University of London

重慶市酉陽第一中學校 曾筱菲

The University of London is a public research university located in London,England,consisting of 18 constituent colleges,9 research institutes and a number of central bodies.The university is the largest university by the number of full-time students in the United Kingdom,with 161,270 campus-based students and over 50,000 distance learning students in the University of London International Programmes.The university was established by royalcharterin 1836,as a degreeawarding examination board for students holding certificates from University College London and King's College London and other such educational institutions.The university moved to a federal structure in 1900.

For most practical purposes,ranging from admissions to funding,the constituent colleges operate on an independent basis,with some recently obtaining the power to award their own degrees whilst remaining in the federal university.The ten largest colleges of the university are UCL,King's College London,Queen Mary,City,Birkbeck,the London School of Economics and Political Science,Royal Holloway,Goldsmiths,SOAS,and St George's.The specialist colleges of the university include the London Business School,the RoyalVeterinaryCollege and Heythrop College,specialising in philosophy andtheology.Imperial College London was formerly a member,before leaving the university a century later in 2007.City is the most recent constituent college,having joined on September 1,2016.

University of London's alumni include at least 4monarchs,52 presidents or prime ministers,74 Nobel laureates,6 Grammy winners,2 Oscar winners,and 3 Olympic gold medalists.Many no-table alumni also include several diplomats and civil servants across the world and staff associated with the collegiate research university.

Word bank

1.charter n.許可證；特許狀

2.veterinary adj.獸醫的

3.theology n.神學

4.monarch n.君主；帝王

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倫敦大學是位于英國倫敦的一所公立研究型大學，由18個校屬學院、9個研究所和若干中心機構組成。倫敦大學是英國全日制學生人數最多的大學，有161，270名在校學生，就讀倫敦大學國際課程的函授學生有50，000多名。倫敦大學于1836年皇家特許成立，作為一個學位授予考試委員會，它負責管理持有倫敦大學學院、倫敦國王學院和其他教育機構的畢業證書的學生。倫敦大學于1900年改為聯邦制。

從招生到經費等實際運作情況來看，各校屬學院都是以獨立的方式運作，一些學院最近在仍然留在聯邦制大學內的同時，獲得了自己授予學位的權力。倫敦大學的10所最大的學院是倫敦大學學院、倫敦國王學院、倫敦瑪麗女王學院、倫敦城市學院、倫敦伯克貝克學院、倫敦政治經濟學院、皇家霍洛威學院、倫敦大學金史密斯學院、倫敦東方與非洲研究學院和圣喬治學院。其專科院校包括倫敦商學院、皇家獸醫學院學院和專攻哲學和神學的海斯洛普學院。帝國理工學院原是大學內的一個學院，一個世紀后在2007年退出。倫敦城市學院是2016年9月1日新近加入的一所校屬學院。

倫敦大學的校友包括至少4位君主、52位總統或首相、74位諾貝爾獎獲得者、6位格萊美獎獲得者、2位奧斯卡獎獲得者和3位奧運會金牌獲得者。許多著名校友還包括世界各地的數位外交官和公務員，以及與這所研究型大學有關的工作人員。