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The University of London, founded in 1836, is a federation of colleges which together constitute one of the world's largest universities. Somewhere between 10 and 20 percent of all UK students attend one of its colleges, which include some of the most prestigious places of study in the world. 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 University of London diplomas and degrees. The university at first comprised just two colleges, University College London (UCL) and King's College London (KCL), 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), the 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 greater London. 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 their own degrees (which means that they enjoy the same status as other 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).
1 Colleges and Institutions
The colleges and institutes of the University are, as of October 2003:
1.1 Recognised Bodies
- Birkbeck, University of London
- Goldsmiths CollegeGoldsmiths College (founded 1891 by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths as Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute has been a part of the federal University of London since 1904, when it took its current name. It specialises in courses and researc
- Heythrop CollegeHeythrop College is a college of the University of London situated in Kensington Square, Kensington, London. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in philosophy and theology, as well as research in related fields. It was founded in 1614 by the
- Imperial College London, incorporating Imperial College at Wye
- Institute of Cancer ResearchThe Institute of Cancer Research is a college within the University of London. It was founded in 1909. Amongs its accomplishments are the discovery of the BRCA2, which has been linked to breast cancer, and of the anti- cancer drugs carboplatin and tomudex
- Institute of EducationThe Institute of Education (IoE) is a post-graduate college and part of the University of London. It was founded in 1902 as a teacher training college and has since diversified into educational research. It has 1,000 students doing PGCEs, 600 research stu
- King's College London (KCL), incorporating the Institute of Psychiatry and The Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine
- London Business SchoolLondon Business School in London ( UK), established in 1965, is an international business school providing postgraduate degrees in management, including MBA ( Master of Business Administration) courses, as well as non-degree courses for business executive
- London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineThe London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is part of the University of London. It is a postgraduate specialising in public health and tropical medicine. It has 1,600 students. It was founded in 1899 as the London School of Tropical Medici
- Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) incorporating Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry
- 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
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