![]() The patron of King's College London, King George IV, shown in a portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence Alumni also include heads of states, governments and intergovernmental organisations nineteen members of the current House of Commons, 2 Speakers of the House of Commons and seventeen members of the current House of Lords and the recipients of three Oscars, three Grammys, one Emmy, one Golden Globe, and one Booker Prize. ![]() King's alumni and staff include 14 Nobel laureates contributors to the discovery of DNA structure, Hepatitis C, the Hepatitis D genome, and the Higgs boson pioneers of in-vitro fertilisation, stem cell/ mammal cloning and the modern hospice movement and key researchers advancing radar, radio, television and mobile phones. King's has often had royal patronage by virtue of its foundation, with the late Queen Elizabeth II having been patron. King's is generally regarded as part of the " golden triangle" of universities located in the cities of Oxford, Cambridge and London. It is the largest European centre for graduate and post-graduate medical teaching and biomedical research, by number of students, and includes the world's first nursing school, the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery. King's is home to six Medical Research Council centres and is a founding member of the King's Health Partners academic health sciences centre, Francis Crick Institute and MedCity. King's is a member of academic organisations including the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, and the Russell Group. King's is the fifth-largest university in the United Kingdom by total enrolment and receives over 70,000 undergraduate applications per year, making it the fourth-most popular university in the UK by volume of applications. It has the fourth largest endowment of any university in the United Kingdom, and the largest of any in London. In 2021/22, King's had a total income of £1.149 billion, of which £221.2 million was from research grants and contracts. Its academic activities are organised into nine faculties, which are subdivided into numerous departments, centres, and research divisions. It also has a presence in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, for its professional military education, and another in Newquay, Cornwall, where its information service centre is based. King's has five campuses: its historic Strand Campus in central London, three other Thames-side campuses (Guy's, St Thomas' and Waterloo) nearby and one in Denmark Hill in south London. In the late 20th century, King's grew through a series of mergers, including with Queen Elizabeth College and Chelsea College of Science and Technology (in 1985), the Institute of Psychiatry (in 1997), the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals and the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery (in 1998). It is one of the oldest university-level institutions in England. In 1836, King's became one of the two founding colleges of the University of London. ![]() King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England.
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