Editing King's College London (section)

== Organisation and administration ==
=== Governance ===
[[File:Henry Wace.jpg|thumb|Principal from 1883 to 1897, [[Henry Wace (priest)|Henry Wace]]]]
{{See also|List of Principals of King's College London|List of Deans of King's College London}}
The office of "President and Principal of the University" is established by King's royal charter as "the [[Vice-Chancellor]] and chief academic and executive officer of the University"<ref name="charter">{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/assets/policyzone/governancelegal/charter.pdf|title=The Charter|publisher=King's College London|access-date=31 December 2024|date=18 May 2023}}</ref> and the statutes require the president and principal to have the general responsibility to the council for "ensuring that the objects of the University are fulfilled and for maintaining and promoting the efficiency, discipline and good order of the University".<ref name="statutes">{{cite web |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/assets/policyzone/governancelegal/statutes.pdf |title=The Statutes |publisher=King's College London|access-date=18 October 2023|date=18 May 2023}}</ref> The current president and principal, [[Shitij Kapur]], uses the title "Vice-Chancellor and President".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/shitij-kapur|title=Professor Shitij Kapur|publisher=King's College London|access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref> The other senior officers of the college include three senior vice presidents, covering the areas of: academic; health and life science; and operations. There are also five vice presidents covering the areas of: finance (also the college's chief financial officer); education and student success; international, engagement and service; research and innovation; and people and talent.<ref name=SeniorOfficers>{{cite web |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/our-people|title=Our people|access-date=11 March 2023|publisher=King's College London}}</ref>

The [[University council|council]] is the supreme governing body of King's College London established under the charter and statutes, comprising up to 20 members. Its membership includes the President of [[King's College London Students' Union]] (KCLSU) as the student member; seven staff members (including the President and Principal); and 12 lay members who must not be employees of King's.<ref name="charter" /><ref name="statutes" /> It is supported by a number of standing committees.<ref name="councilstructure">{{cite web |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/governance/committees/CollegeAssessmentBoard/CouncilStructure.pdf |title=The Council and its standing committees |publisher=King's College London |access-date=16 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620135606/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/governance/committees/CollegeAssessmentBoard/CouncilStructure.pdf |archive-date=20 June 2013 }}</ref> [[Christopher Geidt]] has been the chair of council since 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/governance/council/members/LordDouro.aspx |title=Chairman of the College Council |publisher=King's College London|access-date=22 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412043545/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/governance/council/members/LordDouro.aspx|archive-date=12 April 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Christopher Geidt announced as new King's Chairman |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2015/June/SirChristopherGeidtannouncedasnewKingsChairman.aspx |publisher=King's College London|access-date=14 February 2016}}</ref>

The [[academic senate|academic board]] is established under the charter as "the body responsible under delegated authority from the Council for the regulation of the academic work of the University in teaching and examining and in research".<ref name="charter" /> Under the college ordinances, they are the body responsible for the award of degrees and other academic distinctions of the university.<ref name="ordinances">{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/assets/policyzone/governancelegal/college-ordinances.pdf|title=King's College London Ordinances|date=23 July 2024|access-date=31 December 2024|publisher=King's College London}}</ref> The academic board is chaired by the vice-chancellor and president with ''ex officio'' members being the senior vice presidents, vice presidents, executive deans, the president and education vice presidents of the students' union, the dean for doctoral studies, and the Dean of King's College; 45 academic staff elected by the faculties; 3 teaching staff elected from the Centre for International Education & Languages; three members elected from the professional staff; and an elected student representative from each faculty.<ref name="ordinances" />

The Dean of King's College London is established by the ordinances as being "responsible for ensuring that the College builds upon the Anglican tradition associated with its foundation and, in recognition of the multiethnic and international nature of its community, encourages and supports all its members of all beliefs and backgrounds" and has to be an ordained minister of the Church of England. They are also responsible for the academic direction of the [[Associateship of King's College]] and coordinate the college chaplaincy,<ref name="ordinances" /> and the Choir of King's College London, which includes a number of choral scholarships,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/choir/scholarships/choral-scholarships|title=Choral Scholarships|publisher=King's College London|access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref> and of encourage and foster vocations to the Church of England [[priesthood]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/dean/vocations-group |title=Vocations group |publisher=King's College London|access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref> The current dean is [[Ellen Clark-King]].<ref name=SeniorOfficers/> That the dean is an ordained person is unusual among British universities, but reflects King's foundation in the tradition of the Church of England in 1829.<ref name="dean">{{cite web |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/dean/office-of-the-dean/why |title=Why King's has a Dean |author=King's College London|access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref>

