Queen Mary's roots lie in four historic colleges: Queen Mary College, Westfield College, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and the London Hospital Medical College.
The college was first established in 1887 and was admitted to the University of London in 1915.
Queen Mary merged with the medical schools of St Bartholomew's and the Royal London hospitals in 1995. Queen Mary University of London is a member of the Russell Group of leading UK universities, recognition of its excellence in research and teaching. The Group, which includes other top universities such as Oxford, Cambridge and UCL, attracts some of the brightest students from all over the world and almost two-thirds of research funding in the UK. Graduates from Russell Group universities are especially valued by employers, giving them a head start when they apply for jobs.
Location and Transport
Queen Mary is inner London’s only campus based university. The main campus at Mile End is also the largest self-contained university campus in London. The best of both worlds: a quiet campus set along the Regent’s Canal and only 15 minutes by underground from Oxford Street, central London. We are also in the heart of London’s East End, one of the most vibrant and exciting parts of the city, with Spitalfields, Brick Lane and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park all on our doorstep.
Queen Mary is made up of five campuses across central and east London: Charterhouse Square, Lincoln's Inn Fields, West Smithfield, Whitechapel and Mile End. All our campuses are well connected to a range of public transport, including the London Underground system, with central London just minutes away.
Entry Standards
Courses require between 300 and 380 entry points.
Entry to Medicine and Dentistry, Law and English courses are particularly competitive.
For more detailed information on entry standards, visit the website.
We welcome students and staff from more than 150 countries who play a vital part in the life of the university.
A-Level and GCSE Requirements
AS/A level
Currently only applicants to our School of Medicine and Dentistry are required to achieve a minimum B grade in an AS-level in addition to three A-levels. From 2017 entry we expect to require three A-level passes with a minimum A grade including either Biology or Chemistry and a further Science A-level from Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. We will not require an additional pass in an AS level. For admission to all other courses we will require three A-level passes and may specify minimum grades in specific subjects.
GCSE
From 2017 entry we expect to require a minimum achievement of grade 8 in three GCSEs and grade 7 in a further three GCSEs, including Biology and Chemistry or Double Science, Maths and English from applicants to our School of Medicine and Dentistry. While GCSE performance is routinely considered in a holistic assessment of applications to all other courses, we do not currently specify achievement of a minimum number of passes at specific grades in GCSE qualifications, beyond minimum requirements in English and Mathematics, normally at current grade B or C. We expect to map these grades to the new grading scheme, treating grade C as equivalent to the new grade 4 or 5. We will publish specific GCSE requirements in our undergraduate prospectus for 2017 entry in March 2016.
Course Flexibility
A course unit scheme is in operation, through which students can pick additional units, including modules in languages.
Transfer between courses is considered according to merit.
Many of our programmes offer students the opportunity to study abroad for a semester or a year at one of our partner universities in Australia, Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore or the USA.
Some of our academic Schools also offer the option to spend a year in industry to gain valuable experience of work. We also offer foundation programmes, integrated masters degrees, and intercalated degrees for those looking for more flexible courses to fit their requirements.
Teaching Standards
Queen Mary takes its teaching very seriously; small seminar groups give students regular and close contact with academics and teaching staff.
In 2012, Dr Peter Howarth from Queen Mary’s School of English and Drama won the prestigious National Teaching Fellowship. QM is one of only two institutions in the country whose staff have been awarded Fellowships every year since 2006. Dr Howarth’s appointment brings the total number of Queen Mary National Teaching Fellows to nine.
• Previous winners include academics from the Schools of English, Dentistry and Health Sciences.
Student satisfaction with the quality of the teaching they receive at Queen Mary remains consistently high. In the most recent National Student Survey (NSS 2014), our students praised staff for explaining their subject well (90 per cent), for their enthusiasm (86 per cent) and for making their course intellectually stimulating (87 per cent).
Research Standards
The results of the most recent national assessment of research – the Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) – have confirmed our place in the very top group of research-led universities in the UK. Overall we were ranked 9th among multi-faculty universities in the UK.
Queen Mary has also excelled in several subject groups, being in the top five in many, including:
Linguistics (ranked 1st)
Music, drama, dance and performing arts (ranked 1st for Drama)
Dentistry (ranked 3rd)
English Language and Literature (ranked 5th)
Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care (ranked 5th)
Academic Strengths
The Medical School includes specialist centres researching cancer, cardiology, clinical pharmacology, inflammation, infectious diseases, stem cells, dermatology, diabetes, neuroscience, surgery and dentistry.
The School of Law’s Legal Advice Centre won the prestigious Attorney General’s Pro Bono Award.
We offer more than 200 degree programmes across our three Faculties: Humanities and Social Sciences; Medicine and Dentistry; and Science and Engineering.
The School of Dentistry moved into brand new state-of-the-art premises at The Royal London Dental Hospital in spring 2014. The new Dental School and Hospital houses the most modern and technologically advanced equipment in the UK, following more than a decade of planning and work.
Queen Mary has been awarded the maximum allocation of £5million of new funding by the government in order to create new laboratories and expand teaching facilities for science and engineering on our Mile End campus.
Student Facilities
Around 1,600 student workstations are available across campus.
Approximately 97% of student rooms have internet access.
Our main library is at Mile End. The medical libraries are at Whitechapel, West Smithfield and the Wolfson.
Queen Mary students can also access the University of London libraries at Senate House.
