Regent's University London
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Former name
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Regent's College |
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| Type | Private (Registered charity) |
| Established | 1984 |
| Chancellor | Baron Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE, DCL (Feb 2017) |
| Vice-Chancellor | Aldwyn Cooper |
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Academic staff
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253 |
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Administrative staff
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285 |
| Students | 3,591 FT |
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Regent's Park, London, NW1 4NS, United Kingdom 51°31′34″N 0°09′18″W / 51.526°N 0.155°WCoordinates: 51°31′34″N 0°09′18″W / 51.526°N 0.155°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | Universities UK, Erasmus+, Independent Universities Group |
| Website | www |
Regent's University London is a private non-profit university located in London, United Kingdom. Regent's University is only the second institution in the UK (after the University of Buckingham) that was granted the status of a private university. As such it is one of only six private institutions in the United Kingdom to have been granted taught degree awarding powers.It is now the biggest university among the now five private universities (and one of two non-profit) in the country.
The university has an international student body with students coming from 130 countries overall. 15% of Regent's students are from Britain. Another 40% come from elsewhere within the European Union. 15% of the students come from the US.
The university has its campus in Regent's Park, Central London. It is one of the two largest groups of buildings in the park, along with the London Zoo, and was built on the site of South Villa, one of the original eight Regent's Park villas.
Regent's University was established in 1984 as Regent's College. In the same year, the lease on the South Villa Estate in Regent's Park was taken by the Illinois-based liberal arts college Rockford College, as the campus for the newly established Regent's College, a higher education college intended to primarily provide American students with a study abroad programme.
In 1985, Regent's College acquired the former campus of the University of London's Bedford College in Regent's Park. The site was leased by Bedford College in 1908, and a new set of buildings designed by the architect Basil Champneys was opened by Queen Mary in 1913. The buildings were modified and added to over the years, especially after bomb damage during the Second World War. Bedford College merged with Royal Holloway College (another college of the University of London) in 1985 and moved to Royal Holloway's campus at Egham in Surrey, vacating the premises in Regent's Park. Regent's College gradually expanded and the European Business School London moved to the College campus in 1987.
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