[178], After being vested the power to award its own degrees separately from the University of London in 2006,[48] graduates began wearing King's College London academic dress in 2008. [89][90] The Theological Department provided studies in ecclesiastical history, pastoral theology and Exegesis of testaments. After election, they are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "AKC". [91], The Faculty of Arts and Humanities was formed in 1989 following the amalgamation of the faculties of Arts, Music and Theology. Connect with King’s College London. Despite the attempts to make King's Anglican-only, the initial prospectus permitted, "nonconformists of all sorts to enter the college freely". About King's students and staff have played an important part in the formation of the London Universities and Colleges Athletics. [125] King's has a credit rating of AA from Standard & Poor's. Buildings include: the Henriette Raphael building, constructed in 1902, the Gordon Museum of Pathology, the Hodgkin building, Shepherd's House and Guy's Chapel. [109], The Department of Engineering was established in 1838, making it arguably the oldest school of engineering in the United Kingdom. King’s College London (KCL) is one of the two founding colleges of the University of London, the sister college of University College London. [32] In 1980 King's regained its legal independence under a new Royal Charter. [6] The official coat of arms, in heraldic terminology, is:[130]. Inside the Library is the octagonal Round Reading Room, inspired by the reading room of the British Museum, and the former Rolls Chapel (renamed the Weston Room following a donation from the Garfield Weston Foundation) with its stained glass windows, mosaic floor and monuments, including a Renaissance terracotta figure by Pietro Torrigiano of Dr Yonge, Master of the Rolls, who died in 1516. [131] Guy’s Medical School proposed to apply for its own coat of arms after separating from Guy’s Hospital, yet the school decided to continue to use Guy's Hospital’s arms in 1954. [133] King's is currently the only British member of the Institutional Network of the Universities from the Capitals of Europe (UNICA), a network of major higher education institutions in the European capital cities. Junior School. King’s recognised for delivering the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in the 2021 THE Impact Rankings. On the second season of Spanish [53] In October 2014, Ed Byrne replaced Rick Trainor as Principal of King's College London, the latter having served for 10 years. In 1923 it was replaced by a new mascot to rival Phineas – Reggie the Lion, who made his debut at a King's–UCL sporting rag in December 1923, protected by a lifeguard of engineering students armed with T-squares. Coronavirus: latest information for staff, students and prospective students, including how to book a free COVID-19 test. [134], King's is a founding member of Global Medical Excellence Cluster (GMEC), the largest life science bio-cluster in the world[135] established with the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, University College London and Imperial College London. Indeed, the University of London when it was established has been described as "an umbrella organisation designed to disguise the rivalry between UCL and KCL. [16] The Archbishop of Canterbury presided over the opening ceremony, in which a sermon was given in the chapel by Charles James Blomfield, the Bishop of London, on the subject of combining religious instruction with intellectual culture. Help and Support. [16], One of the most famous pieces of scientific research performed at King's were the crucial contributions to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA in 1953 by Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin, together with Raymond Gosling, Alex Stokes, Herbert Wilson and other colleagues at the Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics at King's. [72] The College Chapel at the Strand was also restored in 2001, and its organ in 2018. [28][30], King's opened in October 1831 with the cleric William Otter appointed as first principal and lecturer in divinity. [207], King's currently operates two museums: Gordon Museum of Pathology and Museum of Life Sciences. King's is ranked in the top 10 UK universities in the world (QS World Rankings 2020) and based in the heart of London. It began occupation of the Bush House Building in September 2016, occupying the adjacent King House and Strand House from 2017 and will occupy Melbourne House from 2025. Besides this, 84% of research at King's is acknowledged as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent'. [397], This article is about the university institution in London, UK, founded in 1829. King’s is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, learning and understanding in the service of society. Contact Details. The School of Management and Business within the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy was reformed to create King's Business School. [8][9][10] In the late 20th century, King's grew through a series of mergers, including with Queen Elizabeth College and Chelsea College of Science and Technology (in 1985), the Institute of Psychiatry (in 1997), the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals and the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery (in 1998). Simon Argles, secretary of UMDS, said that because of the name of the medical school it was more appropriate to use the hospital's coat of arms. [101] The institute is the largest centre for research and postgraduate education in psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience in Europe. Student Records Home. King's enjoys royal patronage by virtue of its foundation. With nine faculties, institutes and schools of study and five Medical Research Council centres, King's offers world-class teaching and research. The current coat of arms was developed following the mergers with Queen Elizabeth College and Chelsea College in 1985 and incorporates aspects of their heraldry. King's College London Dental Institute is the largest dental school in Europe. King's is home to six Medical Research Council centres and is a founding member of the King's Health Partners academic health sciences centre, Francis Crick Institute and MedCity. [26] "Duel Day" is still celebrated on the first Thursday after 21 March every year, marked by various events throughout King's, including reenactments. DATA SOURCE: IDP Connect 2019. [16], At this time neither King's, "London University", nor the medical schools at the London hospitals could confer degrees. May 17 Postgraduate Virtual Open Week: Introduction to Affective Disorders MSc May 17 Postgraduate Virtual Open Week: Welcome to King's May 17 Postgraduate Virtual Open Week: Introduction to Immunology Full list of student events. Whilst not a formal campus, King's retains an academic presence and estate at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire. graduates' average annual salary six months after graduation). Denmark Hill Campus is situated in south London near the borders of the London Borough of Lambeth and the London Borough of Southwark in Camberwell and is the only campus not situated on the River Thames. Part of Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code was set in the Round Reading Room of the Maughan Library, although no part of the film adaption was filmed there.