Queen Mary University of London is one of the UK's leading research-focused higher education institutions. The University's main campus is in the Mile End area of Tower Hamlets, with other campuses in Holborn, Smithfield and Whitechapel. It has around 3,000 staff Members, who teach and research across a wide range of subjects in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Laws, Medicine and Dentistry and Science and Engineering.The University has made a strategic commitment to the highest quality of research. It is one of 24 leading UK universities represented by the Russell Group, The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2017 ranks The University equal to 113th in the world.