1,429 King's College London, University of London reviews

Tight schedule and lot of material to cover, but apart from that the staff and lecturers are on board with everything. Demanding but very helpful and approachable. Great facilities and support from every site.

Not very good support for mental health, you can feel isolated quite quickly in the big city. Student life great if you're can afford it but in a big city with little support for disadvantaged students your more likely to spend any extra time working than being able to participate.

The best part is the library that is open 24hours during exam season. I feel really supported as I can take all the time I need to study. Furthermore, the support that is available to those in need.

So here's my experience as a postgraduate student at KCL: The student support services were excellent, they've put in a lot of effort to support our academic skills (e.g academic writing support, workshops on various skills related to our field, etc.), employability skills (CV reviews, workshops on working in different sectors within our field, etc.), employment opportunities at the campus, and accommodation services. In addition to that, we had access to a lot of lectures and conferences that involved academic experts and people from different industries. As a postgraduate student, I didn't have much time left to get involved in the activities of any student societies. I don't think my peers had time as well. We normally had our lessons late so we couldn't participate in many of the activities of the student societies. For instance I couldn't take part in the football games because some of the games coincided with the classes. The only thing that could be improved was that the university didn't really have a campus feel to it, there's not really much the university could do about it being located in central London. If you are looking for a university with a campus feel—living in campus, activities all day long, etc. Then you might want to consider a different university. Overall, I'd say it was a great experience for me because it had everything I wanted and needed. I was a postgraduate student and knew I wasn't going to spend much time on extracurricular activities so the campus feel wasn't a main priority for me.

I have found campus life is good, the university is a nice place to be and there are many well ran societies and events to participate in and join in with. However, many of the strikes have completely cut off my learning due to the fact a considerable amount of my teachers have striked, I've missed many lessons with one of my lecturers only conducting one lecture so far this term. This has left me extremely confused about subjects I am still new to and greatly worrying about how I am meant to do well in my assessments if I have not been properly taught.

Lots of opportunities, events and societies

Best aspect for me is student life, I’ve met some absolute amazing people in Kings that I know I’ll keep for years. I would say the worse aspect of King’s is the location for some degrees taking place in Waterloo campus which isn’t the most pleasant looking.

Kings is great but I feel like particularly for midwifery there's almost no guidance about navigating a work life balance with full time placement and lectures, essays and study. Which if managed poorly (and it generally is ) leads to deteriorating mental and physical health. Perhaps a day with a panel of 3rd years and qualified midwives giving there tips and tricks , or a buddy buddy system or ‘parent’ system for advice.

It is located within the heart of London which allows us to explore the city and be linked to so many more opportunities. The student societies are my favourite as I feel apart of my community and religion even within such a diverse area, however I feel the principal should be more welcoming and accepting of the voices which are calling his attention towards the unequal pay that certain workers within our faculty are getting.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at kings after completing my Bsc in adult nursing during the peak of Covid and after having to do my final placement - I was very pleased with the support I was offered at King’s and will recommend the university to anyone