Metropolitan University, or London Met as it’s known, is a centrally located university with a great reputation. It includes the Guildhall School of Business and Law, School of Computing and Digital Media, School of Human Sciences, School of Social Professions, School of Social Sciences and the School of Art, Architecture and Design.

The London School of Economics is one of the most popular universities in London where all courses are massively oversubscribed. The university is well known for anthropology, criminology, social psychology, sociology and social policy, international relations and business-related courses.

Queen Mary University (QMUL) is an ancient establishment founded in 1785. It is based in east and central London with campuses across that area. The university is known for research, medicine, languages, English literature, dentistry, drama and materials technology.

The School of Oriental and African Studies is based in Bloomsbury, London, and is a world-leading institution for the study of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The university is known for teaching Asian, African and Middle Eastern languages, Arabic & Islamic Studies, Oriental Studies, law and social sciences.

University College London is the second largest university in the UK after the Open University. It was also Britain’s first secular university. It is known mainly for medicine, geography, education and training, anatomy and physiology, architecture, archaeology, psychology and pharmacology.

The University of the Arts London is made up of several colleges in London and only became a university in 2003. It includes the Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts.

Southwark stretches from the south bank of the River Thames between Surrey Quays and the Oxo Tower down to Crystal Palace. It’s prime London real estate and a great place to be a student.

Southwark is the oldest established area of south London, having been first settled during the Roman era. It has been inhabited on and off since then before being firmly established by King Alfred in the 9th century.

He built fortifications south of the river to protect the city, which is where the name comes from.

Since then, the area has been steadily inhabited and evolved over time to become a lively, culturally diverse part of London.

Our Southwark student accommodation is within easy reach of all local highlights.

The one thing Southwark has is plenty of bridges. It has Blackfriars Bridge, London Bridge, London Millennium Bridge, Southwark Bridge, Tower Bridge and Rotherhithe Tunnel on its northern edge.

Southwark is also home to the Bakerloo, Jubilee and Northern Underground lines with Borough, Bermondsey, Canada Water, Elephant and Castle, Kennington, London Bridge and Southwark stations.

London Overground also runs services and has numerous stations linking Southwark with central London and the south of England.

Driving in this part of London is as challenging as the rest of the city. Southwark is served by the A2, A201, A202, A205 and has easy access to M25 and the rest of the motorway network.

Despite its central location, Southwark is a relatively affordable place to live in. Plentiful housing, lines and lines of terraces and good transport links make it a very popular place to be a student.

Our student accommodation in Southwark is in Newington, close to Southwark Tube station and ideal for getting around.

You’re close to University of the Arts London (UAL), King's College London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London Law School, South Bank University and the Royal School of Osteopathy.

You’re also a Tube ride from many other London universities.

Southwark has seen significant investment and has been transformed over the past couple of decades. It’s now a great place to live!

Southwark is home to The Shard, Tate Modern, Borough Market, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Tower Bridge, South Bank, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Elephant and Castle, Old Kent Road, Aylesbury, Canada Water, Southwark Cathedral, Millennium Bridge, Imperial War Museum London, HMS Belfast, The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret, Winchester Palace, Clink Prison Museum, the Golden Hinde, Southwark Park and Dulwich Park.

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