University of Kent
About
University of Kent is a UK university founded in 1965, based in Canterbury. The Teaching Excellence Framework awarded University of Kent a Silver rating.
Academic staff have published 53,599 works cited 2,009,323 times, with an h-index of 411.
Courses at University of Kent (304)
Accounting
University of Kent
Accounting and Finance
University of Kent
A-Levels
ABB - BBC
UCAS Points
112 - 128 points
NSS Score
80.29%
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£26,000
Accounting and Finance with a Foundation Year
University of Kent
A-Levels
CDD
UCAS Points
80 points
NSS Score
82.96%
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£26,000
Accounting and Finance with a Year Abroad
University of Kent
A-Levels
ABB - BBC
UCAS Points
112 - 128 points
NSS Score
82.96%
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£26,000
Accounting and Finance with a year in Industry
University of Kent
A-Levels
ABB - BBC
UCAS Points
112 - 128 points
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£26,000
Actuarial Science
University of Kent
A-Levels
AAB - ABC
UCAS Points
136 - 120 points
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£30,000
Who gets into University of Kent
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
20.4%
From the most deprived 20%
16.4%
The richest-area share is 4.0 percentage points higher than the poorest-area share among 3,880 entrants in 2023-24.
Notable alumni of University of Kent
See all 176 →176 notable graduates and former students with Wikipedia coverage, ranked by international reach. Source: Wikidata.
Kazuo Ishiguro
British novelist (born 1954)
Orlando Bloom
English actor and model
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Tanzanian-born British writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2021) (born 1948)
Ellie Goulding
British singer (born 1986)
Tom Wilkinson
English actor (1948–2023)
E. L. James
British writer
Abbas Araghchi
Iranian diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1962)
Sarah Waters
Welsh novelist (1966-)
Tiwa Savage
Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress
Annita Demetriou
Cypriot politician (born 1985)
Alan Davies
English comedian, actor, and author
Steve Hillage
British guitarist
Rankings
- Complete University Guide 2026
- #49
- The Guardian (UK) 2026
- #80
- QS World 2026
- =397
- Times Higher Ed (World) 2026
- 401–500
- ARWU (Shanghai) 2025
- #401
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Quick Facts
- Location
- Canterbury
- Postcode
- CT2 7NZ
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1965
- TEF Rating
- Silver