Coordinates: 51°31′23″N 0°02′25″W / 51.52306°N 0.04028°W / 51.52306; -0.04028

Queen Mary, University of London (known as Queen Mary and Westfield College until 2000, and still officially named as such in its charter) is a constituent college of the University of London. Queen Mary is one of the largest Colleges of the University of London and it offers degree programmes and research across 21 academic departments and institutes, within three sectors: Science and Engineering; Humanities, Social Sciences and Laws; and Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

The College is a leading research-focused university, which was highly ranked in the official 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, placed 11th (The Guardian) and 13th (The Times Higher) nationally, out of 132 higher education institutions submitted. It has a strong international reputation, with 24 per cent of students coming from over 100 countries. Queen Mary incorporates several leading international research units such as the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, the Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials, as well as many centres for medical and dental teaching and research. In particular the College is very highly reputed for English, Geography, Law, Linguistics and Medicine and Dentistry. Queen Mary has an annual turnover of £220 million, research income worth £43 million, and generates employment and output worth over £600 million to the UK economy each year. The College is known for student employability: The Sunday Times ranked it second highest in the UK for graduate starting salaries after the London School of Economics. A new learning resource centre with 24-hour access opened in 2003, and a new student village with 2,000 en-suite rooms followed in 2004. More residences and an arts quarter, containing research facilities, a conference centre, drama studio and teaching space, were completed in 2006. In September 2008 a £6-million health and fitness centre was also opened on the College’s Mile End campus. A £15-million Humanities building is due to open in spring 2010 and a biosciences innovation centre is already under construction, next door to the £44-million award-winning Blizard Building — a striking new part of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry's campus in Whitechapel.

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