Our courses

Taught by experienced and committed professionals, including many practising artists, writers and performers, City Lit's courses regularly receive five-star reviews from our learners.

You can choose to study in the daytime, evening or at weekend, from one-day taster sessions through to year-long courses where you can develop your skills. Your journey starts here.
Visual arts

City Lit offers the most diverse visual arts programme in central London, with many courses taught by successful artists and practitioners

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Languages

City Lit's highly popular range of language courses offers the widest choice in London

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Drama, dance and speech

Graded ‘outstanding’ in a recent government inspection, Drama, Dance and Speech at City Lit offers a vibrant, vigorous, creative learning environment that reaches out to all adults whatever their background, age and aspiration

» Find out more about the Drama, dance and speech department
Humanities

From ‘Africa today’ to ‘Writing fiction’, the Humanities department offers an extraordinarily wide variety of part-time courses

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Music

City Lit offers a wide range of music courses at many levels to suit your needs and aspirations, with highly sympathetic and motivated teachers

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Health and movement studies

Whether you want to train as a complementary therapist or fitness instructor or are looking for exercise and relaxation, there’s plenty to choose from

» Find out more about the Health and movement studies department
Computing

City Lit’s computing courses range from beginner level to advanced qualifications covering the major Microsoft Office applications, desktop publishing, web design, multimedia packages and programming

» Find out more about the Computing department
Psychology, counselling & personal development

City Lit has long-standing experience in offering a wide range of psychology, personal development and counselling courses

» Find out more about the Psychology, counselling & personal development department
English, maths & ESOL

Skills for Life offer classes in English, maths and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) If you would you like to be more confident in speaking, listening, reading, writing or maths, we offer supportive groups in which you can work at improving your skills at your own pace

» Find out more about the English, maths & ESOL department
Deaf education

The nationally recognised Faculty of Deaf education offers a diverse range of training and support for Deaf adults and training for those who wish to work with the Deaf

» Find out more about the Deaf education department
Careers in care work

Careers in care work courses at City Lit are ideal if you would like to, or already, work in the adult care sector

» Find out more about the Careers in care work department
Access to higher education

An Access course is the ideal stepping stone if you want to apply for a university course but are lacking the necessary qualifications

» Find out more about the Access to higher education department
Progress - courses for people with learning difficulties

If you have a learning difficulty, we offer you the chance to gain knowledge and skills in a wide range of different subjects

» Find out more about the Progress - courses for people with learning difficulties department
Speech therapy

Speech therapy at City Lit has specialised in work with adults who stammer for over 40 years and is viewed as a UK national and international centre of excellence

» Find out more about the Speech therapy department
Teacher & management training

City Lit offers a full programme of teacher training for those wanting to work with people over 16 in the lifelong learning sector

» Find out more about the Teacher & management training department

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Weekend courses

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Why City Lit?

If you are looking for a great choice of inspiring courses; a bright, modern environment to learn in located in central London; the opportunity to have fun and meet like-minded people, we look forward to seeing you at City Lit!

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