King's College London
| King's College London | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Sancte et Sapienter |
| Motto in English | With Holiness and Wisdom |
| Established | 1829 |
| Type | Public |
| Endowment | £115.23 million[1] |
| Chancellor | HRH The Princess Royal (University of London) |
| Principal | Prof Sir Rick Trainor[2] |
| Chairman of the Council | Lord Charles Wellesley[3] |
| Students | 18,630[1] |
| Undergraduates | 12,320[1] |
| Postgraduates | 6,310[1] |
| Location | London, United Kingdom 51°30′43.00″N 0°06′58.00″W / 51.51194°N 0.11611°WCoordinates: 51°30′43.00″N 0°06′58.00″W / 51.51194°N 0.11611°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Visitor | The Archbishop of Canterbury ex officio[4] |
| Colours | ______________________ |
| Affiliations | University of London Russell Group Golden Triangle |
| Website | kcl.ac.uk |
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King's College London ('King's' or 'KCL') is a large university in London, and a college of the federal University of London.
University College London (1826) was founded before it, but King's (1829) has a technical claim to being the third oldest chartered university in England.[5][6]
In 1836 King's became one of the two founding colleges of the University of London.[7][8]
King's is arranged into nine Schools of Study, spread across four Thames-side campuses in central London and one in Denmark Hill, South London.[9]
King's is one of the largest centres for graduate and post-graduate medical teaching and biomedical research in Europe. It is home to six Medical Research Council centres, the most of any British university.[10]
King's has around 18,600 full-time students and 5,030 staff and had a total income of £508 million in 2009/10, of which £144 million was from research grants and contracts.[1]
There are 10 Nobel Prize winners amongst King's alumni and former faculty.[11] King's is ranked 63rd in the world (and 16th in Europe) in the 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities,[12] 21st in the world (and 6th in Europe) in the 2010 QS World University Rankings,[13] and 77th in the world (and 15th in Europe) in the 2010 The Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[14] In September 2010, The Sunday Times selected King's as its "University of the Year".[15]
King's is a member of the European University Association and the Russell Group. It forms part of the 'Golden Triangle' of British universities.[16]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Financial Statements for the year to 31 July 2010". King's College London. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/content/1/c6/02/39/08/financialstatements2010.pdf. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ↑ "Principal of King's College London - Professor Rick Trainor". 2009. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/structure/principal/trainor.html. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- ↑ "King's College London Council membership 2008/09". 2008. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/content/1/c4/29/75/Councilmembership2008-9.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- ↑ "The Archbishop of Canterbury - Register of Lords' interests". House of Lords. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldreg/reg06.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- ↑ "Profile: Durham University". The Sunday Times (London). 2010-12-09. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/sunday_times_university_guide/article4767634.ece. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
- ↑ Reference to UCL as third oldest univeersity in England.
- ↑ "About King's College London=King's College London". 2006. https://kcl.ac.uk/about/. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
- ↑ "Royal Charter of King's College London=King's College London" (PDF). 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-02-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20080229031745/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/college/policyzone/attachments/CharterStatutes.pdf. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
- ↑ "King's College London: Campuses=King's College London". 2006. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/campuses/. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
- ↑ "Medical Research Council centres". 2009. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/mrc.html. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ↑ "Tenth Nobel Prize Winner". King's College London. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2010/oct/TenthNobelPrizeWinner.aspx. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ↑ "Top 100". Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2010. http://www.arwu.org/ARWU2010.jsp. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ "QS World University Rankings Results 2010". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2010/results. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ "Top 200". Times Higher Education. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/top-200.html. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ The Sunday Times (London). http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/University_Guide. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ↑ "Golden opportunities". Nature. 6 July 2005. http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/2005/050707/full/nj7047-144a.html. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
