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{{short description|Private university in London, England}}
{{For-multi|the college in New York previously named Regents College|Excelsior University|the college formerly in London and now in Oxford|Regent's Park College}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Regent's University London
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 | image                  = Regents University London logo.svg
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 | former_name            = Regent's College
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 | budget                 = £42.4 million (2022/23)<ref name=Financial2023>{{cite web|url=https://www.regents.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-12/RUL%202023_final_Signed.pdf|title=Report and Financial Statements|date=2023|access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref>
 | established            = {{start date|1984}}
 | type                   = [[Private university]]
 | chancellor             = Pending appointment
 | vice_chancellor        = [[Geoff Smith (academics)|Geoff Smith]]
 | academic_staff         = 150
 | administrative_staff   = 189
 | students               = 1,865 (2021/22)<ref name=HESA>{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider|title=Students by HE provider|website=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency]]|access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 1,185 (2021/22)<ref name=HESA/>
 | postgrad               = 675 (2021/22)<ref name=HESA/>
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 | city                   = [[Regent's Park]], London
 | postcode               = NW1 4NS
 | country                = England
 | coordinates            = {{coord|51.526|-0.155|type:edu|display=inline,title}}
 | affiliations           = [[Universities UK]]
 | parent                 = [[Galileo Global Education]]
 | campus                 = Urban
 | website                = {{URL|regents.ac.uk}}
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'''Regent's University London''' (formerly '''Regent's College''') is a [[private university]] located in [[London]], [[England]]. It is part of [[Galileo Global Education]], Europe’s largest higher education provider.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Affia |first=Emaido |date=2020-08-26 |title=Galileo to acquire Regent's University London |url=https://www.globaleducationtimes.org/news/europe/galileo-to-acquire-regents-university-london/2030/ |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Global Education Times |language=en-GB |archive-date=2 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002191817/https://www.globaleducationtimes.org/news/europe/galileo-to-acquire-regents-university-london/2030/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Regent's University London was established in 1984 as Regent's College. It received taught degree awarding powers in 2012 and became a university in 2013.<ref name=bbc27712>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18996223|title=Private college to award its own degrees|access-date=27 July 2012|publisher=BBC News|date=27 July 2012|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129033811/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18996223|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=QAA2016>{{cite report|url=https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/reports/regent%27s-university-london-her-ap-16.pdf?sfvrsn=17b3f481_4|title=Higher education review (alternative providers): Regent's University London|date=October 2016|work=[[Quality Assurance Agency]]|access-date=31 July 2019|archive-date=12 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812203355/https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/reports/regent%27s-university-london-her-ap-16.pdf?sfvrsn=17b3f481_4|url-status=live}}</ref> It is one of six private universities in the UK. The university has its campus in [[Regent's Park]], [[Central London]].

== History ==
In 1984 Rockford College, Illinois (now [[Rockford University]]) acquired the former South Villa Estate campus of the [[University of London]]'s [[Bedford College (London)|Bedford College]] in Regent's Park and named the new institution Regent's College. The site was originally leased by Bedford College in 1908, and a new set of buildings designed by the architect [[Basil Champneys]] was opened by [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] in 1913. The buildings were modified and added to over the years, especially after bomb damage during the [[Second World War]]. Bedford College merged with [[Royal Holloway, University of London|Royal Holloway College]] (another college of the University of London) in 1985 and moved to Royal Holloway's campus at [[Egham]] in Surrey, vacating the premises in Regent's Park. Regent's College gradually expanded, and the European Business School London moved to the College campus in 1987.<ref name=indep15611>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-uni-colleges/regents-college-2297780.html|title=Regent's College|access-date=27 July 2012|work=The Independent|date=15 June 2011|archive-date=21 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221010245/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-uni-colleges/regents-college-2297780.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:At London 2024 117.jpg|thumb|268x268px|The campus.]]
In July 2012 it was announced that Regent's College had been awarded taught degree-awarding powers (TDAP) from 1 September 2012.<ref name="the27712">{{cite news|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=420708&c=1|title=Degree powers for Regent's College welcomed by Willetts|access-date=27 July 2012|work=Times Higher Education|date=27 July 2012|archive-date=31 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731132557/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=420708&c=1|url-status=live}}</ref> Institutions that have degree-awarding powers in the UK are known as "recognized bodies" of which there are over 150. In February 2013 Regent's College agreed to acquire [[American InterContinental University]] London from Career Education Corporation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/regents-college-snaps-up-for-profit-provider/2002081.articlec=1|title=Regent's College snaps up for-profit provider|access-date=3 March 2012|work=Times Higher Education| date=19 May 2016}}</ref> In March 2013 the UK's Department for Business Innovation and Skills announced that Regent's College had met the criteria to become a university. Regent's was awarded silver by TEF in the 2021 ranking.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/regents-college-given-green-light-on-university-title/2002743.article|title=Regent's College given green light on university title|access-date=5 March 2022|work=Times Higher Education|date=25 March 2013|archive-date=8 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508001041/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/regents-college-given-green-light-on-university-title/2002743.article|url-status=live}}</ref>

