University College London
University College London
main campus is located in the historic Bloomsbury area of central London, with a number of institutes and teaching hospitals elsewhere in central London. An affiliated satellite campus is located Doha, Qatar. is organised into 11 constituent faculties, within which there are over 100 departments, institutes and research operates several museums and manages collections in a wide range of fields, including the Museum of Egyptian Archaeology and the Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy. In 2014/15, had around 35,600 students and 12,000 staff (including around 7,100 academic staff and 980 professors) and had a total income of £1.18 billion, of which £427.5 million was from research grants and contracts.[2] is a member of numerous academic organisations, including group of universities, and is part of Partners, the world's largest academic health science ,[14] and the'golden triangle' of elite English universities.[15]is one of the most selective British universities and consistently ranks highly in national and international league tables.[16][17][18][19][20] graduates are ranked among the most employable in the world by international employers[21][22] and its alumni include the "Father of the Nation" of each of India, Kenya and Mauritius, the founders ,[23] modern Japan[24] and Nigeria,[25] the inventor of the telephone, and one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA. academics have contributed to major advances in several disciplines; all five of the naturally gases were discovered at by William Ramsay,[26] hormones were co-discovered at by Ernest ,[27] the vacuum tube was invented by graduate John Fleming while a faculty of,[28]and several advances in modern statistics were made at statistical science department founded Pearson.[29] There are at least 33 Nobel Prize winners and three Fields medalists alumni and current and former staff.[note 2]Despite the commonly held belief that the philosopher Jeremy Bentham was the founder of, his direct involvement was limited to the purchase of share No.633, at a cost of £100 paid in nine installments between December 1826 and January 1830. In 1828 he did nominate a friend to sit on the council, and in 1827 attempted to have his disciple John as the first professor of English or History, but on both occasions his candidates were unsuccessful.[33] This suggests that while his ideas may have been influential, he himself was less so. However Bentham is today commonly regarded as the "spiritual father" of , as his radical ideas on education and society were the inspiration to the institution's founders, particularly the Scotsmen James Mill (1773–1836) and Henry Brougham (1778–1868).[34]In 1827, the Chair of Political Economy at London University was created, with John Ramsay M as the first incumbent, establishing one of the first departments of economics in England.[35] In 1828 the university became the first in England to offer English as a subject[36] and the teaching of Classics and medicine began. In 1830, London University founded the London University School, which would later become University College School. In 1833, the university appointed Alexander Secretary to the Royal Geographical Society, as the first professor of geography in the UK. In 1834, University College Hospital (originally North London Hospital) opened as a teaching hospital for the university medical school.[37]In 1836, London University was incorporated by Royal Charter under the name University College, London. On the same day, the University of London was created by royal charter as a degree-awarding examining board for students from affiliated schools and colleges, with University College and King's College, London being named in the charter as the first two affiliates.[38]The School of Fine Art was founded in 1871 following a bequest from Felix.[39]In 1878 the University of London gained a supplemental charter making it the first British university to be allowed to award degrees to women. The same year, admitted women to the faculties of Arts and Law and of Science, although women remained barred from the faculties of Engineering and of Medicine (with the exception of courses on public health and hygiene).[40][41] While claims to have been the first university in England to admit women on equal terms to men, from 1878, the University of Bristol also makes this claim, having admitted women from its foundation (as a college) in 1876.[42] Armstrong College, a predecessor institution of Newcastle University, also allowed women to enter from its foundation in 1871, although none actually enrolled until 1881.[43] Women were finally admitted to medical studies during the First World War in 1917, although after the war ended limitations were placed on their numbers.[44]In 2005, was finally granted its own taught and research degree awarding powers and all new students registered from 2007/08 qualified with degrees. Also in 2005, adopted a new corporate branding, under which, among other things, the name University College London was replaced by the simple all external communications.[72] In the same year a major new £422 million building was opened for University College Hospital on Road,[73] the Ear Institute was established and a new building for the School of Slavonic and East European Studies was opened.In 2007, the Cancer Institute was opened in the newly constructed Paul Building. In August 200 Partners, an academic health science with Great Street Hospital for Children Trust, Eye Hospital Foundation Trust, Royal Free London Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust.[74] In 2008 established the School of Energy & Resources in Adelaide, Australia, the first campus of a British university in the country.[75] The School is based in the historic Torrens Building in Victoria Square and its creation followed negotiations between Vice Provost Michael and South Australian Premier Mike [76]In 2009, the was established Yale University, Yale School of Yale – New Haven Hospital.[77] It is the largest collaboration in the history of either university, and its scope has subsequently been extended to the humanities and social sciences.