KCL

King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London.King's is one of the top universities in the world, a top destination choice of Marshall Scholars and its graduates are highly sought by firms across the globe; in a survey, by the New York Times, of global business leaders when asked to name the top universities they like to recruit from, King's ranked 38th in the world and 6th in the UK.
King's is arguably the third-oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, receiving its royal charter in the same year.St Thomas' Hospital, which is now a teaching hospital of King's College London School of Medicine, has roots dating back to 1173. In 1836, King's became one of the two founding colleges of the University of London.

The College Prayer

ALMIGHTY God, the Fountain of Wisdom

and the Giver of every perfect gift;

without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy;

Send down, we beseech you, your blessing upon this College,

and prosper the designs of its founders and benefactors.

Enable us, by your grace,

faithfully to discharge the duties of our several stations,

remembering the strict and solemn account

which we must one day give

before the judgement-seat of Christ.

More particularly we pray, that the seeds of Learning, Virtue and Religion, here sown, may bring forth fruit abundantly to your glory and the benefit of our fellow creatures.

These and all other blessings, for them and for us, we humbly ask in the name and through the mediation

of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. Amen.

Denmark Hill Сampus:

Denmark Hill Campus provides facilities for the School of Medicine, the Dental Institute, and is the home of the Institute of Psychiatry.

Based in south London, the Campus is close to:

• the Dulwich Picture Gallery, the oldest purpose-built public art gallery in England
• the Horniman Museum
• Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, an international venue for major athletics meetings.

Guy's Campus:

Guy's Campus is home to:

• School of Biomedical Sciences (also at the Waterloo Campus)
• Dental Institute
• School of Medicine.

Close to London Bridge on the South Bank of the River Thames, next to Guy's Hospital, this is an increasingly fashionable area, with many bars, restaurants, markets and creative businesses.

Nearby are:

• London Bridge station/tube (one-minute walk)
• two halls of residence, Great Dover Street Apartments and Wolfson House
• Hay's Galleria, shopping mall
• Borough Market, one of the oldest fruit and vegetable markets in London
• Southwark Cathedral
• Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
• Tate Modern, a contemporary art gallery.

Strand Campus:

The Strand Campus is home to:

• School of Arts and Humanities
• The Dickson Poon School of Law
• School of Natural & Mathematical Sciences
• School of Social Science & Public Policy (also at the Waterloo Campus).
• The English Language Centre

The Campus is close to:

• the Houses of Parliament
• St Paul's Cathedral
• Somerset House and the Courtauld Institute of Art (next door)
• Royal Courts of Justice
• West End theatres, cinemas and shops
• Covent Garden, where you will find markets, shops and theatres
• Trafalgar Square, home to the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery.

St Thomas' Campus:

 The St Thomas’ Campus is the home of:

• continuing medical and dental teaching
• a museum dedicated to Florence Nightingale, founder of the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery at King's.

The Campus is located in central London, overlooking the River Thames, next to Westminster Bridge and opposite the Houses of Parliament.

St Thomas' is just five minutes walk along the river from the Waterloo Campus.

Waterloo Campus:

The Waterloo Campus is home to:

• Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery
• School of Biomedical Sciences (also at the Guy's Campus)
• School of Social Science & Public Policy (also at the Strand Campus)
• London Dental Education Centre (LonDEC), part of the Dental Institute(also at Guy's and Denmark Hill).

The campus is next to:

• London's South Bank Centre which includes: the National Film Theatre; British Film Institute (BFI); Royal Festival Hall; Hayward Gallery; National Theatre.
• Waterloo Station (3 minutes walk)

Young Vic and Old Vic theatres are nearby.

The campus has three main buildings:

• The Franklin-Wilkins Building, one of London's largest university buildings and completely refurbished and opened in 2000.
• Stamford Street Apartments, with en suite accommodation for over 500 students.
• James Clerk Maxwell Building, home to the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Principal and College administration.  

Student Life

King's academic year runs from the last Monday in September to the first Friday in June.

Graduation ceremonies are held in June or July, with ceremonies held in Southwark Cathedral for the School of Medicine and the Dental Institute and in the Barbican Centre for all other Schools. Since 2008 King's graduates have worn gowns designed by Vivienne Westwood.

