Editing University of London (section)

==Member institutions==
{{main|Member institutions of the University of London}}

For most practical purposes, ranging from admission of students to negotiating funding from the government, the 17 member institutions are treated as individual universities. Legally speaking they are known as ''Recognised Bodies'', with the authority to examine students and award them degrees of the university. Some member institutions also have the power to award their own degrees instead of those of the university; those which exercise that power include:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=The Education (Recognised Bodies) (Scotland) Order 2018 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/6/schedule/paragraph/1n1/made}}</ref>
* [[Birkbeck, University of London]]
* [[Brunel University of London]]
* [[City St George's, University of London]]
* [[Goldsmiths, University of London]]
* [[King's College London]]
* [[London Business School]]
* [[London School of Economics and Political Science]]
* [[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine]]
* [[Queen Mary University of London]]
* [[Royal Academy of Music]]
* [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]]
* [[Royal Holloway, University of London]]
* [[Royal Veterinary College]]
* [[SOAS University of London]]
* [[University College London]]

Most decisions affecting the member institutions and institutes of the University of London are made at the level of the member institutions or institutes themselves. The University of London does retain its own decision-making structure, however, with the Collegiate Council and board of trustees, responsible for matters of academic policy. The Collegiate Council is made up of the heads of member institutions of the university.<ref name="Collegiate Council"/>

The 12 institutes, or ''Listed Bodies'', within the University of London offer courses leading to degrees that are both examined and awarded by the University of London. Additionally, twelve universities in England, several in Canada and many in other [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries (notably in East Africa) began life as associate colleges of the university offering such degrees. By the 1970s, almost all of these colleges had achieved independence from the University of London. An increasing number of overseas and UK-based academic institutes offer courses to support students registered for the [[University of London International Programmes|University of London]] flexible and distance learning diplomas and degrees and the Teaching Institutions Recognition Framework enables the recognition of these institutions.

