London University College Portico & Quad 2000s postcard

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  The Portico from the Quadrangle - University College London
• Publisher:  University College London
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  1st class Machin
• Postmark(s):  London South 20 Jan 2009
• Sent to:  Cardiff
• Notes & Key words: slight wear consistent with postal use 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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University College London (UCL) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the largest constituent college of the federal University of London.^[2] Founded in 1826, UCL was the first university institution to be founded in London, the first university institution in the United Kingdom to be established on an entirely secular basis and admit students regardless of their religion, and the first to admit women on equal terms with men.^[3] UCL became one of the two founding colleges of the University of London in 1836.

UCL is organised into eight constituent faculties, within which there are over 100 departments, institutes and research centres. UCL's main campus is located in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, with a number of institutes and teaching hospitals located elsewhere in Central London. The UCL School of Energy and Resources is based in Adelaide, Australia. UCL is a major centre for biomedical research; it is part of three of the twelve biomedical research centres established by the NHS in England and is a founding member of UCL Partners, the largest academic health science centre in Europe.^[4] For the period 1999 to 2009 it was the 13th most-cited university in the world (and the most-cited university in Europe).^[5] It had a total income of £714 million in 2008/09, of which £249 million was from research grants and contracts.^[6]

UCL has over 4,000 academic and research staff and 648 professors, the highest number of any British university.^[7] There are currently 36 Fellows of the Royal Society, 26 Fellows of the British Academy, 10 Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering and 78 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences amongst UCL academic and research staff.^[8] There are 21 Nobel Prize winners and 3 Fields Medalists amongst UCL’s alumni and current and former staff, the most recent being Sir Charles K. Kao, who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2009.

UCL is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, the Institutional Network of the Universities from the Capitals of Europe, the League of European Research Universities, the Russell Group and Universities UK.^[9] It forms part of the 'Golden Triangle' of British universities.^[10]

In the 2010 QS World University Rankings, UCL is ranked 4th overall in the world (and 2nd in Europe).^[11] Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked it 22nd in the world. While, Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked UCL 21st worldwide in 2010.