Welcome
Middlesex University is a dynamic, diverse and innovative University based in North London, in the ancient county of Middlesex. Its 22,000 students can choose from one of the widest ranging curricula in the UK. A truly international institution, Middlesex attracts over 5,500 students from 130 countries and has partnerships with over 250 institutions worldwide. We believe passionately in the “Middlesex mix” – where every nationality, every culture, every age and every background is respected and celebrated. Our curriculum reflects the internationalism of our mission and many Middlesex programmes are recognised by professional bodies.
Middlesex University’s academic offer is wide and varied; our programmes are flexible and credit based. The UK’s Quality Assurance Agency undertook an institutional audit in 2003 and stated: “…confidence can be placed in the soundness of the University’s current management of the quality of its programmes and the academic standards of its awards…..confidence can also be placed in the soundness of the University’s likely future management of the quality of its programmes.” The QAA has rated Middlesex “excellent” in all subjects inspected since 2000.
Middlesex is proud of the recognition won. In May 2006, Middlesex University Business School was ranked 17th in the “Top International Business Schools” with the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). In 2003, it received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade. Before that, Middlesex was one of very few universities to have been awarded three Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education in 2000 (Flood Hazard Research Centre), 1998 (Technology Education) and 1996 (Work Based Learning).
Middlesex University is ranked second in the UK by academics who have looked back at Quality Assurance Agency subject markings and adjusted them in line with what they argue are significant factors.
Between 1995 and 2001 the QAA awarded a mark out of 24 in each subject review they undertook at UK universities. These marks were used widely in league tables. Cook, Butcher and Raeside argue that these numerical markings were not subject to any moderation for factors such as size of student body; groups of subjects; year of assessment; or type of institution (pre- or post-1992 university).
In 'Recounting the Scores: an analysis of the QAA Subject Review Grades 1995-2001' (Quality in Higher Education, Vol 12, No 2, July 2006) an adjusted league table is offered. Middlesex appears in second place to Sheffield Hallam, with Oxford University in third place.