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UCL to building second campus as part of £141 million government scheme

University College London is to build a new second campus on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, to form part of a wider Education and Cultural Quarter following the government’s announcement of £141 million in support of the project.

UCL East, expected to open in 2018, will be embedded in the local community, linking with businesses, as well as providing world-leading research, education, entrepreneurship and innovation.

It is anticipated that the new UCL East site south of the ArcelorMittal Orbit will cover 11 acres and provide up to 125,000m2 of space.

The first phase of the UCL East site – totalling 50,000 m2 – will bring together expertise across disciplines, with the aim of forging new connections between researchers and business.

Professor Stephen Caddick, vice-provost (Enterprise & London) at UCL said: “UCL East represents the largest ever single expansion of UCL since the university was founded nearly 200 years ago.

“Our new site will be a beacon of how universities should work in decades to come – outward looking, connected to the local community and providing facilities to businesses to work on site to bring new discoveries and inventions out of the lab and into the marketplace.

“Our plans are designed to make a real and practical difference to the lives of people in Newham and London more widely, as well as making a genuine contribution to growth and jobs.

“London can be the global capital for higher education and we see this development – alongside many others in London – as being an important step in that direction.”

In addition to the Government’s support for the project, UCL has committed to investing up to £270m to support the first phase of the development.

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