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UNDERGRADUATE GUIDE 2018 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: WHY CHOOSE SUBJECT OUR WHAT YOU INDEX A–Z 1 KING’S? AREAS COURSES NEED TO KNOW Welcome to King’s Welcome Contents Welcome 1 Why choose King’s? 2 Nursing & Midwifery 46 London is an integral part of Through contact with our world-class London location 2 Pharmacy & Pharmacology 48 the King’s experience and I academics, you will benefit from the am delighted to share an insight collaborative, cross-disciplinary A tradition of making history 4 Philosophy & Religion 50 approach that has ensured our London is your campus 6 Physics 52 into what your life will be like research, teaching and learning are studying at a world-leading Global opportunities 8 Policy & Society 53 globally recognised and respected. university in the heart of such Our vibrant community 10 Politics & Economics 54 As London’s most central university, a vibrant, multicultural city. you will also enjoy our outstanding Enhance your career prospects 12 Psychology & Neuroscience 56 As an undergraduate student at connections with the city’s cultural, Facilities & resources 14 Therapeutic Health 58 King’s you will become part of our political, legal and health institutions, Academic excellence 16 Summer Programmes 60 diverse community, where you will providing opportunities for you Discover our faculties 18 Modern Languages Centre 61 join a highly talented group of over to build networks and develop 27,500 students from more than 150 invaluable skills. 2 Subject areas 22 3 Our courses 62 countries worldwide. King’s is a diverse and inclusive Academic Preparation Courses 22 university and we are extremely 4 What you need to know 82 Arts, Culture & Media 24 proud of all our staff, students and Entry requirements 82 alumni who join us from all over the Biomedical & Life Sciences 26 Applying 84 world. I hope that you too will join Chemistry 27 Fees & funding – 88 us for this important next step in Computer Science 28 Home/EU students your future career. Conflict & Security 30 Fees & funding – 90 One of the world’s Dentistry 31 Overseas students Engineering 32 International students 92 Geography & The Environment 33 Your accommodation 94 Top 25 President & Principal, History & Classics 34 King’s residences 96 universities* Professor Edward Byrne AC International Affairs 36 Support & wellbeing 98 & Development Next steps 100 Languages & Literature 38 5 Index A–Z 102 Law 40 Courses A–Z 102 Management 42 General index 105 Front cover: Mathematics 44 *QS World University Rankings (2016–17) View of St Paul’s Cathedral from the Millennium Bridge, London Bush House, Medicine 45 6 Important information 106 Strand Campus Undergraduate Guide 2018 • kcl.ac.uk/ug 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 2 WHY CHOOSE OUR SUBJECT OUR WHAT YOU INDEX A-Z 3 KING’S? AREAS COURSES NEED TO KNOW Why choose King’s? Rated the fi fth best student city in the world (QS Best 1 King’s Strand campus 10 King’s Waterloo Campus KEY Student Cities 2016), London will be an integral part of 2 King’s Bush House 11 Shakespeare’s Globe King’s locations your student life, with four of our fi ve campuses located alongside the stunning River Thames. 3 Royal Courts of Justice 12 Waterloo station London landmarks 4 Maughan Library 13 St Thomas’ Hospital location London 5 Palace of Westminster 14 City of London fi nancial district 6 London Eye 15 King’s St Thomas’ Campus 7 South Bank arts complex 16 King’s Guy’s Campus Why choose King’s? 8 Tate Modern 17 The Shard London location 9 St Paul’s Cathedral 18 Guy’s Hospital 14 17 9 4 8 11 16 18 3 2 1 6 7 10 12 5 13 15 King’s Denmark Hill Campus, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley Hospital Approximately 3 miles (5km) south-east Undergraduate Guide 2018 • kcl.ac.uk/ug 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 4 WHY CHOOSE OUR SUBJECT OUR WHAT YOU INDEX A-Z 5 KING’S? AREAS COURSES NEED TO KNOW Why choose King’s? It was at King’s that I fell a little bit more in love with stories and the music A tradition of making history Why choose King’s? of words. A tradition of Michael Morpurgo OBE making history In 1829 King George IV and the Duke NOBEL LAUREATES of Wellington founded King’s College We are also famous for our London, making King’s the fourth distinguished contribution to arts oldest university in England. When and sciences. Some of the greatest 12 the University of London was minds have studied at King’s – from established in 1836, King’s became Professor Peter Higgs, who received Nobel Prize one of its two founding colleges. the Nobel Prize for discovering the Higgs boson, to Michael Morpurgo winners have MEDICAL EDUCATION OBE, author of the children’s book The roots of medical education at War Horse, later made into a critically studied or worked King’s can be traced back to 1107 – acclaimed movie and West End play. from the establishment of St Thomas’ at King’s Hospital, named after Thomas Becket – to the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, established by Florence herself in 1860. Dr Katherine Grainger The Most Reverend A large network CBE, the Olympic Desmond Tutu, Visiting gold-medal-winning Professor at King’s, of more than rower from London received the Nobel 2012, took her PhD Peace Prize for his in Law at King’s. peaceful opposition to South Africa’s Professor Peter Higgs apartheid regime. 