Validation of research degrees (MPhil and PhD) was transferred from the [[University of Wales]] to the [[University of Northampton]] for students starting from September 2016.<ref name=QAA2016/> This followed the decision of the University of Wales to withdraw from validating other institutions as part of its merger into the [[University of Wales Trinity Saint David]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-15157119|title=University of Wales to stop validating other degrees|date=3 October 2011|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=31 July 2019|archive-date=1 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201064430/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-15157119|url-status=live}}</ref>

The university's taught degree awarding powers were renewed for a further six-year term in 2018, after which they were made permanent in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/regentscollege/docs/inner_circle_winter_18-19|work=Inner Circle (winter 2018/19)|page=14|title=The Family Home|author=Aldwyn Cooper|access-date=31 July 2019|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806173836/https://issuu.com/regentscollege/docs/inner_circle_winter_18-19|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/for-providers/registering-with-the-ofs/degree-awarding-powers/orders-made-by-the-ofs/|title=Orders made by the OfS|date=3 July 2024 |at=2024: Regents University London Limited|access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref>

In September 2020, Regent’s University London was acquired by Galileo Global Education, joining Galileo’s network of 80 campuses and 42 institutions across 13 countries around the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Covid-19 created opportunity for Galileo to acquire Regent's University |url=https://thepienews.com/news/covid-19-created-opportunity-for-galileo-to-acquire-regents-university/ |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=thepienews.com |date=11 November 2020 |language=en |archive-date=20 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820045437/https://thepienews.com/news/covid-19-created-opportunity-for-galileo-to-acquire-regents-university/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The network includes the [[Paris School of Business]] in France, Instituto de Estudios Universitarios in Mexico, Macromedia University in Germany, and [[Istituto Marangoni]] in both Italy and the United Kingdom.

==Administration==
Regent's University London is a company limited by share capital.

The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the strategy and goals of the University. The chair of the board is Nick Whitaker.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Board of Directors |url=https://www.regents.ac.uk/about/corporate-governance/board-of-directors |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Regent's University London |language=en |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320051747/http://www.regents.ac.uk/about/corporate-governance/board-of-directors |url-status=live }}</ref> Day-to-day operational management is delegated to the executive team, headed by the Vice-Chancellor and CEO.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vice-Chancellor's Executive Team |url=https://www.regents.ac.uk/about/vice-chancellors-executive-team |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Regent's University London |language=en |archive-date=29 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329163343/https://www.regents.ac.uk/about/vice-chancellors-executive-team |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Finances===
In the financial year ended 30 June 2023, Regent's University London had a total income of £47.0 million and total expenditure of £42.4 million. Tuition fees were responsible for £39.2 million of the income (83%), while staff costs and other operational costs were responsible for £24.7 million (44%) and £18.7 million (58%) of the expenditure respectively.{{efn|There was a negative expenditure of £3.0 million for interest and other finance cost in 2022/23, so these costs total more than the total expenditure}} Regent's University London had total net assets of £28.1 million and cash at bank and in hand of  £25.7 million.<ref name=Financial2023/>

==Academics==
Regent's University London offers a wide range of courses in business, liberal arts and fashion design and marketing.  As of February 2022, Undergraduate course fees range from about £18,500 to £21,000 per annum. Regent's University London had an average of 339 full-time equivalent staff during the year ended 30 June 2021, of whom 150 were academic staff and 189 were management and administration staff.

