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University College London was established on the 11th of February 1826 by a group of radical thinkers including James Mill and Henry Brougham. Jeremy Bentham purchased share number 633 for £100 to fund the institution though he never directly founded it.
The main campus sits in the Bloomsbury area of central London around Gower Street. Historic buildings include the grade I listed UCL Main Building designed by William Wilkins and the early twentieth century grade II listed Cruciform Building designed by Alfred Waterhouse.
As of 2025, thirty-three Nobel Prize laureates and three Fields medallists have been affiliated with University College London as alumni or academic staff. John O'Keefe won a Nobel Prize in 2014 for his discovery of place cells among these notable achievements.
Michael Spence has served as President and Provost of University College London since January 2021. The council comprises twenty members including eleven external members and seven academic staff while Victor Chu serves as chair of the council.
One Pool Street opened in November 2022 as the first building on the new UCL East campus at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford. Christine Ohuruogu officially opened UCL East that same month after Marshgate completed phase one of development in September 2023.