University College London
Public research university in London
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| March 2025 | The London Varsity Series expanded to include over 30 sporting fixtures played across one week in March. |
| 2024 | KCL defeated UCL in Women's Varsity match with a score of 20-5 |
| 2024 | UCL defeated KCL in Men's Varsity match with a narrow score of 10-7 |
| 2024 | Students set up an encampment on campus protesting the Israel-Hamas war, following similar movements at other UK and US universities. |
| 2024 | Named University of the Year in the Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide for 2024. |
| 2024 | UCL Art Museum plaster cast collection under the dome of the Main Building announced to be closed, with objects to be placed in storage pending a new gallery location. |
| November 15 2024 | Students protested the visit of Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, criticising the Czech government's support for Israel. |
| August 2024 | UCL successfully won a court case to regain control of part of its campus that had been occupied by pro-Gaza protesters since May 2024. |
| July 31 2024 | UCL reported a total income of £2.03 billion for the financial year, with key income sources including £538.8 million from research grants, £971.2 million from tuition fees, and endowments of £174.8 million. |
| March 2024 | UCL launched an internal investigation after a department banned an academic from teaching a modern slavery course involving China. |
| 2023 | KCL defeated UCL in Women's Varsity match with a close score of 12-10 |
| 2023 | UCL defeated KCL in Men's Varsity match with a score of 17-12 |
| 2023 | The School of Slavonic and East European Studies was integrated into the UCL Arts and Humanities faculty, concluding its autonomous status. |
| 2023 | UCL opened the second building at UCL East campus, featuring eight floors of teaching and research space. |
| 2023 | Achieved formal university status, officially recognizing its long-standing academic excellence and research contributions. |
| September 2023 | UCL launched an engineering foundation year based at UCL East for students from UK state schools who do not meet standard entry requirements. |
| September 2023 | Expected relocation of UCL East Library to the new Marshgate building in September. |
| April 17 2023 | A supplemental charter was sealed, granting UCL university status. |
| 2022 | UCL defeated KCL in Men's Varsity match with a close score of 12-8 |
| 2022 | KCL defeated UCL in Women's Varsity match with a score of 12-5 |
| 2022 | UCL returned to The Guardian University Guide's top ten rankings, achieving its best position since 2014. |
| 2022 | London Economics report found that UCL generates around £10 billion annually for the UK economy, highlighting its significant economic impact through research, knowledge spread, and graduate entrepreneurship. |
| 2022 | UCL's Strategy for a Sustainable UCL was a finalist in the 'Sustainable Institution of the Year' category at the Green Gown Awards. |
| 2022 | UCL opened its first building at UCL East campus in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, east London. The building includes three floors of teaching and research space and student accommodation for 500 students in two towers. |
| 2022 | UCL's application for university status was approved by the Office for Students. |
| 2021 | UCL decisively defeated KCL in Men's Varsity match with a score of 49-7 |
| 2021 | KCL completely shut out UCL in Women's Varsity match with a score of 38-0 |
| 2021 | Former students of the architecture school raised complaints about racism and sexism, leading to an investigation and apology from UCL. |
| 2021 | UCL controversially decided not to rejoin the Stonewall Diversity Champions scheme, against the advice of its equality diversity and inclusion committee, following an academic board vote. |
| 2021 | UCL finished 16th in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) rankings for the 2021/22 sports season, showcasing the university's competitive performance across multiple sports disciplines. |
| 2021 | UCL apologised for its 'fundamental role in the development, propagation and legitimisation of eugenics'. |
| January 2021 | Michael Spence became President and Provost of UCL, succeeding Michael Arthur. |
| 2020 | KCL defeated UCL in Men's Varsity match with a score of 27-12 |
| 2020 | KCL defeated UCL in Women's Varsity match with a score of 29-10 |
| 2020 | UCL's Positive Climate initiative won the '2030 Climate Action' category at the Green Gown Awards. |
| 2020 | UCL became the first Russell Group university to ban romantic and sexual relationships between lecturers and students. The university also renamed the Galton Lecture Theatre, Pearson Lecture Theatre, and Pearson Building, and apologized for its historical promotion of eugenics. |
| June 19 2020 | UCL's President & Provost Professor Michael Arthur announced the 'denaming' of spaces and buildings previously named after Francis Galton and Karl Pearson. |
| February 2020 | UCL left the Stonewall Diversity Champions scheme as a cost-cutting measure, marking a significant change in its LGBT+ equality engagement. |
| 2019 | No Men's or Women's Varsity match was played this year |
| 2019 | UCL defeated KCL in Women's Varsity match with a score of 15-10 |
| 2019 | The students' union voted to remove Phineas from the bar due to its perceived links to imperialism and British colonialism. |
| 2019 | UCL's Student Centre was a finalist at the Green Gown Awards. |
| 2019 | UCL opened its new Student Centre, which was certified outstanding by BREEAM for environmental design, making it one of only 320 buildings worldwide to achieve this sustainability certification. |
| 2019 | UCL launched the Strategy for Sustainable UCL 2019–24, introducing three major sustainability initiatives: Positive Climate, The Loop, and Wild Bloomsbury. |
| July 2 2019 | Construction work on UCL East began with a ground breaking ceremony by London Mayor Sadiq Khan. |
| February 2019 | University College London opened a prayer room with ablution facilities and a silent meditation room in the student centre, demonstrating a commitment to supporting students of diverse faiths while maintaining its secular founding principles. |
| 2018 | KCL defeated UCL in Women's Varsity match with a score of 5-0 |
| 2018 | UCL defeated KCL in Men's Varsity match with a score of 15-11 |
| 2018 | Aliza Ayaz, a first-year student, founded the university's first environment student campaign by establishing the Climate Action Society, which pressured the university to divest from fossil fuels. |
| 2018 | Department for Education analysis revealed UCL's significant impact on graduate earnings, with +15.5% for women and +16.2% for men compared to average graduates. |
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