Latin: Universitas Londiniensis | ||||||||||||
Type | Public | |||||||||||
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Established | 1836 | |||||||||||
Chancellor | HRH The Princess Royal | |||||||||||
Vice-Chancellor | Professor Geoffrey Crossick | |||||||||||
Visitor | The Rt Hon Nick Clegg As Lord President of the Council | |||||||||||
Students | 135,090 internal (2005-2006)[1] 50,000 International Programmes[2] | |||||||||||
Location | , | |||||||||||
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Website | london.ac.uk |
The University of London is a university in London, England. It is a federal university made up of 31 affiliates. There are nineteen university institutions and twelve research institutes.[3]
The headquarters of the university, Senate House, is in Malet Street in the Bloomsbury area of Camden. This is near University College London and the British Museum.
The University of London is the largest university in the UK by number of full-time students, with 135,090 campus-based students and over 45,000 in the University of London International Programmes.
The constituent colleges are responsible for the teaching, the research or the individual students and staff of the constituent colleges; the university is not. The university is an administrative body responsible for standards, degree examinations and certification.
The university was first established by a Royal Charter in 1836, which brought together in federation London University (now University College London) and King's College (now King's College London).
Graduates of the University of London may use the post-nominal letters 'Lond.' or 'Londin.' (both from Londiniensis) after their degree abbreviations.
The university's biggest colleges are Birkbeck, Goldsmiths, King's College London, the London Business School, Queen Mary, Royal Holloway, SOAS, LSE and UCL.[4]