Background

Founded in 1826, England's third oldest university,  first university institution to be founded in London, satellite campuses in Adelaide, Australia.

Located in the Bloomsbury area of central London, Eurostar terminal nearby.

Emphasise innovative teaching and research excellence, most up-to-date research discoveries.

London’s largest leading multi-disciplinary university.

Facts

Around 26,220 students, 10,100 staffs, 4,000 academic and research staffs, and 650 professors.

About 10,000 (41%) students are from 155 countries outside the UK.

Small-group teaching with an overall staff to student ratio of 1:9.

 

10 constituent faculties:

ñ  Arts & Humanities

ñ  Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment

ñ  Brain Sciences

ñ  Engineering

ñ  Laws

ñ  Life Sciences

ñ  Mathematical & Physical Sciences

ñ  Medical Sciences

ñ  Population Health Sciences

ñ  Social & Historical Sciences

 

Number of Asian students in 2014 :

ñ  China – 2206

ñ  Singapore -- 676

ñ  Hong Kong – 636

ñ  Malaysia – 485

ñ  South Korea -- 221

ñ  Taiwan -- 145

ñ  Thailand -- 141

ñ  Japan – 112

ñ  Vietnam -- 82

Ranking

World

ñ  QS World Ranking 2013/2014           : 4^th

ñ  THE Rankings 2013/2014                  : 21^st

ñ  The Guardians 2013/2014                 : 6^th

ñ  ARWU 2013/2014                              : 21^st

Europe

ñ  QS Ranking                                         : 2^nd

ñ  THE Ranking                                       : 5^th

ñ  ARWU Ranking                                   : 4^th

Others

ñ  Global Employability University Survey 2013 : 13^th in the world and 4^th in Europe

Alumni

27 Nobel prizes so far, 14 of which were in Physiology & Medicine.

 

Notable “Father of the Nation” :

ñ  Mahatma Gandhi -- leader of the Indian independence movement "Father of the Nation"

ñ  Jomo Kenyatta -- first Prime Minister, first President and "Father of the Nation" of Kenya

ñ  Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam -- first Prime Minister and "Father of the Nation" of Mauritius

ñ  Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk -- first President of Czechoslovakia and "Father of the Nation"

 

Notable governors:

ñ  Chaim Herzog -- President of Israel

ñ  Itō Hirobumi (伊藤博文)-- first Prime Minister of Japan

ñ  Junichiro Koizumi (小泉純一郎) – Japan Prime Minister (2001–2006)

ñ  Chief Justice of England --Lord Woolf

ñ  Chief Justices of Hong Kong -- Sir William Meigh Goodman and Sir Yang Ti-liang

ñ  Attorneys-General of Hong Kong -- Thomas Chisholm Anstey

ñ  Attorneys-General of Singapore -- Tan Boon Teik and Chao Hick Tin

 

Notable researchers :

ñ  Peter Higgs -- the proposer of the Higgs mechanism, which predicted the existence of the Higgs boson or God's Particle

ñ  Edward Teller -- Father of the Hydrogen Bomb

ñ  Alexander Graham Bell -- inventor of the telephone

ñ  Francis Crick -- co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

ñ  Charles Kuen Kao -- pioneer of the use of fibre optics in telecommunications

 

Famous Alumni :

ñ  Edwin Waterhouse -- founding partner of PwC

ñ  Colin Chapman -- founder of Lotus Cars

ñ  Patrick Head -- co-founder of the Williams Formula One team

 

 

ADMISSION

Application

Applications to places ratio 8.4:1.

Information provided for application must be complete and accurate.

Applicants for Medicine must sit the BMAT (Biomedical Admissions Test) and applicants for Law must sit the LNAT (National Admissions Test for Law), held on 5 November 2014 (registration closes on 1 October 2014)

1st September 2014: Opening date for the receipt of applications for entry in September 2015

15 October 2014: Closing date for Medicine.

15 January 2015: Closing date for all.

All applicants being actively considered are required to attend an interview, whether resident in the UK or overseas.

Basic Requirements

The undergraduate entry requirement is A*AA–ABB (depending on the degree) for A level

International Baccalaureate Program a grade equivalent of 6,6,6 on higher level (Diploma) subjects, standard minimum requirement is 34 points overall, combined score of 16 achieved in three higher level subjects with no grade lower than 5.

All programmes require GCSE or equivalent passes in English Language and Mathematics at grade C or higher.

Hong Kong Certificate of Education (HKCEE) at grade C or higher

Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) with level 5 in English Language and Mathematics (compulsory unit), and level 3 in Chinese and Liberal Studies

Hong Kong Advanced Level Examinations (HKALE) Science/Mathematics subjects, grades BBB; in all other HKALE subjects, ABB.

IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) at grades 4 to 7

The graduate entry requirement is a first or second class honours degree.

Other factors may be taken into consideration such as relevant work experience.

English Proficiency

ñ  GCSE/IGCSE English Language – preferred, min.C & B.

ñ  British Council International Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Version) – preferred, min 6.5-7.5, 6 in each subsets

ñ  Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL Internet-based version), min. 92-109, 24/30 read & write, 20/30 listen & speak

ñ  Hong Kong Certificate of Education English Language (Standards-Referenced Reporting Scheme), min. 3 & 4

ñ  International Baccalaureate (IB) – examined in 2013 or beyond, min. 4 & 6

ñ  Pearson Test of English (Academic), min. 62-75, 59 for each component

 

(For further details on other certificates in English and other A level subjects, Scholarships, acceptable certificates and requirements for Hong Kong and China students, please consult your agent)

 

 

STUDY

Life

No shortage of varied and reasonably paid employment on campus.

Costs

Living costs for accommodation, food, utility, transport, books and other expenditures are estimated to be £950 per month, £292 per week excluding start-up cost for international students upon arrival.

Additional costs of purchases and expenditures for students of Architecture and Fine Arts.

Fees

Tuition fees (per year) for overseas undergraduate students are :

£15,200 to £17,600 for Humanities, Social Sciences, Law, Mathematics, Arts and Sciences

£20,100 for Science, Engineering, Archaeology, Fine Art and Architecture

£29,900 for Medicine

Tuition fees increase annually,  3-5% increase each year

 

(Please consult your course consultant if any to estimate or ascertain the fee for the specific subject and course intended to apply, among other matters like accommodation and application)

Career

The average starting salary for UCL graduates in the UK and EU was £27,975 in 2011-12, a full 30% higher than the national average (£21,443).

One of the top five universities in the UK for graduate employability, and one of the top 20 worldwide ranked by New York Times.

UCL Advances is the centre for entrepreneurship, offering training, networking and business support, as well as the opportunity to win start-up funding, for UCL students seeking to start their own business.