The [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] was previously King's College London's [[visitor]] by right of office owing to the Anglican foundation of King's.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/news_details_2006.php?news_id=55|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323060416/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/news_details_2006.php?news_id=55|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 March 2009 |title=Archbishop of Canterbury visits King's|access-date=15 August 2007 |publisher=King's College London |date=8 May 2006}}</ref> Under the 2023 royal charter, the visitor is appointed by the monarch on the representation of the council of the university.<ref name="charter" />

=== Faculties and departments ===
In the 19th century, King's College London had five departments: theological, general literature and science, applied sciences, medical, and military.<ref>{{cite book |last1=University of London |first1=King's College |title=The Calendar of King's College, London 1850–1851 |date=1850 |publisher=John W Parker |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GgB2HzrRs64C|access-date=21 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="Calendar1857">{{cite book |last1=University of London |first1=King's College |title=The Calendar of King's College, London 1857–1858 |date=1857 |publisher=John W Parker |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSVx-eTdWfAC|access-date=21 January 2016}}</ref> The theological department provided studies in [[ecclesiastical history]], [[pastoral theology]] and [[exegesis]] of the Bible.<ref name="Calendar1857" /> Languages and literature, history, law and jurisprudence, political economy, commerce, fencing, mathematics, zoology and natural history were taught within the department of general literature and science,<ref name="Calendar1857" /> and natural philosophy, geology, mineralogy and engineering-related subjects were taught within the department of applied sciences.<ref name="Calendar1857" />

{{As of|2024}}, King's comprises nine academic faculties: arts and humanities; business; dentistry, oral and craniofacial sciences; law; life sciences and medicine; natural, mathematical and engineering sciences; nursing, midwifery and palliative care; psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience; and social science and public policy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/faculties-departments|title=Faculties and departments|publisher=King's College London|access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>

==== Faculty of arts and humanities ====
[[File:Auto-icon of Virginia Woolf at King's College London.jpg|Life-size wax sculpture of [[Virginia Woolf]], a writer and alumna of King's|thumb|right]]
{{Main|King's College London Faculty of Arts and Humanities}}
The faculty of arts and humanities is based on the Strand Campus in the heart of central [[London]], in the vicinity of many cultural institutions, and has established collaborations with many of these, including [[Shakespeare's Globe]], the [[Courtauld Institute of Art]] and the [[Royal Academy of Music]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our connections {{!}} Faculty of Arts & Humanities|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/our-connections |access-date=15 April 2024 |publisher=King's College London }}</ref> The faculty was formed in 1989 by the amalgamation of the faculties of arts, music and theology.<ref name="art&human">{{cite web |title=Faculty of Arts & Humanities – About the Faculty |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/about/index.aspx |publisher=Faculty of Arts & Humanities|access-date=21 January 2016}}</ref>

==== Faculty of dentistry, oral and craniofacial Sciences ====
The faculty of dentistry, oral and craniofacial sciences (formerly the dental institute) is the [[dental school]] of King's and focuses on understanding disease, enhancing health and restoring function.<ref name="dental">{{cite web |title=Dental Institute – About the Institute |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/dentistry/about/welcome-from-the-dean.aspx |publisher=Dental Institute |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=16 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031410/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/dentistry/about/welcome-from-the-dean.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is the successor of education carried out at Guy's Dental Hospital, the [[Royal Dental Hospital]]'s London School of Dental Surgery, and King's College Hospital Dental School. These became a single institution in 1998 with the merger of the united medical and dental schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals with King's school of medicine and dentistry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/dentistry/about/history|title=Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences {{!}} History|publisher=King's College London|access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>

