King's College London, University of London
About
King's College London, University of London is a UK university founded in 1829, based in Westminster, with around 18,630 students. The Teaching Excellence Framework awarded King's College London, University of London a Silver rating.
Academic staff have published 249,980 works cited 21,186,326 times, with an h-index of 1184.
Courses at King's College London, University of London (352)
Accounting, Accountability & Financial Management
King's College London, University of London
Accounting & Finance
King's College London, University of London
A-Levels
A*AA
NSS Score
87.46%
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£33,000
Accounting & Finance with a Year in Industry
King's College London, University of London
A-Levels
A*AA
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£33,000
Addictions
King's College London, University of London
Advanced Clinical Practice
King's College London, University of London
Advanced Computing
King's College London, University of London
Who gets into King's College London, University of London
See full breakdown →Full-time undergraduates admitted in 2023-24, by neighbourhood deprivation. Source: Office for Students.
From the least deprived 20% of UK neighbourhoods
18.8%
From the most deprived 20%
17.9%
The richest-area share is 0.9 percentage points higher than the poorest-area share among 3,650 entrants in 2023-24.
Notable alumni of King's College London, University of London
See all 243 →243 notable graduates and former students with Wikipedia coverage, ranked by international reach. Source: Wikidata.
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
John Keats
English Romantic poet (1795–1821)
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
Desmond Tutu
South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner (1931–2021)
Thomas Hardy
English novelist and poet (1840–1928)
John Ruskin
English writer and art critic (1819–1900)
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
Peter Higgs
British physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1929–2024)
Gary Lineker
English football pundit and former player
Francis Galton
British eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist (1822–1911)
Petr Pavel
Czech general and statesman, 4th president of the Czech Republic
Michael Collins
Irish revolutionary and politician (1890–1922)
Rankings
- Complete University Guide 2026
- #19
- The Guardian (UK) 2026
- #21
- QS World 2026
- #31
- Times Higher Ed (World) 2026
- #38
- ARWU (Shanghai) 2025
- #61
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Quick Facts
- Location
- Westminster
- Postcode
- WC2R 2LS
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1829
- Student Count
- 18,630
- TEF Rating
- Silver