Regent's University London is a private non-profit university located in London, United Kingdom. Regent's University London is only the second institution in the UK (after the University of Buckingham) that was granted the status of a private university. As such it is one of only six private institutions in the United Kingdom to have been granted taught degree awarding powers.[1]It is now the biggest university among the now five private universities (and one of two non-profit) in the country. The university has an international student body with students coming from 130 countries overall. Fifteen per cent of Regent's students are from Britain. Another forty per cent come from elsewhere within the European Union. Fifteen per cent of the students come from the US.[2] The university has its campus in Regent's Park, Central London. It is one of the two largest groups of buildings in the park, along with the London Zoo, and was built on the site of South Villa, one of the original eight Regent's Park villas.