King’s is an excellent university, where you have access to some of the world’s leading academics in your field of study. It has several campuses across London, and most of them are situated in Lovely areas of central London, such as Holborn, South Bank and London Bridge. There are numerous societies that organize interesting and exciting events and the university itself organizes many interesting events. Earlier this year Hillary Clinton came to speak. The accommodation that King’s provides ranges in price and location, so there is something for everybody.

Overall I would say I enjoyed my time at Kings. Coming from Italy, from a small city, it was very exciting to start this new academic and life journey. The lectures were good and also the seminars allowed me to voice my own opinion. However, I would say I wasn’t challenged by my degree and that it could have had more contact hours. Moreover, I think that there is not really a sense of community at Kings, as in maybe other campus universities. But overall, I enjoyed my three years here.

King’s offers great educational structures and facilities. As far as I have experienced, professors are well prepared and passionate about their subject; uni staff is kind and professional. KCL also has a career service, which I consulted twice, but that I did not find so helpful. What I really liked is the possibility to structure my degree as I wanted to, specialising in specific subjects in a consistent way throughout the last 2 years especially. Objectively though, I was lucky as the choice for History dissertation modules was not that wide and good… As for accommodation, I was in Stamford Street in the first year and I had a good experience in terms of security and location, although hygiene was not the best. Overall I recommend KCL as a university.

Great academic experience, great location, great staff. Many staff members are very approachable and genuinely interested in what you think. Departments are very receptive to feedback and make changes accordingly. Student union bars and cafes are okay but there isn’t much of an effort from the universities side to help students get to know each other in the first weeks. There are a bunch of student societies that cater to very niche interests as well. The university career service is fantastic and offers a lot of exclusive internships just for kcl students but the quality and speed to access mental health services has been a topic for criticism for a while now. Halls for first year are either dreadful or £300 /w but most are very centrally located.