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{{Infobox University
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|motto = ''Cuncti adsint meritaeque expectent praemia palmae'' ([[Latin]])
|mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward
|established = 1826
|type = [[Public university|Public]]
|endowment = [[Pound sterling|£]]105.1 million <ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/finance/report_accounts07/report_accounts07.pdf]</ref>
|staff =
|faculty = 3,800
|provost = Prof. [[Malcolm Grant]]
|students = 21,620<ref name="HESA">{{cite web |url=http://www.hesa.ac.uk/holisdocs/pubinfo/student/institution0506.htm |title=Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2005/06 |work=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency]] online statistics |accessdate=2007-03-31}}</ref>
|undergrad = 11,970<ref name="HESA" />
|postgrad = 9,650<ref name="HESA" />
|city = [[Bloomsbury]], [[Central London]].
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'''University College London''' ('''UCL''') is a multi-faculty university institution based in the [[United Kingdom]] and a constituent college of the [[University of London]]. Ranked among the top ten universities in the world, it was founded in 1826, as ''London University'', and was the first British university institution established on a secular basis and also the first to admit students regardless of race, class, religion and gender. In 1836, London University and [[King's College London]] established the University of London, and UCL received its current name.

Today, with over 25,000 staff and students, UCL is larger than most other universities in the United Kingdom, and operates in many ways as an independent university in its own right, awarding its own degrees,<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/current-students/examinations/degree-awarding/faq/ Degree Awarding, University College London]</ref> while remaining a constituent college of the University of London. UCL is a member of the elite [[Russell Group|Russell Group of Universities]], a part of the '[[G5 (British Universities)|G5]]' sub-group of super-elite UK universities, and a part of the [[Golden Triangle (UK universities)|Golden Triangle]].<ref>{{PDFlink|http://www.ucl.ac.uk/images/Uni-Lon.pdf|225&nbsp;KB}}</ref>

According to the [[League tables of British universities|UK university league tables]], UCL is one of the UK's top three multi-faculty universities (along with the universities of Oxford and Cambridge) and in 2007 had an annual turnover of nearly £600 million.<ref> UCL ACCOUNTS FOR 2007.{{PDFlink|http://www.ucl.ac.uk/finance/report_accounts07/report_accounts07.pdf [[Kibibyte|162&nbsp;KB]]}}</ref>

The current Provost and President of UCL is Professor [[Malcolm Grant]].<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/provost/ UCL Provost and President<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>

UCL is a member of the [[UCL Partners]] [[Academic Health Science Centre|academic health science partnership]].

==Geography and location==
University College London (UCL) is located in [[Bloomsbury]], central [[London]]. The [[UCL Main Building|main campus]] is located on [[Gower Street (London)|Gower Street]]<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/about-ucl/location/maps Campus location maps, University College London]</ref>, although there are also other UCL buildings to be found throughout London. The Gower Street campus includes the UCL science and main libraries, the language departments, the history departments, [[The UCL Bloomsbury|the Bloomsbury theatre]], the biology and physics departments, and the [[Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology]]. A further set of buildings based around neighbouring Gordon Street and [[Gordon Square]] includes the [[Institute of Archaeology]], the chemistry department, the philosophy department [[the Bartlett]] School of The Built Environment and the [[School of Slavonic and East European Studies]].

The area around UCL is occupied by a constellation of other renowned institutions, including the [[British Museum]], the [[British Library]], the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], the [[British Medical Association]], and other University of London schools and institutes, including the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[Birkbeck, University of London]], the [[Institute of Education]], the [[Wellcome Trust]], the [[School of Advanced Study]] and the [[Senate_House_(University_of_London)#Senate_House_Library| Senate House Library]], which houses the University of London's world-class research collections, focussing on the arts, humanities and social sciences. (All UCL students on degree courses, and all UCL staff have full access to this library and its electronic resources).

The nearest [[London Underground]] station to the main UCL campus is [[Euston Square tube station|Euston Square]]. Other nearby stations are [[Warren Street tube station|Warren Street]], [[Russell Square tube station|Russell Square]] and [[Goodge Street tube station|Goodge Street]], as well as [[Euston station|Euston railway station]].

