Founded in 1829 by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington (then Prime Minister), King's College London is one of the oldest and largest
colleges of the University of London. Following the path of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the only universities in the UK whose royal charter
predates that of the King's College, this college has earned a strong academic reputation. Today it offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research programs
through its nine schools of study that run across its five campuses.
With 13,000 undergraduate and 6,200 graduate students enrolled here, King's College has been ranked 24th in the world, 7th in Europe and 6th in the UK by The Times Higher Education in 2007. Besides that the THES - QS World University Rankings assess Arts & Humanities, Life Science & Biomedicine, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences courses as some of the best and top ranking study programs of the University. In the most recent...
Founded in 1829 by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington (then Prime Minister), King's College London is one of the oldest and largest
colleges of the University of London. Following the path of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the only universities in the UK whose royal charter
predates that of the King's College, this college has earned a strong academic reputation. Today it offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research programs
through its nine schools of study that run across its five campuses.
With 13,000 undergraduate and 6,200 graduate students enrolled here, King's College has been ranked 24th in the world, 7th in Europe and 6th in the UK by The Times Higher Education in 2007. Besides that the THES - QS World University Rankings assess Arts & Humanities, Life Science & Biomedicine, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences courses as some of the best and top ranking study programs of the University. In the most recent RAE exercise, 24 of the subject areas offered by the College have received a rating of 5 or 5* for their international excellence and research quality.
Praised by the QAA in its audit report, the King's College London is one of the universities that can boast of best research earnings. King's College London has five campuses - Strand Campus, Waterloo Campus, Guy's Campus, St Thomas' Campus and Denmark Hill Campus. It is the biggest education centre for healthcare professionals in Europe and has as many as five Medical Research Council Centres. In the UK, the College enjoys charity exemption from registration under the King's College London Act 1978.
Established in the tradition of the Church of England, in Hong Kong, King's College London Hong Kong Foundation is a registered charity. In Canada, King's College London has a charitable status. Under Schedule VIII of the Income Tax Act 2000 and in the US, the Friends of King's College London Association Incorporated has 501(c)3 status. However, the College is open to students and staff from diverse nationalities, ethnicities, religions, faiths and beliefs.
King's College had a major share in science contribution of the 19th century and had been active in making higher education accessible for women and working classes and offering evening classes. The College has a glorious history and had made strategic partnerships with several distinguished institutions such as Chelsea College, Institute of Psychiatry, the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals and Queen Elizabeth College.
The founding campus of the King's College London, it is situated next to the Somerset House. Inaugurated in 1831, the land granted to the college once housed the gardens of the eminent Renaissance palace, where the treaty of friendship was signed between England and Spain in 1604. The famous architect of the British Museum, Sir Robert Smirke had designed the main building of the campus with the Chapel, lecture halls and a great hall, which has greatly evolved in the latter years.
Home to the School of Humanities, School of Law, School of Physical Sciences & Engineering and a part of the School of Social Science and Public Policy, the campus's original chapel was replaced by the Byzantine Gothic chapel in early 1860s. George Gilbert Scott, known for Gothic architecture revival and designing the Albert Memorial and the St Pancras Station, had designed this beautiful chapel.
The site includes several other buildings that were purchased later such as the Chesham Building in Surrey Street, the Macadam Building houses the King's College Student Union office at the south end of Surrey Street. It is named after Sir Ivison Macadam (the first President of the National Union of Students) and the Strand Building, which was inaugurated in 1972 by HM The Queen.
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