Member institutions of the University of London

Member institutions of the University of London are colleges and universities that are members of the federal University of London.

The University of London was initially configured as an examining board for affiliated colleges, but was reconfigured as a teaching university for London, with many London colleges becoming schools of the university, in 1900. Since the 1990s it has trended towards much greater autonomy for its colleges. Common assessment standards by subject no longer exist across the university nor is shared teaching or cross-registration commonplace.

List of member institutions

The member institutions of the University of London are currently divided as follows, in alphabetical order:

Colleges

• Birkbeck, University of London [entered in 1920]
• City, University of London [entered in 2016]
• Courtauld Institute of Art [created and admitted in 1932]
• Goldsmiths, University of London [entered in 1904]
• Institute of Cancer Research [entered in 2003]
• King's College London [founding college]
• London Business School [created and admitted in 1964]
• London School of Economics and Political Science [entered in 1900]
• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine [entered in 1924]
• Queen Mary University of London [entered in 1915]
• Royal Academy of Music [entered in 2003]
• Royal Central School of Speech and Drama [entered in 2005]
• Royal Holloway, University of London [entered in 1900]
• Royal Veterinary College [entered in 1915]
• St George's, University of London [affiliated in the 19th century]
• School of Oriental and African Studies [created and entered in 1916]
• University College London [founding college]

Former colleges

• Bedford College [entered in 1900; merged with Royal Holloway College in 1985]
• Chelsea College [entered in 1966; merged with King's College in 1985]
• Hackney College [entered 1900; merged with New College London in 1924]
• Heythrop College, University of London [entered in 1971; closed in 2018]
• Imperial College London [entered in 1908; left the University of London in 2007]
• Institute of Archaeology [established in 1937; merged into UCL in 1986]
• Institute of Education [merged into UCL in 2014]
• London School of Medicine for Women [merged into UCL in 1998]
• New College London [entered in 1900; closed in 1966]
• Queen Elizabeth College [entered in 1956; merged with King's College in 1985]
• Regent's Park College [entered in 1901; moved to Oxford in 1927; permanent private hall of University of Oxford from 1957]
• Richmond Theological College [entered in 1902; closed in 1972]
• School of Pharmacy, University of London [entered in 1949; merged into UCL in 2012]
• School of Slavonic and East European Studies [entered in 1932; merged into UCL in 1999]
• Westfield College [merged with Queen Mary College in 1989]
• Wye College [entered in 1900; merged into Imperial College in 2000]

History

The institutions that make up the university of London have been referred to by a number of different terms historically. From federation in 1900 until the passing of the University of London Act 1994 they were formally "schools of the university" or (until 1978) "colleges incorporated into the university", from 1994 until the passing of the University of London Act 2018 they were "colleges", and from 2018 they have been "member institutions". A member institution is defined in the 2018 act 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". This had the effect of allowing institutions to change their status from colleges to universities in their own right while still remaining part of the University of London. These institutions, including the London School of Economics and University College London, achieved university status in their own right within the University of London in 2022 and 2023.

Intercollegiate registration and study

Students from University of London colleges who wish to take a course at another college within the collegiate public university as part of their degree can register as intercollegiate students.

Degree powers

Until the year 2008, all colleges within the federal collegiate system solely awarded a University of London degree. From 2003 onwards some colleges received their own degree-awarding powers. However, these were held in abeyance until 2008, when a number of colleges began to award their own degrees.

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