University of London
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The University of London is a federal public research university in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree-awarding examination board for
General Examination for Women certificate from 1878. These were issued 1869–1878, before women were admitted to degrees of the university.
Somerset House in 1836. The university had its offices here from 1837 to 1870.
King William IV, who granted the University of London its original royal charter in 1836
An illustration of 6 Burlington Gardens, home to the university administration from 1870 to 1900
University College London
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University College London, which operates as UCL, is a public research university in London, England. It is a member institution of the federal University of London, and is the second-largest universi
Share no. 1105 in the University of London, issued 3 February 1829
The London University (now the UCL Main Building) as imagined by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd in 1827–28, when construction was in progress. The portico and dome were completed in 1829, but lack of funds meant it would be many years before reality matched the picture.
Henry Tonks' 1923 mural The Four Founders of UCL
The Cruciform Building, seen from inside the quadrangle of the UCL Main Building