Editing University College London (section)

==Campus and locations==

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[[File:John Locke by Richard Westmacott.jpg|thumb|Statue of John Locke by [[Richard Westmacott]], on display in the Main Building.]]

===Bloomsbury===
{{see also|Filming at University College London}}
UCL is primarily based in the [[Bloomsbury]] area of the [[London Borough of Camden]], in [[Central London]]. The main campus is located around [[Gower Street (London)|Gower Street]], with many other departments close by in Bloomsbury.<ref name=maps>{{cite web |url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/about-ucl/location/maps |title=Campus location maps, University College London |publisher=University College London |access-date=26 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527180840/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/about-ucl/location/maps |archive-date=27 May 2008}}</ref> Many health institutes are located close to associated hospitals, including the [[UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology]] and the [[National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery]] in [[Queen Square, London|Queen Square]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/britains-best-hospitals-a-patients-guide-798352.html|title=Britain's best hospitals: A patients' guide|work=The Independent|date=20 March 2008|author=Jeremy Laurance}}</ref> the [[UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health]] and [[Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children]],<ref name=maps/> and the [[UCL Eastman Dental Institute]] and [[Eastman Dental Hospital]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/eastman/about-us/our-facilities|title=Our facilities|website=Eastman Dental Institute|date=19 April 2018 |publisher=UCL|access-date=31 March 2023}}</ref>

Historic UCL buildings in Bloomsbury include the grade I listed [[UCL Main Building]], including the original Wilkins building designed by [[William Wilkins (architect)|William Wilkins]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1113056|title=University College (University of London) and attached railings to north and south wings|work= National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|access-date=20 August 2022}}</ref> and, directly opposite on Gower Street, the early 20th century grade II listed Cruciform Building, the last major building designed by [[Alfred Waterhouse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences-faculty/alumni/cruciform-tiles|title=Cruciform tiles|date=8 January 2018 |publisher=UCL|access-date=20 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1113059|title=University College Hospital general block only and attached railings|work= National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|access-date=20 August 2022}}</ref> Nearby are the grade II listed Kathleen Lonsdale Building, UCL's first purpose-built chemistry laboratory,<ref>{{National Heritage List for England| num= 1322169 |date=14 May 1974|desc=University College chemistry laboratory and attached railings and wall |grade=II |access-date=29 January 2023}}</ref> and the grade II listed Rockefeller Building.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England| num= 1113060 |date=21 November 1990|desc=University College Hospital Medical School, nurses home 1907 building and attached railings |grade=II |access-date=29 January 2023}}</ref> Elsewhere in Bloomsbury is the 1970s grade II* [[Institute of Education building]] by [[Denys Lasdun]] and Partners.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1246932?section=official-list-entry|title=Institute of Education, Clore Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and accommodation for University College|work= National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|access-date=29 January 2023}}</ref> Much of the estate falls within the Bloomsbury [[Conservation area (United Kingdom)|Conservation Area]], designated in 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloomsburyconservation.org.uk/conservation-areas/bloomsbury-conservation-area/|title=Bloomsbury Conservation Area|website=Bloomsbury Conservation Area|date=23 December 2019 |access-date=28 January 2023}}</ref> Important contemporary buildings include the [[UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies#Building|School of Slavonic and East European Studies building]] ([[RIBA National Award|RIBA Award]] winner 2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2006/jun/ucl-ssees-wins-architectural-award|title=UCL SSEES wins architectural award|date=23 June 2006|access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref> and the [[Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour#Building design|Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour building]] ([[LEAF Award]] for best façade design and engineering and overall winner 2016).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.world-architects.com/en/architecture-news/headlines/leaf-awards-2016-winners|title=LEAF Awards 2016 Winners|author=John Hill|date=18 October 2016|work=World-Architects}}</ref>

In August 2024, UCL won a court case to regain control of part of its campus which had been occupied by pro-Gaza protesters since May.<ref>{{cite news |last= Grew|first= Tony|date= 6 August 2024|title= UCL wins court order on Gaza protest camps|url= https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jpp0w88w5o|work= BBC |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref>

{{gallery
|title=UCL buildings in Bloomsbury
|File:Wilkins Building 2, UCL, London - Diliff (cropped).jpg
 |Wilkins Building and Main Quad
 |alt1=The UCL main building, in stone with a classical portico topped by a large dome
|File:Rockefeller Building, UCL.jpg
 |The Rockefeller Building on University Street, one of UCL's largest premises
 |alt2=Red brick building with stone dressing
|File:Kathleen Lonsdale Building, UCL.jpg
 |The Kathleen Lonsdale Building on Gower Place, home of UCL's department of earth sciences
 |alt3=Classically-styled stone building
|File:SWC Building Image.jpg
 |The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour building
 |alt4=Modern building with a wavy facade
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[[File:View of UCL East from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.jpg|thumb|View of UCL East from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, March 2022. One Pool Street is on the left-hand side of the river and Marshgate is on the right-hand side.]]