210k jointly received the Nobel Prize for Physics Michael Morpurgo OBE alumni worldwide for the discovery of the is a King’s graduate in Higgs boson. English and French; his novel War Horse was Florence Nightingale adapted fi rst for the (1820–1910) stage, followed by a founded the world’s fi rst fi lm adaptation in 2011. Old Entrance Hall, professional school of Strand Campus nursing at St Thomas’ Hospital in 1860. Undergraduate Guide 2018 • kcl.ac.uk/ug 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6 WHY CHOOSE OUR SUBJECT OUR WHAT YOU INDEX A-Z 7 KING’S? AREAS COURSES NEED TO KNOW Why choose King’s? 5 campuses London is your campus Why choose King’s? in the heart London is of London your campus When you join King’s as a student, STUDY IN THE HEART OF LONDON you also become part of one of King’s is the most central university in the world’s most dynamic cities. London, including four Thames-side With London as an extension of campuses within a single square mile your campus, you’ll have constant and one located in south London. opportunities to enjoy, discover and explore this vibrant setting for your studies. Our central location, convenient transport links and established relationships across the city provide the perfect environment for you to combine your studies Denmark Hill Strand with your social interests. Home to the Institute of Located on the north bank You’ll have daily access to Psychiatry, Psychology & of the River Thames, the world-class resources such as Neuroscience while also Strand Campus houses King’s libraries, galleries, museums and providing facilities to the College London’s arts and top research hospitals, as well as Dental Institute. sciences faculties and our English Language Centre, music, theatre, the arts and sport. Guy’s which is situated in the newly King’s was the fi rst university where The Faculty of Life Sciences acquired Bush House. With I felt truly inspired and welcome. & Medicine and the Dental state-of-the-art facilities, Institute are based at our Bush House, along with two The combination of the excitement riverside Guy’s Campus, of its sister buildings, will right next door to the Shard. off er outstanding spaces for of central London and a world-class St Thomas’ world-leading research, The Florence Nightingale teaching and collaboration. reputation made it an obvious choice. VISIT US Museum is based at St Waterloo , Anatomy, Developmental Thomas’, along with both Emma Why not visit us for Home of the Florence & Human Biology BSc the day to get a taste medical and dental teaching. Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery and provides of life in London? facilities for the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Faculty kcl.ac.uk/openday of Social Science & Public Policy and the Dental Institute. Undergraduate Guide 2018 • kcl.ac.uk/ug 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 8 WHY CHOOSE OUR SUBJECT OUR WHAT YOU INDEX A-Z 9 KING’S? AREAS COURSES NEED TO KNOW Why choose King’s? From the formal links created through our partner universities, STUDY ABROAD international internships and exchanges, to the informal friendships that In most cases you won’t have grow out of our diverse student community, you’ll have many opportunities to extend your degree, and to gain international experience during your time at King’s. you’ll make a signifi cant saving on tuition fees for the Global opportunities period you spend abroad. kcl.ac.uk/studyabroad Why choose King’s? Global opportunities STUDENT MOBILITY GLOBAL INTERNSHIPS Expand your personal and academic We also off er current students the horizons and boost your employability opportunity to spend time in one by spending a period of time abroad for of nine countries undertaking an a semester, a year, the summer or as internship on our Global Internships part of a shorter, elective period. Our Programme. Find out more on page 12. exchange partners span the globe, so you could spend part of your degree in North America, Australasia, Asia, Latin America or Europe. Our summer exchange programmes are open to you in each year of your degree, so you can have multiple summer experiences overseas.