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Introduction to University College London
Just 180 years ago, the benefits of a university education in England were restricted to men who were members of the Church of England; UCL was founded to challenge that discrimination. UCL was the first university to be established in England after Oxford and Cambridge, providing a progressive alternative to those institutions’ social exclusivity, religious restrictions and academic constraints.
The university's main building was designed by William Wilkins who went on to build the National Gallery.
[source ucl.ac.uk]