The history of dentistry education at the institutions that would eventually become the faculty started in 
1799, when Joseph Fox gave a series of lectures on dental surgery at Guy's Hospital and was appointed dental surgeon in the same year.<ref name="guysdental">{{cite web |title=Guy's Hospital |url=http://www.kingscollections.org/exhibitions/archives/dentistry/hospital-histories/guys-hospital |website=The birth of modern dentistry |publisher=King's Collections|access-date=28 January 2016}}</ref> [[Thomas Bell (zoologist)|Thomas Bell]] succeeded Fox as dental surgeon either in 1817 or 1825.<ref name="guysdental" /> [[Frederick Newland-Pedley]], who was appointed assistant dental surgeon at Guy's Hospital in 1885, advocated the establishment of a dental school within the hospital, and he flooded the two dental schools in London, the Metropolitan School of Dental Science and the London School of Dental Surgery, with patients to prove that a further hospital was needed.<ref name="guysdental" /> In December 1888, Guy's Hospital Dental School was established.<ref name="guysdental" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kabir |first1=Alamgir |title=Feature—Frederick Newland-Pedle |journal=Guy' S Gazette |date=May 1995 |volume=109 |issue=2447 |pages=151–167 |url=http://www.gktgazette.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Volume-109-No-2447-May-1995.pdf|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref> Guy's Hospital Dental School was recognised as a school of the University of London in 1901. In the 1970s, since there was a decline in the demand for dental services, the [[Department of Health (United Kingdom)|Department of Health]] of the UK suggested that there should be a decrease in the number of dental undergraduate students as well as the duration of all courses.<ref name="guysdental" /> In response to the recommendations, Royal Dental Hospital of London School of Dental Surgery amalgamated with the Guy's Hospital Dental School of the [[United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals]] on 1 August 1983.<ref name="guysdental" />

The establishment of King's College Hospital Dental School was proposed by [[William Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden|Viscount Hambleden]] at a Hospital Management Committee meeting on 12 April 1923. The dental school was opened on 12 November 1923 in King's College Hospital.<ref name="kingsdental">{{cite web |title=King's College Hospital |url=http://www.kingscollections.org/exhibitions/archives/dentistry/hospital-histories/kings-college-hospital |website=The birth of modern dentistry |publisher=King's Collections|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref> Under the 1948 National Health Act, King's Medical and Dental School split from King's and became an independent school, but the school remerged with King's in 1983.<ref name="kingsdental" /> The school further merged with the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals in 1998.<ref name="kingsdental" />

==== Faculty of life sciences and medicine ====
[[File:Shepherd's House - geograph.org.uk - 1137898.jpg|thumb|The faculty of life sciences and medicine is located at four campuses including Guy's Campus]]

The faculty of life sciences and medicine was created as a result of the merger of the school of medicine with the school of biomedical sciences in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine – Our history |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/about/history/index.aspx |publisher=King's College London |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=18 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018122315/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/about/history/index.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

There are two schools of education in the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine: the [[GKT School of Medical Education]] is responsible for the medical education and training of students on the [[MBBS]] programme, and the school of bioscience education is responsible for the biomedical and health professions education and training.<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/about/Faculty-structure-diagram.pdf |publisher=Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=22 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722130048/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/about/Faculty-structure-diagram.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The faculty is divided into schools of basic and medical biosciences; biomedical engineering and imaging sciences; cancer and pharmaceutical science, cardiovascular medicine and sciences; immunology and microbial sciences; life course sciences; and population health sciences.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/about/New-Faculty-Academic-Configuration.aspx |title=King's College London – New faculty academic configuration |publisher=King's College London |access-date=17 September 2017 |archive-date=25 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625081008/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/about/New-Faculty-Academic-Configuration.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==== Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience ====
{{Main|Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience}}
The [[Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience]] (IoPPN) is a faculty and a research institution dedicated to discovering what causes [[mental illness]] and diseases of the [[brain]], and to help identify new treatments of the diseases.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the IoPPN |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/about/dean.aspx |publisher=King's College London |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=4 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104043626/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/about/dean.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> The institute is the largest centre for research and postgraduate education in psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience in Europe.<ref>{{cite web |title=Research |url=http://www.slam.nhs.uk/research/institute-of-psychiatry,-psychology-and-neuroscience |publisher=South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=14 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514080929/https://slam.nhs.uk/research/institute-of-psychiatry,-psychology-and-neuroscience |url-status=dead }}</ref> Originally established in 1924 as the Maudsley Hospital Medical School, the institute changed its name to the Institute of Psychiatry in 1948, merged with King's College London in 1997, and was renamed IoPPN in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Institute of Psychiatry gets a new name |url=http://www.bps.org.uk/news/institute-psychiatry-renamed |publisher=British Psychological Society|access-date=21 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127085646/http://www.bps.org.uk/news/institute-psychiatry-renamed|archive-date=27 January 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=IoPPN Our history |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/about/Our-history/index.aspx |publisher=King's College London |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=4 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104043516/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/about/Our-history/index.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==== Dickson Poon School of Law ====
{{Main|The Dickson Poon School of Law}}
The [[Dickson Poon School of Law]] is the [[law school]] of King's. Law has been taught at King's since 1831 and the faculty of laws was founded (in association with the [[London School of Economics]]) in 1909, becoming the school of law in 1991.<ref name="law">{{cite web |url=http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/kclca/collection/k-o/10ki4695 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415045358/http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/kclca/collection/k-o/10ki4695 | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 April 2013 |title=King's College London School of Law Records | access-date=22 January 2013 |date=March 2001 |publisher=King's College London College Archives |location=London}}</ref> The school includes various research centres and groups which serve as focal points for research activity.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Dickson Poon School of Law – Our centres |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/law/research-expertise/our-centres |publisher=King's College London|access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>

