Motto | Cuncti adsint meritaeque expectent praemia palmae (Latin) |
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Motto in English | Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward |
Type | Public |
Established | 1826 |
Chancellor | HRH The Princess Royal (University of London) |
Provost | Prof. Malcolm Grant |
Students | 35,615[1] |
Undergraduates | 16,830[1] |
Postgraduates | 18,785[1] |
Location | |
Affiliations | European University Association G5 Golden Triangle (UK universities) League of European Research Universities Russell Group University of London Universities UK |
Website | www.ucl.ac.uk |
University College London (UCL) is a large university in London. It is the largest college of the federal University of London.[3] As well as undergraduate teaching, it is one of the largest research universities in the country.[4]
UCL was founded in 1826 as 'University College'. It was the first university institution to be founded in London and the first in England to be established on an entirely secular (non-religious) basis.[5] It admits students regardless of their religious beliefs. UCL was also the first admit women on equal terms with men.[6] University College became one of the two founding colleges of the University of London in 1836.
UCL has over 100 departments, institutes and research centres in eight faculties. Its main campus is in the Bloomsbury area of central London. There are also a number of institutes and teaching hospitals elsewhere in central London.
It has grown through mergers. These include the Institute of Neurology (in 1997), the Royal Free Hospital Medical School (in 1998), the Eastman Dental Institute (in 1999), the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (in 1999), the School of Pharmacy (in 2012) and the Institute of Education (in 2014).