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King's is:

Distinguished - one of the world’s best universities

• One of the top 30 universities in the world (2011/12 QS World University Rankings).
• The only UK university to have six prestigious Medical Research Council centres: more than any other UK university.
• A member of Global Medical Excellence Cluster.
• A campus environment which has benefitted from the largest recent UK university estate investment - over £500 million in the past 10 years.

Enriching - business, industry and the UK economy

•           A leading higher education provider of services to external organisations, with Consultancy income of £11m in 2009-10 and Professional & Executive Education income of £12.2m

• A provider of highly qualified graduates for the labour force.

Vibrant - research base in the heart of London

• With four campuses along the river Thames and a further site in SE London.
• Academic researchers collaborating across nine schools of study within King’s resulting in multidisciplinary research offerings and the provision of creative solutions.
• Europe’s largest centre for medical and professional healthcare education.

Discovering - translating pioneering research

• With the UK's largest Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) in association with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
• Underpinned by three Department of Health Biomedical Research Centres.
• In the top group of seven UK universities for research earnings (£144m in 2009-10).

Connecting - to London

• To the heart of London’s social, cultural, industrial and political networks.
• To government; the UK’s leading provider of research to government.
• To three of the world's greatest teaching hospitals and partner NHS trusts.

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