All QMUL students can access free WiFi on our campuses and other member universities via the eduroam network.
The college was first established in 1887 and was admitted to the University of London in 1915.
Queen Mary merged with the medical schools of St Bartholomew's and the Royal London hospitals in 1995. Queen Mary University of London is a member of the Russell Group of leading UK universities, recognition of its excellence in research and teaching. The Group, which includes other top universities such as Oxford, Cambridge and UCL, attracts some of the brightest students from all over the world and almost two-thirds of research funding in the UK. Graduates from Russell Group universities are especially valued by employers, giving them a head start when they apply for jobs.
Location and Transport
Queen Mary is inner London’s only campus based university. The main campus at Mile End is also the largest self-contained university campus in London. The best of both worlds: a quiet campus set along the Regent’s Canal and only 15 minutes by underground from Oxford Street, central London. We are also in the heart of London’s East End, one of the most vibrant and exciting parts of the city, with Spitalfields, Brick Lane and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park all on our doorstep.
Queen Mary is made up of five campuses across central and east London: Charterhouse Square, Lincoln's Inn Fields, West Smithfield, Whitechapel and Mile End. All our campuses are well connected to a range of public transport, including the London Underground system, with central London just minutes away.
Entry Standards
Courses require between 300 and 380 entry points.
Entry to Medicine and Dentistry, Law and English courses are particularly competitive.
For more detailed information on entry standards, visit the website.
We welcome students and staff from more than 150 countries who play a vital part in the life of the university.
A-Level and GCSE Requirements
AS/A level
Currently only applicants to our School of Medicine and Dentistry are required to achieve a minimum B grade in an AS-level in addition to three A-levels. From 2017 entry we expect to require three A-level passes with a minimum A grade including either Biology or Chemistry and a further Science A-level from Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. We will not require an additional pass in an AS level. For admission to all other courses we will require three A-level passes and may specify minimum grades in specific subjects.
GCSE
From 2017 entry we expect to require a minimum achievement of grade 8 in three GCSEs and grade 7 in a further three GCSEs, including Biology and Chemistry or Double Science, Maths and English from applicants to our School of Medicine and Dentistry. While GCSE performance is routinely considered in a holistic assessment of applications to all other courses, we do not currently specify achievement of a minimum number of passes at specific grades in GCSE qualifications, beyond minimum requirements in English and Mathematics, normally at current grade B or C. We expect to map these grades to the new grading scheme, treating grade C as equivalent to the new grade 4 or 5. We will publish specific GCSE requirements in our undergraduate prospectus for 2017 entry in March 2016.
Course Flexibility
A course unit scheme is in operation, through which students can pick additional units, including modules in languages.
Transfer between courses is considered according to merit.
Many of our programmes offer students the opportunity to study abroad for a semester or a year at one of our partner universities in Australia, Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore or the USA.
Some of our academic Schools also offer the option to spend a year in industry to gain valuable experience of work. We also offer foundation programmes, integrated masters degrees, and intercalated degrees for those looking for more flexible courses to fit their requirements.
Teaching Standards
Queen Mary takes its teaching very seriously; small seminar groups give students regular and close contact with academics and teaching staff.
In 2012, Dr Peter Howarth from Queen Mary’s School of English and Drama won the prestigious National Teaching Fellowship. QM is one of only two institutions in the country whose staff have been awarded Fellowships every year since 2006. Dr Howarth’s appointment brings the total number of Queen Mary National Teaching Fellows to nine.
• Previous winners include academics from the Schools of English, Dentistry and Health Sciences.
Student satisfaction with the quality of the teaching they receive at Queen Mary remains consistently high. In the most recent National Student Survey (NSS 2014), our students praised staff for explaining their subject well (90 per cent), for their enthusiasm (86 per cent) and for making their course intellectually stimulating (87 per cent).
Research Standards
The results of the most recent national assessment of research – the Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) – have confirmed our place in the very top group of research-led universities in the UK. Overall we were ranked 9th among multi-faculty universities in the UK.
Queen Mary has also excelled in several subject groups, being in the top five in many, including:
Linguistics (ranked 1st)
Music, drama, dance and performing arts (ranked 1st for Drama)
Dentistry (ranked 3rd)
English Language and Literature (ranked 5th)
Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care (ranked 5th)
Academic Strengths
The Medical School includes specialist centres researching cancer, cardiology, clinical pharmacology, inflammation, infectious diseases, stem cells, dermatology, diabetes, neuroscience, surgery and dentistry.
The School of Law’s Legal Advice Centre won the prestigious Attorney General’s Pro Bono Award.
We offer more than 200 degree programmes across our three Faculties: Humanities and Social Sciences; Medicine and Dentistry; and Science and Engineering.
The School of Dentistry moved into brand new state-of-the-art premises at The Royal London Dental Hospital in spring 2014. The new Dental School and Hospital houses the most modern and technologically advanced equipment in the UK, following more than a decade of planning and work.
Queen Mary has been awarded the maximum allocation of £5million of new funding by the government in order to create new laboratories and expand teaching facilities for science and engineering on our Mile End campus.
Student Facilities
Around 1,600 student workstations are available across campus.
Approximately 97% of student rooms have internet access.
Our main library is at Mile End. The medical libraries are at Whitechapel, West Smithfield and the Wolfson.
Queen Mary students can also access the University of London libraries at Senate House.
All QMUL students can access free WiFi on our campuses and other member universities via the eduroam network.