UCL has a long-running, mostly friendly rivalry with King's College London, but there were frequent clashes in the interwar period which have historically been known as "rags". UCL students have been referred to by students from King's as the "Godless Scum of Gower Street", in reference to a comment made at the founding of King's, which was based on Christian principles. UCL students in turn referred to King's as "Strand Polytechnic".
UCL has a long-running mostly friendly rivalry with King's College London, but there were frequent clashes in the interwar period which have historically been known as "rags" UCL students have been referred to by students from King's as the "Godless Scum of Gower Street" in reference to a comment made at the founding of King's, which was based on Christian principles. UCL students in turn referred to King's as "Strand Polytechnic".