University of London, King's College London

Continente:: Europe
Country:: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Address:: King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
Web Site:: www.kcl.ac.uk

About University of London, King's College London:

King’s is a leading university providing world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. We are ranked sixth in the UK for the quality and quantity of research activity (Research Excellence Framework 2014). King’s has played a major role in many of the advances that shape modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar. King’s continues to lead the way on research and pioneers new ideas to make the world a better place. King’s is London’s most central university, with five campuses linked through the heart of the capital, enabling us to build partnerships with key London institutions and form international conversations. We collaborate on research projects, share teaching resources and create internship opportunities to enhance our students’ experience. Current partners include the British Library, British Museum, National Gallery, Shakespeare’s Globe, Southbank Centre, Tate Modern, and more. Our central location and varied partnerships allow students to get connected in one of the world’s most dynamic cities. King’s is not only an enriching experience from an academic perspective – we have a diverse and active student community, with almost 30,000 students from some 150 countries worldwide.

World University Rankings

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
World University Rankings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	51	45	43	44	44	32	36	43	41

By Fields

Field	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Agriculture	-	-	254	-	165	-	-	-	-	351-400	301-350	301-350	301-350	270	301-350	301-350	351-400	401-450
Engineering	255	252	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	297	300	301-350	301-350	297	351-400	451-500	-	-
Life Sciences	55	44	36	39	38	33	33	30	31	31	28	28	30	42	39	36	39	41
Medicine	37	30	28	28	26	24	25	23	25	24	20	19	19	17	17	14	17	18
Natural Sciences	236	177	204	260	258	273	281	253	221	223	213	206	191	165	171	144	169	152
Social Sciences	104	85	92	79	76	74	67	67	69	65	66	56	54	37	48	50	36	32

By Subjects

Subject	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Agricultural Sciences	135	165	211	185	200	230	205	170	159	198	144	201	170	220	211
Biology & Biochemistry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	87	79	91	87	82	78	71
Chemistry	-	-	-	-	-	-	401-450	401-450	401-450	401-450	451-500	451-500	-	-	-
Chemical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Civil Engineering	285	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	292	-	-	-	-	451-500
Clinical Medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	32	29	29	23	27	28
Computer Science	247	240	145	100	110	135	116	121	106	113	98	126	135	231	248
Economics & Business	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	131	151	120	150	170	119	136
Electrical Engineering	192	235	166	134	156	130	100	97	100	120	148	124	203	193	198
Environment / Ecology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	212	-	-	293	351-400
Geosciences	285	262	236	277	244	232	201	228	217	166	139	131	133	166	184
Immunology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	53	56	55	40	34	44	47
Materials Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	351-400	351-400	401-450	351-400	451-500	451-500	401-450	-	-
Mathematics	-	-	-	-	-	-	360	294	351-400	301-350	351-400	301-350	451-500	451-500	451-500
Mechanical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Microbiology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	102	117	158	135	148	145	129
Molecular Biology & Genetics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	27	44	36	32	43	50
Neuroscience & Behavior	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	11	8	6	8	8
Pharmacology & Toxicolog	-	17	14	17	17	13	15	15	16	16	24	35	57	62	76
Physics	-	-	-	-	-	-	301-350	263	209	187	156	151	142	154	141
Plant & Animal Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Psychiatry / Psychology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Social Sciences, General	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	44	39	27	32	33	26	27
Space Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	224	191	159	136	214	205	192
Energy Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Environmental Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	193	-	259	264	290
Biomedical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	48	43	67	58