The federalUniversity of London, which is composed of many colleges and institutes with a high degree of autonomy. Several of these are larger than many independent universities, and they are sometimes treated as separate universities, for example the well known lists of "best" universities.
The University of the Arts London, which combines many of the former art colleges and schools in London into a single entity.
Other independent universities. Most of these were polytechnics until the 1990s.