==== Faculty of natural, mathematical and engineering sciences ====
The faculty includes the departments of chemistry, engineering, informatics, mathematics, and physics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/nmes/index|title=Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences|at=Our departments|publisher=King's College London|access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>

The teaching of experimental physics at King's was the first in England and professors of experimental physics have included [[James Clerk Maxwell]], [[Harold A. Wilson (physicist)|Harold A. Wilson]], [[Charles Glover Barkla]], [[Owen Willans Richardson|Sir Owen Richardson]], [[Sir Edward Appleton]] and [[Charles Drummond Ellis|Sir Charles Ellis]], three of whom became Nobel laureates.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Engineering, Biophysics and Physics at King's College, London |issue=4320 |pages=261–263 |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/170261a0.pdf |journal=Nature|date=August 1952 |volume=170 |doi=10.1038/170261a0 |access-date=19 January 2020 |last1=Wilkins |first1=M. H. F. }}</ref>

[[John Frederic Daniell]] was the first professor of chemistry at King's and established the first chemical laboratory in 1834. Chemistry was originally part of the medical department and became a separate department in 1958; this closed in 2003 due to a decline in student numbers and reduced funding. The department was reestablished in 2012.<ref name="chem">{{cite web |title=Department of Chemistry – History |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/chemistry/about/history|publisher=King's College London|access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>

Teaching of engineering at King's was established in 1838, a year after Durham, making it the second [[school of engineering]] established in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQ5AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA231|title=King's College, London|journal=The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal|volume=1|year=1838|page=231}}</ref> The department of engineering was the largest engineering school in the UK in 1893.<ref name="kclengineering">{{cite web |title=About the Division of Engineering |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/nms/About-Us.aspx |publisher=Faculty of Natural & Mathematical Sciences |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=1 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601054556/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/nms/About-Us.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=King's College London Engineering Student Records |url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/283bd784-8eb4-4ac7-bd05-56650102ab80 |publisher=National Archives|access-date=21 January 2016}}</ref> The division of engineering was closed in 2013, with the current department of engineering being established in 2019.<ref name="kclengineering" /><ref>{{Cite web |title= King's Engineering |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study-at-kings/kings-engineering|access-date=4 March 2021|publisher=King's College London}}</ref>

==== Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care====
{{Main|Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery}}
[[File:Florence nightingale at st thomas.jpg|thumb|right|[[Florence Nightingale]] and her class of nurses]]

The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care is a school for nurses and midwives. It also carries out nursing research and provides continuing professional development and postgraduate programmes. Formerly known as the Nightingale Training School and Home for Nurses, the faculty was established by [[Florence Nightingale]] in 1860, and was the first nursing school in the world to be continuously connected to a fully serving hospital and medical school.<ref>{{cite journal |pmid=5195090 |volume=17 |title=[The first nursing school in the world—St. Thomas Hospital School in London] |year=1969 |journal=Munca Sanit |pages=449–54 |last1=Petroni |first1=A |issue=8}}</ref>

The Nightingale Training School amalgamated with the Olive Haydon School of Midwifery and the Thomas Guy and Lewisham School of Nursing between 1991 and 1993 to form the Nightingale College of Health, which became part of King's in 1993. In 2017 it merged with the Cicely Saunders Institute, a centre for research and education in palliative care, to become the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care.<ref>{{cite web |title=A pioneering legacy|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/nmpc/about-us/history |publisher=King's College London|access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>

