The Institute for Advanced Studies of the University of London is responsible for the management of the following research institutions: British Higher Law School, Courtauld College of Art, Classical College, Commonwealth College, English College (including manuscript and printing research center), Germanic Language College, History College, Latin American College, Romans College, American College, warburg College, Marine Biology Research Station of Milport University and Paris College of London University. University College London: The college was born in 1826, which is the product of the liberal movement in the early 9th century. It is also the oldest and largest college in dozens of colleges of University of London (with more than 8,000 students). The University College consists of 7 departments (Art Department, Law Department, Natural Science Department, Engineering Department, Environmental Studies Department, Medical Department and Clinical Department), 74 teaching and clinical laboratories and 5 colleges (Art College, Dental College, Library, Archives, Information Research College, Architecture and Planning College and middlesex Medical College), among which the Engineering Department is the earliest department in Britain. Universities and colleges can award bachelor's degrees, master's degrees and doctor's degrees and carry out postdoctoral research.
King's College London: 1829 was established with the approval of the British royal family and is the second university college of London University. 1985, Queen Elizabeth College (built in 1908) and Chelsea College (built in 189 1) merged into King's College. There are seven departments (Arts and Music Department, Education Department, Engineering Department, Law Department, Life Science Department, Mathematics and Natural Science Department, Theology and Religious Studies Department) and an affiliated medical and dental college (with 1200 beds, the dental hospital can receive 65,438+10,000 patients every year).
Queen Mary University of London: Queen Mary College was founded in 1885, and 19 15 joined the University of London. The school has nearly 20,000 students, more than 7,000 overseas students, more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 20 major subjects. Now it is one of the largest colleges in the school. Queen Mary University of London offers a series of advanced research degrees: doctor's degree, master's degree, master's degree and master's degree in law, and bachelor's degree, covering more than 240 professional courses. Of all the colleges in the University of London, only Queen Mary College concentrates all its teaching, research and accommodation on the campus in central London. The university's main campus is located in Mile End, east London, and the other four campuses are located in central London.
London School of Economics and Political Science: The school was founded on 1895, and 1900 was merged into the University of London. It enjoys a high international reputation in the field of social science research, and has produced 17 Nobel Prize winners, including Coase, Hayek, Mundell and Krugman, among which 12 are Nobel Prize winners in economics. There are 3890 students (including international students), and the highest degree is doctor. The main subjects are economics, economic history, social science and management, social statistics, demography, international relations, international history, law and social psychology.
London Institute of Asian and African Studies: Founded in 19 16, it is one of the major centers for Asian and African studies in Europe. Its main courses include economics, politics, history, geography, religion, anthropology, linguistics, art, architecture, music and nearly 30 language and literature courses. It is one of the world's outstanding Asian-African research centers, an important think tank for formulating relevant Asian-African strategies in Europe, and the only higher education institution in Britain specializing in Asia, Africa, the Near East and the Middle East.
Royal holloway College: the full name of Royal holloway and Bedford New College, which was formed by the merger of Bedford College and Royal holloway College, was awarded the Royal Charter by Queen Victoria in 1886. The school is located in Surrey, a suburb of London, with a campus area of 100 acre. It has been 80 years since it was founded, and only girls are enrolled. Now it is a new coeducational college. 1982 the college invested 20 million pounds to expand the school building, 1986 was completed. The main majors are computer science, art, mathematics, earth science, life science and physics, and the highest degree is doctor.
Berbeck College, University of London: Founded by the Birbeck Foundation in 1823, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in University of London. It is one of the five institutions of higher learning in Britain that do not participate in business rankings (the other four are the Institute of Advanced Studies, London Business School, Sotheby's College of Art, etc.). ). Berbeck College mainly trains graduate students and doctors, and is closely related to the City of London and various industries. Berbeck College prefers students with work experience, and the number of students enrolled in China this year is very small. In 20 13/20 14, the total number of students in China was about 30 (including undergraduates, postgraduates and doctoral students), accounting for only two thousandths of the total number of students in the college. This university enjoys the highest academic standards in Britain.
Goldsmith College: College of Fine Arts, University of London, majoring in art and creativity. 1904 was merged into University of London, with 2,500 full-time students, 800 full-time students and 4,000 adult education students. 3/4 students (excluding adult students) study for students and master's or doctoral degrees.
College of Education, University of London: Founded in 1902, it has been affiliated to University of London since 1932. It is one of the most important higher education and research centers in Europe, and its pedagogy ranks first in Britain with Oxford University. Now it has been merged into University College London.
