Regent's University London

Regent's University London is a private university in London, in the United Kingdom. It is part of the multi-national education group Galileo Global Education. The university was established in 1984 as Regent's College. It received taught degree awarding powers in 2012 and became a university in 2013. It is one of six private universities in the UK. Its campus is in Regent's Park, in central London. In 1984 Rockford College, Illinois, (now Rockford University) acquired the former South Villa Estate campus of 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 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 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.