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Kings College London

Strand, London, WC2R 2LS

King's College London is a research university and a member of the federal University of London. King's is considered to be the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829. In 1836 King's College became one of the two founding colleges of the University of London.

King's College is sectioned into nine Schools of Study, located across four campuses in central London and one in Denmark Hill, South London. It is one of the largest institutions engaged in graduate and post-graduate medical teaching and biomedical research in Europe; and is home to six Medical Research Council centres, more than any other British university.

Amongst its alumni, present and past faculty it counts 10 Nobel Prize laureates. As of the most recent parliamentary elections, there are 14 Kings College graduates serving as members of the House of Commons and 14 serving members of The House Of Lords.

Waterloo campus
The Waterloo Campus is situated across the Waterloo Bridge from the Strand Campus, near the South Bank Centre in the London Borough of Lambeth and consists of the James Clerk Maxwell Building and the Franklin-Wilkins Building. It was constructed between 1912 and 1915 as His Majesty's Stationery Office, however in 1915, the building was requisitioned for use as a hospital. It was renamed the 'King George Military Hospital', and housed about 1,800 patients on 63 wards. King's College acquired the building in the 1980s. The James Clerk Maxwell Building houses the Principal's Office, many of the central administrative offices of the College and part of the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery. The Franklin-Wilkins Building is home to the School of Health & Life Sciences that includes Pharmacy, the Department of Education and to part of the School of Nursing & Midwifery. The campus is also home to the London site of Schiller International University.
(Nearest tube station: Waterloo)

Guy's campus
Guy's Hospital is located in the London Borough of Southwark, established in 1726, houses parts of King's College London School of Medicine. The founder of the hospital, Thomas Guy, was a governor of St Thomas' Hospital. He lies buried in the vault beneath the 18th-century chapel at Guy's. The Henriette Raphael building, built in 1903, and the Gordon Museum are also housed here. In addition, the Hodgkin building, Shepherd's House and Guy's chapel are prominent buildings within the campus. Guy's KCLSU centre is situated in Boland House.
(Nearest tube stations: London Bridge, Borough)

St Thomas' campus
The St Thomas' Campus in the London Lambeth Borough, directly across the Thames river from the Houses of Parliament, it houses parts of the School of Medicine and the Dental Institute. It also houses The Florence Nightingale Museum.
(Nearest tube station: Westminster)

Denmark Hill campus
King's College Hospital, the Maudsley Hospital and the Institute of Psychiatry form the Denmark Hill Campus, on the borders of the London Borough of Lambeth and the London Borough of Southwark in Camberwell, it is the only campus that is not situated on the River Thames. As well as the Institute of Psychiatry, parts of the Dental Institute and School of Medicine, and a large hall of residence, King's College Hall, are housed here. The KCL library for this campus is on-site, known as the Weston Education Centre (WEC).
(Nearest train station: Denmark Hill)

The Strand Campus
The Strand Campus is the oldest campus of King's College. Situated next to Somerset House in the City of Westminster, and facing onto the River Thames, most of the Schools of Arts & Humanities, Law, Social Science & Public Policy and Physical Sciences & Engineering are located here. As well as the Grade I listed King's Building of 1831 designed by Sir Robert Smirke, and the Byzantine Gothic College Chapel, redesigned in 1864 by Sir George Gilbert Scott, it has the more modern Strand Building, completed in the early 1970s. After World War II, The Chesham Building in Surrey Street was purchased and integrated into the campus. The Macadam Building (named after Sir Ivison Macadam, first President of NUS) of 1975 houses KCLSU's activities. A Roman Bath protected by The National Trust is located on the site of the campus and can be entered using the Surrey Street entrance. Aldwych underground station, an immaculately preserved but no longer in use London Underground station, has been integrated as a part of the King's Strand campus.
(Nearest tube stations: Temple, Covent Garden)