===UCL East ===
UCL has a second campus, [[UCL East]], at the [[Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park]] in Stratford, east London. The first building, with three floors of teaching and research space as well as accommodation for 500 students in two towers, opened in 2022, and the second, with eight floors of teaching and research space, opened in 2023.<ref name="UCL East opening"/><ref name=TimeOut>{{cite news|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/news/first-look-ucls-futuristic-new-campus-in-east-london-092223|work=TimeOut|title=First look: UCL's dazzling, futuristic new campus in east London|author= Annie McNamee|date= 22 September 2023}}</ref> A further four buildings are planned for construction in the 2030s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://planningregister.londonlegacy.co.uk/swift/apas/run/WCHDISPLAYMEDIA.showImage?theSeqNo=118307&theApnkey=6925&theModule=1 |title=UCL East Environmental Statement Non-Technical Summary |publisher=London Legacy Development Corporation |date=May 2018|page=3|access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref> UCL also operates a campus within [[Here East]], the former Olympic park media centre.<ref name="Here East"/>

===Other sites===
[[File:Mill hill observatory 2009.JPG|thumb|The UCL Observatory in Mill Hill]]

Elsewhere in Central London are the [[UCL Institute of Ophthalmology]] adjacent to [[Moorfields Eye Hospital]] in [[Clerkenwell]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioo/study/why-study-ioo|title=Why study at IoO?|date=August 2017 |publisher=UCL|access-date=20 August 2022}}</ref> the [[Royal Free Hospital]] and the [[Whittington Hospital]] campuses of the UCL Medical School, and a number of other associated teaching hospitals. The [[UCL School of Management]] is on levels 38 and 50 (penthouse) of [[One Canada Square]] in the financial district of [[Canary Wharf]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.mgmt.ucl.ac.uk/news/ucl-school-management-expands-and-acquires-level-50-canary-wharf|title=UCL School of Management expands and acquires level 50 at Canary Wharf|publisher=UCL|access-date=20 August 2022}}</ref> The [[UCL Observatory]] is in [[Mill Hill]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-observatory/ucl-observatory-uclo|title=UCL Observatory (UCLO)|date=23 October 2018 |publisher=UCL|access-date=20 August 2022}}</ref> and the [[Mullard Space Science Laboratory]] is based in [[Holmbury St Mary]], Surrey.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl|title= Mullard Space Science Laboratory|date= 7 August 2018|publisher=UCL|access-date=20 August 2022}}</ref> The UCL Athletics Ground is in Shenley, Hertfordshire.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www7.studentsunionucl.org/services/sport/facilities|title=Facilities|publisher=Students' Union UCL|access-date=20 August 2022}}</ref>

===Student housing===
{{main|Halls of residence at University College London}}
[[File:Unbridled facadism, Caledonian Road, N7 (geograph 5265516).jpg|thumb|The [[Facadism|retained historic facade]] of New Hall with the student residences one metre behind, many of their windows looking at the brick wall]]
UCL owns 26 halls of residence with around 7,000 student beds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/accommodation/|title=Accommodation|date=31 October 2018 | access-date=20 October 2022 |publisher=UCL}}</ref> The university guarantees accommodation to single full-time first-year undergraduate students who have not previously lived in London while studying at a university, and who make a firm acceptance of a place and apply for accommodation by 10 June each year, and to single overseas first-year postgraduates at UCL who have not previously lived in London while studying at a university, and who make a firm acceptance of a place and apply for accommodation by 30 June each year. Accommodation is also guaranteed for students who are under 18 at the start of the academic year and for students who are care-leavers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/accommodation/prospective-residents/applying-ucl-accommodation |title=Applying for UCL Accommodation |date=21 November 2018 |access-date=20 October 2022 |publisher=UCL}}</ref> There is only limited accommodation available in university halls for returning students and others who do not meet the criteria for a guaranteed place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/accommodation/alternative-accommodation/alternative-accommodation-providers|title=Alternative accommodation providers|date=5 February 2019 |access-date=20 October 2022 |publisher=UCL}}</ref> UCL students are also eligible, as students of a member institution of the University of London, to apply for places in the [[University of London#Student housing|University of London intercollegiate halls of residence]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.london.ac.uk/ways-study/study-campus-london/student-services-and-support/halls-residence-and-student-accommodation |title=s |work=University of London |access-date=20 October 2022}}</ref>

