University of London
The University of London, founded on February 28, 1836, is one of the world's largest universities, having between 10 to 20 percent of all UK students attending one of its colleges.Having started out as just UCL and King's it has grown to having over 15 colleges, many of which are major institutions in their own right.
The colleges and institutes of the University are, as of October 2003,
- Birkbeck, University of London
- British Institute in Paris
- Courtauld Institute of Art
- Goldsmiths College
- Heythrop College
- Imperial College, incorporating the Imperial College School of Medicine and Imperial College at Wye
- Institute of Education
- King's College London (KCL), incorporating the Institute of Psychiatry and The Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine
- London Business School
- London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Queen Mary, incorporating St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry
- Royal Academy of Music
- Royal Holloway
- Royal Veterinary College
- St George's Hospital Medical School
- School of Advanced Study, incorporating the Institutes of Advanced Legal Studies, Classical Studies, Commonwealth Studies, English Studies (including the Centre for Manuscript and Print Studies), Germanic Studies, Historical Research, Latin American Studies, Romance Studies, United States Studies, the Warburg Institute, and thePhilosophy Programme
- School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), incorporating the London School of Jewish Studies
- School of Pharmacy
- University College London (UCL), incorporating the Eastman Dental Institute, the Institute of Child Health, the Institute of Neurology, the Institute of Ophthalmology, the Royal Free and University College Medical School, the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, and the Slade School of Fine Art
- University Marine Biological Station, Millport
- Akbar S. Ahmed
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Raymond Briggs
- Robert Browning
- G.K. Chesterton
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Coldplay members Chris Martin, William Champion, and Johnny Buckland
- Alex Comfort
- Francis Crick
- Ambrose Fleming
- Mohandas Gandhi
- Chaim Herzog
- Charles Kao
- Jomo Kenyatta
- Junichiro Koizumi
- Joseph Lister
- Brian May
- Marie Stopes
- Desmond Tutu
