Kingston University Profile
History
•In the year 1992 Kingston Polytechnic becomes Kingston University.
•In the year 1970 The College of Technology and College of Art merge to form the Kingston Polytechnic.
Location and transport
•Central London is around 25 minutes away by train.
•The historic town centre packed with bars, shops, and clubs.
•Royal parks and the River Thames are within walking distance.
•Free bus service.
Entry standards
•Entry eligibility varies from course to course and university looks at over just A-level results.
•The University also takes into consideration the past academic performance, people's interest in subject and commitment.
Student mix
•A fairly evenly balanced gender ratio 2011, 48% male, 52% female.
•The ratio of overseas students 9.8 per cent in the year 2011.
•A high ratio of students from state schools (96.6 per cent in 2009–10 with the benchmark of 93.9 percent).
Course flexibility
•A number of courses are available on the part-time and sandwich course basis.
Teaching standards
•Under old QAA system, the University received 'excellent' scores for around 14 subjects, covering every faculty.
Research standards
•The University's research grant from HEFCE has almost tripled as a result of its excellent performance in 2008 RAE.
•The 2008 RAE identified quality of at least an internationally recognized standard in 70 per cent of Kingston University's research submissions.
•30 per cent of research submissions were rated as internationally excellent across the 18 units submitted.
•In all units, at least 10 per cent of research was classified as internationally excellent in the terms of significance, originality and rigour.
•Kingston was top rated new university in Business and Management Studies, with around 10 percent of the research submitted classified as world-leading.
•Other specifically admired performers include Nursing, where 15 per cent of the research submitted was rated as world-leading and History of Art, Architecture and Design, where 50 per cent of the research submitted was rated as internationally excellent.
Academic strengths
•Architecture, forensic science, illustration, geography, aeronautical engineering, geology, and animation, law, mathematics, fashion, nursing and social sciences, midwifery, and surveying.
Student facilities, including library and computing
•The remodeled Learning Resources Centre at Kingston Hill campus includes the new internet café.
•Virtually all the course modules are now offered on Kingston's pioneering web-based learning management system, Study Space.
•There has been large investment in installing latest computer technology across all the campuses and university sites.
Sport
•The Students' Union run around 30 sports clubs, including Skydiving, Sub-Aqua, Cricket, Mountaineering, Fencing, Football, Hockey, Athletics, Taekwondo, Badminton.
•Sports facilities include Tolworth Court sports ground with the playing fields for the football and a floodlit hard court area for tennis. The sports ground has undergone a major redevelopment including upgrades to playing surfaces and the construction of the large sports pavilion.
Notable alumni
•Phil Allsopp M.S. DArch, RIBA, Architecture Dip (Hons) 1974, the President and Chief Executive Officer, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
•Glenda Bailey OBE, Fashion BA (Hons) 1983; HonMDes 1994 – Editor-in-Chief, Harper's Bazaar.