===Member Institutions===
{{see also|List of heads of member institutions of the University of London}}
Under the University of London Act 2018 (c. iii), a member institution is defined as "an educational, academic or research institution which is a constituent member of the University and has for the time being―(a) the status of a college under the statutes; or (b) the status of a university". As of February 2019, 12 of the colleges of the university have said they are seeking university status. This does not affect their status as member institution of the university or the degrees they award.<ref name="Member institutions seeking university status"/> The member institutions of the University of London (as of September 2018) are:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://london.ac.uk/ways-study/study-campus-london/member-institutions|title=Member institutions|publisher=University of London|access-date=29 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001181959/https://london.ac.uk/ways-study/study-campus-london/member-institutions|archive-date=1 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! College name
! Year entered
! class="unsortable" | Photograph
! Students ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation" />
!Has power to award degrees?<ref name=":0" />
|-
| [[Birkbeck, University of London]] (BBK)
| 1920
| [[File:Birkbeck College, University of London.jpg|150px|centre]]
| {{HESA student population|INSTID=10007760}}
|Yes
|-
|[[Brunel University of London]] (BUL)
|2024
|[[File:Brunel University (14960850073).jpg|150px|centre]]
| {{HESA student population|INSTID=10000961}}
|Yes
|-
| [[City St George's, University of London]] (City St George's)<ref name="Grove"/>
| 1838
| [[File:CollegeBuilding.jpg|150px|centre|The Grade II listed College Building]]
|24,305
|Yes
|-
| [[Courtauld Institute of Art]] (Courtauld)
| 1932
| [[File:Somerset House, Strand.jpg|150px|centre]]
| {{HESA student population|INSTID=10007761}}
|No
|-
| [[Goldsmiths, University of London]] (Goldsmiths)
| 1904
| [[File:Goldsmiths Main Building.jpg|150px|centre]]
| {{HESA student population|INSTID=10002718}}
|Yes
|-	
| [[The Institute of Cancer Research]] (ICR)
| 2003
| [[File:Institute of Cancer Research.jpg|150px|centre]]
| {{HESA student population|INSTID=10003324}}
|No
|-
| [[King's College London]] (KCL)
| 1836 (founding college)
| [[File:Maughan Chancery Lane.jpg|center|frameless|150x150px|The Maughan Library]]
| {{HESA student population|INSTID=10003645}}
|Yes
|-
| [[London Business School]] (LBS)
| 1964
| [[File:Back of the Sammy Ofer Centre in the afternoon, London Business School.jpg|center|150x150px|Sammy Ofer Centre]]
| {{HESA student population|INSTID=10007769}}
|Yes
|-
| [[London School of Economics]] (LSE)
| 1900
| [[File:LSE main entrance.jpg|150px|centre]]
| {{HESA student population|INSTID=10004063}}
|Yes
|-
| [[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine]] (LSHTM)
| 1924
| [[File:London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine building.jpg|150px|centre]]
| {{HESA student population|INSTID=10007771}}
|Yes
|-
| [[Queen Mary University of London]] (QMUL)
| 1915
| [[File:Queens' Building (2899476115).jpg|150px|centre]]
| {{HESA student population|INSTID=10007775}}
|Yes
|-
| [[Royal Academy of Music]] (RAM)
| 2003
| [[File:Royal Academy of Music London.jpg|150px|centre]]
| {{HESA student population|INSTID=10007835}}
|Yes
|-
| [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]] (RCSSD)
| 2005
| [[File:Embassy Theatre London.jpg|150px|centre]]
| {{HESA student population|INSTID=10007816}}
|Yes
|-
| [[Royal Holloway, University of London]] (RH)
| 1900
| [[File:Founder's Building, Royal Holloway, University of London - Diliff.jpg|150px|centre]]
| {{HESA student population|INSTID=10005553}}
|Yes
|-
| [[Royal Veterinary College]] (RVC)
| 1949
| [[File:Royalvetcoll.jpg|150px|centre]]
| {{HESA student population|INSTID=10007779}}
|Yes
|-
| [[SOAS University of London]] (SOAS)
| 1916
|[[File:School of Oriental & African Studies, London 03.JPG|center|150x150px]]
| {{HESA student population|INSTID=10007780}}
|Yes
|-
| [[University College London]] (UCL)
| 1836 (founding college)
| [[File:University College London -quadrant-11Sept2006 (1).jpg|150px|centre]]
| {{HESA student population|INSTID=10007784}}
|Yes
|}

===Central academic bodies===
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* [[University of London Worldwide]]
* [[University of London Institute in Paris]], formerly known as the British Institute in Paris
* [[School of Advanced Study]] comprising the following institutes:
** the [[Institute of Advanced Legal Studies]]
** the [[Institute of Classical Studies]]
** the [[Institute of Commonwealth Studies]]
** the [[Institute of English Studies]]
** the [[Institute of Historical Research]]
** the [[Institute of Modern Languages Research]]
** the [[Institute of Philosophy, University of London|Institute of Philosophy]]
** the [[Warburg Institute]]

===Former colleges and schools===
Some colleges and schools of the University of London have been amalgamated into larger colleges, closed or left the University of London. Those amalgamated with larger colleges include (listed by current parent institution):

