King's College London, University of London in one paragraph...
"King's College London is a busy, cosmopolitan university, with a lot going on and many opportunities for any student here. The university is very social, with societies, sport and volunteering groups as just some of the ways to meet new people. As a long-running university, there are not too many problems with the organisation of courses and provision of facilities, and the teaching is generally very good." says Gina - read the whole review here.
UCAS Code: K60
University Homepage: www.kcl.ac.uk
Maximum Tuition Fee?: £9000
UK Ranking: 24th (Times Good University Guide 2012)
Open Day: There are no scheduled Open Days, please contact the university for more information.
Statistics snapshot
Number of Registered Students: 21235
Male to Female Ratio: 38:62
Average UCAS points achieved: 410
Overseas Students: 19%
The best and worst things about King's College London, University of London:
"The campus is quite spread out but there are individual student union facilities at each spot! As the campuses are spread around, you may be required to travel around, especially for medicine."
Mamie, doing Medicine - Read more
"The best thing is its location in central London, this makes for a huge amount of opportunity to find your niche and discover more about yourself. Whatever you want to do, it is on your doorstep. "
Katy, doing Philosophy - Read more
"The best thing about my University is the experience it gives - it has been running for such a long time that I feel many of the issues other newer Universities have, King's has already worked through and knows the best way to make things work.
The worst thing about my University is the fact that it is spread out over several campuses, and this can lead to some disjointing of the student body as a whole."
Gina, doing Medicine - Read more
"Good reputation and in the centre of London.
Very disorganised."
Ian, doing Mechanical Engineering - Read more
"The best thing is simply that you're in London, don't feel consigned to the King's mixers get out there and hit up all those London clubs. Make sure you get to know promoters and doormen and make sure you keep yourself in with a crowd of moderately attractive girls which will get you past most queues.
As well as that don't forget that you're part of London University which means that you should go and get to know people at LSE and UCL, I'd highly recommend the ULU ski trip as opposed to the KCL one, get involved and get mixing its good to branch out.
Obviously the worst thing is the same as you'll encounter everywhere, inevitably there are morons. You would think that going to a place of higher education would trim the herd of the cud munching degenerates we all suffered in secondary school but oh no, thanks to the new courses you can do in "computing and management" you will encounter some people who have about as much charisma as Gordon Brown's slippers. My advice: ignore and move on"
Christopher , doing European Studies - Read more
"Best thing is the location. Right in the heart of London so there is a lot to do. There are a lot of extra curricular activities available to students with a wide range of clubs and societies.
The worst thing is probably the campuses being spread out. As each campus has different services, it takes long commuting to each one."
Emma, doing Mathematics - Read more
Contact details for King's College London, University of London
Address:
The Strand
London
WC2R 2LS
Telephone: 020 7836 5454
Email: thecompass@kcl.ac.uk
Please note that this is the registered address for King's College London, University of London. This may not be the location of your course.
Statistics
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These statistics are supplied by UniStats.com - the official university statistics site by UCAS
Accommodation costs for King's College London, University of London
"I think its almost 4 grand for the year
basically its going to be between £105 and £140 a week, but come on it's central London so you don't have a choice."
Christopher , doing European Studies - Read more "Catered en suite is roughly £175/week and self catered en suite is £130"
Emma, doing Mathematics - Read more "About £140 a week (most expensive) "
Ian, doing Mechanical Engineering - Read more "About £100pw catered which is really cheap, but the halls were quite far out from central London. The self-catering halls were more central and generally more expensive, up to 130 pounds per week.."
Mamie, doing Medicine - Read more "About £100/week"
Gina, doing Medicine - Read more "About £75-125pw for self catered depending on location. £110pw catered and central."
Katy, doing Philosophy - Read more
Reviews for Kings College London, University of London:
Mamie L, 4th Year doing Medicine
Katy C, 1st Year doing Philosophy Gina I, 3rd Year doing Medicine Ian D, 2nd Year doing Mechanical Engineering Christopher H, 2nd Year doing European Studies Emma P, 3rd Year doing Mathematics