==History==
{{main|History of University College London}}
[[Image:The London University by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd 1827-28.JPG|right|thumb|''The London University'' as drawn by [[Thomas Hosmer Shepherd]] and published in 1827/28 (now [[UCL Main Building]]).]]
UCL was founded in 1826 under the name ''London University'', as a [[secular]] alternative to the religious universities of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]].<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/about-ucl/history History of UCL<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> As such, it is often described as the [[Third oldest university in England debate|third oldest English university]], although other institutions sometimes try to claim this title.

[[Image:Jeremy Bentham Auto-Icon.jpg|left|thumb|Jeremy Bentham's preserved corpse, dressed in Bentham's own clothes, is on daily, public display in UCL's South Cloister; a testament to his radical independence of thought, even after death.]] While the philosopher [[Jeremy Bentham]] is seen as the moving spirit behind the establishment of this new university for London, he personally took no part in the university's creation. Crucially, however, it was Bentham's powerful, radical ideas on education and society that had inspired the institution's founders, particularly the Scotsmen [[James Mill]] (1773-1836) and [[Henry Brougham]] (1778-1868), and shaped its creation. .<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Bentham-Project/info/jb.htm UCL Bentham Project<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>

In 1836 the so-called ''London University'' became known as University College, London <ref> The comma between the words College and London was commonly used until recently. </ref> when, under a Royal charter, it worked with the recently established [[King's College London]] to create the federal [[University of London]].

In 1907, the University of London was formally reconstituted with a new Royal charter, and new institutions joined the federation. Under this re-organisation it was necessary for each of the various institutions that now formed the University of London to lose their separate legal existences, and all offered degrees of the University of London. This situation continued until 1977 when a new charter restored UCL's independence, although - at that time - not the power to award its own degrees.<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/about-ucl/history/landmarks Landmarks<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>

Eventually, in 2005 UCL was once again granted its own taught and research Degree Awarding Powers (DAP), and all new UCL students registered from 2007-08 qualify with UCL degrees rather than degrees of the University of London. The majority of continuing students who were enrolled on taught-degree programmes before the academic year 2007-08 had the choice of whether to receive a UCL degree or a University of London degree. These changes did not apply to students registered on the MBBS programme, or federal degrees, who continued to be awarded University of London degrees. Despite these DAP changes, UCL retains its strong links with the University of London.<ref>'UCL Unveils New Academic Dress' in ''UCL News''. URL: < http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0803/08032602 >, was live on 25 July 2008 </ref>

In May 2008, UCL became the first UK university with a campus in Australia, establishing the UCL School of Energy & Resources, Australia (SERAus) in Adelaide.<ref>'UCL School of Energy & Resources, Australia, to be established' in ''UCL News'' (29 May 2008), ://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0805/08052901 (accessed 1 August 2008)</ref>

