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King's College, London

King's College London
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Arms of King's College London
Motto Sancte et Sapienter
(Latin)
Motto in English
"With Holiness and Wisdom"
Type Public research university
Established 1829 (earliest recorded teaching in medical school 1561)
Endowment £194.1 million (as of 31 July 2016)
Chancellor The Princess Royal (as Chancellor of the University of London)
Principal Ed Byrne
Dean The Revd Richard Burridge
Chairman of the Council Sir Christopher Geidt
Academic staff
4520
Administrative staff
2740
Students 28,900 (2015/16)
Undergraduates 17,770 (2015/16)
Postgraduates 11,130 (2015/16)
Location London, United Kingdom
Coordinates: 51°30′43.00″N 0°06′58.00″W / 51.5119444°N 0.1161111°W / 51.5119444; -0.1161111
Campus Urban
Visitor Archbishop of Canterbury ex officio
Colours Blue & King's Red
Mascot Reggie the Lion
Affiliations University of London
Russell Group
ACU
EUA
GMEC
Golden Triangle
King's Health Partners
CTLS
Francis Crick Institute
FutureLearn
iCUBE
LSGL
MedCity
PLuS Alliance
RADA
Thomas Young Centre
UNICA
Universities UK
SES
Website www.kcl.ac.uk
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Rankings
ARWU
(2016, national)
7
ARWU
(2016, world)
50
QS
(2016/17, national)
6
QS
(2016/17, world)
21
THE
(2016/17, national)
7
THE
(2016/17, world)
36
Complete
(2017, national)
21
The Guardian
(2017, national)
42
Times/Sunday Times
(2017, national)
29

King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, and a founding constituent college of the federal University of London. King's was established in 1829 by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington and received its royal charter in the same year. In 1836, King's became one of the two founding colleges of the University of London. In the late 20th century, it grew through a series of mergers, including with Queen Elizabeth College and Chelsea College of Science and Technology (in 1985), the Institute of Psychiatry (in 1997), the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals and the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery (in 1998).

King's is regarded as one of the top multidisciplinary research universities in the world, ranked 21st in the world by the 2016/17 QS World University Rankings, and 27th in the world by the 2015/16 Times Higher Education. It is usually considered part of the "golden triangle" along with the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, University College London, Imperial College London, and the London School of Economics. It is a member of academic organisations such as the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, and the Russell Group.


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