Kingston University has high quality teaching and excellent employment links to the businesses and institutions located in London, a city recognized as one of the world’s most vibrant, historic culturally rich capitals. Kingston is one of the fastest growing universities in the UK. In 2004, the Kingston was short listed for the University of the Year award for the second time by The Sunday Times and was described as “always among the most dynamic of the modern universities”.

In 2006 the Sunday Times University Guide highlighted Kingston as having a…”teaching record that is the envy of many other institutions both ancient and modern.”

As a multi-faculty university, Kingston maintains a tradition of developing courses in consultation with professional organizations. Those partnerships help Kingston University achieve some of the best graduate employment figures in the UK.

Acknowledged as a centre of teaching excellence in Britain, all of Kingston University’s faculties have achieved ‘excellent’ ratings. Kingston is truly a multinational, cosmopolitan University. Attracted from countries ranging from Australia to Zimbabwe, overseas students represent over 130 different nations (10% of student population).

As a location, Kingston is a leafy, self-contained Thames riverside district in south west London, surrounded by vast Royal parks. Hampton Court Palace, a home of Henry the VIII, is nearby and many 16th Century buildings still exist within the Kingston area. There’s easy access to international airports (Heathrow and Gatwick can be reached in approximately an hour).

Kingston’s café culture provides plenty of choice to meet up with friends. Lively trendy bars, traditional pubs, restaurants, gyms, a 14-screen cinema, 16-lane bowling alley, not forgetting a fantastic array of shops including large modern shopping centre featuring the UK’s top retailers means there is plenty of nearby entertainment.

Students like to explore. Kingston has easy access to the countryside, yet it only takes half-hour (via a frequent train service) to contrasting hustle and bustle of the very central area of London and its world famous attractions. Nearly twenty thousand students currently study at Kingston. Over two thousand staff are employed to advise them with study plans; visa applications; accommodation; where to practice religion; social activities; travel and an array of other issues aimed at helping the student get the most out of their life in London.

• Student population: 20,000
• City population: 7 million
• University/city location: 4 main campuses – in a riverside area of south west London
• Date of establishment: 1992 ( KU's roots can be traced back to 1899 when the Kingston Technical Institute opened)
• Location: London, England
• Centers of excellence: Business and Management Studies, Land and Property Management,  Mechanical, Aeronautical, Manufacturing and Civil Engineering, Biosciences
• Cost of tuition: Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs start around £8750
• Es timated Living costs: The duration of an undergraduate course in the UK is normally nine months. Based on the estimate above, the cost of living or the year would be £7,740 plus your tuition fee. The duration of postgraduate courses in the UK is generally 12 months. Based on the estimate above, the cost of living for the year would be £10,320 plus your tuition fee.