The Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Middlesex University is the leading centre for postgraduate level study and doctoral research in Continental Philosophy in the London area. Since its inception in 1994 it has developed a national and international reputation for teaching, research and publication in the field of post-Kantian European philosophy, characterised by a strong emphasis on broad cultural and intellectual contexts and a distinctive sense of social and political engagement.

Members of the Centre made up almost the whole of the Middlesex entry in Philosophy in RAE 2008, which was awarded a GPA of 2.80; 65% of the material submitted was classified in the top two categories, 4* and 3*. This ranks Middlesex Philosophy 13th out of 41 institutions in the UK, ahead of Sussex, Warwick, York, Durham and Glasgow. In RAE 2001 Middlesex Philosophy was graded 5.

Currently, the Centre encompasses three MA programmes and a PhD programme. The three MAs are the MA in Modern European Philosophy, the MA in Aesthetics and Art Theory, and the MA in Philosophy and Contemporary Critical Theory, which started in September 2005. In addition, Modern European Philosophy is taught as a major part of the BA in Philosophy. Thinkers studied there include Beauvoir, Derrida, Foucault, Freud, Kant, Hegel, Heidegger, Marx, Nietzsche, Sartre.

The Centre's activities are characterised by integration and interaction between staff research, the work of a diverse community of approximately 50 full-time and part-time graduate students, and contributions from visiting researchers from overseas. The Centre is part of Middlesex University's School of Arts and now based at the Trent Park campus in North London, along with the humanities and performing arts. The Trent Park campus is a pleasant walk from Oakwood underground station (Piccadilly Line), from which a free minibus service runs to the university every fifteen minutes.

In September 2006, members of the CRMEP began work on a three-year project, funded with an AHRC research grant, on the French journal Cahiers pour l'Analyse (1966-1969) and its legacy. The research project is entitled ‘Concept and Form: The Cahiers pour l’Analyse and Contemporary French Thought’.