2. In 2024, University College London ranked 9th among QS world universities.
3. USNews World University Ranking of University College London in 2023 12.
4. In 2023, University College London ranked 17 in the academic ranking of soft science universities.
5. University College London was founded in February 1826 1 1, formerly known as "University of London", and Jeremy Bentham is recognized as the "father of spirit" of University College London. In view of the fact that the only two universities in Britain at that time, Oxford University and Cambridge University, were strictly religious schools, University College London decided to become a secular choice other than religious universities. University College London was established and developed as a comprehensive university from the beginning, rather than a simple college or research institution. 183 1 year, the Whig-led British government successfully won a royal charter for university colleges, giving them the power to independently award degrees.