Founded in Belgium in 1614, Heythrop College spent several centuries as a Catholic college before joining the University of London in 1971. It’s one of the smallest colleges in London, with an emphasis on one-to-one teaching that is rarely found outside Oxford and Cambridge. Students can choose to live in nearby Notting Hill or Marylebone, cross the river to Southwark or take a direct Tube from Spitalfields to enjoy the best of East and West London.