  brunel university london (informally brunel) is a public research university located in uxbridge, greater london, united kingdom. it was founded in 1966 and is named after the victorian engineer isambard kingdom brunel. brunel is a campus university located on the outskirts of uxbridge. it is organised into 3 colleges and three major research institutes, a structure adopted in august 2014 which also saw its name officially changed to brunel university london. brunel has around 15,200 full-time students and 2,500 staff and had a total income of Â£178.5 million in 2010/11, of which Â£14.8 million came from research grants and contracts. in 1957 brunel college of technology separated from acton technical college with a focus on the education of engineers. brunel college of technology was awarded the status of college of advanced technology in 1960 and became brunel college of advanced technology in 1962. in june 1966 brunel college of advanced technology was awarded a royal charter and became brunel university london. it is sometimes described as a british "plate glass university". brunel is a member of the association of commonwealth universities, the european university association and universities uk. ==history==  ===origins=
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