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UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
University College London (branded as UCL) is a public research university in London, England. It is a member institution of the federal University of London, and is the second-largest university in the United Kingdom by total enrolment and the largest by postgraduate enrolment.
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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University College London is the oldest and largest college of the University of London and is known as ‘London’s Global University’. It is ranked 9th globally (QS World University Rankings 2025) and 2nd in the UK for research power (2021 Research Excellence Framework).
University College's main building in the late 1820s, with its classical portico and dome. University College London (UCL) was founded on 11 February 1826, [1] under the name London University, as a secular alternative to the strictly religious universities of Oxford and Cambridge. It was founded with the intention from the beginning of it ...
Founded in 1826 in the heart of London, UCL is London's leading multidisciplinary university, with more than 16,000 staff and 50,000 students from over 150 different countries. We are a diverse community with the freedom and courage to challenge, to question and to think differently.
The University of London ( UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal [a] public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom.
With more than 400 undergraduate degree programmes and 42,000 students from 150 different countries, we’re London’s truly global university.
Everything you need to know about taught degrees. Our graduate taught degree programmes include Master’s and MRes programmes, a range of Graduate and Postgraduate Certificates and Diplomas, PGCEs and more.
