The UniversityofLondon, located in London, is a federal university composed of more than a dozen universities and research institutions in London. Like the University of California, it is also called "public federal university".
University of London is one of the largest university alliances in the world. It was formed by the merger of University College London and King's College London in 1836, and was granted the Royal Charter. At the beginning of its establishment, it was an examination institution of member colleges. After the expansion of 100 years, it has developed into a giant alliance including 18 independent colleges and 10 research institutes. All its colleges have independent university status and high degree of autonomy. They recruit students and rank independently. There are 9 colleges (including University College London, King's College London, London School of Economics and Political Science) in Imperial College London, London, which was once an affiliated college of London University. In July 2007, authorized by Queen Elizabeth II, it officially left the University of London and became an independent university.
2. What colleges are there in University of London?
University of London 18 List of Independent Colleges:
Five comprehensive research universities: University College London, King's College London, Queen Mary University London, Royal holloway College London and City College London.
Three colleges of humanities and social sciences: London School of Economics and Political Science, Berbeck College of London University, School of Asian and African Studies of London University, and Golden Smith College of London University.
1 Polytechnic: Imperial College London, London, London (independent)
1 Business School: London Business School
Four medical schools: Cancer Research UK, Royal Veterinary College, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, St George's College of London University.
Four art schools: Royal Conservatory of Music, University of London, Royal Central Academy of Speech and Drama, Cottodd College of Art..
1 Theological Seminary: Heathrow College, University of London (closed)
3. What is the relationship between University of London and UCL University?
The relationship between University of London and University College London, in short, University College London is a big family, and University College London is the eldest son!
University College London, UCL for short, is the highest ranked university in London. It is a G5 super elite university, a prestigious school in the Golden Triangle, a member of Russell University Group and a comprehensive research university. Its global ranking has been in the top 30. In recent years, due to the rapid development of scientific research level and economic strength, it has entered the forefront of the five largest universities in QS world. University College London ranked 10 in the global comprehensive ranking of QS world universities in 20 19, third in the UK and fourth in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 20 19.
Headquartered in the center of London, University College London consists of many scattered buildings with a long history and profound cultural heritage. Although UCL's buildings are all over London, the main part of the school is located in Burgoyle Street, broomes, in the center of London. Gower Street Campus includes UCL Science and Main Library, Language Department, History Department, Bloomsbury Theatre, Biology and Physics Department and Patrice Egyptian Archaeological Museum. Around Goyle Street and Goyle Street Square, there are a series of more buildings, including the Institute of Archaeology, the Department of Chemistry, the Institute of Architectural Environment of bartlett, and the Institute of Slavic and Eastern Europe.
University College London is the largest comprehensive university in Britain with the widest range of disciplines, including science and technology, medicine and political economy. It has not only the world's leading medical schools, economics schools, architecture schools and engineering schools, but also theoretical physics and mathematics, space science, statistics, life sciences, computational neuroscience, computer science, machine learning and artificial intelligence, electronic and electrical engineering, chemistry and chemical engineering, civil engineering, law, geography and so on.