#2 for Research Power
Research Excellence Framework (REF)London voted best student city
QS Best Student CitiesAbout UCL
UCL is a multi-disciplinary university, home to centres of teaching excellence in subjects from medicine to languages, law to engineering and history to astrophysics.
- World-leading, world-impacting research
- 400+ degree programmes
- Students from more than 150 countries
- 33 Nobel laureates
- An award-winning sustainable university
- Over 450 student clubs and societies
- In the heart of London, Europe’s best student city
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Cutting-edge facilities
We are investing in a university fit for the 21st century and beyond. At UCL you'll find all the cutting-edge facilities you need to achieve great things.
Research-based education
At UCL, your undergraduate programme is informed by the world-leading research of our incredible academic staff.
Careers and employability
At UCL we take your future ambitions seriously and provide you with the support you need to realise your full potential.
Your global alumni community
As a UCL student, you become a lifelong member of a truly global community.
A vibrant social life
As a student, you are automatically a member of Students' Union UCL, and UCL's policy of keeping Wednesday afternoons free of teaching allows you to take part in social or sporting activities.
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A global outlook
UCL Global
Around 53% of our students come from outside the UK, from more than 150 countries, and UCL has a friendly and cosmopolitan atmosphere. We work hard to embed a global perspective in all our teaching.
Go abroad with UCL
There are plenty of opportunities to study abroad for a term or a year – around 25% of our students spend some time in another country as part of their degree programme.
UCL Grand Challenges
Since 2008, UCL Grand Challenges has united 850+ researchers from 170 areas and funded 442 projects with over £1.9m.
At the cultural heart of London
Lose yourself in The National Gallery, Tate Modern and the British Museum.
Alongside UCL libraries, access 385 public libraries.
Check out local entertainment venues, including the Royal Albert Hall, Barbican, Abba Voyage and Sadler's Wells East, and famous film venues such as the Prince Charles Cinema and National Film Theatre.
Access London's vibrant business community and a wide breadth of employers, from finance in the City of London and Canary Wharf, to creative industries at East Bank, London's new cultural quarter.
Our iconic London locations give our students access not only to the best in entertainment and nightlife, but also globally renowned cultural and academic resources.
UCL East
Discover UCL East
Our East campus is nestled in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as part of East Bank, London’s new cultural quarter.
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