UCL-World’s Top 10 University

Founded in 1826, University College London (UCL) is one of the world top leading universities and a member of the Britain elite Russell Group. It is also the first UK university establishing a campus in Adelaide (Australia) in May 2008.

UCL is ranked among the world top 10 university in a number of international league tables. It is a research-led university with 59 departments achieving top ratings of 5* and 5 in the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2001). UCL academics and students have won 20 Nobel Prizes (ten in physiology and medicine).

University Ranking Achievement:

- Top 10 in UK: Ranked 7th in Guardian, 7th in The Times and 8th in The Independent Good University Guide 2009.

- Ranked 5th in 2007 and 6th in 2008 by the Sunday Times University Guide.

- Ranked 9th in 2007 and 7th in 2008 in the THES-QS World University Rankings.

- Top 2 in Architecture Program (behind Cambridge) by Guardian 2009.

- 2nd place in English Language and Economics by the Times 2008.

- 3rd in UK in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2008.

- Top 20 universities in the world for medicine and Life & Agricultural Sciences (Academic Ranking of World Universities 2008).

- 3rd in Europe and 1st in London in the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Ranking 2008.

- Ranked 6th in the Daily Telegraph 2007.

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