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The University of London, founded on February 11, 1826, is one of the world's largest universities, having between 10 to 20 percent of all UK students attending one of its colleges.

Having started out as just UCL it has grown to having over 15 colleges, many of which are major institutions in their own right.

The colleges of the University are, as of May 2003,

• Birkbeck College
• Courtauld Institute of Art
• Goldsmiths College
• Heythrop College
• Imperial College London, incorporating the Imperial College School of Medicine and Imperial College at Wye
• Institute of Education
• King's College London (KCL), incorporating the Institute of Psychiatry and The Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine
• London Business School
• London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Queen Mary, incorporating St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry
• Royal Academy of Music
• Royal Holloway
• The Royal Veterinary College
• St George's Hospital Medical School
• School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), incorporating the London School of Jewish Studies
• School of Pharmacy
• University College London (UCL), incorporating the Eastman Dental Institute, the Institute of Child Health, the Institute of Neurology, the Institute of Ophthalmology, the Royal Free and University College Medical School (Royal Free Campus), the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, and the Slade School of Fine Art

Notable persons who attended the University include:

• Akbar S. Ahmed
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Raymond Briggs
• Robert Browning
• G.K. Chesterton
• Coldplay members Chris Martin, William Champion, and Johnny Buckland
• Alex Comfort
• Francis Crick
• Ambrose Fleming
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Chaim Herzog
• A.E. Housman
• Charles Kao
• Jomo Kenyatta
• Junichiro Koizumi
• Joseph Lister
• Marie Stopes