Universities and Higher Education Colleges in London
London is the centre of knowledge and higher education as it holds the largest concentrations of colleges, universities and other higher education institutions. The number of top quality higher education institutions is more than 40 and it excludes campuses of foreign universities and colleges. Some of these institutions are greatly honored as they lie in the top 100 higher education institutions in the world, and two of them are in top 10 as well. The qualities that make them world class institutes include highly qualified faculty, research output, concentration of international students and research facilities.
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University College London
University College London was the first university that was founded in 1826 to welcome students from all regions, backgrounds and beliefs and it opened the way for them to get English higher education. The university has also produced twenty one Nobel prize winners and it is also one of the top 10 universities in the World.
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Imperial College London
Imperial College London is also one of the top higher education institutes. It ranked 3rd in Europe and top 10 in the world. The college's main focus is on science & engineering, and research. The college attracts international students from more than 126 countries.
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King's College London
The college was formed in 1829 by the Duke of Wellington and King George IV as a part of church of England. Kings College regularly enjoys its spot in top 60 institutes of the world because of its top class research and educational facilities in many disciplines including arts, humanities, psychiatry, law, medicine and engineering.
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London School of Economics and Political Sciences
London School of Economics is a specialised institute in social sciences mainly in economics and finance, and it is also a part of the University of London. It was founded in 1895 and joined UOL in 1900. The university conducts high quality research in all social sciences disciplines.
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Queen Mary, University of London
Queen Mary, University of London, which is also known as Queen Mary and Westfield College, is the largest higher education institution amongst all of the University of London colleges with a student population of more than sixteen thousand. It became part of Russel group of universities in March 2012 and enjoys its rank in top 24 higher education institutions of UK.
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City University London
City university London was founded in 1894 and gained the status of a university in 1966. It has research experience of more than hundred years in 40 different areas. The university is one of the institutions which have higher employ-ability rank for their graduates.
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London Metropolitan University
London Metropolitan University was founded on the first of August 2002 by merging London Guildhall University and the University of North London. Both of these universities are more than 100 years old, hence, collectively making London Metropolitan a strong and highly regarded higher education institute.
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University of East London
University of East London is currently providing top quality higher education to 20, 000+ students in its 3 different campuses. The university was initially formed as a technical institute in 1892 by the London Borough of Westham, which further lifted itself as a university providing education in all fields.
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Brunel University
Brunel University was established in 1996 in west London. The university is providing high end educational facilities for more than 15000 students that also includes about 2500 international students and all of them come from +100 different countries. The university is more famous for its Engineering and Design courses but it also offers courses in other disciplines including Business, Education, Maths, Computing, law, Economics and Social sciences etc.
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Kingston University London
The Kingston University also offers high class educational facilities for its above 20000 students including 3600 international students who come from 151 different countries. The university holds strong educational and industrial links and offers work placements along with cutting edge high quality courses.
