King's College London

King’s College London was founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington (then Prime Minister) in 1829 as a university college in the Church of England tradition. It now welcomes staff and students of all faiths and beliefs.

King’s College London is: 1 of the top 10 universities in the UK and the world. The 4th oldest university in England, a research university in the heart of London.

King’s College has over 31,000 students (including over 12,800 postgraduates) from 150 countries and over 8,500 staff.

King’s College London delivers world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. King’s College was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ category by the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality by the Times Higher Education rankings. 84% of research at King's was judged to be 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent' (3* and 4*) King's College is ranked in the top seven UK universities for research income and has an annual income of just over £778 million.

King's College has an excellent reputation in the humanities, law, sciences including health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry, and social sciences including international affairs.

King's College is ranked in the top ten for biological sciences, business and management, dentistry, nutrition, French and law.

The university has influenced many of the advances of modern life, including: the discovery of the structure of DNA, research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar, in medicine and healthcare, including antiseptic surgery and palliative care. It is the largest centre for training health professionals in Europe.

Professors at King's College London played an important role in nineteenth-century science and in the expansion of higher education for women and working men through evening classes. King's College grew and developed through mergers with several institutions, each with its own distinguished history. These include:

• United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals
• Chelsea College
• Queen Elizabeth College
• Institute of Psychiatry

The staff and alumni of King's College London and its institutions made major contributions to science, medicine and society in the 19th century.

King's College London has produced 12 people who worked or studied within its walls and were awarded the Nobel Prize. Charles Barkla (1877-1944) for his research on X-rays and other radiation in 1917. Sir Owen Richardson (1879-1959) for his pioneering work on 'thermoelectronics' in 1928. Professor Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861-1947) for his research on vitamins and vitamin deficiencies in 1929. Professor Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952) for his research on the nervous system in 1932. Sir Edward Appleton (1892-1965) was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on the ionosphere in 1947. Dr Max Theiler (1899-1972) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing the yellow fever vaccine in 1951. Maurice Wilkins (1916-2004) for discovering the structure of DNA in 1962.

The Right Reverend Desmond Tutu (b. 1931) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 in recognition of his work as General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches. One of King's most distinguished alumni and Visiting Professor in Post-Conflict Societies at the university in 2004. Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996 and Chairman of the South African Peace and Reconciliation Commission. Sir James Black (1924-2010) for the development of beta blockers and antiulcer drugs in 1988. Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010. Professor Peter Higgs was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013.

Faculty of Arts and Humanities:

• Research Institute for Arts and Humanities
• Classic
• Comparative Literature
• Culture, Media and Creative Industries
• Digital Humanities
• English language
• Filmography
• French
• German
• Story
• Royal Digital Laboratory
• Liberal Arts
• Center for Modern Language
• Music
• Philosophy
• Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
• Theology and Religious Studies

Dental Institute:

• LonDEC Dental Education Center
• Craniofacial development and stem cell biology
• Oral cavity, Clinical research
• Microbiomedical research
• Research groups and laboratories

Faculty of Natural Sciences and Medicine:

• School of Biomedical Engineering and Visual Sciences
• School of Bioscience Education
• Department of Anatomy
• Department of Biochemistry
• Department of Genetics
• Department of Immunology
• Department of Neuroscience Education
• Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
• Department of Pharmacology and Therapy
• Department of Pharmacy and Forensics
• Oncological sciences
• Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Immunology, infections and inflammatory diseases
• Transplantation Immunology and Mucosal Biology
• School of Basic and Medical Biological Sciences
• School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences
• School of Natural Sciences
• School of Public Health and Environmental Sciences

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurology:

• Dependencies
• Basic and clinical neurology
• Biostatistics
• Child and adolescent psychiatry
• Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Science
• Health Service and Population Research
• Neuroimaging
• Psychiatry of old age
• Psychological Medicine
• Psychology
• Psychosis Research
• Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatric Centre (MRC)

Dickson Poon School of Law:

• Research (PhD / MPhil)
• Centre for British Constitutional Law and History
• Construction Law Center
• Centre for European Law
• Center for Medical Law and Ethics
• Center for Politics, Philosophy and Law
• Center for Technology, Ethics and Law in Society
• Climate Law and Governance
• Competition Law at King's College London
• Transnational Law Institute

Faculty of Natural and Mathematical Sciences:

• Engineering
• Chemistry
• Informatics
• Mathematics
• Physics

Florence Nightingale School of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care:

• Department of Adult Nursing
• Department of Child and Family Health
• Department of Mental Health Nursing
• Department of Obstetrics
• Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation

Faculty of Social Sciences and Public Policy:

• School of Global Relations
• African Leadership Center
• Institute of Brazil
• Geography
• Global Health and Social Medicine
• Indian Institute
• International development
• Lau Chinese Institute
• School of Security Studies
• Department of Defense Studies
• Military Research
• Military Research Online
• School of Education, Communication and Society
• International School for Government
• School of Politics and Economics
• European and International Research
• Middle Eastern Studies
• Political Economy
• Institute of Russia
• Political Institute at King's College London

COST OF TUITION:

Undergraduate programs at King 's College London, depending on the specialty, for international students cost from £19,800 to £43,500 per year. Master's programs will cost £17,900 - £35,500 per year.