UCL (University College London)
Gower Street, London, London, WC1E 6BT
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UCL (University College London)
London
About us
Founded in 1826 in the heart of London, UCL is London's leading multidisciplinary university. Through a progressive approach to teaching and research, our world-leading academics, curious students and outstanding staff continually pursue excellence, break boundaries, and make an impact on real-world problems.
UCL is home to centres of teaching excellence in subjects from medicine to languages, law to engineering and history to astrophysics.
- Consistently ranked amongst the top 10 universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2025)
- World-leading, world-impacting research (Research Excellence Framework 2021)
- 400+ degree programmes
- Students from more than 150 countries
- 32 Nobel laureates
- An award-winning sustainable university (People & Planet University; QS Sustainability Rankings 2025)
- Over 450 student clubs and societies
- In the heart of London, the world's best student city (QS Best Student Cities 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
What makes us different
We’re proud of our ground-breaking history, distinguished present and exciting future.
- UCL sits at the heart of one of the most dynamic cities in the world, with Oxford Street, the British Museum, the British Library and the theatreland of the West End within 20 minutes’ walk of our Bloomsbury campus
- Our UCL East campus in Stratford is made for collaboration, set within an innovation district that brings technology and biodiversity together to create the sustainable cities of the future
- We are in the top 20 worldwide for graduate employability (QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022)
- UCL utilises partnerships with industry to provide students with unique opportunities and applicable knowledge – 47% of UCL undergraduate students are on programmes accredited/endorsed by professional bodies (Teaching Excellence Framework 2023)
- Our staff to student ratio is 1:10.9, one of the best of any public UK university (The Complete Guardian University Guide 2025)
Course locations
London, Bloomsbury
Gower Street, Camden, WC1E 6BT
Main Site
Admissions, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
London, Stratford (UCL East)
UCL East, Marshgate 1, 7 Sidings Street, Stratford, London, E20 2AE
Archway Campus
Royal Free & University College Medical School, Whittington Hospital, Islington, N19 5NF
Main Site
Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
London, Canary Wharf
1 Canada Square, London, E14 5AA