King's College London is a British higher education institution and co-founding constituent college of the University of London. Founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, its royal charter is predated, in England, only by those of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. King's has a strong academic reputation, and in 2009 was ranked 6th in the UK, 7th in Europe and 23rd in the world by Times Higher Education. Its degree cour...
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King's College London is a British higher education institution and co-founding constituent college of the University of London. Founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, its royal charter is predated, in England, only by those of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. King's has a strong academic reputation, and in 2009 was ranked 6th in the UK, 7th in Europe and 23rd in the world by Times Higher Education. Its degree courses in History, Politics, Philosophy, Classics, Music, Dentistry and Law are especially strong, often ranking in the top 5 of national academic league tables. King's is a founding member of the Russell Group; constitutes the largest centre for the education of healthcare professionals in Europe; and houses six Medical Research Council Centres, more than anywhere else in the world, and over one quarter of the UK's total. Today, King's is arranged into nine Schools of study, spread across four Thames-side campuses in Central London and one in...
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