==Academic reputation==

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| 5<sup>th</sup><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/displayPopup/0,,102571,00.html |title=The Times Good University Guide 2007 - Top Universities 2007 League Table|work=[[The Times]]|accessdate=2007-11-03}}</ref>
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| 6<sup>th</sup><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/displayPopup/0,,32607,00.html |title=The Times Top Universities |work=[[The Times]]|accessdate=2007-11-03}}</ref>
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|7<sup>th</sup><ref name="Guardian 2008">{{cite web |url=http://browse.guardian.co.uk/education?SearchBySubject=&FirstRow=29&SortOrderDirection=&SortOrderColumn=GuardianTeachingScore&Subject=University+ranking&Institution= |title=University ranking by institution |work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=2007-10-29}}</ref>
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|4<sup>th</sup><ref name="Guardian 2006">{{cite web |url=http://browse.guardian.co.uk/education/2006?SearchBySubject=&FirstRow=20&SortOrderDirection=&SortOrderColumn=GuardianTeachingScore&Subject=Institution-wide&Institution= |title=University ranking by institution |work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=2007-10-29}}</ref>
|7<sup>th</sup><ref name="Guardian 2005">{{cite web |url=http://education.guardian.co.uk/universityguide2005/table/0,,-5163901,00.html?start=40&index=3&index=3 |title=University ranking by institution |work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=2007-10-29}}</ref>
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| 5<sup>th</sup><ref name="Sunday_times 2008/09">{{cite web |url=http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/stug/universityguide.php |title=The Sunday Times University League Table |work=[[The Sunday Times]]|accessdate=2008-10-08}}</ref>
| 5<sup>th</sup><ref name="Sunday_times 2006/05">{{cite web |url=http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/stug2006/stug2006.pdf |title=The Sunday Times University League Table |work=[[The Sunday Times]]|accessdate=2007-11-03}}</ref>
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| 9 <sup>th</sup><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/overall_rankings/top_100_universities/ |title=THES - QS World University Rankings |accessdate=2007-12-24}}</ref>
| 25<sup>th</sup><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2006/overall_top_200_full_details/ |title=THES - QS World University Rankings 2006 |work=[[THES]]|accessdate=2007-11-03}}</ref>
| 28<sup>th</sup><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2005/top_200_universities/ |title=THES - QS World University Rankings 2005 |work=[[THES]]|accessdate=2007-11-03}}</ref>
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| 22<sup>nd</sup><ref>[http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/ARWU2008_A(EN).htm Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2008]</ref>
| 25<sup>th</sup><ref>[http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2007/ARWU2007FullListByRank.pdf Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2007]</ref>
| 26<sup>th</sup><ref>[http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2006/ARWU2006FULLLIST-BY%20RANK%20(PDF).pdf Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2006]</ref>
| 26<sup>th</sup><ref>[http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2005/ARWU2005FullList2.pdf Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2005]</ref>
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According to new data released in July 2008 by the [[Thomson ISI]] Web of Knowledge’s [[Essential Science Indicators]]. [[UCL]] is the most-cited institution in the UK, and up one place from the last analysis to 13th in the world (whilst [[Oxford]] is ranked 18th and [[Cambridge]] 20th). The analysis covers citations from 1 January 1998 to 30 April 2008, during which 46,166 UCL research papers attracted 803,566 citations. The number of citations generated by academic publications is an important indication of institutional importance and influence. The report covers citations in 21 subject areas. The results revealed some of UCL’s key strengths:

in [[Clinical Medicine]] – 1st outside North America

in [[Neuroscience]] & [[Behaviour]] – 1st outside North America and 2nd in the world

in [[Psychiatry]]/[[Psychology]] – 2nd outside North America

in [[Immunology]] – 2nd in Europe

in [[Pharmacology]] & [[Toxicology]] – 1st outside North America and 4th in the world

in [[Social Sciences]], General – 1st outside North America[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0807/08071504].

Shanghai Jiao Tong's 2008 analysis of subject areas showed that UCL’s global ranking rose from 17th to 13th in <I>Clinical Medicine & Pharmacy</I>, with 2nd place in the UK. In <I>Life & Agricultural Sciences</I>, UCL rose from 24th to 19th globally, with 3rd place in the UK.<ref>'World ranking rise for UCL' in <i>UCL News</i>, 20 August 2008, <http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0808/08082001 >, accessed 21 August 2008</ref>

