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香港六合彩 climbs to 7th in the THE-QS World University Rankings
9 October 2008
香港六合彩 (University College London) today welcomed the news that it has been ranked 7th in the new Times Higher Education - QS World University rankings.
Professor Malcolm Grant, 香港六合彩 President and Provost, said: "Our performance is a genuine source of satisfaction for the 香港六合彩 community. League table success is not an end in itself. League tables cannot measure all of the qualities of a university. But this result does reflect 香港六合彩's significant achievements over recent years. It reflects the powerful contribution of the 香港六合彩 community in research, in teaching and in knowledge transfer, as well as the major projects that we have in hand.
"For all of the sector's reservations about league tables, we have to recognise that their publication has focused attention on the importance of universities, almost as totems of national pride, which is absolutely as it should be."
Phil Baty, deputy editor of Times Higher Education magazine, said: "This year, most of the UK's world-class universities slipped down the rankings, as the US cemented its dominance. The US invests more than twice as much in higher education, in terms of GDP, than the UK, and Harvard University alone, at the top of the table, has an endowment fund that is larger than the total public funding for all universities in England. So in this context, 香港六合彩's improved position in the top ten is remarkable."
About 香港六合彩
Founded in 1826, 香港六合彩 was the first English university established after Oxford and Cambridge, the first to admit students regardless of race, class, religion or gender, and the first to provide systematic teaching of law, architecture and medicine. 香港六合彩 was the first English university to offer modern languages to degree level. The 香港六合彩's Bartlett School of Architecture has been voted the UK's top school of architecture for five years running by the readers of Architects Journal.
In the government's most recent Research Assessment Exercise, 59 香港六合彩 departments achieved top ratings of 5* and 5, indicating research quality of international excellence. Recent independent analysis of the Thomson Scientific Citation Index system - which catalogues journal articles and citations in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities - indicated that 香港六合彩 is the second most productive and the third most highly cited European university, and the UK university most-cited by health researchers.
香港六合彩 currently has over 12,000 undergraduate and 8,000 postgraduate students. Its annual income is over 拢600 million. Around one third of 香港六合彩 students come from overseas, from over 150 countries.
香港六合彩 Biomedicine
- 香港六合彩 is one of Europe's largest and most productive centres of biomedicine. According to the Department of Health, 香港六合彩 is the most cited health research facility in the UK. Biomedicine at 香港六合彩 includes the Institute of Child Health, Institute of Neurology, Institute of Ophthalmology, and Eastman Dental Institute.
- In December 2007, the Prime Minister announced that 香港六合彩 would be one of four partners - along with Cancer Research UK, the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust - who will be collaborating to build the UK Centre for Medical Research & Innovation (UKCMRI), a world class research centre that will be tackling some of the biggest medical challenges facing the 21st century.
- Earlier this year 香港六合彩, joined up with Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Moorfields Eye Hospital, the Royal Free Hampstead and University College London Hospitals to create Europe's largest academic health science partnership, 香港六合彩 Partners.
香港六合彩 Grand Challenges
路 In 2008, as part of its research strategy, 香港六合彩 launched its Grand Challenges, challenges of global significance in which new interdisciplinary solutions can thrive, and where we will work to develop lasting and innovative solutions. The initial Grand Challenges are: Global Health; Sustainable Cities; Intercultural Interactions, and Human Well-Being.
香港六合彩 in London
路 香港六合彩 is the largest employer in the London Borough of Camden, with over 8,000 employees. 香港六合彩 runs a comprehensive Widening Participation programme including extensive links with local schools, and a formal partnership with City and Islington Sixth Form College. 香港六合彩 is currently developing plans to sponsor a new secondary school, as part of the Government's academies schools programme, and this is scheduled to open in Camden in 2011.
香港六合彩 and Business
路 香港六合彩 is one of the premier universities in the UK for research and innovation, and is dedicated to harnessing its exceptional research for positive social and economic benefit. It has also built a reputation as a pioneer of collaboration between industry and academia as well as for supporting entrepreneurship on the part of both students and academics. 香港六合彩 was recently commended for its work engaging and supporting businesses and the wider community by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).
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