King's College London Students' Union

Founded in 1873, King's College London Union Society which later developed into King's College London Students' Union, better known by its acronym KCLSU, is the oldest Students' Union in London (University College London Union being founded in 1893) and has a claim to being the oldest Students' Union in England. The Students' Union provides a wide range of activities and services, including over 50 sports clubs (which includes the Boat Club which rows on the River Thames and the Rifle Club which uses the College's shooting range located at the disused Aldwych tube station beneath the Strand Campus),over 200 activity groups, a wide range of volunteering opportunities, two bars/eateries (The Waterfront and Guy's Bar), a shop (King's Shop) and a gym (Kinetic Fitness Club). Between 1992 and 2013 the Students' Union operated a nightclub, Tutu's, named after alumnus Desmond Tutu.

The former President of KCLSU Sir Ivison Macadam, after whom the Students' Union building on the Strand Campus has since been named, went on to be elected as the first President of the National Union of Students, and KCLSU has played an active role there and in the University of London Union ever since.

KCLSU publishes a monthly newspaper called Roar! which carries news stories, reviews and features on a range of topics and reporting on Students' Union events, campaigns, clubs and societies, as well as coverage of the arts, books and fashion.

Reggie the Lion (informally Reggie) is the official mascot of the Students' Union. In total there are three Reggies in existence. The original can be found on display in the Macadam Building in the Students' Union student centre at the Strand Campus. A papier-mâché Reggie lives outside the Great Hall at the Strand Campus and a small sterling silver incarnation is displayed during graduation ceremonies.

Sports

There are over 50 sports clubs, many of which compete in the University of London and British Universities & Colleges (BUCS) leagues across the South East. The annual Macadam Cup is a varsity match played between the sports teams of King's College London proper (KCL) and King's College London Medical School (KCLMS).

Notable people

King's has educated numerous foreign Heads of State and Government including two former Presidents of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos (Law, 1955), and Glafcos Clerides (Law, 1948), Prime Minister of Jordan Marouf al-Bakhit (War Studies, 1990), President of the Seychelles France-Albert René (Law), Prime Minister of the Bahamas Sir Lynden Pindling (Law, 1952), President of Uganda Godfrey Binaisa (Law, 1955), Prime Minister of Iraq Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz (Law, 1938), Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis Sir Lee Moore (Law & Theology), Governor General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sir Sydney Gun-Munro (Medicine, 1943), and Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands Martin Bourke (War Studies, 1970).King's is also the alma mater of the Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins, Commonwealth Secretary General Sir Shridath Ramphal (Law, 1952), architect of the Indian freedom movement Sarojini Naidu, and the ill-fated scion of the Bonaparte Dynasty Prince Eugene Napoléon (Physics & Mathematics).

There are 12 Nobel laureates who were either students or academics at King's.

Name	Year	Prize	Affiliation
Charles Glover Barkla	1917	Nobel Prize in Physics	Wheatstone Professor of Physics (1909–1913)
Sir Owen Willans Richardson	1928	Nobel Prize in Physics	Wheatstone Professor of Physics (1914–1924)
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins	1929	Physiology or Medicine	MD (1894)
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington	1932	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine	Professor of Systemic Physiology (1887–1891)
Sir Edward Victor Appleton	1947	Nobel Prize in Physics	Wheatstone Professor of Physics (1924–1936)
Max Theiler	1951	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine	MD (1922)
Maurice Wilkins	1962	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine	Professor of Biophysics (1970–1981)
Desmond Tutu	1984	Nobel Peace Prize	BD (1965), MTh (1966)
Sir James Black	1988	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine	Professor of Analytical Pharmacology (1984–1993)
Mario Vargas Llosa	2010	Nobel Prize in Literature	Lecturer in Spanish American Literature (1969–1970)
Peter Higgs	2013	Nobel Prize in Physics	BSc (1950), MSc (1952), PhD (1954)
Michael Levitt	2013	Nobel Prize in Chemistry	BSc (1967)

It`s interesting to know:

In the Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of the Resident Patient, Dr Percy Trevelyan describes himself as a "London University man" who joined King's College Hospital after graduating.

In the Sherlock episode "The Blind Banker", King's College London can be seen listed in Watson's curriculum vitae.

King's Department of Theology's library plays a widely fictionalised part in Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code.

In Philip Roth's novel The Professor of Desire, the main character David Kepesh spent a certain period of time studying comparative literature at the College on a Fulbright Scholarship.

The Neo-Classical facade of the College, with the passage which connects the Strand to Somerset House terrace has been utilised to reproduce the late Victorian Strand in the opening scenes of Oliver Parker's 2002 film The Importance of Being Earnest. The East Wing of the College appears, as a part of Somerset House, in a number of other productions, such as Wilde, Flyboys and The Duchess.

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