University of London

The University of London, founded on February 28, 1836, is one of the world's largest and most prestigious universities, with between 10 and 20 percent of all UK students attending its colleges. Many universities in Britain and abroad began life as associate colleges of the University, offering its degrees under licence. In recent years this aspect of the university's work has revived, because of globalisation, and an increasing number of overseas academic institutes offer London University diplomas and degrees.

The university at first comprised just two colleges, University College London (UCL) and King's College, but now has over 15, many of which are major institutions in their own right. Besides UCL and King's, the most famous are the London School of Economics (LSE), School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Imperial College, and Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL).

The University is a federal body made up of a number of highly autonomous colleges and institutes, widely scattered across the greater London area. For most practical purposes, its constituent colleges are usually treated as individual universities. Under English law, some of these are Recognised Bodies with the authority to grant University of London degrees (which means that they enjoy the same status as institutions with their own degree-awarding power), while others are Listed Bodies that offer courses leading to degrees from the University of London (which means that they have the same status as the constitutent institutions of the University of Wales and the colleges of Oxford, Cambridge, and Durham).

Table of contents

1 Colleges and Institutions

1.1 Recognised Bodies
1.2 Listed Bodies

2 Notable Alumni
3 External link

Colleges and Institutions

The colleges and institutes of the University are, as of October 2003:

Recognised Bodies

Birkbeck, University of London
Goldsmiths College
Heythrop College
Imperial College, London, incorporating Imperial College at Wye
Institute of Cancer Research
Institute of Education
King's College, London (KCL), incorporating the Institute of Psychiatry and The Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine
London Business School
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) incorporating the medical schools of St Bartholomew's and the Royal London Hospital
Royal Academy of Music
Royal Holloway
Royal Veterinary College
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), incorporating the London School of Jewish Studies
School of Pharmacy
University College London (UCL), incorporating the Eastman Dental Institute, the Institute of Child Health, the Institute of Neurology, the Institute of Ophthalmology, the Royal Free and University College Medical School, the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), and the Slade School of Fine Art
St George's Hospital Medical School

Listed Bodies

British Institute in Paris

Courtauld Institute of Art
School of Advanced Study comprising the following institutes:
- Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
- Institute of Classical Studies
- Institute of Commonwealth Studies
- Institute of English Studies (including the Centre for Manuscript and Print Studies),
- Institute of Germanic Studies
- Institute of Historical Research
- Institute of Latin American Studies
- Institute of Romance Studies
- Institute of United States Studies
- The Warburg Institute
University Marine Biological Station, Millport

Notable Alumni

Notable persons who attended the University include:

External link

University of London website

Recognized bodies of the University of London

Listed bodies

British Institute in Paris | Courtauld Institute of Art | School of Advanced Study | University Marine Biological Station, Millport