The University of North London was a university in the United Kingdom from 1992 to 2002. On 01 August 2002, it merged with London Guildhall University (formerly the City of London Polytechnic), to form London Metropolitan University. The former University of North London premises now form the new University's North campus, situated on Holloway Road and Highbury Grove in the London Borough of Islington.

The University was organised into four faculties, each comprising a number of schools:—

• The Faculty of Environmental and Social Studies:
  • The School of Law, Governance and Information Management (formerly School of Law and School of Information and Communications Studies)
  • The School of Social Sciences (formerly Policy Studies, Politics and Social Research)
  • The School of Community Health, Psychology and Social Work (formerly School of Health and School of Social Work)
  • The School of Geography and Environmental Studies (until 1997)
  • The School of Architecture and Interior Design
• The Faculty of Humanities and Teacher Education:
  • The School of Arts and Humanities (formerly Historical, Philosophical and Contemporary Studies)
  • The School of Area and Language Studies (formerly European and Language Studies)
  • The School of Education
• The Faculty of Science, Computing and Engineering:
  • The School of Biological and Applied Sciences (formerly Applied Chemistry)
  • The School of Communications Technology and Mathematical Sciences (formerly Electronic and Communications Engineering and Applied Physics)
  • The School of Informatics and Multimedia Technology (formerly Computing)
  • The School of Health and Sport Science (formerly Life Sciences)
  • The School of Polymer Technology (founded as the National College of Rubber Technology in 1948)
• The Business School

Founded as the Northern Polytechnic Institute in 1896, it merged in the early 1970s with the North Western Polytechnic which had functioned since 1929, to become the Polytechnic of North London. Until the passing of the Education Reform Act 1988, the Polytechnic was under the control of the Inner London Education Authority — part of the then Greater London Council and awarded the degrees of the former Council for National Academic Awards. Under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, the institution, a pioneer of widening participation and access to higher education, was granted University status and the right to award its own degrees. Following the merger with London Guildhall, London Metropolitan became the largest unitary university in London.

See also

• New Universities