==== Faculty of social science and public policy ====
The faculty of social science and public policy contains the schools of 
politics and economics; [[School of Education, Communication and Society|education, communication and society]]; global affairs; security studies; the international school for government; and the policy institute.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp|title=Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy|at=Our schools & departments|access-date=31 December 2024|publisher=King's College London}}</ref>

The [[Department of War Studies, King's College London|department of war studies]], within the school of security studies, is unique in the UK and is supported by research facilities such as the King's Centre for Strategic Communications, [[Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]] and the King's Centre for Military Health Research.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kcmhr/ |title=King's Centre for Military Health Research |access-date=9 January 2013}}</ref>

==== King's Business School ====
{{Main|King's Business School}}
[[File:Bush House 30 Aldwych, London WC2B 4BG (3).jpg|King's Business School is based in [[Bush House]], [[Aldwych]] in [[Central London]]|thumb]]

King's Business School was established in 1989. In 2017 it became a faculty of the college as King's Business School and moved into [[Bush House]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business/about|title=About King's Business School|publisher=King's College London|access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref> From 2023, it has held [[triple accreditation]] from the [[Association of MBAs]], the [[EFMD Quality Improvement System]] and the [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business/about/accreditations|title=Accreditations|publisher=King's College London|access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref>

=== Finances ===
In the financial year ending 31 July 2024, King's had a total income of £1.271&nbsp;billion (2022/23 – £1.230&nbsp;million) and total expenditure of £944&nbsp;million (2022/23 – £1.102&nbsp;billion).<ref name="KCL 2023/24" /> Key sources of income included £630.5&nbsp;million from tuition fees and education contracts (2022/23 – £607.8&nbsp;million), £144.9&nbsp;million from funding body grants (2022/23 – £148.3&nbsp;million), £256.9&nbsp;million from research grants and contracts (2022/23 – £236.3&nbsp;million), £26.7&nbsp;million from investment income (2022/23 – £18&nbsp;million) and £23.7&nbsp;million from donations and endowments (2022/23 – £28.9&nbsp;million).<ref name="KCL 2023/24" />

At year end, King's had endowments of £324.8&nbsp;million (2022/23 – £301&nbsp;million) and total net assets of £1.671&nbsp;billion (2022/23 – £1.323&nbsp;billion).<ref name="KCL 2023/24" /> It holds the [[List of UK universities by endowment|fourth-largest endowment]] of any university in the UK behind only [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] and [[University of Edinburgh|Edinburgh]].<ref>From annual financial reports of UK universities; links for these can be found at [[List of UK universities by endowment]]</ref>

=== Coat of arms ===
[[File:Coat of Arms of King’s College London (1829-1985).png|thumb|King's coat of arms used from 1829 to 1985]]
[[File:Kingsbuilding.jpg|Entrance and coat of arms of the 19th century King's Building, Strand Campus|thumb|right]]
{{Main|Coat of arms of King's College London}}

The [[coat of arms]] displayed on the King's College London charter is that of George IV. The shield depicts the [[Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom|royal coat of arms]] together with an [[inescutcheon]] of the [[House of Hanover]], while the supporters embody King's motto of ''{{lang|la|sancte et sapienter}}''. No correspondence is believed to have survived regarding the choice of this coat of arms, either in King's archives or at the [[College of Arms]], and a variety of unofficial adaptations were used. The college was fined by [[London County Council]] in 1911 for using these arms without a licence. The current arms came into use in October 1989 but were not formally granted until 1995.<ref name=QEC>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.qeca.org.uk/Envoy_2007_A5.pdf|pages=14–16|author=Neville Marsh |title=The KCHSS/QEC Coat of Arms – A short history |magazine=Envoy|date=2007|publisher=KCHSS and QEC Alumni Association|archive-date=25 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625082328/http://www.qeca.org.uk/Envoy_2007_A5.pdf|access-date=24 June 2020}}</ref> 
These were developed following the mergers with Queen Elizabeth College and Chelsea College in 1985 and incorporate aspects of their heraldry.<ref name="Branding Essentials" /> The official coat of arms, in [[Blazon|heraldic terminology]], is:<ref name="coatofarms">{{citation |title=King's College London Corporate identity guidelines |year=2008 |page=4 |author=King's College London}}</ref>