==Alumni and academics==
{{main|list of University College London people}}
UCL alumni include both 'the Great and the Good', ranging from [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[Alexander Graham Bell]], to [[Ricky Gervais]] and all four members of the band [[Coldplay]]. Important authors include [[Robert Browning]], [[Rabindranath Tagore]] (did not graduate), [[Raymond Briggs]] and [[G. K. Chesterton]]. Scientists and engineers include [[Francis Crick]], [[John Ambrose Fleming]], [[Joseph Lister]], [[Roger Penrose]], [[Colin Chapman]], evolutionist [[John Maynard Smith]] and the aforementioned Bell. Politicians figure highly in the lists, notably the first and former prime ministers of Japan ([[Hirobumi Ito]] and [[Junichiro Koizumi]] respectively) and [[Chaim Herzog]], the former [[President of Israel]]. Moreover, the founding father of [[Kenya]], [[Jomo Kenyatta]] was a [[UCL]] graduate. Prominent [[University College London Law Faculty|UCL law]] graduates include the former Chief Justices of England ([[Lord Woolf]]), Hong Kong (Sir [[Yang Ti-liang]]), India ([[Justice A.S. Anand]]) and Ghana ([[Samuel Azu Crabbe]]); as well as the Attorneys-General of England ([[Lord Goldsmith]]; [[Baroness Scotland]]), Singapore ([[Tan Boon Teik]]; [[Chao Hick Tin]]) and [[Gambia]] ([[Hassan Bubacar Jallow]]). Many leading journalists attended UCL including three former editors of [[The Economist]], most notably [[Walter Bagehot]], and two editors of The Times Literary Supplement. A number of entertainers feature too, including [[Justine Frischmann]], [[Jack Peñate]] and [[Jonathan Ross (television presenter)|Jonathan Ross]].<ref>[http://education.independent.co.uk/higher/az_uni_colleges/article1208712.ece University College London, famous alumni, Independent news]</ref> Key business people include [[Edwin Waterhouse]] (founding partner of [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]]). [[Christopher Nolan]], director of "[[The Dark Knight (film)|The Dark Knight]]" and other notable movies, is also an alumnus. In addition, both of the managing directors of the [[Jack Wills]] clothing chain are UCL graduates having met during their time there.

UCL has the highest number of [[academic]]s of any university in the UK. Currently among UCL academics there are 35 fellows of the [[Royal Society]], 27 Fellows of the [[British Academy]], and 77 Fellows of the [[Academy of Medical Sciences]]. 20 [[Nobel Prize|Nobel prizes]] have been awarded to UCL academics and students (ten of which were in Physiology & Medicine) as well as three [[Fields Medal]]s.<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/about-ucl/facts Facts and Figures<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref><ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0710/07100801 20th Nobel Prize for UCL community<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> All five of the naturally occurring [[noble gases]] were discovered at UCL by [[William Ramsay|Sir William Ramsay]], who was chair of chemistry<ref>[http://chemeducator.org/sbibs/s0009006/spapers/960378gk.htm Sir William Ramsay: Noble Gas Pioneer—On the 100th Anniversary of His Nobel Prize<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> and after whom Ramsay Hall is named.

John O’Keefe, PhD, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, is the 2008 recipient of the Gruber Foundation Prize for Neuroscience (http://www.gruberprizes.org).

==UCL buildings, departments and collections==
UCL operates in many separate buildings. Whilst most of the buildings are concentrated in the [[Bloomsbury]] area of Central London (near Euston station), others can be found as far away as Old Street. Some of the buildings have been acquired through mergers with other colleges, and others have been newly built. The newest include the Engineering Wing on Malet Place and the Andrew Huxley Building within the Gower Street Site.<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/right-column/ucl-views/engineering Faculty of Engineering Sciences<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>

UCL's newest buildings include the [[London Centre for Nanotechnology]] on Gordon Street and a new building for the [[School of Slavonic and East European Studies]] (formerly at [[Senate House (University of London)|Senate House]]) which was opened (by [[Princess Anne]] and the President of the Czech Republic, [[Václav Klaus]]) in October 2005 on Taviton Street.<ref>{{PDFlink|http://www.ucl.ac.uk/alumni/pdfs/news.pdf|3.23&nbsp;MB}}</ref> The Institute of Ophthalmology opened a new wing in 2005 funded by the Wellcome Trust.<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioo/research/cordeira.htm Institute of Ophthalmology<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>

===UCL Library===
The UCL library is divided across several sites within the UCL campus and across [[Bloomsbury]].<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/sites.shtml UCL Library Services - Sites<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> Access to each library is gained by the use of an electronic swipe card through electronic security barriers. The libraries are linked together by a networking catalogue and request system called 'eUCLid'.<ref>http://library.ucl.ac.uk/F?RN=632723792</ref> The largest collection of material is held in the 'Main Library' which is in the [[UCL Main Building]]. The 'Main library' contains UCL's collections relating to [[arts]] and [[humanities]], history, [[economics]], public policy and [[law]].<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/main.shtml UCL Library Services - Main Library<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> The Flaxman Gallery, a collection of sculptures and paintings by artist [[John Flaxman]] is located inside the 'main library' in the Octagon building under UCL's central dome.