Heathrow college: The theological seminary of the University of London has a theology department and an art department, and more than half of the undergraduates are working.
Courtauld College of Art: Founded in 1932, it is mainly engaged in the research of art history and art restoration, teaching activities of bachelor's, master's and doctor's degree courses in this discipline, and postgraduate courses also include clothing history, painting, murals, textiles, etc. The Institute of Advanced Studies in Law was established in 1947. As an important research institution of University of London, it is an academic center that provides law teaching and research for graduate students, and also provides teaching services for law undergraduates in other colleges.
City University of London was founded in 1848 and has a history of 160 years. It is the third largest comprehensive national university in Britain and the largest comprehensive university in London. City University of London is a national university officially approved by the British government and one of the first foreign universities accredited by the Ministry of Education of China government. For a long time, the school has been supported by the British royal family and government. Prince Philip has been providing financial support for the school to promote its development. Today, the university has developed into the largest comprehensive national university in London and one of the largest universities in Britain. As a modern university with a teaching history of one hundred years, our school has more than 35,000 students, including 7,000 international students from more than 50 countries and regions, accounting for110 of the total number of international students in London. According to the statistics of British Higher Education Quality Statistics Agency, our school is the most popular university in London. University History City University of London was merged from City Hall University of London (now London City Campus) and University of North London (now London North Campus) on August 1 2002, which initiated the merger of the two universities in the history of British national universities. Before the merger, the two universities had a long history, and they provided quality education services in the north and east of London respectively. At the meeting attended by University of London and City University of London on July 5, 2065438/KLOC-0, UOL representatives announced that City University of London had joined UOL. (managed by an administrative agency designated by the University of London)
The following research institutions are all responsible for their main administrative work by the Institute for Advanced Studies of the University of London designated by the University of London Headquarters. This small and sophisticated research-oriented college is different from the above-mentioned independently managed university college. These research institutions have fewer daily teaching tasks and do not recruit undergraduates. They mainly focus on the research tasks assigned by HEFCE and other relevant departments, so they do not participate in any university rankings. These research institutions affiliated to Longda Institute of Advanced Studies have a long history and enjoy a world reputation, and some of them also manage the national professional library.
The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (ILS) was established in 1945, mainly engaged in legislative research in the Commonwealth and the European Union, and managed several world-class legal journals. As an important research institution of University of London, it is an academic center that provides law teaching and research for graduate students, and also provides teaching services for law undergraduates in other colleges. The firm has close cooperation with top domestic law firms and arbitration committees, and hosts the "China Commercial Dispute Resolution Summit Forum" held in the firm every year.
The Institute of History (IHR), established in 192 1, is the historical research center of London University and even Britain, and is striving to become the center of the world historical circle, with the American Research Center under it. Together with Cambridge University, the Institute is listed as the most important historical research institution in Britain, and its collection includes the main historical documents of Britain 1000 years. The Historical Research it manages is the most authoritative academic journal in British history. The Institute has close academic exchanges with Peking University and Nanjing University in China.
institute of philosophy of chinese academy of social sciences
The Institute of Classical Studies (ICLS) was established in 1953, mainly engaged in the study of ancient Greek and Roman languages and literature. It is open to teachers, graduate students and scholars from various colleges of the University of London and other universities (including overseas universities), but it does not directly recruit students.
Commonwealth Studies Institute (ICWS) was established in 1949, mainly engaged in the teaching and research of social sciences and Commonwealth history.
Music research institute
English institute (including manuscript and printing research center)
The Institute of Modern Languages (IMLR) was established in 1950, mainly engaged in the study of German language and literature.
Institute of Modern Languages (IMLR), British Romantic Institute (incorporated into the Institute of Modern Languages, established in 1989).
The Latin American Institute (ILAS), founded in 1965, is the coordination center of the University of London and even Latin American research and teaching institutions.
Warburg College Warburg College (WI), founded in 1905, is the most authoritative research institution of medieval art history in Britain. Its collection even includes some important literary and artistic works in the Middle Ages in Europe, which has extremely precious historical value. The Institute was merged into the University of London on 1944, mainly engaged in the teaching and research of the history of European thought, culture, art and science, and also offered a master's degree course in philosophy, and was responsible for the thesis defense of relevant master's and doctoral degrees in the University of London.
Slavic and Eastern European Institute (mainly engaged in the study of language, literature, history, economy and present situation of the former Soviet Union and Eastern European countries, merged into University College London after the end of the Cold War).