'''Arms:'''

<blockquote>''Or on a Pale Azure between two Lions rampant respectant Gules an Anchor Gold ensigned by a Royal Crown proper on a Chief Argent an Ancient Lamp proper inflamed Gold between two Blazing Hearths also proper''.</blockquote>

'''The crest and supporters:'''
<blockquote>''On a Helm with a Wreath Or and Azure Upon a Book proper rising from a Coronet Or the rim set with jewels two Azure (one manifest) four Vert (two manifest) and two Gules a demi Lion Gules holding a Rod of Dexter a female figure habited Azure the cloak lined coif and sleeves Argent holding in the exterior hand a Lond Cross botony Gold and sinister a male figure the Long Coat Azure trimmed with Sable proper shirt Argent holding in the interior hand a Book proper''.</blockquote>

==== Coats of arms of the medical schools ====
[[File:Guy%27s hospital crest.jpg|Guy's coat of arms, displayed above the entrance to Guy's Campus|thumb|left]]

Although the [[St Thomas's Hospital Medical School]] and Guy's Medical School became legal bodies separate from [[St Thomas' Hospital]] and [[Guy's Hospital]] in 1948, the tradition of using the hospitals' shields and coat of arms continues today.<ref name="basics">{{cite web |title=The basics |url=https://internal.kcl.ac.uk/erd/depts/brand/day-to-day-essentials/Documents/Corporate-identity-guidelines-updated/brand-guidelines-The-basics.pdf |publisher=King's College London|access-date=20 January 2016}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 1949, St Thomas's Hospital Medical School was granted its own coat of arms. However, the St Thomas' Hospital coat of arms has still been used.<ref name="basics" /> Guy's Medical School proposed to apply for its own coat of arms after separating from Guy's Hospital, yet the school decided to continue to use Guy's Hospital's arms in 1954.<ref name="basics" /> The two medical schools merged in 1982 and became the [[United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals]] (UMDS). Simon Argles, secretary of UMDS, said that because of the name of the medical school it was more appropriate to use the hospital's coat of arms.<ref name="basics" />

UMDS merged with [[King's College Hospital]] to become [[GKT School of Medical Education|Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine]] in 1998. The shields of Guy's and St Thomas' hospitals are used in conjunction with King's shield in the medical schools' publications and graduation materials.<ref name="basics" />

=== Affiliations and partnerships ===
King's College London is a member institution and was one of the two founding colleges of the federal [[University of London]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.london.ac.uk/history.html |title=A brief history |access-date=31 December 2015 |publisher=University of London |archive-date=9 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209004448/http://www.london.ac.uk/history.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1998, King's joined the [[Russell Group]], an association of 24 public [[research universities]] established in 1994.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=409118 |title=Do you want to be in my gang?|access-date=31 December 2015 |work=Times Higher Education |date=19 November 2009}}</ref> King's is also a member of the [[Institutional Network of the Universities from the Capitals of Europe]] (UNICA), a network of higher education institutions based in European capital cities,<ref>{{cite web |title=Members and Contacts |url=http://www.unica-network.eu/page/members-and-contacts |publisher=UNICA|access-date=31 December 2015}}</ref> the [[Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities]],<ref name=Networks>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/global/networks|title=Networks|publisher=King's College London|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> the Circle U [[European Higher Education Area#European Universities initiative|European University alliance]],<ref name=Networks/> the [[Association of Commonwealth Universities]] (ACU),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.acu.ac.uk/our-members/?country=United+Kingdom|title=Our members|publisher=Association of Commonwealth Universities|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> the [[European University Association]] (EUA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eua.eu/our-membership/member-directory.html|title=Meet EUA's members|publisher=European University Association|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> and [[Universities UK]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/about-us/our-members|title=Our members|website=Universities UK|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref>

