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Learn about the history and legacy of Westfield College, the first women's college in London to offer degrees from the University of London. Discover how it merged with Queen Mary College in 1989 and became part of QMUL.
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Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, or informally QM, and formerly Queen Mary and Westfield College) is a public research university in Mile End, East London, England. It is a member institution of the federal University of London.
Westfield College was established in 1882 as an educational institution for Christian women by Constance Maynard and Ann Dudin Brown.
Queen Mary College can be traced back to 1887 and it was initially established to provide education to people from all backgrounds. Westfield College was established in 1882. It was one of London's first residential colleges for women. Other ways to explore Queen Mary College: Queen Mary College Information.
In the mid-to-late 1980s, the University of London underwent considerable reorganisation, and many smaller colleges were merged. Consequently, Westfield was merged with Queen Mary College in 1989, forming Queen Mary and Westfield College.
Queen Mary has a long, proud and distinctive history built on four historic institutions stretching back to 1785 and beyond. Our founding institutions are: St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College, London Hospital Medical College, Westfield College and Queen Mary College.
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In 1989 Queen Mary College (informally known as QMC) merged with Westfield College to form Queen Mary & Westfield College (often abbreviated to QMW). Over subsequent years, activities were concentrated on the Queen Mary site, with the Westfield site eventually sold.
