Regent's University London is a private non-profit university located in London, United Kingdom. It is one of four private universities (and one of two non-profit) in the country, and is one of six private institutions in the United Kingdom to have been granted taught degree awarding powers. The university is the most international of all universities in the UK with 15 per cent of applicants from within the UK, 10 per cent from the United States and the rest from all over the world. Through its programmes Regent's has a focused international-outreach initiative.
Regent's University London has its campus in Regent's Park, central London. It is one of the two largest groups of buildings in the park, along with the London Zoo, and was built on the site of South Villa, one of the original eight Regent's Park villas.
RUL is one of eight members of the newly formed Independent Universities Group, whose objective is to differentiate their academic credentials from the more commercial elements of the alternative sector.