King's is typically regarded as part of the "[[Golden triangle (universities)|golden triangle]]", a grouping of research universities located in the English cities of Cambridge, Oxford and London that generally also includes the universities of Cambridge and Oxford, Imperial College London, the London School of Economics, and University College London.{{refn|King's is included in some listing<ref name=Nature05>{{cite news |url=http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/2005/050707/full/nj7047-144a.html |title=Golden opportunities |work=Nature |date=6 July 2005 |quote="No longer rivals, Oxford, Cambridge and London are now working towards a common goal – ensuring the 'golden triangle' becomes a global science hub."}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=94844&sectioncode=26 |title=Oxbridge windfall |magazine=Times Higher Education |date=4 August 1995}}: "A large amount of the cash awarded to humanities postgraduates still goes to the "Golden Triangle" of Oxford, Cambridge and London, British Academy figures reveal."</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The future of the University of London: a discussion paper from the Provost of UCL |url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/images/Uni-Lon.pdf |publisher=University College London|access-date=14 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=UK confirmed as 'global education superpower' in international university rankings |url=http://www.relocatemagazine.com/news/rmarriage-03-d2-2015-6588-education-uk-confirmed-as-global-education-superpower-in-new-international-university-rankings |publisher=Re:locate|access-date=14 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=London top city in global university rankings |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24367153 |work=BBC News|access-date=14 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Johnson floats £10bn biotech fund for London |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9cae5cd8-1a88-11e5-8201-cbdb03d71480.html#axzz40BMeJ2HQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210221233/https://www.ft.com/content/9cae5cd8-1a88-11e5-8201-cbdb03d71480#axzz40BMeJ2HQ |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |newspaper=Financial Times |date=24 June 2015 |access-date=14 February 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Golden triangle pulls ahead in REF shake-out |url=http://exquisitelife.researchresearch.com/files/rf4470.pdf |publisher=Research Fortnight |access-date=14 February 2016 |archive-date=21 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121214654/http://exquisitelife.researchresearch.com/files/rf4470.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title='First large-scale evidence' that graduates from prestige universities dominate elite |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/first-large-scale-evidence-graduates-prestige-universities-dominate-elite |magazine=Times Higher Education|access-date=14 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Unequal Britain: The growing power of a small elite |url=http://www.bigissue.com/features/5914/unequal-britain-the-growing-power-of-a-small-elite |newspaper=Big Issue |access-date=14 February 2016 |archive-date=21 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121105636/http://www.bigissue.com/features/5914/unequal-britain-the-growing-power-of-a-small-elite |url-status=dead }}</ref> but not in others <ref name=THE10>{{cite news |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=410357 |title='Golden triangle' to win funding riches |newspaper=Times Higher Education |date=11 February 2010 |quote="The other institutions in the Cambridge-Oxford-London 'golden triangle' – University College London, Imperial College London and the London School of Economics – will also receive big cash windfalls, as will the University of Manchester."}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18624962.800-englands-golden-triangle/ |work=New Scientist |title=England's golden triangle |date=20 April 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Times Higher Education |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/the-golden-triangle-holds-the-secret/167534.article?storyCode=167534&sectioncode=26 |title=The golden triangle holds the secret |date=1 March 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2003/jun/03/highereducation.research |title=Gold rush |author=Alok Jha |date=3 June 2003}}</ref>}}

King's College London is also a part of [[King's Health Partners]], an [[academic health science centre]] comprises [[Guy's Hospital|Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust]], [[King's College Hospital]] NHS Foundation Trust, [[South London and Maudsley NHS Trust|South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust]] and King's College London itself.<ref name="heartop">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8448787.stm |title=Heart operation using MRI is world first|access-date=5 November 2010 |work=BBC News |date=9 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="evnstan">{{cite news |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23476568-top-hospitals-link-up-with-university-to-form-research-centre.do |title=Top hospitals link up with university to form research centre |access-date=5 November 2010 |newspaper=London Evening Standard |date=10 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110419170225/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23476568-top-hospitals-link-up-with-university-to-form-research-centre.do |archive-date=19 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kingshealthpartners.org/khp/the-partners/viewing/5 |title=The partners |access-date=5 November 2010 |publisher=King's Health Partners |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031062635/http://kingshealthpartners.org/khp/the-partners/viewing/5 |archive-date=31 October 2010}}</ref> King's is a participant and one of the founding members of the [[Francis Crick Institute]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.crick.ac.uk/about-us/ |publisher=Francis Crick Institute|access-date=31 December 2015}}</ref> Furthermore, launched in 2014, [[MedCity (London)|MedCity]] is the collaboration between King's and the other two main science universities in London, Imperial College and University College London.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.medcityhq.com/about-us/ |publisher=MedCity|access-date=31 December 2015}}</ref>

