History
In 1984 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.
In July 2012 it was announced that Regent's College had been awarded taught degree-awarding powers by the Privy Council, and would have the power to grant its own degrees from 1 September 2012.
In February 2013 Regent's College agreed to acquire American InterContinental University London from Career Education Corporation.
In March 2013 the UK's Department for Business Innovation and Skills announced that Regent's College had met the criteria to become a university.
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