University of London Student Records
1836-1930

Digitised copies of lists of students and University of London graduates, 1836-1930, are below.

During the 19th and early 20th centuries, students who attended other institutions took University of London examinations as external students. Included in these lists, therefore, are students who attended the predecessor institutions of universities such as Bristol, Southampton, Exeter, Nottingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Cardiff, Leeds, Liverpool, Bangor and Aberystwyth.

If you are expecting to find a student listed in the searchable PDFs and cannot find them, it is possible that your browser does not display all the data. In this case use the non-searchable PDFs.

Enquiries about students who attended London University in the period 1836-1937 (inclusive) should be directed to Senate House Library Special Collections [shl.specialcollections@london.ac.uk]. Students’ personal files are not held in the archive, however.

Enquiries about students who attended the University after 1937 should be directed to the University's Transcripts Office [transcripts@london.ac.uk].

Please note that enquiries about students who graduated less than 80 years ago will only be answered if the enquirer can prove that they have the student's consent or if proof of the student's death is given.

Students up to (and including) 31 March 1901

University of London General Register parts I and II (published 1890, 1899)

Part I includes graduates who died before 31 December 1890 and those who were undergraduates up until 31 March 1883 but had not passed an examination up until 31 December 1890.
- A searchable PDF of this document is available here (2.17Mb)
- A non-searchable PDF of this document is here (13.8Mb)
Part II contains graduates who died, 1 January 1891- 30 March 1899, and those who were undergraduates, 31 March 1883-31 March 1893, but had not passed an examination by 31 March 1899.
- A searchable PDF of this document is available here (2.16Mb)
- A non-searchable PDF of this document is available here (10.3Mb)

University of London General Register part III (published 1901)

Details of all graduates and undergraduates up until 31 March 1901 (except those listed in parts I-II).
Names of Chancellors, officials, and teachers up until 1901.
- A searchable PDF of this document is available here (4.61Mb)
- A non-searchable PDF of this document is available here (20Mb)

A guide to the abbreviations of the General Registers is available here.

Graduates, 1836-1930

University of London Calendar 1930-31 (pages 546-940)

A list of all University of London graduates up until 30 June 1930.
- A searchable PDF of this document is available here (42Mb)

Obtaining copies

Senate House Library can produce reproductions of the original pages of these London University degree lists and student archives. Details are on the reprographics pages of the Senate House Library website.

Email orders to shl.specialcollections@london.ac.uk.

Examination registers, 1838-1889

The University archive also includes manuscript volumes, which give details of matriculation and degree candidates in the nineteenth century. A non-searchable pdf catalogue for these is available on-line and these archives may be consulted in the Special Collections reading room, Senate House Library. 24 hours notice should be given before a research visit. A reader’s ticket is required before access will be given to archives.

A project has begun to transcribe details of these examination students.

The University Archive catalogue

More details of the University of London archive are on the ULRLS archives catalogue.

Other local and family records at the University of London

The Helpers web site contains details of other local and family history sources at various libraries of the University of London as well as an introduction to the techniques of research using archives.