King’s College London is one of the oldest and largest colleges of the University of London, with over 19,000 students, of which approximately 5,700 are postgraduates. The college offers nine Schools of Study in Biomedical and Health Sciences; Humanities; Law; Social Science & Public Policy; Nursing and Midwifery; Medicine; Physical Science and Engineering; the Institute of Psychiatry and Dental Institute. King’s students are also members of the University of London Students’ Union (ULU), which provides sporting and social facilities, as well as the opportunity to mingle with students from other University of London colleges.

The pioneering research of King’s College has led to worldwide acclaim and partnerships with major institutions of the world, providing outstanding benefits and opportunities for its postgraduate students. King’s Graduate School was established in September 2005 and provides support in postgraduate study. The school boasts a wide choice of subjects with over 230 postgraduate programmes, along with an extensive range of research opportunities. The launch of the Graduate School opened 25 new studentships in the aforementioned schools, offering a wealth of research opportunities for prospective students.

King’s College has hosted some of the greatest innovators of the world, such as Sir Charles Lyell, founder of modern geology; Sir Charles Wheatstone, a pioneer of current electricity and wireless telegraphy; Thomas Addison, Thomas Hodgkin and Richard Bright, doctors who identified the diseases named after them. Eight members of the staff of King’s College have been awarded the Nobel Prize: Sir James Black OM (Occupational Medicine), who created beta blockers and anti-ulcer drugs; Professor Maurice Wilkins, who, together with Rosalind Franklin and other colleagues, discovered the structure of DNA.

King’s alumni also include the Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu, former archbishop of Cape Town; the former archbishop of Canterbury Dr George Carey; writers Thomas Hardy and John Keats; and impressionist Rory Bremner; as well as several members of the House of Lords and House of Commons, including Lord Justice Auld.