The second largest library - the 'UCL Science library' occupies a building known as the 'DMS Watson building' on Malet Place. It contains UCL's books and journals related to [[Engineering]], [[Mathematics]], [[anthropology]], [[geography]] and [[Science]]. It is adjacent to the [[Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology]], access of which is currently made through the library. Other libraries within UCL include the 'Cruciform library' (medical science), the 'Environmental Studies library' (architecture and planning) and the [[School of Slavonic and East European Studies]] library on Taviton Street.<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/crucilib.shtml UCL Library Services - Cruciform Library<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref><ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/eslib.shtml UCL Library Services - Environmental Studies Library<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref><ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/ssees.shtml UCL Library Services - SSEES Library<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>

UCL's 'Special Collections' contain UCL's collection of historical or culturally significant works. It is one of the foremost university collections of [[manuscripts]], [[archives]] and [[rare book]]s in the UK.<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll/index.shtml UCL Library Services - Special Collections Library<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> It includes collections of [[medieval]] manuscripts and early printed books, as well as significant holdings of 18th century works, and highly important 19th and 20th century collections of personal papers, archival material, and literature, covering a vast range of subject areas. Archives include the Latin American archives, the [[Jewish]] collections and the [[George Orwell]] Archive.<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll/azdirect.shtml UCL Library Services - Special Collections A-Z Directory<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> Collections are often displayed in a series of glass cabinets in the Cloisters of the [[UCL Main Building]].<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll/index.shtml#news UCL Library Services - Special Collections Library<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>

The most significant works are housed in the 'Strong Rooms'. The special collection includes first editions of [[Isaac Newton|Newton's]] ''[[Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica|Principia]]'', [[Charles Darwin]]'s [[Origin of Species]] and [[James Joyce]]'s [[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]] . The earliest book in the collection is 'The crafte to lyve well and to dye well', printed in 1505.<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll/srbooks.shtml UCL Library Services - Special Collections Library<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>

Since 2004, UCL Library Services has been collecting the scholarly work of its researchers to make it freely available over the web via an [[Institutional repository|open access repository]] known as UCL Eprints.<ref>'UCL Eprints repository rankings' in ''UCL News'' (13 March 2008), http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0803/08031304 (accessed 1 August 2008)</ref> Material that is curated by UCL Eprints will still be accessible to researchers in 100 years time.<ref>''About UCL Eprints'' http://eprints.ucl.ac.uk/information.html (accessed 1 August 2008)</ref>

===Notable buildings and departments===
* The [[UCL Main Building]], including the [[UCL Main Building#Octagon|Octagon]], Quad, Cloisters and the Wilkins building designed by [[William Wilkins (architect)|Architect William Wilkins]]
* 1-19 Torrington Place
* Alexandra House (17 Queen Square) [[UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience|Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience]] and Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit
* [[The Bartlett]] centre for [[Architecture]] and [[planning]]
* Bedford Way Buildings, home to UCL Geography and Psychology, and the [[Institute of Education]]
* [[Bentham House]] (Endsleigh Street), home to the [[University College London Law Faculty]]
* Chadwick House
* Chandler House, home of the premier Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, including the venerable Linguistics department
* Christopher Ingold Building (Gordon Street), where the Chemistry department is based
* Cruciform Building — a red-brick building notable for being built in a cross shape (Medicine)
* DMS Watson Science Library, named after [[D. M. S. Watson]], a former professor of [[zoology]]
* Drayton House
* Engineering Building (Malet Place) renamed to Roberts building in 2005
* Foster Court (Languages)
* [[Institute of Archaeology]] (Gordon Square)
* [[Jill Dando Institute]]
* [[London Centre for Nanotechnology]] (Gordon Street)
* Malet Place Engineering Building (completed in 2005, primarily Computer Science and Medical Physics departments)
* Medawar (named after [[Peter Brian Medawar|Peter Medawar]])
* [[Mullard Space Science Laboratory]], [[Holmbury St. Mary]], [[Surrey]], is home to the UK's largest space research group<ref>http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/pages/</ref>
* [[Pedestrian Accessibility and Movement Environment Laboratory|PAMELA]]
* Pearson Building (Quad), Geography
* Rockefeller Building (Science)
* [[SSEES]], the [[School of Slavonic and East European Studies]], which has recently moved in a new building on Taviton Street
* The [[Slade School of Art]], home to UCL's [[art]] department since 1868
* [[University College Hospital]] (recently re-built)
* [[University College London Union|UCLU]] (Gordon Street)
* [[The UCL Bloomsbury|UCL Bloomsbury Theatre]] (Gordon Street)
* The Robin Building ([[Tavistock Square]]), home to the Department of Political Science, the newest department of the college and [[The Constitution Unit]]
* Wates House (Endsleigh Gardens)

