University of London Institute in Paris

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As the first British Institute on continental Europe, our mission is to connect the UK with the Francophone world by providing a hub for fruitful academic exchange and enabling our students to gain invaluable international experience.
Originally known as the Franco-British Guild, the Institute is dedicated to promoting language and cultural understanding and continues to offer its outstanding French Studies program.
Also, we work closely with our principal partner Queen Mary University of London, one of the top 100 universities globally, to offer world-class academic opportunities in several fields. This partnership includes the thriving Centre for Commercial Law Studies' LLM, a new International Politics department, and forthcoming program developments in business studies.
Studying at ULIP will either lead to the award of a University of London or a Queen Mary University of London degree, internationally-recognized qualifications that will stand you in good stead for your future career.
Paris has long been a major cultural and intellectual crossroads, recognized throughout the world as an excellent center for creative excellence. Today, Paris is one of the most influential cities globally and a leading center of politics, education, entertainment, media, science, and the arts. The University of London Institute in Paris aims to be an academic institution of distinction through excellence in teaching and research and the relevance of its academic activity and engagement as a bridge between Paris and mainland Europe.
We believe that going to University is about more than just continuing your education. It should be an opportunity to gain a wealth of experience to prepare you for the challenges ahead. Studying at the University of London Institute in Paris, in the heart of one of the world's most beautiful cities, is a genuinely life-changing experience.
The University of London Institute in Paris is the UK's leading Institute in France. It collaborates with the Queen Mary University of London to offer outstanding courses in French Studies, International Relations, and Law.
The Institute is a central academic body of the University of London, one of the oldest, largest, and most diverse universities in the UK. Established by the Royal Charter in 1836, the University is recognized globally as a world leader in Higher Education.
The federal University comprises 18 self-governing Colleges of outstanding reputation and several prestigious central academic bodies and activities, including Senate House Library and the Careers Group.
One hundred twenty thousand students are currently studying at the University of London, with a further 50,000 students in 180 countries studying by distance learning with the University of London International Programmes.
The Institute has a long history of supporting French and British academic collaboration that pre-dates the Entente Cordiale – the historic agreement that significantly improved Anglo-French relations in 1904.
The University of London Institute in Paris was the brainchild of Miss Edith Williams, who came to the Sorbonne to train as a teacher of English. She succeeded in becoming the second-ever woman to receive the Agrégation d'anglais (a qualification necessary for teaching at university level) and holding weekly English classes in her flat. In 1894, thanks to the British Ambassador and the French Government's support, she formed the Franco-British Guild.
In the aftermath of the Great War, the Guild was reorganized to become the British Institute in Paris, the first British Institute in continental Europe that offered French and English courses. It was an integral part of the Universite de Paris and was also supported by a consortium of British universities, including the University of London. A library and a clubroom were added, and leading French and British intellectuals and academics were invited to lecture. The Institute's work continued during the German occupation of France. Some staff accepted the hospitality of the University of Reading, where they offered parallel classes in French and English to British and French officers to improve the liaison between them. Others remained in Paris, where they contrived to run covert distance courses in English through-out the war.
British Institute at the Sorbonne 1939 - the University of London Institute in Paris British Institute at the Sorbonne 1939 - the University of London Institute in Paris
The Institute was incorporated into the University of London in 1969 and sat alongside the School of Advanced Study as a Central Institute of the University. In 1976, the Institute moved into larger, more handsome premises overlooking the Esplanade des Invalides, thanks to a grant from the Rayne Foundation, and shares its building with the British Council. It officially changed its "British Institute" title to the "University of London Institute in Paris" in 2005.
Inauguration Queen Elizabeth British Cultural Center 1976 at the University of London Institute in ParisQueen Elizabeth visiting the British Institute in Paris at the University of London Institute in Paris
Currently, the University of London Institute in Paris promotes language and cultural understanding by offering its outstanding French Studies program.

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