News archive 2002

Knighthood for King's Vice-Principal

02 Jan 2002, PR 01/02

Professor Graeme Catto, Vice-Principal of King's College London with particularly responsibility for the College's medical, biomedical, health & life science, psychiatry, nursing and dental Schools, has been knighted in the New Year's Honours List.

The knighthood follows Professor Catto's recent appointment as President of the General Medical Council.

Notes to editors

King's College London
King's College London is the fourth oldest university in England with more than 13,700 undergraduates and nearly 5,600 graduate students in nine schools of study based at five London campuses. It is a member of the Russell Group: a coalition of the UK's major research-based universities. The College has had 24 of its subject-areas awarded the highest rating of 5* and 5 for research quality, demonstrating excellence at an international level, and it has recently received an excellent result in its audit by the Quality Assurance Agency.

King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, international relations, medicine, nursing and the sciences, and has played major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA. It is the largest centre for the education of health care professionals in Europe and is home to five Medical Research Council Centres – more than any other university.

King's is in the top group of UK universities for research earnings, with income from grants and contracts of more than £114 million, and has anannual income of more than £369 million.



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