[396]. [183] The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery is the oldest professional school of nursing in the world [184] and often seen as one of the most prestigious in the UK. The Maughan Library is King's largest library and is housed in the Grade II* listed 19th century gothic former Public Record Office building situated on Chancery Lane at the Strand Campus. The Office of the Dean co-ordinate the Associateship of King's College programme, the chaplaincy and the chapel choir, which includes 25 choir scholarships. Student Services; Academic calendar; Discover King’s. [258], The proposal to establish a fellowship of King's was first considered in 1847. one of the top 25 universities in the world (2016/17 QS World University Rankings) and among the oldest in England. [16], In World War II, the buildings of King's College London were used by the Auxiliary Fire Service with a number of King's staff, mainly those then known as college servants, serving as firewatchers. [268], "Reggie the Lion" (informally "Reggie") is the official mascot of the students' union. In 1855, King's pioneered evening classes in London;[32] that King's granted students at the evening classes certificates of college attendance to enable them to sit University of London degree exams was cited as an example of the worthlessness of these certificates in the decision by the University of London to end the affiliated colleges system in 1858 and open their examinations to everyone. During this time, King's Apply will be unavailable. "[27], The result was a duel in Battersea Fields on 21 March 1829. King's College London, generally in 2005, is the sixth-most difficult UK university to gain admission to the, as ranked as Sunday Times. King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 13,500 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. [255], The Associateship of King's College (AKC) is the original award of King's College, dating back to its foundation in 1829 and first awarded in 1835. The award recognised the "reduced energy and carbon emissions from a sustainable refurbishment of the historic South Range of the King's Building". It began occupation of the Bush House Building in September 2016 and will occupy the adjacent King House and Strand House from 2017 and Melbourne House from 2025. [22] More widely, King's was one of the first of a series of institutions which came about in the early nineteenth century as a result of the Industrial Revolution and great social changes in England following the Napoleonic Wars. The app was launched by health science company ZOE with scientific analysis provided by King’s College London. The new certificates however still make reference to the fact that King's is a constituent college of the University of London. [80] Senior officers are called the Principal's Central Team. Full story . [217] The Medical Collection include the historical library collections of the constituent medical schools and institutes of King's. [131], UMDS merged with King's College Hospital to become Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine in 1998. The building was designed by Sir James Pennethorne and is home to the books and journals of the Schools of Arts & Humanities, Law, Natural & Mathematical Sciences, and Social Science & Public Policy. [78] Shitij Kapur has been appointed as the incoming President and Principal from July 2021. [249] King's was chosen as the 5th best UK university by major British employers in 2015. [169] In the 2016-17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 67:12:20 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 62:37. Undergraduate management courses base their curriculum on "modern business theory and organisational management theory and practice". Between 1992 and 2013 the union operated a nightclub, Tutu's, named after alumnus Desmond Tutu. Alumni also include heads of states, governments and intergovernmental organisations; nineteen members of the current House of Commons and seventeen members of the current House of Lords; and the recipients of three Oscars, three Grammys and one Emmy. Cornwall House, now the Franklin-Wilkins Building, constructed between 1912 and 1915 was originally the His Majesty's Stationery Office (responsible for Crown copyright and National Archives), but was requisitioned for use as a military hospital in 1915 during World War I. Notable King's alumni in poetry and literature include the poet John Keats (Guy's Hospital),[319] the dramatist Sir W. S. Gilbert,[322] and the writers Thomas Hardy, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Virginia Woolf,[319] Alain de Botton, Sir Michael Morpurgo, W. Somerset Maugham, Charles Kingsley, C. S. Forester, John Ruskin, Radclyffe Hall, Dame Susan Hill,[319] Hanif Kureishi, Maureen Duffy,[319] Khushwant Singh, Sir Leslie Stephen and the Booker Prize winner Anita Brookner. [96], The establishment of King's College Hospital Dental School was proposed by Viscount Hambleden at a Hospital Management Committee meeting on 12 April 1923. The council is the supreme governing body of King's College London established under the charter and statutes, comprising 21 members. [272][274], The radio station of KCLSU, KCL Radio, was founded in 2009 as a podcast producer. In addition to the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, parts of the Dental Institute and School of Medicine, and a large hall of residence, King's College Hall, are situated here. 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