UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON 
Established in 1826 as London
University by
founders inspired by the radical ideas of Jeremy
Bentham, UCL was the first university
institution to be established in London, and the first in England to be
entirely secular and to admit students regardless of their religion. It was
also among the first university colleges to admit women alongside men in 1878,
two years after University College, Bristol.
UCL has its main campus in the Bloomsbury area of central
London, with a number of institutes and
teaching hospitals elsewhere in central London and has a second campus, UCL
East, at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London. UCL is organized into 11
constituent faculties, within which there are
over 100 departments, institutes, and research centers. UCL operates several
museums and collections in a wide range of fields, including the Petrie
Museum of Egyptian Archaeology and the Grant Museum of Zoology and
Comparative Anatomy, and administers the annual Orwell
Prize in political writing. In 2021-22,
UCL had a total income of £1.75 billion, of which £525 million was from
research grants and contracts. The university generates around £10 billion annually
for the UK economy, primarily through the spread of its research and knowledge
(£4 billion) and the impact of its own spending (£3 billion).
UCL is a member of numerous academic
organizations, including the Russell
Group and the League of European
Research Universities, and is part of UCL
Partners, the world's largest academic
health science center. It is considered part of the "golden triangle"
of research-intensive universities in southeast England. UCL has
publishing and commercial activities including UCL Press, UCL
Business, and UCL Consultants.
BLOOMSBURY CAMPUS
UCL Bloomsbury campus was founded nearly 200 years ago at the heart of
London. In addition, in the largest single expansion since its foundation,
UCL is now present at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, with the opening
of our pioneering UCL East campus in
autumn 2022. UCL is primarily based in the Bloomsbury area of the London Borough of Camden, in Central
London. The main campus is located
around Gower Street, with many
other departments close by in Bloomsbury. Many health institutes are
located close to associated hospitals.
The historic campus in London’s Bloomsbury district – traditionally a place for rebels and
innovators. At the heart of the Knowledge Quarter, is a consortium of over 90
academic, cultural, research, scientific, and media organizations. Close to a
wealth of academic resources – museums and libraries, academic and professional
bodies, theatres, hospitals, and medical institutes. Close collaboration and
partnerships with leading organizations and iconic institutes – such as the
British Library, British Museum, RIBA, Zoological Society of London, Institute
of Physics, the BBC, the Welcome Trust, etc. Also perfectly placed to
foster enterprise and business partnerships.
£1.25 billion was invested
in transforming UCL facilities. Brand new campus UCL East - opening in autumn
2022 - will be home to new degree programs, research, innovation, and technologies.
The new Student Centre - which opened in 2019 - provides an essential
space to think, explore, collaborate, discover, and challenge. We teach our
students how to think, not what to think. We are investing £281.6 million into
a new purpose-built biomedical facility that will house over 500 scientists
from across UCL's neuroscience community.
Reputation and rankings
In the 2023 Complete University Guide subject
tables, UCL was ranked in the top ten in 34 subjects out of 42 offered.
It was ranked top for American studies, linguistics, speech and language
therapy, and building. In the 2023 Guardian University Guide subject
tables, UCL is ranked top in construction, surveying, and planning. It was
ranked in the top ten for 21 of 31 subjects offered. UCL is ranked top in the 2023 Times/Sunday Times Good
University Guide for American studies, building, information systems
and management, liberal arts, and town and country planning. It is ranked in
the top ten for 31 of 44 subjects offered. The 2023 Good
University Guide also ranked UCL 98th in their social inclusion
ranking (covering England and Wales).
Global
UCL has been consistently ranked in the top 25 of the three
major global rankings published from 2013 to 2022, including being in the top
ten of the QS World University
Rankings over the whole of that period. In the 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities, UCL was ranked 18th in
the world, having been placed between 15th and 21st in the rankings from
2013 to 2022.
In the 2023 QS
World University Rankings (published in 2022), UCL was ranked 8th in
the world. It has ranked between 4th and 10th in the 2014 to 2023 league
tables. In the Times Higher Education World
University Rankings 2023, UCL was ranked 22nd in the
world, having ranked between 14th and 22nd in the 2014 to 2023
tables. In the Times Higher
Education World Reputation Rankings 2022, UCL was ranked 25th,
while in the Times Higher
Education Impact Rankings 2022 it was ranked 101–200.
In the 2022-2023 USNWR's
Best Global Universities, UCL was ranked 12th in the world.
UCL East
UCL
has a second campus under development at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, known as UCL East. The
first building, with three floors of teaching and research space as well as
student accommodation in two towers, opened in 2022, and a second is expected
to open in 2023. A further four buildings are planned for construction in
the 2030s. UCL also operates a campus within Here East,
the former Olympic Park media center.