In 2013, UCL's newly built New Hall student accommodation building on [[Caledonian Road, London|Caledonian Road]], designed by Stephen George and Partners, was awarded the [[Carbuncle Cup]] and named the country's worst new building by ''[[Building Design]]'' magazine, with the comment "this is a building that the jury struggled to see as remotely fit for human occupation". Islington Council had originally turned down planning permission for the building, but this had been overturned on appeal. As it is classified as a hotel or guest house, it was exempt from many of the standards that cover residential buildings, such as having daylight in the rooms.<ref>{{cite news |work=BBC News |date=29 August 2013 |title=Carbuncle Cup: UCL student block crowned worst building |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-23884446 |access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/aug/29/carbuncle-cup-student-housing-ucl|title='Prison-like' student housing wins Carbuncle Cup for worst building|date=29 August 2013|work=The Guardian|author=Oliver Wainwright}}</ref>

The UCL East development includes 532 student rooms in One Pool Street, which opened in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://studentsunionucl.org/articles/welcome-to-one-pool-street|title=Welcome to One Pool Street|website=Students' Union UCL|access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref> Further accommodation will be available in the Marshgate building, expected to open in 2023, and at the second Pool Street site.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/campus-facilities-and-build|title=Campus facilities and build|website=UCL|date=18 November 2018 |access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref>

===Environmental initiatives===

UCL's new Student Centre, which opened in 2019, was designed to be environmentally friendly and was one of only 320 buildings worldwide (at the time) to be certified ''outstanding'' by [[BREEAM]].<ref name=CarbonZero>{{cite news|url=https://uclpimedia.com/online/ucl-pledges-to-have-net-zero-carbon-emissions-by-2030|work=[[UCL Pi Media]]| date=21 October 2019| author=Joe Kenelm|title=UCL pledges net zero carbon emissions by 2030}}</ref> This certification requires innovation throughout the design, engineering and construction process, and places the Student Centre among the top 1% of non-domestic buildings in the UK for sustainability.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://smart-cre.com/the-6-breeam-certification-levels-how-to-be-outstanding/|title=The 6 BREEAM Certification Levels – How To Be Outstanding|author= Eric Rosenkranz| date= 16 March 2022}}</ref> The UCL Student Centre was a finalist at the [[Green Gown Awards]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sustainabilityexchange.ac.uk/green_gown_awards_2019_ucl_finalist|title=Green Gown Awards 2019 – UCL – Finalist|work=Sustainability Exchange|access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref>

Also in 2019, UCL launched a ''Strategy for Sustainable UCL 2019–24'', including three initiatives to promote sustainability. The ''Positive Climate'' initiative saw UCL pledge to have a 40% reduction in energy usage, all energy to come from renewables, and all UCL buildings to be [[carbon neutral]] by 2024, along with achieving [[net zero]] carbon emissions for UCL by 2030.<ref name=CarbonZero/> The ''Positive Climate'' initiative was the winner in the "2030 Climate Action" category at the 2020 Green Gown Awards.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.sustainabilityexchange.ac.uk/green_gown_awards_2020_university_college_londo|title=Green Gown Awards 2020 – University College London – Winner|work=Sustainability Exchange|access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thetab.com/uk/london/2021/03/25/ucl-wins-the-green-gown-award-for-climate-action-39945|title=UCL wins the Green Gown Award for Climate Action|work=[[The Tab]]|author=Farah Sheikh|date=25 March 2021}}</ref>

A second initiative, ''The Loop'', promotes [[circular economy]]. UCL set a target of reducing waste per person by 20% between 2019 and 2024, while aiming for an 85% recycling rate and the elimination of single-use plastics on campus. The third initiative, ''Wild Bloomsbury'', promotes [[biodiversity]]. UCL set a target of creating {{convert|10000|m2|ha acre|abbr=on}} of biodiverse green space on campus by 2024.<ref name=CarbonZero/> The ''Strategy for a Sustainable UCL'' was a finalist in the "Sustainable Institution of the Year" category at the 2022 Green Gown Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greengownawards.org/university-college-london|title=UCL: Making change possible today|work=Green Gown Awards|access-date=24 February 2023|archive-date=25 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225013533/https://www.greengownawards.org/university-college-london|url-status=dead}}</ref>

UCL was ranked joint fifth globally for sustainability in the ''[[QS World University Rankings]]: Sustainability 2025''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/sustainability-rankings?sort_by=rank&order_by=asc|title=QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2025|date=10 December 2025|website=Top Universities|publisher= QS Quacquarelli Symonds}}</ref> In the national ''[[People and Planet]] University League'' for 2023/24, it was ranked 12th (1st class).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://peopleandplanet.org/university-league|title=How sustainable is your university?|website=People and Planet|access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref>