King's College London Profile
History
•King's is one of the oldest and biggest colleges of the University of London.
•King's is the member of Russell Group, a coalition of UK's major research-based universities.
•King's has played a major role in a number of the advances which have shaped modern life, like the discovery of DNA, and is now the largest centre for education of dentists, doctors, and other healthcare professionals in Europe and home of the five Medical Research centers.
Location and transport
•London's most central university, having four river-side campuses in the single square mile in heart of the London.
•The campuses are situated either side of Thames - Strand, Guy's and further south, Waterloo, Denmark Hill.
•The college is linked with four great hospitals of Guy's, St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley. Along with these hospitals College has formed King's Health Partners, an academic health science centre.
Entry standards
•The University welcomes students with the range of qualifications from all over world.
Student mix
•King's has around 14,493 undergraduate and nearly 8,879 graduate students in nine schools of study.
•60 per cent female and 40 per cent male.
•King's has a impressive international community including students from around 140 countries.
Course flexibility
•Provides additional study options like study abroad, work experience, language programmes, internships and unique Associate of King's College London (AKC) qualification.
•Focuses to offer choice and flexibility so that, within a chosen degree, a student can take modules matching to their interests.
•In certain schools it might be possible to complete an undergraduate degree on the part-time basis in the duration of five-six years.
Teaching standards
•Excellent active in research, teaching staff, bringing their progressive thinking into classroom.
•Powerful commitment and investment in educational technology.
•A rigorous and demanding academic environment, supported by the tradition of caring going back 180 years and beyond.
Academic strengths
•Teaching and research drawing on the lively interdisciplinary climate and collaboration with a number of partner organizations, institutions, and industrial commercial enterprises.
•The students will get a chance to work with academics who are national or international leaders in their field.
Student facilities, including library and computing
•The Library Services and IT Services are two departments at King’s that work together to assist students with information resources, software applications and support they require to work effectively throughout the academic career.
•Libraries and IT resources are available at each and every campus.
Sport
•Sports grounds close to central London offer facilities for rugby, football, tennis, hockey, cricket, netball and croquet.
•There are rifle ranges at the KCLSU Kinetic, the Strand gym at Waterloo, and the swimming pool and gym at the Guy's campus.
Notable alumni
•Nick Barratt
•Alain de Botton
•Arthur C Clarke
•William S Gilbert
•Professor Peter Ware Higgs