UCL Profile
World-class
The Sunday Times newspaper has described UCL as ‘an intellectual powerhouse with a world-class reputation’. We cannot offer you a more succinct description, but it is worth considering some of the factors that might have led to UCL being described in such glowing terms.
UCL is one of the highest ranked universities in the UK and has been placed among the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2011/12). But this recognition is not restricted to league tables. Independent evaluation in the UK’s 2008 Research Assessment Exercise has ranked the work of the vast majority of UCL’s departments as being of ‘world-leading’ quality. Another indicator of this world-class status is the fact that 21 of UCL’s former staff and students have been awarded a Nobel Prize.
Cutting-edge and innovative
The curriculum for each study area is continuously reviewed to ensure that it includes the latest discoveries and developments in the field – much of this is drawn from leading research undertaken by the staff who will teach you.
Known for pioneering new approaches in education, your study at UCL will provide a global perspective aimed at helping you identify, and potentially contribute to solutions for, problems and issues affecting the global community.
Training in study and personal skills is embedded in our approach, and our teaching embraces up-to-date methods in e-learning as well as vital personal interaction in small-group or one-to-one tutorials.
Diverse
Our students are selected on the basis of their talent and potential, irrespective of their social or national background. Around 38% of our students come from outside the UK, and from nearly 140 different countries. Our academic staff, drawn from 100 different countries, are similarly diverse. UCL has a cosmopolitan, friendly and inclusive atmosphere.
Key facts
- Founded 1826
- Over 24,000 students, of whom some 13,500 are undergraduates
- 52% female and 48% male students
- More than 9,200 students from outside the UK
- 51 academic units in ten faculties
- UCL staff currently includes 33 Fellows of the Royal Society, 10 of the Royal Academy of Engineering, 29 of the British Academy and 78 of the Academy of Medical Sciences
A world-class study abroad experience at UCL offers you a unique opportunity for academic challenge, enriching personal development and the acquisition of valuable life skills.
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