Paris College: Founded in 1894, it is now one of the affiliated colleges of University of London. There are French Department (mainly for British undergraduates) and English Department (the main courses include language, literature, translation and English training, etc. ). British Medical Postgraduates Association: founded in 1945, and merged into London University two years later. There are seven professional medical schools: Cancer Institute, Child Health Institute, Dental Institute, Neurology Institute, Psychiatry Institute, Ophthalmology Institute and Cardiothoracic Disease Institute. Charing Cross Hospital and Westminster Medical College merged Charing Cross Hospital Medical College (founded in 18 18) and Westminster Medical College (founded in 1834) into one of the affiliated colleges of University of London, which can award bachelor's and master's degrees. London Hospital Medical College London Hospital was founded in 1740, renamed in 1785, and later merged into the University of London. Full-time students are enrolled in medical majors, and clinical medicine courses are only open to Oxford University and Cambridge University.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: founded in 1924, it is one of the affiliated colleges of London University. Tropical Disease Hospital is a teaching hospital, and its main specialties include community health, epidemiology, human nutrition, medical demography, medical microbiology, medical parasitology, medical statistics, occupational health and tropical medicine. The students in this college come from more than 90 countries, and the highest degree is doctor.
Royal College of Veterinary Medicine: founded in 179 1 year, 1875 and merged into the University of London. Bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctor's degree can be awarded. St. bartholomew Hospital, Medical College of St. bartholomew Hospital, was built in 1 123, and the first lecture was held in 1662, which enrolled students. 192 1 changed its name and became one of the affiliated colleges of University of London. The highest degree is doctor of philosophy in medicine.
St George's Medical College: Established in 175 1, it offers a series of interdisciplinary undergraduate and postgraduate medical degrees. The departments include: Department of Medicine and Biomedicine, Department of Health and Social Nursing, among which the colleges include College of Basic Medicine, College of Clinical Development Science, College of Cell and Molecular Medicine, College of Community Health Science, College of Mental Health, and Medical and Health Nursing Education Center.
Jewish College: Founded in 1855, the art department offers Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic (the lingua franca of ancient West Asia), Syrian, Talmud and Hebrew language and literature in the Middle Ages.
London Business School: Founded in 1965, it mainly offers two-year master's programs and three-year doctoral programs. The enrollment target is about 27-year-old undergraduate graduates with six years of work experience.
Royal Conservatory of Music: founded in 1883, taught by music teachers.
Trinity Conservatory of Music: founded in 1872, taught by music teachers. Other academic institutions of the University of London include the Observatory of the University of London (built on Mill Hill outside 1929), the Audiovisual Center of the University of London (built on 1968), the Botanical Garden of the University of London, the University Computer Service Department (with 7 service centers), the University Marine Biological Experiment Station (built on Cambre Island) and the University Library (with 2 million books and periodicals). In addition, each college and research institute has its own library, among which the library of university college has 6.5438+0.5 million volumes), the Atomic Reactor Center of University of London and the Center for International and Regional Studies of University of London.
Imperial College London (independence)
Imperial College of University of London was founded in 1907, and it is an affiliated college of Federal University of London. In July, 2007, the College officially left the University of London and became an independent university. In China, it is usually called London Imperial College London, or simply Imperial College London. According to The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) ranking of global universities in 2007, London and Imperial College London ranked fifth in the world.
As a university featuring science, technology and medicine, Imperial College London enjoys the reputation of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and its research level ranks among the top three in Britain. There are about 2,800 researchers, of whom 53 are members of the Royal Society and 57 are members of the Royal Society of Engineering. Among the past members of Imperial College London, there are 14 Nobel Prize winners and 2 Faldts Prize winners. In 2004/5, the total number of students was1152, of which overseas students (non-EU) accounted for about 26.5%. Imperial College London ranks third in the ranking of British universities. In addition to the departments of science, engineering and medicine, its business schools rank among the top in the UK and in the middle of the top 100 global business schools ranked by the Financial Times.
On February 9, 2005, 65438, the college announced that it would withdraw from the Federal University of London in 2007 and officially began negotiations with the University of London. Sir Mr. Howard Davies, Dean of the London School of Economics and Political Science, issued a statement saying that the London School of Economics and Political Science, University College London and King's College London decided not to quit the University of London, but the London School of Economics and Political Science and King's College London will begin to award their degrees to freshmen who entered the school in September 2007. Imperial College London officially left the University of London on July 8, 2007, and celebrated its centenary.