Is there an american university in London?

Question

I'm a high school senior thinking about my future. I was all set to go to Colorado State but now im thinking differently. I want to attend university in London but i can't find a university there that would be american sponsored. I want to go to an american sponsored university so that if i ever decide to go back to the States my degree will be accepted. My mom has a degree from a Canadian university (she is Canadian but is now an american citizen) and it was only a 3 year degree program and a lot of employers/colleges say that her degree isn't valid. I would like to avoid that fate. If an English university would accept me and if that degree would be accepted in the States i would gladly go to an English university. Can anyone give me information on London Universities or american sponsored universities and where i can find their websites and more information about attending college abroad?! I plan on double majoring in Journalism/Public Relations. Thank You Very Much

Answer 1

Hi

I hope that you will find the following useful.

There are two American Universities in London. One is called Schiller University, but I don’t think that they offer Journalism as a subject. You can read more about them at: http://www.schillerlondon.ac.uk

The other is Richmond: look at this: http://www.richmond.ac.uk/content/academic-programs/communication-fine-arts.aspx

Now, your subjects. If you want to study Journalism/Public Relations in the UK, you should try to choose a course which is accredited by the appropriate body. The Chartered Institute of Public Relations has a list of accredited courses at its website. See: http://www.ipr.org.uk/education/index.asp

Its list includes all the contact details which you need. The one thing which I should say about this list is that most of these institutions are not in London, I’m afraid. The ones which are in London are offering postgraduate courses.

Journalism courses in the UK are accredited by the BCTJ for broadcast journalists and the NCTJ for print journalists. You will find lists of accredited courses for broadcast journalism at: http://www.bjtc.org.uk/courses.htm# and those for print journalism at: http://www.nctj.com/accreditedcentres.php
Again, most of these courses are out of London.

We have a website in the UK for applicants to British Universities, called UCAS. It has a search facility at:
http://www.ucas.com/search/index.html
You can actually restrict your search to Institutions within London if you wish.

To help you, here is quick shortlist of possibles:
City University http://www.city.ac.uk/journalism/courses/index.html
Kingston University http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate/journalism/index.shtml
London Metropolitan http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/ug-prospectus-2005/courses/journalism-studies.cfm
Middlesex University http://www.mdx.ac.uk/subjects/mcc/jcm/courses/joint.htm
Queen Mary http://www.qmul.ac.uk/courses/courses.php?course_id=83&dept_id=12&ugcourses=1&course_level=2
Roehampton http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/ug/jnm/
Thames Valley
http://courses.tvu.ac.uk/main/course1.asp?cfr=journalism&cfw=keywords&csu=0&csm=0&csl=0&cns=index.asp&cn=0&cp=20&co=CourseTitle&clo=0&caw=0&csp=combsearch.asp&cco=TEMP267
University of the Arts http://www.arts.ac.uk/22109.htm
University of East London http://www.uel.ac.uk/ssmcs/programmes/ba-journalism.htm
University of Greenwich http://www.gre.ac.uk/courses/under/sch/hum/medcom_ba.html
University of Westminster http://www.wmin.ac.uk/mad/page-449

The one question I can’t advise you about is how a British Degree is regarded in the States. Journalism has a strong international dimension, however, and I imagine that a UK degree, especially with a Postgraduate qualification, would be more than acceptable. One problem may be that several of the institutions listed above are new and so their names are not well known. City University is well established however (I am a trainee lawyer there). Why don’t you run this question by some of the companies in which you are interested, to see what they say?

One last thing: check out the British Council site for more information at: http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-study-in-the-uk.htm?mtklink=study-in-the-uk-corporate-homepage-link.

There are two other things which I need to mention in closing. One is that studying in the UK for foreign students can be very expensive – course fees can be very high. Another is that journalism and PR are VERY competitive fields. You need to start helping out on student papers, doing Internships etc as soon as possible. If you don’t, someone else will and they will get the job.

Hope it all goes well.

Answer 2

All major universities have a study abroad program. If you wanted to spend some time in London, but avoid that pitfall, try contacting Colorado State and ask them if they have any options. You may be able to get a degree from Colorado State, but spend a year or more studying in London.

The link below is just one idea for researching colleges in London. You can click on any one and it brings up contact information and such. You do the rest! And good luck!

ps: if you are graduating now, it will be too late to apply anyways for next year. You would need to wait until at least next spring.

Answer 3

AIU, american intercontinental university has a loction in london and also in Dabai , you contact the univerisity for more info, they charge too much fees, may tkae all ur money and u pay loeas all ur lfe.