University of London
The University of London is a federal university comprising 18 constituent colleges, which largely operate as universities in their own right. For historical reason the two founding colleges, University College London and King's College London, have names resembling those of Oxbridge colleges. Later the expansion of the University saw the growth of the small specialist colleges such as School of Oriental and African Studies, the Royal Academy of Music and The School of Pharmacy, University of London either by establishing within or merging into the University.
These colleges, whether they are recognised or listed bodies, award the University of London degrees, but the admission process is completely separated, and there is also a certain difference in the 'value' of the degrees awarder by the various colleges. The Privy Council, however, had recently granted degree awarding power to Imperial College London (2003), University College London (2005), and Birkbeck College(2012); that Imperial decided to leave the federal University in 2005 to award its own degree University College London and Birkbeck College decided not to exercise the power for the time being.
The University of London also has various remote colleges such as the University of London Institute in Paris (ULIP).
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