重慶市酉陽第一中學(xué)校 曾筱菲

The University of London is a public research university located in London,England,consisting of 18 constituent colleges,9 research institutes and a number of central bodies.The university is the largest university by the number of full-time students in the United Kingdom,with 161,270 campus-based students and over 50,000 distance learning students in the University of London International Programmes.The university was established by royalcharterin 1836,as a degreeawarding examination board for students holding certificates from University College London and King's College London and other such educational institutions.The university moved to a federal structure in 1900.

For most practical purposes,ranging from admissions to funding,the constituent colleges operate on an independent basis,with some recently obtaining the power to award their own degrees whilst remaining in the federal university.The ten largest colleges of the university are UCL,King's College London,Queen Mary,City,Birkbeck,the London School of Economics and Political Science,Royal Holloway,Goldsmiths,SOAS,and St George's.The specialist colleges of the university include the London Business School,the RoyalVeterinaryCollege and Heythrop College,specialising in philosophy andtheology.Imperial College London was formerly a member,before leaving the university a century later in 2007.City is the most recent constituent college,having joined on September 1,2016.

University of London's alumni include at least 4monarchs,52 presidents or prime ministers,74 Nobel laureates,6 Grammy winners,2 Oscar winners,and 3 Olympic gold medalists.Many no-table alumni also include several diplomats and civil servants across the world and staff associated with the collegiate research university.

Word bank

1.charter n.許可證；特許狀

2.veterinary adj.獸醫(yī)的

3.theology n.神學(xué)

4.monarch n.君主；帝王

譯文助讀

倫敦大學(xué)是位于英國倫敦的一所公立研究型大學(xué)，由18個校屬學(xué)院、9個研究所和若干中心機構(gòu)組成。倫敦大學(xué)是英國全日制學(xué)生人數(shù)最多的大學(xué)，有161，270名在校學(xué)生，就讀倫敦大學(xué)國際課程的函授學(xué)生有50，000多名。倫敦大學(xué)于1836年皇家特許成立，作為一個學(xué)位授予考試委員會，它負責(zé)管理持有倫敦大學(xué)學(xué)院、倫敦國王學(xué)院和其他教育機構(gòu)的畢業(yè)證書的學(xué)生。倫敦大學(xué)于1900年改為聯(lián)邦制。

從招生到經(jīng)費等實際運作情況來看，各校屬學(xué)院都是以獨立的方式運作，一些學(xué)院最近在仍然留在聯(lián)邦制大學(xué)內(nèi)的同時，獲得了自己授予學(xué)位的權(quán)力。倫敦大學(xué)的10所最大的學(xué)院是倫敦大學(xué)學(xué)院、倫敦國王學(xué)院、倫敦瑪麗女王學(xué)院、倫敦城市學(xué)院、倫敦伯克貝克學(xué)院、倫敦政治經(jīng)濟學(xué)院、皇家霍洛威學(xué)院、倫敦大學(xué)金史密斯學(xué)院、倫敦東方與非洲研究學(xué)院和圣喬治學(xué)院。其?？圃盒０▊惗厣虒W(xué)院、皇家獸醫(yī)學(xué)院學(xué)院和專攻哲學(xué)和神學(xué)的海斯洛普學(xué)院。帝國理工學(xué)院原是大學(xué)內(nèi)的一個學(xué)院，一個世紀后在2007年退出。倫敦城市學(xué)院是2016年9月1日新近加入的一所校屬學(xué)院。

倫敦大學(xué)的校友包括至少4位君主、52位總統(tǒng)或首相、74位諾貝爾獎獲得者、6位格萊美獎獲得者、2位奧斯卡獎獲得者和3位奧運會金牌獲得者。許多著名校友還包括世界各地的數(shù)位外交官和公務(wù)員，以及與這所研究型大學(xué)有關(guān)的工作人員。