in the development of the Paragon campus in Brentford and the addition of a nursing simulation centre in the Reading campus.
The Ealing campus is home to The Heathrow Archive, a collection of more than 800 artefacts that tell the story of Heathrow Airport's history from 1946 to 2016.
In 2017, the University of West London launched its overseas branch campus in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
== Organisation ==
The University of West London comprises nine schools: The Claude Littner Business School, the London Geller College of Hospitality and Tourism, the School of Computing and Engineering, the London College of Music, the College of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare, the School of Law, the School of Human and Social Sciences, the School of Biomedical Sciences, and the London School of Film, Media and Design.
The Graduate School (based in Ealing) coordinates and provides support to research activities and research degree courses. The University offers traditional PhD programmes and Professional Doctorates.
The university also works with the Met Film School, a private film school that is based at Ealing Studios in London, United Kingdom. The school, which launched in 2003, offers two and three-year bachelor's programmes as well as various master's degree programmes, which are accredited through the University of West London.
== Academic reputation ==
=== Academic rankings ===
In 2020, the university was ranked 34th best university (out of 130+ institutions) in the UK by the 2021 edition of The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide. In 2021, the university was ranked 34th in The Guardian university guide and the university was named the top modern university in London in The Guardian University Guide 2022.
The university was ranked 801-1000 in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2024 that evaluates universities worldwide based on their contributions to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As such, within specific Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UWL achieved the …
