Middlesex University's academic heritage can be traced back over a hundred years to the nineteenth century origins of its founding colleges. Today it has a reputation as a modern, innovative institution offering an extensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses as well as opportunities for year-long semester and summer programmes (including internship programmes).

A truly international institution, Middlesex attracts 2,500 students from more than 100 countries and has partnerships with over 250 institutions worldwide. While this diversity and size makes Middlesex one of the largest universities in the UK, each of its seven campuses is small enough to be friendly and welcoming. Courses are credit-rated and taught in semesters. The flexible modular academic structure means students can choose a specialist study programme to satisfy the requirements of a professional body, or devise their own major/minor combinations to suit personal interests and aspirations.

Likewise students transferring from other institutions of higher education receive full credit for appropriate studies.