===Museums and other collections===
UCL is responsible for several museums<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/ UCL Museums & Collections | Home<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> and collections in a wide range of fields across the arts and sciences:

*[[Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology]]: one of the leading collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology in the world. Open to the public on a regular basis.<ref>[http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/ Welcome to The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>
*Grant Museum of Zoology And Comparative Anatomy: a diverse Natural History collection covering the whole of the animal kingdom. Includes rare [[dodo]] and [[quagga]] skeletons. A teaching and research collection, it is named after [[Robert Edmund Grant]], UCL's first professor of comparative anatomy and zoology from 1828, now mainly noted for having tutored the undergraduate [[Charles Robert Darwin]] at the [[University of Edinburgh]] in the 1826-1827 session. Open at limited fixed times and by appointment.<ref>[http://www.grant.museum.ucl.ac.uk/ UCL Museums & Collections<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>
*Geology Collections: founded around 1855. Primarily a teaching resource and may be visited by appointment.<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/geology UCL Museums & Collections<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>
*Art Collections: these date from 1847 when a collection of sculpture models and drawings of the Neo-classical artist [[John Flaxman]] was presented to UCL. There are over 10,000 pieces dating from the 15th century onwards including drawings by [[Joseph Mallord William Turner|Turner]], etchings by [[Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn|Rembrandt]], and works by many leading 20th century British artists. The works on paper are displayed in The Strang Print Room, which has limited regular opening times. The other works may be viewed by appointment.<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/uclart UCL Museums & Collections<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>
*[[Institute of Archaeology Collections]]: Items include prehistoric ceramics and stone artefacts from many parts of the world, the Petrie collection of Palestinian artefacts, and Classical Greek and Roman ceramics. Visits by appointment only.<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/archaeology UCL Museums & Collections<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>
*[[Ethnography]] Collections: This collection exemplifying Material Culture, holds an enormous variety of objects, textiles and artefacts from all over the world. Visits by appointment only.<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/ethno UCL Museums & Collections<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>
*Galton Collection: The scientific instruments, papers and personal memorabilia of Sir [[Francis Galton]]. Housed in the department of biology. Visits by appointment only.<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/galton UCL Museums & Collections | Home<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>
*Science Collections: Diverse collections primarily accumulated in the course of UCL's own work, including the operating table on which the first anaesthetic was administered. Items may be a viewed by appointment.<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/sciences UCL Museums & Collections<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>

UCL is developing a new facility called [[UCL Institute for Cultural Heritage|The Institute for Cultural Heritage]], which will allow public access to its collections to be greatly improved. UCL Library's Special Collections, will also move into the new building. [[UCL Institute for Cultural Heritage|The Institute for Cultural Heritage]] will feature permanent galleries for the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, galleries devoted to the Art and Library Special Collections, a gallery for temporary exhibitions from the other collections, lecture theatres and study rooms. Planning permission was granted in 2004, building work began in 2007 and it is scheduled to open in 2009.<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ifch/building/index.htm Institute for Cultural Heritage (IfCH) at UCL- it looks like this!<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>

===Medicine and UCL Hospital===
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The UCL Medical School offers degrees in [[medicine]] which take six years to complete.<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/medicalschool UCL Medical School<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> UCL has offered courses in medicine since 1825 but the current medical school is a merger of two other schools, that took place in 1998 .<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/medicalschool/about-medicalschool UCL Medical School<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>

{{main| University College Hospital}}''[[Whittington Hospital]] and [[Royal Free Hospital]]''