;City St George's, University of London – formed by merger in 2024
* [[City, University of London]] – merged in 2024
* [[St George's, University of London]] – merged in 2024
;King's College London
* [[Chelsea College of Science and Technology|Chelsea College]] – [[Manresa Road]], [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]]
* [[Queen Elizabeth College]] – [[Campden Hill Road]], [[Kensington]]
* [[Institute of Psychiatry]] – split from [[Maudsley Hospital]]; merged in 1997<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/providers/mergers-changes|title=Provider mergers and changes {{!}} HESA|website=www.hesa.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-08-05}}</ref>
* [[United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals]] – merged in 1998; now part of [[King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry]]
;Queen Mary, University of London
* [[Westfield College]] – Kidderpore Avenue, [[Hampstead]]; now part of Queen Mary and Westfield College (the registered royal charter title of Queen Mary, University of London)
* [[St Bartholomew's Hospital|St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College]] – merged in 1995
* [[Royal London Hospital|London Hospital Medical College]] – merged in 1995 
;Royal Holloway, University of London
* [[Bedford College (London)|Bedford College]] – Inner Circle [[Regent's Park]]; now part of Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (the legal title of Royal Holloway, University of London, under its establishing act of parliament)
* [[Institute of Musical Research]] – moved from [[School of Advanced Study]] in 2015
;UCL
* [[The School of Pharmacy, University of London]] – merged on 1 January 2012
* [[School of Slavonic and East European Studies]]
* [[Institute of Education]] – merged  on 2 December 2014
* [[Middlesex Hospital|Middlesex Hospital Medical School]] – merged in 1987
* [[Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine]] – merged  in 1998

Institutions that have closed or left the university include:

* [[Heythrop College]] – closed in 2018
* [[University Marine Biological Station, Millport]] – closed in 2013; now run by [[Field Studies Council]]
* [[Imperial College London]] – became independent in July 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london.ac.uk/653.html|title=University of London News: Imperial College Leaves University of London|access-date=4 December 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522161522/http://www.london.ac.uk/653.html|archive-date=22 May 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> This had previously absorbed:
** [[Wye College]] in [[Wye, Kent]] – now closed
** [[Royal Postgraduate Medical School]] – now part of the [[Imperial College School of Medicine]]
** [[St Mary's Hospital, London|St Mary's Hospital Medical School]] – merged in 1988
** [[Charing Cross Hospital|Charing Cross Hospital Medical School]] – merged in 1997
** [[Westminster Hospital|Westminster Hospital Medical School]] – merged in 1997
* [[New College London]] – closed in 1980
* [[The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine]], [[Chelsea, London]] – became a [[Funding of science|science funding body]] in 1978
* [[Richmond Theological College|Richmond (Theological) College]] – closed in 1972; campus transferred to [[Richmond American University London |The American International University in London]]
* [[Regent's Park College]] – moved to Oxford in 1927, becoming a [[permanent private hall]] of the [[University of Oxford]] from 1957

===University colleges in the external degree programme===
{{main|University of London (Worldwide)}}
A number of major universities originated as university colleges teaching external degrees of the University of London. These include:
* [[Mason Science College|Mason College, Birmingham]], awarded a royal charter in 1900 as the [[University of Birmingham]].
* Owen's College Manchester, became part of the [[Victoria University (UK)|Victoria University]] in 1880, awarded a royal charter in 1903 as the [[Victoria University of Manchester]].
* University College Liverpool, became part of the [[Victoria University (UK)|Victoria University]] in 1884, awarded a royal charter in 1903 as the [[University of Liverpool]].
* Yorkshire College, Leeds, became part of the [[Victoria University (UK)|Victoria University]] in 1887, awarded a royal charter in 1904 as the [[University of Leeds]].
* Firth College, Sheffield, awarded a royal charter in 1905 as the [[University of Sheffield]].
* Bristol University College, awarded a royal charter in 1909 as the [[University of Bristol]].
* University College Reading, awarded a royal charter in 1926 as the [[University of Reading]].
* [[Ceylon University College]], established by the ''Ceylon University Ordinance Act'' in 1942 as the [[University of Ceylon]].
* University College Nottingham, awarded a royal charter in 1948 as the [[University of Nottingham]].
* Hartley University College, Southampton, awarded a royal charter in 1952 as the [[University of Southampton]].
* University College Hull, awarded a royal charter in 1954 as the [[University of Hull]].<ref>{{cite web|title=University History|url=http://www2.hull.ac.uk/theuniversity/history.aspx|website=University of Hull|access-date=17 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107013059/http://www2.hull.ac.uk/theuniversity/history.aspx|archive-date=7 January 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* University College of the South West of England, Exeter, awarded a royal charter in 1955 as the [[University of Exeter]].
* University College Leicester, awarded a royal charter in 1957 as the [[University of Leicester]].
* University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff, joined the [[University of Wales]] in 1893 and became [[Cardiff University]] in 2005.
* University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, joined the [[University of Wales]] in 1893 and became [[Aberystwyth University]] in 2007.
* University College of North Wales, Bangor, joined the [[University of Wales]] in 1893 and became [[Bangor University]] in 2007.

