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King's College London

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)
Budget	£738.4 million (2015-16)
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	4,520
Administrative staff	2,740
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 Golden Triangle King's Health Partners CTLS Francis Crick Institute FutureLearn iCUBE LSGL MedCity PLuS Alliance RADA SES Thomas Young Centre UNICA Universities UK
Website	www.kcl.ac.uk

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 36th in the world by the 2016/17 THE World Rankings. 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.