Editing King's College London (section)

=== Graduation ===
{{See also|Academic dress of King's College London}}
[[File:King's College, London; the interior of the theatre on prize Wellcome L0007544.jpg|thumb|Prize-giving day in 1841]]
[[File:King's College London graduands.JPG|thumb|King's graduands with [[Academic dress of King's College London|academic dress]] designed by [[Vivienne Westwood]]]]

Graduation ceremonies are held in January (winter) and June or July (summer), with ceremonies for non-medical students held at the [[Royal Festival Hall]] in the [[Southbank Centre]], near the Waterloo Campus. Ceremonies were held at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] until 1992 and then at the [[Barbican Centre]] until 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kclsu.org/change/campaigns/past/graduation/|title=Bring back the Royal Albert Hall as Grads Venue|publisher=King's College London Students' Union|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref>

Owing to St Thomas's Medical School roots that could be traced to [[St Mary Overie]] Priory, students from the GKT School of Medical Education and Faculty of Dental, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences graduate from [[Southwark Cathedral]] adjacent to Guy's Campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://self-service.kcl.ac.uk/article/KA-01081/en-us|title= Southwark Cathedral as a graduation ceremony venue|publisher=King's College London|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref>

After being granted the power to award its own degrees separately from the [[University of London]] in 2006,<ref name="Kings Governance" /> graduates began wearing King's College London academic dress in 2008. King's graduates have since worn gowns designed by [[Vivienne Westwood]].<ref name="Westwood">{{cite news |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/publications/comment-archive/pdfs/2008/comment-183.pdf |title=Westwood unveils gowns|access-date=24 June 2015 |location=London |first=Marion |last=Hume |date=September 2008}}</ref>