Clinical medicine is primarily taught at three hospitals in London; University College Hospital, The Royal Free Hospital and The Whittington Hospital. University College Hospital is one of central London's largest [[National Health Service (England)|NHS]] hospitals and is part financed by the university.<ref>[http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/ UCLH Internet - University College London Hospital<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> UCL's hospital facilities are located around [[Bloomsbury]] but the main hospital facility, including accident and emergency, is located on [[Euston Road]]. In 2004 work began to rebuild the main hospital, most of the work is now finished with the final extension due for completion by 2008.<ref>[http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/New+developments/New+University+College+Hospital/ University College Hospital Recent building work due 2008]</ref> UCL also operates its own medical research company called [[UCL Biomedica]].<ref>[http://www.uclbiomedica.com/ Suspended Domain<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>

==Student accommodation==
Many UCL students are accommodated in the college's own [[halls of residence]] or other accommodation, such as those below:

* Arthur Tattersall House (115-131 Gower Street)
* Astor College (99 Charlotte St)
* Campbell House East and West (Taviton Street)
* Ifor Evans & Max Rayne Student Residences (109 Camden Road)
* Frances Gardner House and Langton Close (Gray's Inn Road)
* John Tovell House (89 & 93-7 Gower Street)
* John Dodgson House (Bidborough Street)
* [[Ramsay Hall]] and Ian Baker House Student Residences(Maple Street)
* Schafer House Student Residence (Drummond Street)
* James Lighthill House (Pentonville Road)
* Goldsmid House will reopen in brand new buildings for the 2008-2009 session, relocated from Oxford Street to Westminster. (The building is named after Sir F.H. Goldsmid, a treasurer of the University in the 19th century.)

Most students in college or university accommodation are first-year [[undergraduates]]. The majority of second and third-year students and [[postgraduates]] find their own accommodation in the private sector. There is also limited UCL accommodation available for married students and those with children at Bernard Johnson House, Hawkridge, Neil Sharp House and the University of London's Lilian Penson Hall.<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/accommodation/ Accommodation<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>

=== Intercollegiate Halls of Residence ===

UCL students are also eligible to apply for places in the [[University of London]] intercollegiate halls of residence<ref>[http://www.lon.ac.uk/halls.html University of London - Intercollegiate Halls]</ref>. The halls are:

*[[Canterbury Hall, London|Canterbury Hall]], [[Commonwealth Hall, London|Commonwealth Hall]], [[College Hall, London|College Hall]], [[Connaught Hall, London|Connaught Hall]], [[Hughes Parry Hall, London|Hughes Parry Hall]] and [[International Hall, London|International Hall]] near [[Russell Square]] in [[Bloomsbury]]
*[[Lillian Penson Hall, London|Lillian Penson Hall]] (postgraduates only) in [[Paddington]]
*[[Nutford House, London|Nutford House]] in [[Marble Arch]]

==University College London Union==
[[Image:UCLU Gordon Street.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The [[University College London Union]] main building on Gordon Street, [[Bloomsbury]]]]
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The union, founded in 1893, has a credible claim to be England's oldest students' union.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> Today the union exists to provide a wide range of services to UCL students. It is run by elected student officers, and supports a range of services, including numerous [[clubs]] and [[societies]], [[sports]] facilities, and an advice service, as well as a number of bars, [[cafe]]s and [[Retailing|shops]].<ref>[http://www.uclunion.org/index.php UCL Union<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>

==King's College London rivalry==
'' Main Article [[Student Rags]]''

UCL has a long-running, mostly friendly rivalry with [[King's College London]] within the [[University of London]]. UCL is often referred to by students from the latter using nicknames such as the "Godless Scum of Gower Street", in reference to a comment made at the founding of KCL, which was based on Christian principles. UCL students and staff also refer to King's as "Strand Polytechnic" in a similar attitude. Historically the college rivalry was known as 'Rags'.<ref>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/iss/archives/rag/ Mayhem in the Metropolis: King's College versus University College in Student Rags<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>

