1827, UCL established the first department of economics in Britain.
In 1828, UCL became the first university in Britain to start awarding degrees in English literature and offering medical courses.
1834, UCL established the University College Hospital to provide clinical medicine teaching and research for the University Medical College.
1836, the University of London was officially named University College London, and together with the newly established King's College London, the University of London was established.
187 1 year, Sadr College of Art in London was established, aiming at the research in the art field.
From 65438 to 0878, University College London became the first institution of higher learning in Britain to grant women the same educational rights as men.
1907, the University of London was reorganized again, and some new colleges and institutions joined the alliance. Colleges in the alliance, including UCL, lost their legal independence and unified the degrees of London University.
1959, Jewish college merged into UCL.
1966, UCL established the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, becoming one of the earliest universities in the world to conduct outer space research.
From 65438 to 0973, UCL became the first international link of ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet.
From 65438 to 0977, UCL of University College London resumed its independent existence in law, but it did not restore its right to issue degrees independently.
1986, UCL merged with London Archaeological Institute.
From 65438 to 0988, UCL merged London Otolaryngology Research Institute, London Orthopedic Research Institute, London Urology Research Institute and mihir Medical College.
From 65438 to 0994, UCL merged with London Institute of Language and Communication.
From 65438 to 0995, UCL merged with the London Institute of Ophthalmology.
From 65438 to 0996, UCL merged with Podiatry College.
From 65438 to 0997, UCL merged with the London Institute of Neurology.
From 65438 to 0998, UCL Medical College and Royal Free Hospital Medical College were successfully merged into a new medical college. This achievement, together with many existing medical research institutions of UCL (Institute of Pediatrics, Institute of Neurology, Institute of Eastman Dentistry and Institute of Ophthalmology), has made UCL one of the world's leading biomedical research centers.
From 65438 to 0999, UCL merged the Eastern European College in London and the Hysmans Institute of Dentistry.
In 200 1 year, UCL established the first institute of criminology in the world, aiming at reducing the crime rate.
In 2003, University College London established the London Nano Research Center in cooperation with Imperial College London in London to carry out research in the field of nanotechnology.
In 2002, University College London and Imperial College London planned to integrate the resources of the two universities and reorganize them to form a top university in Britain. The merger plan was strongly resisted by faculty and UCL students' union, and was finally cancelled.
On August 1 2003, Professor Malcolm Grant succeeded Sir Derek as the new principal, and Sir Derek himself retired as the nominal administrator of the school. A year after his inaugural speech, Professor Malcolm began to strengthen UCL's international ties and build UCL into a global university in London. During his tenure, the school has obviously strengthened its ties with many internationally renowned universities such as Yale University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In 2005, UCL resumed self-awarding and awarding degrees from University College London.
In 2006, UCL merged with the Institute of Pediatrics in London. In 2007, UCL established the Cancer Institute.
In 2008, UCL became the largest medical research institution in Europe with four world-renowned hospitals.
In 2008, UCL established a branch school in Adelaide, Australia, focusing on environmental and energy research.
In 2009, UCL announced that it would join the elite education system in Britain, such as Cambridge University and London School of Economics. For some popular majors, undergraduates are required to obtain A-LevelA*.
In 2009, University College London cooperated with Yale University in the field of biomedicine. Richard levin, president of Yale University, said that the cooperation with UCL was the largest in the history of Yale University, and then University College London and Yale University started a joint master's program. The doctoral program with Yale University has been put on the agenda. Michael domingues, a professor of biology at Yale University, said that if it is successful, it will become the best biological doctoral program in the world.
In 20 12, UCL merged with London College of Pharmacy.
20 14, UCL merged with the College of Education, University of London (IOE). It is worth mentioning that IOE ranks first in the world QS education professional rankings. Export College has more world-class educational researchers than Oxford University, Cambridge University, Bristol University, Leeds University, Warwick University and York University combined.
University College London has a long history, dating back to19th century. University College London was established in February 1826+0 1, with the intention of becoming a secular substitute for religious universities (Oxford University and Cambridge University). University College London was founded as a university, not a college, and it was named after London University. However, the establishment of University College London was strongly opposed by the English Church. The Church of England made every effort to prevent University College London from obtaining the royal charter necessary for conferring degrees. It was not until 1836 that University College London and King's College London formed the University of London in the modern sense. University of London and one of its founding colleges, University College London, have been legally recognized and awarded degrees from University of London. University College London and King's College London are now considered as the two founding colleges of the University of London.
Whether UCL University is the third oldest university in Britain has been controversial. In England, other higher education institutions can be traced back to their educational heritage before their establishment; For example, the University of Nottingham can be traced back to 1798, but the University of Nottingham was formerly a vocational school under the jurisdiction of the University of London, and it was not until 1948 that it was granted a "Royal Charter" to confirm its university status. So from a university perspective, Nottingham University is relatively young. In contrast, King's College London; ; Abbreviation: KCL) was established after UCL, but obtained royal charter before UCL. Therefore, some people think KCL is older than UCL. The more controversial fact is that although they are both universities, technically, UCL and University of London are not independent universities, but colleges under the Federal University of London. Generally speaking, it can be pointed out that UCL is an early member of the rapidly expanding university system in Britain. Other early members included Durham University, which passed a parliamentary bill in 1832. At the same time, it is worth admitting that the secularity of UCL is unique. Thomas Arnold called it "the godless institution on Goyle Street".
UCL is the first higher education institution in Britain that does not consider students' racial, religious or political positions. At the same time, it may be the first university to admit and recognize that women enjoy the same rights as men. The University of Bristol also claimed that it was the first university to recognize and recognize women, but it is worth pointing out that UCL and Bristol University both awarded the degree of London University at that time, so the admission of female students may be carried out at the same time.
UCL is a university with a student union in Britain. But before 1945, both male and female students had their own independent student union.
UCL is the first university to set up professorships in the following disciplines: chemical engineering, chemistry (UCL chemistry department was first established in Britain), Egyptology, papyrus, electronic engineering (UCL electronic engineering department was also first established in Britain), English, French, German, Italian, geography and zoology.