In 2016, King's College London, together with [[Arizona State University]] and [[University of New South Wales]], formed the [[PLuS Alliance]], an international university alliance to address global challenges.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Global Reach |url=http://www.plusalliance.org/#founding-partners |publisher=PLuS Alliance|access-date=14 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=King's launch PLuS alliance |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2016/02%20February/Kings-launch-PLuS-alliance-.aspx |publisher=King's College London|access-date=14 February 2016}}</ref> King's was also a founding member of [[FutureLearn]], a [[massive open online course]] platform established in December 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9743703/UK-universities-to-launch-free-degree-style-online-courses.html |title=UK universities to launch free degree-style online courses |work=The Telegraph|date= 14 December 2012|author=Andrew Marszal}}</ref>

King's offers joint degrees with many universities and other institutions, including [[Columbia University]],<ref name="Joint Degrees">{{cite web |title=International Dual Degrees |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/worldwide/opportunities/International-Dual-Degrees/Undergraduate.aspx |publisher=King's College London|access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref> [[University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne|University of Paris I]],<ref name="Joint Degrees" /> [[University of Hong Kong]],<ref name="Joint Degrees" /> [[National University of Singapore]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Contemporary India Research MPhil / PhD, option of joint PhD with NUS |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-courses/contemporary-india-research-mphil-phd.aspx |publisher=King's College London |access-date=14 January 2016 |archive-date=29 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229201742/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-courses/contemporary-india-research-mphil-phd.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Royal Academy of Music]],<ref name="cultural partners">{{cite web |title=Collaborations & partnerships |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/about/partners/index.aspx |publisher=King's College London Faculty of Arts & Humanities|access-date=14 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201193516/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/about/partners/index.aspx|archive-date=1 February 2016 }}</ref> [[British Library]],<ref name="cultural partners" /> [[Tate Modern]],<ref name="cultural partners" /> [[Shakespeare's Globe]],<ref name="cultural partners" /> [[National Gallery]],<ref name="cultural partners" /> [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]]<ref name="cultural partners" /> and [[British Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |title=MA in 18th-Century Studies |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/learning/adults_and_students/courses/ma_18th_century_studies.aspx |publisher=British Museum|access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Eighteenth-Century Studies MA |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught-courses/eighteenth-century-studies-ma.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151111015548/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught-courses/eighteenth-century-studies-ma.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 November 2015 |publisher=King's College London |access-date=14 January 2016 }}</ref>

In the field of [[mathematics]], King's College London has a joint venture with [[Imperial College London]] and [[University College London]] running the London School of Geometry and Number Theory (LSGNT), which is an EPSRC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT). The LSGNT offers a wide range of 4-year [[PhD]] research projects in different aspects of number theory, geometry and topology.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lsgnt-cdt.ac.uk/ |title=Home |publisher=London School of Geometry and Number Theory}}</ref>

Another partnership King's College London has with both [[Imperial College London]] and [[University College London]] is the field of Nanotechnology where all 3 universities jointly run the [[London Centre for Nanotechnology]] (LCN). LCN is a multidisciplinary research centre in physical and biomedical nanotechnology focused on exploitation and commercialisation of research generated in the relevant fields, established in 2003, which King's joined in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/london-centre-nanotechnology|title=London Centre for Nanotechnology|access-date=3 January 2025|publisher=King's College London}}</ref>

King's College London joined the [[Science and Engineering South|SES]] engineering and physical sciences research alliance in 2016, which includes the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Southampton, Imperial College London, Queen Mary University of London, and University College London as members.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/research-heavyweights-deny-ganging-up/2003702.article |title=Research heavyweights deny 'ganging up' |work=Times Higher Education |date=9 May 2013|access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref> King's College London is also a member of the [[Thomas Young Centre]], an alliance of London research groups working on the theory and simulation of materials, along with Imperial College London, University College London and Queen Mary University of London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thomasyoungcentre.org/about-tyc/ |title=About the Thomas Young Centre |publisher=Thomas Young Centre|access-date=30 August 2016}}</ref>

The university is also a member of the [[Screen Studies Group, London|University of London Screen Studies Group]] with other institutions from the University of London.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/research/screen-studies-group/ |title=University of London Screen Studies Group |access-date=30 August 2021 |publisher=[[Goldsmiths, University of London]]}}</ref>