Royal College

A Royal College in some Commonwealth countries is technically a college which has received royal patronage and permission to use the prefix Royal.^[1] Permission is usually granted through a Royal Charter.^[2] The charter normally confers a constitution with perpetual succession and the right to sue or be sued independently of the members. The charter also usually provide for rights of recourse to the Queen in Council. Although incorporation is now cheaply and easily obtainable by registration, the distinction of a Royal Charter means that such charters are still sought by and granted to institutions considered to be in the public interest, typically learned professional societies.

Although many institutions are formally Royal Colleges, such as the three royal public schools of Westminster, Winchester and Eton, the phrase "The Royal Colleges" is commonly applied to the medical institutions, such as the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians, and the Royal College of Nursing and similar institutions in Australia, Canada, and elsewhere.

These colleges enjoy a special status whereby they can confer recognised post-nominal titles comparable to degrees, e.g. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and they are frequently granted statutory licensing, regulatory and disciplinary powers over their own members and even others.

List of Royal Colleges

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Australia and New Zealand

Medical, dental, and allied health

• Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (RACDS)
• Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACM)
• Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
  • Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)—Adult Health Division
  • Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)—Paediatrics and Child Hea
• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)
• Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO)
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR)
• Australian College of Nursing (ACN; formerly the Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) and the College of Nursing)
• Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA)
• Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP)

Military and paramilitary

• Royal Australian Naval College
• Royal Military College, Duntroon
• Royal New Zealand Police College

Canada

Professional bodies

• Royal College of Dentists of Canada
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
• Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario
• Royal Canadian College of Organists

Military

• Royal Military College of Canada
• Royal Military College Saint-Jean

Ireland

• Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
• Royal College of Science for Ireland

Mauritius

• Royal College of Curepipe
• Royal College of Port Louis

Sri Lanka

• Royal College Colombo

United Kingdom

• The old Royal Colleges;
  • Eton College, Windsor
  • Winchester College, Hampshire
  • Westminster School, London

Conservatoires

• Royal College of Music, London
• Royal College of Organists, Birmingham
• Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
• Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff

Universities

• Royal College of Art, London
• Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow (now the University of Strathclyde)
• Royal Agricultural College, Gloucestershire (now the Royal Agricultural University)

• Imperial College London
  • Royal College of Science, London
  • Royal College of Chemistry, London

• University of London
  • Royal Holloway College, London
  • Royal Veterinary College, London

Professional bodies (including Medical Royal Colleges)

• Royal College of Anaesthetists
• Royal College of Emergency Medicine
• Royal College of General Practitioners
• Royal College of Nursing
• Royal College of Organists
• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
• Royal College of Pathologists
• Royal College of Physicians
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
• Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
• Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Royal College of Radiologists
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

Military

• Royal College of Defence Studies, London
• Royal Military College (now the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst)
• Royal Military College of Science (now the Defence College of Management and Technology)
• Royal Naval College, Greenwich
• Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
• Royal Air Force College, Cranwell

See also

• Medical royal colleges

References