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List of Top 5 Universities and Colleges in London

London has one of the largest concentrations of universities and higher education institutions in the world. It has 40 higher education institutions (not counting foreign Universities with London branches) and has a student population of

more than 400,000. Universities and Colleges in London

+ University of the Arts London

   The University of the Arts London, formerly known as the London Institute, is a collegiate university comprising six internationally recognised art, design, fashion and media colleges in London, England, UK. The University is Europe's largest provider of education in art, design, fashion, communication and the performing arts.

+ University College London

    University College London (UCL) is a constituent college of the University of London, based primarily in Bloomsbury in the London Borough of Camden.Founded in 1826, UCL was the first university institution to be founded in London, the first university institution in the United Kingdom to be established on an entirely secular basis and admit students regardless of their religion, and the first to admit women on equal terms with men.

+ Imperial College London

   Imperial College London (officially The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine as titled in its Royal Charter)   is a British university in London specialising in science, engineering, medicine and business. Imperial was placed 5th overall in the world in the 2009 Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings of universities worldwide,   and was placed 26th in the Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities. 

+ King's College London

    King's College London is a constituent college of the University of London in the United Kingdom. The college was founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and its royal charter is predated in England only by those of Oxford University and Cambridge University.   Along with University College London, King's College London became one of the two founding colleges of the University of London in 1836.

+ Queen Mary University of London

   Queen Mary University of London (known as Queen Mary and Westfield College until 2000, and still officially named as such in its charter)   is a constituent college of the University of London with roots dating back to 1785. The modern Queen Mary is formed from four historic colleges and since joining the University of London in 1915 has become one of the University's largest Colleges, offering degree programmes and research across 21 academic departments and institutes.