University of London/Birkbeck

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Formation	1823
Founder	George Birkbeck
Headquarters	London, UK
	A constituent college of the University of London

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Birkbeck, University of London is a constituent college of the University of London. Established in 1823 as the London Mechanics' Institute by its founder, Sir George Birkbeck, and its supporters, Jeremy Bentham, J. C. Hobhouse and Henry Brougham,

Birkbeck is one of the few universities to specialise in evening higher education in the United Kingdom. Birkbeck offers over 200 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes that can be studied either part-time or full-time, though nearly all lectures are given in the evening.

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