University College London overview

Q. What is the main USP of University College London?

Ans. University College London is one of the top universities of London. It is famous for its majors in humanities, law, science and social sciences. It provides one of the best facilities of academics, library and sports to their students. It also ranked 8 in the QS World University Ranking.

Q. What is the ranking of University College London?

Ans. The rankings of the University College London are – 

GLOBAL

• The university ranked 16 by ARWU
• It ranked 8 by QS World University Ranking
• It ranked 16 by THE
• It also ranked 16 by CWTs Leiden

NATIONAL 

• It ranked 8 by Complete
• It ranked9 by Guardian
• It also ranked 7 by Times

Q. What is University College London famous for?

Ans. University College London is one of the top universities of London. It is famous for its majors in humanities, law, science and social sciences. It provides one of the best facilities of academics, library and sports to their students. It also ranked 8 in the QS World University Ranking.

Q. Who are the top Alumni of University College London?

Ans. Some of the famous alumni of University College London are –

• Mahatma Gandhi – Father of Nation of India
• Alexander Graham Bell – Inventor of telephone
• Francis Crick – co-discover of the structure of DNA
• William Stanley Jevons – early pioneer of modern Economics
• Kwame Nkrumah – founder of Ghana
• Lucian Freud – artist
• William Ramsay – discover of all of the naturally occurring noble gases
• Charles K. Kao – Godfather of broadband
• Jomo Kenyatta – Father of Nation of Kenya
• Dora Carrington - painter

Q. Is the University College London recognized?

Ans. Yes, it is a recognized university.

Q. How is the campus of the University College London?

Ans. University College London is primarily based in the Bloomsbury area of the London Borough of Camden, in Central London. The main campus is located around Grower Street and includes the UCL faculty of engineering Sciences, economics, geography, history, languages, mathematics, management and philosophy departments. 

The area around Queen Square in Bloomsbury close by to the main campus is a hub for brain-related research and healthcare, with the UCL institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and UCL Institute of Neurology

Q. What are the libraries of the University College London?

Ans. The University College London library system comprises 17 libraries located across several sites within the main UCL campus and across Bloomsbury, linked together by a central networking catalogue and request system called Explore. The libraries contain a total of over 2 million books. The largest library is the UCL Main Building and contains collections relating to the arts and humanities, economics, history, law and public policy.