Other
sites
Elsewhere in Central London are
the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology adjacent to Moorfield's Eye Hospital in Clerkenwell, the Royal Free Hospital and the Whittington Hospital campuses of the UCL Medical School, and a number of
other associated teaching hospitals. The UCL School of Management is on levels 38 and 50 (penthouse) of One
Canada Square in the financial
district of Canary Wharf. The UCL
Observatory and the Mullard Space Science
Laboratory are based in Holmbury
St Mary, Surrey. The UCL Athletics Ground is in Shenley, Hertfordshire.
Environmental initiatives
UCL's new Student Centre, which opened in
2019, was designed to be environmentally friendly and was one of only 320
buildings worldwide (at the time) to be certified outstanding by BREEAM. This
certification requires innovation throughout the design, engineering, and construction
process, and places the Student Centre among the top 1% of non-domestic
buildings in the UK for sustainability. The UCL Student Centre was a
finalist at the Green Gown Awards in 2019.
Also
in 2019, UCL launched a Strategy for Sustainable UCL 2019-24,
including three initiatives to promote sustainability. The Positive
Climate initiative saw UCL pledge to have a 40% reduction in energy
usage, for all energy to come from renewables, and for all UCL buildings to be carbon
neutral by 2024, along with achieving net zero carbon emissions
for UCL by 2030. The Positive Climate initiative was the
winner in the "2030 Climate Action" category at the 2020 Green Gown
Awards.
Faculties and departments
UCL's research and teaching are organized into eleven faculties,
each of which contains a number of schools, departments, and institutes. The
establishment of faculties and academic departments is formally the
responsibility of UCL's council, with advice from the academic board.
The faculties include:-
- Arts and Humanities
- Bartlett (Built Environment)
- Brain Sciences
- Engineering Sciences
- IOE
- Law
- Life Science
- Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Medical Sciences
- Population Health Sciences
- Social and Historical Sciences
These faculties also offer different programs such as:-
Undergraduate programs include:-
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Law
- Bachelor of Arts and Sciences
- Bachelor of Engineering
- Bachelor of Science (Econ)
- Engineer Foundation Year
- Bachelor of Fine Arts
Graduate programs include:-
- Postgraduate Certificate
- Master of Science
- Graduate Diploma
- Master of Research
- Master of Arts
- Master of Architecture
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Planning
- MPA
- Master of Fine Arts
- Master of Arts and Sciences
- LLM
- Master of Public Health
- Master of Clinical Dentist
Graduate Research includes:
- MPhil/PhD
- EngD
- DPsych
- EdD
- DBA Health
- MPhil
- MBPhD
- DEdPsy
- M Research + PhD
Libraries
UCL staff and students have full access to the main libraries of
the University of London – the Senate House Library and the libraries
of the institutes of the School of Advanced Study – which are located
close to the main UCL campus in Bloomsbury. These libraries contain over
3.7 million books and focus on the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The British
Library, which contains around 14 million books, is also located close to the
main UCL campus and all UCL students and staff can apply for reference access.
UCL's open-access institutional repository, UCL
Discovery, and UCL Press, UCL's open-access academic press are
managed by UCL Library Services.
Museums
UCL is responsible for several museums and collections in a wide
range of fields across the arts and sciences, including:
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Founded in 1892 by a
donation from Amelia Edwards of several hundred Egyptian items, the
museum now contains around 80,000 items and covers the history of the Nile valley
from prehistoric times through to the Islamic period. It is named after William
Flinders Petrie, the first Edwards Professor at UCL, who excavated dozens of
sites in his career and sold his collection to the college in 1913. The Petrie
Museum is a designated collection under the Arts Council
England Designation Scheme for "pre-eminent collections held in
museums, libraries, and archives across England."
Student Life
Staying safe as a student:
London is generally a very safe city, but there are a number of simple steps you can take to protect yourself from crime. There is a range of information and guidance on our Staying Safe at UCL webpages including information on tailgating, bike security, laptops and valuables, cash machine security, mobile phone snatching, and terrorism. Student Support and Wellbeing services offer a safe, confidential, and non-judgemental space. All support services are free of charge and open to all UCL students of all levels. Support is offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Events & Activities:
UCL events and activities are a new source for UCL students where students get the opportunity to participate in the events, learn from experts, showcase their talents, and acknowledge themselves with a chance to enhance their skills by involving in the events. From entertainment to education UCL is having it all on their campuses.
Accommodation:
UCL Accommodation offers a range of accommodations with halls conveniently located in central London. We also offer a range of room types, including single, single with an ensuite, twin rooms, and studios to suit different budgets. continue to add halls to our portfolio in order to meet the demand for places.
UCL, provide students with a home away from home, where they will feel comfortable and supported. As a resident in UCL halls, students can join in weekly activities and events organized in the hall, as part of Flourish, our residential life program. In UCL halls, the university has Student Residence Advisers (SRAs), who are there to provide pastoral support, signpost residents to UCL support services, and help students settle into university life.
SHOP:
The UCL shop is having customized a variety of UCL clothing, bags, bottles, stationery, accessories, gifts, and many more. Students can purchase any of these UCL customized products.
Food and Drink on campus:
A limited number of food and drink outlets are currently open on campus and providing a takeaway service only.
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