Golden Triangle

The "Golden Triangle" is a term used to describe a number of leading British research universities based in London, Oxford, and Cambridge. The University of Cambridge in the city of Cambridge and the University of Oxford in the city of Oxford form two corners of the triangle. The third geographic point is London, and the University of London, represented especially by the following constituent colleges: King's College London, the London School of... more

The "Golden Triangle" is a term used to describe a number of leading British research universities based in London, Oxford, and Cambridge. The University of Cambridge in the city of Cambridge and the University of Oxford in the city of Oxford form two corners of the triangle. The third geographic point is London, and the University of London, represented especially by the following constituent colleges: King's College London, the London School of Economics and Political Science, University College London, Imperial College London (Imperial College London left the University of London on 8 July 2007) and more recently, Queen Mary, University of London. The institutions of the "Golden Triangle" not only receive a large section of the research budget in the United Kingdom, but also enjoy a worldwide reputation for excellence in their own right, hence the term "golden". The Higher Education Funding Council for England has published its research funding for the year 2007-08 for the... less