==Student body==
{{As of|2022|post=,}} Regent's University London had 1,865 students.<ref name=HESA/> The student body is international, with 420 (23%) of students coming from Britain, 350 (19%) from the European Union and 1,095 (59%) from the rest of the world.<ref name=HESA/>

The Regent's University Student Union organises a range of clubs and societies, including ({{as of|lc=y|2012}}) Polo Club, Finance and Investment Society and Model United Nations.<ref name=tele5811>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/universities-and-colleges/8521952/Regents-Business-School-London-guide.html|title=Regent's Business School London guide|access-date=28 July 2012|work=The Telegraph|date=5 August 2011|archive-date=31 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531230552/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/universities-and-colleges/8521952/Regents-Business-School-London-guide.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The union also organises the Students in Free Enterprise initiative.<ref name=tele5811/>

==Notable alumni==
{{Main|Category:Alumni of Regent's University London}}
*[[Javed Afridi]] (CEO of Haier Pakistan)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zalmifoundation.org/board-of-governors/ |title=Zalmi Foundation - Board of Governors |access-date=17 April 2019 |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417195537/http://zalmifoundation.org/board-of-governors/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Kate Alexeeva]] (Latvian beauty queen)
*[[Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi]] ([[Emiratis|Emirati]] commentator on Arab affairs and also a member of the [[Sharjah]] ruling family){{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
*[[Anjum Anand]] (food writer and television chef)<ref name=indep15611/>
*[[Param Singh (actor)|Param Singh]] (Indian Actor) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Param Singh (Full Biography & Net Worth) - WTV1.COM |url=https://www.wtv1.com/celebrity/1-Param-Singh |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=www.wtv1.com |archive-date=15 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215151559/https://www.wtv1.com/celebrity/1-Param-Singh |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Michael Boulos]] (associate director of Callian Capital Group)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Minutaglio|first=Rose|date=2019-03-18|title=Private Dining, Family Holiday Parties, and Clubbing: Inside Tiffany Trump's New Relationship|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a25846074/tiffany-trump-michael-boulos-relationship/|access-date=2020-08-04|website=[[Town & Country (magazine)|Town & Country]]|language=en-US|archive-date=22 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822000530/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a25846074/tiffany-trump-michael-boulos-relationship/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Mark Ehrenfried]], (Pianist and composer)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Notable Alumni |url=https://www.regents.ac.uk/notable-alumni |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Regent's University London |language=en |archive-date=29 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329165734/https://www.regents.ac.uk/notable-alumni |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Kathrine Fredriksen]] (Norwegian businesswoman. Board member of Norwegian Property)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Riisnæs |first=Ida Grieg |date=2019-10-25 |title=Herbjørn Hansson vil ha sønnen inn i styret |url=https://www.dn.no/shipping/herbjorn-hansson/nordic-american-tankers/alexander-hansson/herbjorn-hansson-vil-ha-sonnen-inn-i-styret/2-1-694187 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=www.dn.no |archive-date=29 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329165437/https://www.dn.no/shipping/herbjorn-hansson/nordic-american-tankers/alexander-hansson/herbjorn-hansson-vil-ha-sonnen-inn-i-styret/2-1-694187 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Fabien Fryns]] (Belgian art dealer and collector)
*[[Riccardo Giraudi]] (CEO of [[Giraudi]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chassagne |first=Julien |date=2020-09-09 |title=Beefbar, Anahi, Song Qi… Riccardo Giraudi, metteur en scène de restaurants |url=https://thegoodlife.thegoodhub.com/2020/09/09/beefbar-anahi-song-qi-riccardo-giraudi-metteur-en-scene-de-restaurants/ |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=The Good Life |language=fr-FR |archive-date=29 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629184737/https://thegoodlife.thegoodhub.com/2020/09/09/beefbar-anahi-song-qi-riccardo-giraudi-metteur-en-scene-de-restaurants/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Eleonore von Habsburg]] (Austrian fashion model, family member of the [[House of Habsburg-Lorraine]])<ref>{{Cite web |first=Carol |last=Stevenson |date=2020-07-21 |title=Eleonore von Habsburg marries her racing beau in Monaco |url=https://news.mc/2020/07/21/eleonore-von-habsburg-marries-her-racing-beau-in-monaco/ |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=NEWS.MC |language=en-US |archive-date=13 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813061640/https://news.mc/2020/07/21/eleonore-von-habsburg-marries-her-racing-beau-in-monaco/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Sultan Muhammad V]] (former