金三角名校

金三角名校是指英國東南部的三間名校，即牛津大學、劍橋大學和倫敦大學。三個學校在英國的學術研究經費中佔了很大比例，因此取名為“金”。

TheUniversityofCambridgeinthecityofCambridgeandtheUniversityofOxfordinthecityofOxfordformtwocornersofthetriangle.ThethirdgeographicpointisthecityofLondon,representedbyImperialCollegeLondonandthreecollegesoftheUniversityofLondon:UniversityCollegeLondon,theLondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience,andKing'sCollegeLondon.(ImperialCollegeLondon,previouslyacollegeofthefederalUniversityofLondon,gainedindependencefromtheuniversityon8July2007.)

ApublishedreferencesupportingthisstructureoftheGoldenTriangle

ImperialCollege,King’sCollege,theLSEandUCLareallinthesmallgroupofleadinguniversitiesintheUKandwithCambridgeandOxfordaresometimesreferredtoas“theGoldenTriangle".

ThefutureoftheUniversityofLondon:adiscussionpaperfromtheProvostofUCLbyMalcolmGrant,PresidentandProvost,UCL.

Fundingfortheyear2007-08

HigherEducationFundingCouncilforEnglandhaspublisheditsresearchfundingfortheyear2007-08fortheuniversitiesinEngland.Top10UniversitiesareillustratedinthefollowingtablewithGoldenTriangleinstitutionsinboldform.LSEistheonlyGoldenTriangleinstitutionthatfailedtomakeittoptenbecauseofitssocialsciencesbasedresearchworkbutittoppedamongstthenon-sciencebaseduniversitieswithatotalresearchfundingof£18,118,000.

HigherEducationResearchFundingforEngland(2007-08)

SNUniversityfunding(£,000)01UniversityofCambridge107,05802UniversityofOxford104,20403UniversityCollegeLondon101,33304ImperialCollegeLondon91,80005UniversityofManchester76,99406King'sCollegeLondon58,40107UniversityofLeeds47,24308UniversityofSouthampton46,53009UniversityofSheffield43,89510UniversityofBristol43,192