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University College London - UCL • London, United Kingdom
UCL (University College London) is a world-leader in research, and one of the world’s very best universities, consistently placed in the global top 20 in a wide range of world rankings.Show more
Located in the city of London, England, the public research university gives access to its students to a great variety of cultural and academic resources as libraries, museums, and collections.
UCL was established in 1826 as London University, it was the first university institution in London, and the first university to admit any student regardless of their religion.
The University College London has its main campus in the Bloomsbury area of central London and it is formed by eleven constituent faculties, within which there are over 100 departments, institutes, and research centers. UCL assures that 90% of its students enter the workforce or further studies in a six-month period, and its graduates earn around £3,000 more than the national average.
UCL administrates different collection in a broad range of fields which includes the Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, and it also manages the annual Orwell Prize in political writing.
There are memorable and honorable alumni that have studied at this university, including the “Father of the Nation” of each of India, Kenya and Mauritius, the founders of Ghana, modern Japan and Nigeria, the inventor of the telephone, and one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA. UCL academics discovered five of the naturally occurring noble gases, invented the vacuum tube, co-discovered hormones, and made several foundational advances in modern statistics.
There are at least 29 Nobel Prize winners like Peter Higgs, Owen Willans Richardson, William Henry Braggand among others, and 3 Fields Medalists amongst UCL’s alumni and current and former staff.
UCL Union counts with over 50 sports clubs which includes UCL Cricket Club, UCL Rugby Club, UCL Boat Club and UCL Cross Country and Athletics Club.
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