University College London

Yes, the majority of the first-year students are known to live as part of the university maintained residential halls.

The institute maintains separate on-campus accommodation facilities for its UG & PG students, as well as those who choose to live as part of families.

The rooms are available in both private & shared forms with UCL taking care of the accommodation facilities in the halls operated by itself.

Some halls are also available to students willing to take up self-catering, these include: Astor College, John Dodgson House & Ian Baker House among others.

Yes, UCL students are known to have a “vibrant” social life, with the institute's policy of keeping Wednesday afternoons free of teaching giving students enough time to participate in a number of recreational activities on- & off-campus.

Students can either unwind with friends as part of a UCL Café, enjoy theatre, live music performances, & stand-up comedy as part of the Bloomsbury Theatre or go DJ-ing with the institute's own student radio station: Rare FM.

The UCL acceptance rate of 36% is nearly twice that of Oxford University which has an acceptance rate of 17%.

Thus, it can be said that University College London is relatively easier to secure admissions at than Oxford.

However, both institutes are selective to a good extent, & interested applicants must maintain a solid academic record & resume demonstrating their non-academic capabilities to secure admissions at either institute. 

The University College London & King's College are two of the most prominent higher educational institutes in London.

When it comes to local rankings, University College London has the upper hand with a London-wide rank #2, while King's College London ranks #4 for the same.

As far as acceptance rates go, UCL (36%) again gets the better of KCL (13%), with admissions thrice as easy as it is at King's College.

The table below gives a detailed comparison between the two:

University College London is a popular recruitment destination for some popular for-profit & non-profit organizations in the US & abroad.

The institute's graduates are on the receiving end of job offers from the likes of National Health Service (NHS), Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG, Amazon, Accenture, JP Morgan Chase & Co, as well as the University of Oxford.

The median salary earned by a graduate stands at GBP 32,000 (INR 35.8 L), while the mean salary figure stands at GBP 36,264 (INR 40.6 L), per the latest UCL Placement Data.

UCL graduates are employed at some of the best organizations in the world, in over 165 countries, with the total percentage of graduates employed full-time or pursuing higher studies being 81.2%.

The UCL Placement rate stands at 76.3% as per the latest employment data made available by the University College London.

UCL graduates are employed across a number of prominent industries such as: Health & Social Care, Accountancy, Teaching & IT among others.

The healthcare industry was the most pursued one by the university graduates, with a placement rate of 15%, while Logistics & Distribution was the least employing field with only 0.6% of the UCL graduates employed there.

Yes, UCL considers IELTS Academic test scores to grant admissions to international students, alongside TOEFL, PTE Academic & Cambridge English Test.

The test score requirement vary greatly for different courses, the below table shows the minimum language tests scores for admission to a BSc in Computer Science course.

For Admission to graduate programs, one needs to maintain a minimum GPA of 6.5-8.5/10 or 55%-70%.

Admissions to an undergraduate program requires the scores: 90,85,85,85,85 in 5 core subjects of the 12^th standard.

The minimum GPA needed to be eligible for a study abroad program is the International equivalent of 3.3 on a 4.0. scale.