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The University of London Institute in Paris (abbreviated ULIP) is a remote college of the University of London located in Paris. The institute traces its history back to the foundation, with the help of the French Educational authorities and the British Ambassador, of the "Anglo-French Guild", which offered, from 1894, classes in conversational English to French students soon to qualify as teachers of English through more theoretical studies. In 1900, French classes were added, aimed at British students spending time in Paris, and thus a unique Franco-British community was created. In the same year, the Guild established itself in the rue de la Sorbonne, opposite the University of Paris.
   After the First World War the French and British governments, concerned by the lack of understanding between the British and French armies that had become apparent during hostilities, sought means of improving cultural and language links between their countries. The French government founded an Institut français du Royaume-Uni in London (South Kensington), while another British Ambassador to France, Lord Crewe, launched a fund for the creation of a British Institute in Paris. This was to consist of a bi-cultural teaching establishment (the Guild, reorganised and expanded) and a Franco-British student hostel in the international Cité Universitaire, which was eventually opened in 1937 under the name Collège Franco-Britannique.
   The British Institute left its Sorbonne link to become incorporated into the University of London in 1969.
   The Institute began life teaching oral English to the French, but was soon improving the oral French of visiting British students.
   The British Institute was renamed the University of London Institute in Paris in 2005. Since then, the Institute has been part of a successful collaboration between the University of London and two of its leading colleges: Queen Mary, University of London and Royal Holloway, University of London. The intention has been to strengthen the academic activities of the Institute and to align them more closely with what is expected of a research-focused university environment.
   The Institute teaches a unique BA degree and the MA in Paris Studies and hosts a large number of academic seminars, workshops and conferences that bring together leading British and French scholars and scientists in a range of academic subjects, including Law and History.

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