Universities of London

London, the capital of England is known for having numerous good
universities. It has a lot of universities for higher education.
Approximately 50 higher education universities are present at this time.
It has the largest number of student in whole of the United Kingdom;
there are more than 400,000 students in London. These facts and figure
does not add up all the foreigners. As we all know that London is known
for its world class educational institutes, there are a lot of
universities all offering different subjects to study and different
graduate programs.
London is also known for the fact that the
education is way too expensive over here than the rest of the world. The
federal university also known as the University of London was
established back in 1958. It is one of the most ancient and well known
universities of England. This is the main university of London where
students from more than 180 countries come over there and study over
there. They add up to a number of approximately 45,000 students studying
in the university. There are other various universities and colleges
that are also present in London. Approximately there are 12 top
universities in London that are ranked within top 250 universities in
the world. Out of the total top 5 universities in United Kingdom, London
has two of them the number 5 and number 4 universities.
According
to the Times Education Ranking top universities of the world last year,
London had its Imperial College London at the 5th number. Imperial
college is basically a research university which offers specialized
courses in Science, Medicine, Business and Engineering. This university
recently celebrated its 100th birthday recently in 2007, each year they
groom candidates that are of the top level. It is located in central
London. The next comes in the University of London that is ranked at
number 4 in the world i.e. University College London (according to the
world university ranking 2009). It is also a research university and the
largest constituent college of the University of London. It was founded
in 1828 and it was the first university institute that was found in
London and the first one to be established on secular basis. They were
the first ones who came up with the idea and went on with the idea that
all students will be admitted regardless of their religion. They also
worked on the fact that women must also be admitted on the equivalent
basis of men. It is one of the biggest universities of London and is
divided in more than 100 different sectors and the faculty is divided
into eight parts. Other than that, many foreign universities are also
present in London. These were 2 of the main higher colleges of London
but there are a lot of other higher colleges of lower level and are
offering studies in almost every field possible whether that is drama,
pharmaceuticals, art or music and much more. This show how important is
London for the United Kingdom and the world in terms of education.