{"name":"University College London","slug":"university-college-london-4b7862dc","url":"https://collegestat.britexstudy-15d.workers.dev/university/university-college-london-4b7862dc","country":"United Kingdom","country_code":"GB","city":"London","type":"Public","founded":1826,"website":"http://www.ucl.ac.uk/","summary":"UCL was founded in 1826 as London University, a secular alternative to Oxford and Cambridge that admitted students regardless of their religion, and in 1878 it began admitting women on equal terms with men. It became a founding college of the University of London in 1836 and gained university status in its own right in 2023. It is a large multi-faculty university centred on Bloomsbury in central London.","key_facts":[{"id":"rank","value":"=8","detail":"QS 2027","source":"https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx"}],"sources":[{"label":"rank","url":"https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx"},{"label":"Official website","url":"http://www.ucl.ac.uk/"},{"label":"Reference","url":"https://ror.org/02jx3x895"},{"label":"Wikipedia (official facts page blocked/404): history, motto. Student totals not set because official figures conflicted (a search snippet gave 51,793 in 2024/25 with 52% from abroad; the official study pages say 18,000 from outside the UK)","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_College_London"}],"note":"Figures are as reported by the linked sources; confirm requirements with the university before applying."}