A number of other colleges had degrees validated and awarded by the University of London.<ref>N. B. Harte, ''The University of London, 1836–1986''</ref>
* [[St Patrick's, Carlow College]], Ireland&nbsp;– from 1840 to 1892 students studied for primary degrees in Arts (BA) and Law (BLL).<ref>[http://www.hetac.ie/docs/AC9%20Carlow%20College%20Report.pdf Carlow College Report] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723231853/http://www.hetac.ie/docs/AC9%20Carlow%20College%20Report.pdf |date=23 July 2011 }} HETAC</ref>
* [[St Patrick's College, Thurles]], Ireland&nbsp;– from 1849 the University of London, allowed Thurles to offer degrees.<ref>[http://www.londonancestor.com/iln/london-university.htm University of London]&nbsp;– The Illustrated London News, 11 May 1850</ref>
* [[Huddersfield College]]
* [[Queen's College, Birmingham]]<ref>''A History of Birmingham'', Chris Upton, 1993, {{ISBN|0-85033-870-0}}</ref>
* [[Stonyhurst College]], a Catholic college in Lancashire.
* [[Queen's College, Taunton|Wesleyan Collegiate Institution, Taunton]], which became Queen's College, Taunton.
* [[Ceylon Technical College]], 1933&nbsp;– 1950 students studied for engineering degrees in BSc in engineering.
* [[University College Lahore]]
* [[Singapore Institute of Management]]
* [[Northwest College for Advanced Learning]], India

===Colleges in special relation===
{{main|University of London International Programmes}}
Between 1946 and 1970, the university entered into 'schemes of special relation' with university colleges in the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. These schemes encouraged the development of independent universities by offering a relationship with the University of London. University colleges in these countries were granted a [[royal charter]]. An academic board of the university college negotiated with the University of London over the entrance requirements for the admission of students, syllabuses, examination procedures and other academic matters. During the period of the special relationship, graduates of the colleges were awarded University of London degrees.

Some of the colleges which were in special relation are listed below, along with the year in which their special relation was established.
* 1946&nbsp;– The University College of the West Indies, until 1961 (now the [[University of the West Indies]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uwi.edu/aboutuwi/briefhistory.aspx |title=University of the West Indies |publisher=Uwi.edu |date=24 June 1986 |access-date=13 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527093104/http://www.uwi.edu/aboutuwi/briefhistory.aspx |archive-date=27 May 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* 1948&nbsp;– University College of the Gold Coast (now [[University of Ghana]])
* 1948&nbsp;– University College, Ibadan, until 1967 (now the [[University of Ibadan]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ui.edu.ng/deptmedicine.htm |title=Department Home |access-date=11 November 2006 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009145219/http://www.ui.edu.ng/deptmedicine.htm |archive-date=9 October 2006 }}</ref>
* 1956&nbsp;– University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now the [[University of Zimbabwe]]).
* 1961&nbsp;– Royal College Nairobi (now the [[University of Nairobi]]).
* 1963&nbsp;– [[University of East Africa]] (In 1970, it was split into three independent universities, which are now: [[University of Nairobi]], [[Makerere University]], and [[University of Dar es Salaam]])

In 1970, the 'Schemes of Special Relation' were phased out.