About King's College London
King's is one of the oldest and largest colleges of the University of London with 13,800 undergraduate students and some 5,300 postgraduates in nine schools of study.
Twenty-four of the College’s subject-areas were awarded the highest rating of 5* and 5 for research quality in the last research assessment exercise, demonstrating excellence at an international level. King’s is in the top group of universities for research earnings with income from grants and contracts of more than £101 million (2004-05) and has an annual turnover of £364 million. King’s is a member of the Russell Group, a coalition of the UK's major research-based universities.
Campuses
King's is divided into 3 campuses primarily. These are Guy's Campus, Waterloo Campus and Strand Campus.
At Guy's most of the science teaching takes place which includes Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences. Occasionally other disciplines such as Nursing or Nutrion may have teaching here.
At the Waterloo campus most of the teaching for NHS related subjects takes place such as those of Nursing and Nutrition and Dietetics as well as courses from Law.
At the Strand Campus most of the teaching for the humanities subjects takes place with disciplines such as Philosophy, Law, Languages, Geography etc being accomodated here.
All campuses are approximately within a 45 minute walk between them and there is easy access by bus and tube.
Accommodation
King's College London like other Universities has halls of residence in which undergraduates in their first year primarily and postgraduate students may stay.
For Guy's campus the nearest halls are Wolfson House and Great Dover Street Appartements.
For Waterloo and Strand Campuses the nearest halls are Stamford Street.
The Hampstead Heath campus, although furthest than the others from central London would primarily suit people using the Denmark Hill campus (Dentristry mainly).
The information provided here is based on personal experience and is by no means complete and we would strongly urge you to visit the KCL website at www.kcl.ac.uk for further information.
