London’s Global University

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London’s research and teaching powerhouse

• Established over 180 years ago• Built on a radical and liberal tradition • Providing relevant research and teaching to the

world

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Where is UCL?

• London’s first and best university• UCL has global impact

– its global community of students come from over 150 countries

– UCL research is addressing the profound problems of the world

– the first UK university with a campus in Australia through the establishment of the UCL School of Energy & Resources in Adelaide

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What is UCL?

• Ranked 7th* in the world• Impressively productive – our publications attract more citations from fellow researchers than any other university outside North America**

‘Such is the breadth and quality of provision at UCL that it can fairly describe itself as one of the top multi-faculty institutions in England’ Times Good University Guide 2009

*Times Higher-QS Academic World Rankings 2008

** Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge Essential Science Indicators

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What is UCL made of?

• 4,000 academics and 22,000 students• Expertise across the board. UCL is multi-disciplinary –

from fine art to medicine• More than 230 undergraduate degree programmes,

hundreds of taught masters and certificate programmes, and MPhils and PhDs

• Ongoing establishment of interdisciplinary centres spanning a range of subjects from architecture to oncology, and computer science to public policy

• Internationally-renowned centres of excellence

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UCL breakthroughs since 1826

• Advances in communication – the first transatlantic connection of the precursor of the internet

• The identification of hormones and vitamins• The discovery of inert gases, including neon• The invention of the thermionic valve, which made

radio and modern electronics possible

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Ground-breaking in the last academic year, UCL:

• Developed revolutionary gene therapy treatment for a type of inherited blindness

• Discovered the smallest planet outside the solar system

• Found a link between the rising temperature of the Atlantic and hurricane activity in the region

• Led the fight against crime• Identified the relationship between amnesia and

imagination

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Our Academics

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Our Academics

• 31 Fellows of the British Royal Society• 27 Fellows of the British Academy• 10 Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering• 81 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences• 20 Nobel Prize winners

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Our Students

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Our Students

• UCL is committed to attracting the most promising students

• 22,000 students from over 150 countries• UCL students are prepared for their role as

‘global citizens’ through an international curriculum

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Education for Global Citizenship

Critical and creative thinker

Ambitious – but also idealistic and committed to ethical behaviour

Able to recognise and value cultural difference

Entrepreneur with the ability to innovate

Willing to assume leadership roles

Highly employable and ready to embrace professional mobility

Cutting-edge research and teaching

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Cutting-edge research

• Addressing the world’s greatest challenges through solutions-focused research

• UCL is working with partner organisations to create Europe’s leading centre for medical research – the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation in London

• Collaborative research across disciplines • In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise UCL was

rated the best research university in London, and third in the UK overall, for the number of its submissions which were considered of ‘world-leading quality’. 

• Creating spin-outs and joint ventures from UCL’s new technology and research expertise

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Excellence in teaching

• Research-led teaching• Study programmes developed and taught by

leading academics at the cutting edge of their disciplines

• More than a third of students in graduate study

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Our Alumni

• UCL’s worldwide network of 160,000 alumni actively contributes to its future

• Notable alumni include:– Mahatma Gandhi– Rabindranath Tagore – Francis Crick– Professor Sir Martin Evans

London’s Global University