For me, academic research prospects at university is very important as I would like to pursue a research career after my degree. Even at first year undergraduate level there are opportunities to contribute to research and this is something that I am very pleased with as it is uncommon to have research experience so early on in a degree. What I also like is how willing professors and lecturers are to talk about their own research with you, and there are frequent poster presentations in my department for undergraduate/postgraduate students to show their research. Research done at UCL also often features on the news and in the media alongside other world class institutions, which I think is great.