King's College London, details of King's College London

King's College London

University ranking

• 2010  17
• 2009  15
• 2008  =17

History

• King’s is one of the oldest and largest colleges of the University of London.
• King’s is a member of the Russell Group, a coalition of the UK’s major research-based universities.
• King's has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of DNA, and is now the largest centre for the education of doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals in Europe and home to five Medical Research centres.

Location and Transport

• London’s most central university, with four river-side campuses in a single square mile in the heart of London.
• The campuses are located either side of the Thames – Strand, Waterloo, Guy’s and further south, Denmark Hill.
• The college is associated with four great hospitals of Guy's and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South London and the Maudsley.

Accommodation

• The college offers a variety of accommodation within its own halls of residences and the University of London Intercollegiate Residences.
• The college is also pleased to offer an arrangement with student accommodation provider, Liberty Living, two new residences – Liberty Fields and Liberty House – for graduate and mature applicants only.
• Undergraduate students studying a degree in the UK for the first time, who apply before the deadline, will be guaranteed one year (not necessarily their first) in either a college, Liberty Living or Intercollegiate residence.
• Click here for more information on accommodation at King's. 

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