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University College London (UCL) is a public university specializing in research. It is the and the biggest and oldest member college of the federal University of London. Established in 1826, University College London was the first university founded in London and also first in England to espouse secularity, to enroll students regardless of their religion and to give its female students the same rights as its male students. University College London is one the founding institutions of the University of London in 1836.

UCL is divided into ten member faculties and within each of these there are about 100 departments, institutes and research centres. The principal campus is situated in the Bloomsbury area of central London, with a few teaching hospitals and institutes scattered elsewhere around the centre of London. UCL has a campus in Doha, Qatar that specializes in conservation, museum studies and archaeology. The UCL School of Energy and Resources is located in Adelaide, Australia.

UCL is a important focal point in the field of biomedical research; it member of three of the eleven biomedical research centres set up by the state-run National Health Service by the NHS in England and is a helped establish UCL Partners, the largest academic health science centre in Europe. From 1999 through 2009 it was the 13th most-cited university in the world (and the most-cited in Europe).

The shear breadth of courses offered by UCL is reflected in the achievements of its many alumni. Many well known personalities graduated from UCL and went on to make their name in fields as diverse as polcitics to entertainment, science to rock and roll.
Some notable examples include:
Mahatma Gandhi - Founder of the Indian Independence movement, "Father of the Nation"
Ricky Gervais - Comedian and actor
Alexander Graham Bell - Inventor of the telephone
All current members of the rock group Coldplay
Francis Crick - Co-discoverer of DNA
Christine Ohuruogu (Olympic 400 metres gold medalist)