Queen Mary, University of London
2014.10.15
Overview
Queen Mary University of London(informally Queen Mary, QMUL or QM) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. With roots dating back to 1785, Queen Mary was formed by the merger of four historic colleges, and since joining the University of London in 1915 has grown to become one of its largest colleges.
Queen Mary's main campus is located in the Mile End area of the East End of London, with other campuses in Holborn, Smithfield and Whitechapel. It has around 17,000 full-time students and 4,000 staff and an annual turnover of £350 million and an annual research income of £100m. Around 20 per cent of its students come from outside the UK. Queen Mary is organised into three faculties – the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Science and Engineering and Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry – within which there are 21 academic departments and institutes.
Established year: 1785
Location
Queen Mary's main campus is in Mile End, in London's East End. It hosts most subjects teaching, as well as the main library and several halls of residence. The nearby Whitechapel campus is mainly used for scientific research and medicine, and other smaller campuses are spread around the city.
London is the political, economic and cultural capital of Britain. It is the most populous city in the United Kingdom with a metropolitan area of over 13 million inhabitants. London was the world's most populous city from around 1831 to 1925. London's history stretches back over thousands of years, and the city boasts four World Heritage Sites: the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, Maritime Greenwich and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. It is one of the world's leading financial centres and has the fifth-or sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP in the world depending on measurement. London is a world cultural capital. It is the world's most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has the world's largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic.
London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe. London is home to more international students than any other city in the world. Every year, 90,000 people come from over 200 countries to study and experience the culture, the history and the spirit of one of the world's greatest cities.
In 2012, London became the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.
From the Centre of London: 15 minutes
Address: Mile End Rd, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
Learning environment
The main Mile End campus contains the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Science and Engineering, the Queens' Building/People's Palace/Octagon, the main college library, the student union, Draper's bar and club, several restaurants, a number of halls of residences and a gym. The educational and research sites of the Arts Research Centre, Computer Science, the large Engineering building, G.E. Fogg Building, Francis Bancroft Building, G. O. Jones Building, Joseph Priestley Building, Lock-keeper's Graduate Centre, and the Mathematical Science Building, are all located within the Mile End campus.
The Whitechapel campus encompasses Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, the Whitechapel Medical Library, the award winning Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, and the Royal London Hospital.
The West Smithfield campus of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, the West Smithfield Medical Library, the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, the John Vane Science Centre, the Heart Centre and St Bartholomew's Hospital are based in Smithfield.
The Centre for Commercial Law Studies and LLM teaching and postgraduate law research activities are based in Lincoln's Inn Fields in Holborn.
Highlights/Advantages
- Queen Mary is ranked in the top 10% of universities in the UK by the government's official assessment of research quality.
- As a member of the prestigious Russell Group of universities, Queen Mary fosters world-class research as well as excellence in education.
- Queen Mary won the prestigious 'Most Improved Student Experience of the Year' award in The Times Higher Education awards 2009.
- Queen Mary has award winning accommodation on London's only fully integrated campus.
- Importantly, Queen Mary is recognised across the world for producing graduates of the finest calibre.
Rankings
- Internationally, Queen Mary was ranked 147th in the 2012 QS World University Rankings.
- In 2010, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Queen Mary now is ranked 120th in the World
- The Shanghai Jiao Tong University's 2009 Academic Ranking of World Universitiesplaced it in the 59 – 79 band
- In Europe, and 152 – 200 globally, putting it level with University of Warwick, Durham Universityand St. Andrews.
- The 2007 CHE-Excellence Ranking, examining the academic performance of graduate programs in natural sciences, placed Queen Mary in the European top group for biology and physics.
- Queen Mary is ranked in the top 10 for subjects including Medicine and Law (both surpassing King's College London), with some of these ranked equal to University College Londonand Oxford University.
- 37th in the Times University Guide 2015
- 32nd in the Guardian University Guide 2015
- 36th in the Complete University Guide 2015
- 98th in the QS World University Rankings 2015
Accommodation
Queen Mary currently has 2,252 rooms available on or next to the various campuses. As such, certain halls of residence are designed for students studying at a particular campus, such as Whitechapel for medicine and dentistry. Accommodation is generally arranged in flats and houses of 3-11 students per kitchen. Many rooms are en suite.
About 100 rooms in intercollegiate halls are also available, allowing students from different University of London colleges to live together around the city. As London is a big city, there are also many options of privately run halls of residence, privately rented accommodation and homestays with local residents and families.