How we perform

UCL is the top university in London and the second in the UK for research power.  93% of UCL's research is 4* ‘world leading’ and 3* ‘internationally excellent’ (REF 2021)

One of the top five universities in Europe and ninth in the world  (QS World University Rankings 2024)

UCL is ranked second for staff to student ratio in the UK with 10.9 students to each member of academic staff (The Complete University Guide 2024)

UCL is ranked 9th in the UK for Graduate Outcomes (The Complete University Guide 2024)

Nine Nobel Prize winners are associated with Life Sciences at UCL: A.V. Hill, Peter Medawar, Andrew Huxley, Henry Dale, Bernard Katz, James Black, Bert Sakmann, Martin Evans and John O’Keefe.