King's by numbers
4th Oldest university in England
Founded in 1829
King's College London was founded in 1829 by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington, who fought a duel in defence of his role in the establishment of the College. In 1836 King's became one of the two founding colleges of the University of London.
5 recent mergers
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1983 - King's College School of Medicine & Dentistry
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1985 - Chelsea and Queen Elizabeth Colleges
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1997 - Institute of Psychiatry
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1998 - United Medical & Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals
180 years of historic pioneers
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Sir Charles Lyell, founded modern geology
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Sir Charles Wheatstone, developed electric telegraph
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James Clerk Maxwell, Einstein's predecessor in electromagnetism
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Florence Nightingale, pioneered nursing training
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Lord Lister, 'father of modern medicine'
5 London campuses
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Strand Campus
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Waterloo Campus
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St Thomas' Campus
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Guy's Campus
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Denmark Hill Campus
10 Nobel Prize winners
including:
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Professor Edward Appleton (exploration of the ionosphere)
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Professor Charles Barkla (X-rays)
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Professor Sir James Black (beta blockers and anti-ulcer drugs)
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Professor Maurice Wilkins (DNA)
100s of distinguished alumni
including:
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Desmond Tutu, Archbishop, Nobel Peace Laureate
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Katherine Granger, four-times Olympic medalist (Gold 2012)
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Hanif Kureishi, Michael Morpurgo and Susan Hill, writers
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Sir Robin Auld, former Lord Justice of Appeal
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Rory Bremner, political satirist
One of the world's top 30 universities
24,550 students
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24,550 students from 140 countries
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Over 10,000 postgraduate students and almost 14,500 undergraduates
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Over 6,000 employees.
£525 million
Annual income £525 million, including:
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Research income - £147 million
£1 billion redevelopment
A £1 billion redevelopment programme is transforming King's estate. Since 1999 over half the College's activities have been relocated to new and refurbished buildings.
One of the top 7 in UK
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One of the top seven UK universities for research earnings
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Member of the Russell Group (UK's top 20 research universities)
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Recipient of 20 per cent of grants to universities from the Department of Health
5 MRC centres
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Has five Medical Research Council (MRC) centres
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Member of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre
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60 per cent of research is world-leading or internationally excellent (2008 RAE).