head of state of [[Malaysia]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 April 2017 |title=Sultan Muhammad V ascends throne as the 15th Agong |url=https://themalaysianreserve.com/2017/04/03/sultan-muhammad-v-ascends-throne-as-the-15th-agong/ |access-date=29 March 2022 |archive-date=29 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329165437/https://themalaysianreserve.com/2017/04/03/sultan-muhammad-v-ascends-throne-as-the-15th-agong/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Marta Ortega Pérez]] (Chair of [[Inditex]])<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dombey |first=Daniel |date=2021-12-03 |title=Marta Ortega, stepping into her father's shoes at Inditex |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/d70f5aef-0d01-466a-8a20-e6bceface9ad |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211/https://www.ft.com/content/d70f5aef-0d01-466a-8a20-e6bceface9ad |archive-date=11 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=2022-03-29}}</ref>
*[[Philip Ozouf]] (Treasury and Resources Minister in the Council of Ministers, [[Jersey]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ciec.co.uk/media/1088/cipd_jersey_conference_2011_brochure.pdf |title=CIPD Jersey Conference 2011 |access-date=17 April 2019 |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417195535/http://www.ciec.co.uk/media/1088/cipd_jersey_conference_2011_brochure.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Sharan Pasricha]] (Founder & CEO of Ennismore, owner of [[Gleneagles Hotel]] and [[The Hoxton]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-17 |title=Inside the newly revamped Gleneagles! |url=https://www.tatler.com/gallery/gleneagles-hotel-spa-review-2016-scotland-travel |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Tatler |language=en-GB |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523031706/https://www.tatler.com/gallery/gleneagles-hotel-spa-review-2016-scotland-travel |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Jetsun Pema (born 1990)|Jetsun Pema Wangchuck]] ([[Druk Gyaltsuen|Queen consort]] of [[Bhutan]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bhutan-king-to-wed-Sanawar-girl/articleshow/8502643.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223184728/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-22/india/29571021_1_bhutan-king-royal-wedding-lawrence-school-sanawar|url-status=live|archive-date=23 December 2011|title=Bhutan king to wed Sanawar girl|access-date=27 July 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 May 2011}}</ref>
*[[Karl-Johan Persson]] (President & CEO of [[H&M|Hennes & Mauritz]])<ref name=businessweek>{{cite web |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=8424011&ticker=HMB:SS&previousCapId=4392354&previousTitle=INDITEX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902175606/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=8424011&ticker=HMB:SS&previousCapId=4392354&previousTitle=INDITEX |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 September 2012 |title=Karl-Johan Persson: Execustive Profile & Biography |publisher=[[Business Week]] |access-date=13 March 2011}}</ref>{{citation needed|reason=lacks a reliable source confirming attendance|date=April 2019}}
*[[Bob Reid (businessman)|Sir Robert Paul Reid]] (former Chairman of the [[British Railways Board]])
*[[Lady Kitty Spencer]] (English fashion model)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/princess-dianas-family-tree-who-are-the-spencers.html/|title=Princess Diana's Family Tree: Who Are the Spencers?|date=31 August 2018|access-date=8 September 2018|archive-date=8 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908093015/https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/princess-dianas-family-tree-who-are-the-spencers.html/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Noelle Reno]] (fashion entrepreneur, television presenter and former model)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bravotv.com/people/noelle-reno |title=Bravo TV - Noelle Reno |date=4 April 2014 |access-date=17 April 2019 |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417195534/https://www.bravotv.com/people/noelle-reno |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Ruby Wax]] (comedian and television presenter)<ref name=indep15611/>
*[[Elizabeth Yake]] (film-maker){{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
*[[Zeeshan Siddique (politician)|Zeeshan Siddique]] (Indian politician)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zeeshan Siddique: Congress' young turk to take on Sena veteran Vishwanath Mahadeshwar |url=https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai-guide/famous-personalities/photo/Zeeshan-Siddique-Congress-young-turk-to-take-on-Sena-veteran-Vishwanath-Mahadeshwar-64983/8 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Mid-day |language=en |archive-date=29 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329165437/https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai-guide/famous-personalities/photo/Zeeshan-Siddique-Congress-young-turk-to-take-on-Sena-veteran-Vishwanath-Mahadeshwar-64983/8 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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==Notes==

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==External links==
*[http://www.regents.ac.uk Regent's University London website]

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