KCL's mascot, "[[King's College London Students' Union#Mascot|Reggie]]", was lost for many years in the 1990s. It was recovered after being found dumped in a field, restored at the cost of around £15,000 and placed on display in the students' union.<ref>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/iss/archives/rag/rag05.htm Mayhem in the Metropolis: King's College versus University College in Student Rags<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> It is in a glass case and filled with concrete to prevent theft, particularly by UCL students who once castrated it. (KCL, to be fair, had also stolen one UCL mascot, Phineas).<ref>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/iss/archives/rag/rag04.htm Mayhem in the Metropolis: King's College versus University College in Student Rags<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> It is often claimed that KCL students played football with the embalmed head of [[Jeremy Bentham]]. Although the head was indeed stolen, the football story is a myth which is denied by official UCL documentation about Bentham found next to his display case (his Auto Icon) in the college cloisters. The head is now kept in the college vaults.<ref>http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/right-column/ucl-views/bentham</ref>

==Ethical investment policy==
UCL's ethical investment policies exclude direct investment in tobacco companies. The policies do not exclude investment in arms companies. In 2006 [[Campaign Against Arms Trade]] (CAAT) revealed that UCL was the largest known university investor in arms companies in the UK. UCL currently invests £1,591,627 in the companies [[Cobham plc]] and the [[Smiths Group]] (both of which manufacture components for military aircraft and other weapons systems). This sum amounts to 1.7% of UCL's total investment assets.<ref>[http://disarmucl.blogspot.com/2006/12/caat-freedom-of-information-request-to.html UCL investment in arms companies, Disarm UCL Campaign]</ref>

==Filming at UCL==
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Due to its position within [[London]] and the historical nature of the [[UCL Main Building]] and quad, UCL has been used as a location for [[film]] and television recording.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:UCL-94335430-M.jpg|[[Ramsay Hall]] of Residence, Maple Street, London
Image:UCL-94339958-M.jpg|The College Cloisters inside the [[UCL Main Building]]
Image:UCL-94339714-M.jpg|The UCL Quad, part of the main campus, in front of the [[UCL Main Building]]
Image:UCL-94340542-M.jpg|The [[Jeremy Bentham]] common room inside the [[UCL Main Building]]
Image:UCL Portico Building.jpg|The [[UCL Main Building]] is the centre of the UCL campus
Image:UCL Portico Building2.jpg|The [[UCL Main Building]] at night
Image:UCL Portico Building3.jpg|The UCL Main Building in snow
Image:UCL Bedford Way.jpg|UCL Bedford Way - The building houses the psychology department and some of the geography department. It adjoins the [[Institute of Education]]
Image:UCL Frances Gardner House.jpg|An example of student accommodation - UCL's Newest Hall of Residence — Frances Gardner House in [[Clerkenwell]]
Image:UCL Flaxman Gallery and sculpture.jpg|The Flaxman Gallery, a collection of sculptures and paintings by artist [[John Flaxman]] is located inside the 'main library' in the Octagon building under UCL's central dome
Image:UCL Flaxman Gallery and Jeremy Bentham.jpg|[[Jeremy Bentham]] overseeing the construction of UCL in the Flaxman gallery inside the 'main library'
Image:UCL Gower Street.jpg|UCL Entrance on [[Gower Street (London)|Gower Street]] and the Cruciform Building opposite
Image:UCL Institute of Archaeology.jpg|UCL [[Institute of Archaeology]], on Gordon Square
Image:UCL School of Slavonic Studies.jpg|UCL [[School of Slavonic and East European Studies]], on Taviton street
Image:University College Hospital - New Building - London - 020504.jpg|The new building and tower of [[University College Hospital]], seen from [[Euston Road]]
Image:UCL Schafer House.jpg|[[Schafer House]] a [[hall of residence]] of University College London. It accommodates 369 students. It was opened in 1995.
</gallery>

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==External links==
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*[http://www.ucl.ac.uk UCL Online]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia0rpivEpRk The History of UCL (YouTube.com)] N.B. two short films designed to precede a UCL graduation ceremony - a few years old now, but nonetheless a good overview and insight.
*[http://www.geocasttv.com/ucl IT at UCL]
*[http://www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk/ UCL Language Sciences]
*[http://eprints.ucl.ac.uk// UCL Eprints]

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