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The Golden Triangle is a group of leading research UK universities. The University of Cambridge in the city of Cambridge forms one corner; the University of Oxford in the city of Oxford forms another; while the third geographic point is the city of London, and includes four leading London institutions: University College London, Imperial College London, the London School of Economics, and sometimes King's College London. Representation of a university class, 1350s. ...
The University of Cambridge, located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with a reputation as one of the worlds most prestigious universities. ...
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The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. ...
Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ...
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University College London, commonly known as UCL, or simply UC is one of the colleges that makes up the University of London. ...
Imperial College London is a prestigious (ranked 4th in the world for Engineering & Technology) British academic institution focusing on science, engineering and medicine, complemented by a business school. ...
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Kings College London is the largest college of the University of London and one of a number of university institutions founded in England in the early 19th century: only the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have royal charters predating that of Kings. ...
The institutions of the 'Golden Triangle' not only receive a large section of the research budget in the United Kingdom,[citation needed] but also enjoy a worldwide reputation for excellence in their own right, hence the term 'golden'. However, the term has gained currency in recent years as a way to denote unrest amongst the nation's premier universities as well as their lobbying efforts to bring about favorable legislation in the British Parliament.[citation needed] All of the schools are currently pressing to charge greater fees[citation needed] for access by European Union nationals, asserting that they do not have the assets to compete on even ground with many of the world’s other leading research universities (the majority of which are private, or if public such as the University of California, Berkeley, charge higher fees to home students for attendance). [citation needed] The Houses of Parliament, seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories. ...
The University of California, Berkeley (also known as UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, and by other names, see below) is the oldest and flagship campus of the ten-campus University of California system. ...
'"Imperial College, King’s College, the LSE and UCL are all in the small group of leading universities in the UK and with Cambridge and Oxford are sometimes referred to as “the Golden Triangle".' The future of the University of London: a discussion paper from the Provost of UCL by Malcolm Grant, President and Provost, UCL. (p.6) [1]
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The Research Triangle, commonly referred to as the Triangle, is a region in the piedmont of North Carolina in the United States, anchored by the cities of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill and the major research universities of North Carolina State University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina...
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