Queen Mary, University of London

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Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) (until recently Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London and still called that in its charter and occasionally still abbreviated to QMW) is the fourth largest College of the University of London. It is organised into four faculties: Arts; Engineering and Mathematical Sciences; Law and Social Sciences; and Natural Sciences, in addition to Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Queen Mary's origins are in the mergers over the years of four older colleges: Queen Mary College, Westfield College, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and the London Hospital Medical College. Queen Mary's main site is located in Mile End in the East End of London originated in the People's Palace in 1885 on land provided by the Drapers' Company; it was formally admitted to the University of London in 1915. Although teaching had begun at the London Hospital Medical College in 1785, it was not part of QMUL until 1995.

It is a research university, with a strong international reputation with 20 percent of its students coming from abroad. Queen Mary incorporates several leading international research units such as the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, the Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials, as well as many centres for medical and dental teaching and research.

Contents

1 University Rankings
2 Notable alumni
3 International Students
4 Students' accommodation
5 See also
6 External links

University Rankings

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The college was ranked as the world's 100th best higher education institution by the Times Higher Education Supplement in 2004, but moved down to joint 112th place in 2005, alongside Humboldt University of Berlin. The Times Higher Education Supplement's separate table for the top 100 international Universities in Arts and Humanities subjects included Queen Mary in joint 21st place in the world, alongside University College London. In addition, The Guardian Newspaper's League Tables placed it 12th in the UK in 2005, 28th in 2006. Queen Mary has also been ranked the sixth best UK university for student employability [link]- with the second highest UK graduate starting salary. [link]

Notable alumni

Dr Thomas Barnardo - Children's philanthropist
Sir Malcolm Bradbury - Novelist
Bernard Butler - Indie guitarist
Graham Chapman - Monty Python star
Bruce Dickinson - Member of Iron Maiden
Baroness Falkender - Politician
Peter Hain - Labour MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Secretary of State for Wales.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Novelist and Academy Award winning screenwriter
Alasdair MacIntyre - philosopher
Sir Peter Mansfield - Nobel Prize winner
Sir Roy Strong - Historian
David Sullivan - Pornographer and owner of the Sport and Sunday Sport newspapers
Sir John Meurig Thomas - Chemist
Robert Winston, Baron Winston - Pioneer of in vitro fertilisation

International Students

The University is one of the UK's biggest universities in terms of admissions of international students. Students come from over 100 countries, with an especially large contingent from mainland China, particularly in the Department of Electronic Engineering and Department of Materials.

Students' accommodation

Many QMUL students are accommodated in the college's own halls of residence or other accommodation; QMUL students are also eligible to apply for places in the University of London intercollegiate halls of residence, such as Connaught Hall.

Most students in college or university accommodation are first-year undergraduates. The majority of second and third-year students and postgraduates find their own accommodation in the private sector.

External links

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