Queen Mary, University of London - Definition and Overview

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 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, and over 20 per cent of students coming from over 100 countries. 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. The main site is located in Mile End in the East End of London.

Famous alumni

• Dr Thomas Barnardo - Children's philanthropist
• Graham Chapman - Monty Python star
• Sir Peter Mansfield - Nobel Prize winner
• Peter Hain - Labour MP and Leader of the House of Commons
• Bruce Dickinson - Member of Iron Maiden
• Bernard Butler - Indie guitarist
• Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Novelist and Academy Award winning screenwriter
• Lord Robert Winston - Pioneer of in vitro fertilisation
• Sir Malcolm Bradbury - Novelist
• Sir Roy Strong - Historian
• Sir John Meurig Thomas - Chemist
• The Baroness Falkender - Politician

External links

• Queen Mary, University of London website (http://www.qmul.ac.uk/)
• Queen Mary Students Union website (http://www.qmsu.org/)