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Kingston University London is a

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located within the

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, in South West London,

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. Its roots go back to the Kingston Technical Institute, founded in 1899. It received

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status in 1992, before which the institution was known as Kingston Polytechnic. Kingston has around 17,000 students and a turnover of £192 million. It has four campuses situated in Kingston and

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. The university specialises in the arts, design, fashion, science, engineering, and business and is organised into four faculties:

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, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences (which combines

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and the School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences), Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education and Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment. The Kingston Business School is

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degree approved. In 2017, the university won ''

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'' University Award for teaching excellence. Kingston is a member of the European University Association, the Association of Commonwealth Universities and

group. The University has been ranked in the UK's top 50 institutions by ''

'' in the last three years of the newspaper's annual rankings. In the most recent release, Kingston was rated top in London for fashion and textiles, and nursing and midwifery, while featuring in the top 10 nationally in five subjects. The University's Town House building, which was opened in January 2020, has picked up two prestigious awards – The 2021

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(RIBA)

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, given to the best new building in the UK, and the Mies van der Rohe architecture award for the best building in the EU in 2022. In June 2021, Kingston launched its Future Skills campaign, highlighting the importance of skills for innovation and the vital role they play in driving a thriving UK economy. The results of their 2021 and 2022 surveys, conducted with support from

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and sampling more than 2,000 businesses and 1,000 students, demonstrated key attributes such as problem solving, critical thinking, communication, adaptability and creativity remain among the core skills most valued by employers.

History

Kingston was founded as Kingston Technical Institute in 1899, it offered courses in chemistry, electrical wiring, construction and nursing. In 1917 Gipsy Hill College for teacher training opened, a predecessor of Kingston University. In 1930 the

separated from the Technical Institute, later to become Kingston College of Art in 1945. In 1946 Gipsy Hill College moved to Kingston Hill. In 1951, the first Penrhyn Road campus buildings opened. Kingston was recognised as a 'Regional College of Technology' by the

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in 1957. In 1970, the College of Technology merged with the College of Art to become Kingston Polytechnic, offering 34 major courses, of which 17 were at degree level. In 1975, Kingston merged with the Gipsy Hill College of Education, incorporating the college's faculty into Kingston's Division of Educational Studies. Kingston was granted university status under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. In 1993, Kingston opened the Roehampton Vale campus building and in 1995, Kingston acquired

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Campuses and estate

Penrhyn Road

This is the main university campus located close to Kingston town centre. Students based here study: Arts and Social Sciences, Civil Engineering, Computing and Information Systems and Mathematics, Earth Sciences and Geography, Statistics, Biosciences, Pharmacy, Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science, and Radiography. Development at this site has extended it to the Learning Resources Centre. In 2015, the Union of Kingston Students, moved into the main building. Penrhyn Road also houses the refurbished Fitness Centre.

Town House

Kingston University's Town House building was opened in January 2020 and is located on the Penrhyn Road campus. The six-storey building was the first by

(RIBA) Gold Medal-winning firm Grafton Architects in the

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and is open to students, staff and the local community. The building work was carried out by

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-based

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and the River Thames. Town House has been nominated for three awards, including in ''

'' University Awards, and a RIBA London Regional Award. In October 2021, Town House was announced as the winner of the 25th RIBA

Kingston Hill

Kingston Hill mainly caters to Nursing (adult, child, mental health and learning disability), Education, Business, Music and Social Care. Before 1989, this campus was known as Gipsy Hill. The Business School moved to a new building on the Kingston Hill Campus in 2012.

Knights Park

Located on Grange road, Knights Park campus is home to some of the students from Kingston School of Art (KSA) - architecture an art and design students. The campus is built on the northern banks of the

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and opened in 1939. A £29 million refurbishment of the Mill Street workshops, studios and the reception area was completed in March 2020 and includes a gallery, a social space and an art shop. The regeneration project was shortlisted for a

(RIBA) London Regional Award.

Roehampton Vale

The Roehampton Vale campus was opened in 1993 by Sir William Barlow, the president of the Royal Academy of Engineering. The site is located on Friars Avenue, on the outskirts of Kingston. This campus is purpose-built and completely dedicated to the study of engineering (aerospace, automotive, motor vehicle and mechanical engineering). Facilities on site include a wind tunnel, engineering workshops, a flight simulator,a range of vehicles, a Learjet 25 plan, several large 3D printers, plus automotive and aeronautical learning resources.

Reg Bailey Theatre Complex

Former church converted into the Kingston

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students' base, the Reg Bailey has two theatres with lighting and sound equipment, three rehearsal rooms and a

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room while its annexed Surrey Club is for

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students. The Reg Bailey has been home to such alumni members as Ben Barnes,

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, Alphonsia Emmanuel,

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, Laura Harling and

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Tolworth Court Sports Ground

The university's 55-acre sports ground houses twelve football pitches, two rugby pitches, three cricket squares, one American football pitch, one lacrosse pitch, two netball courts and three tennis courts.

Other locations

Additional to the four main campuses is an administration building: Hind Court on London Road which was home to the office of the Vice-Chancellor until 2018 when they moved to Holmwood House. Furthermore, art and design studies students from Kingston School of Art are based at River House, on the High Street in Kingston town centre.

Organisation

Teaching and research are organised in four faculties.

Kingston School of Art

(KSA) was established as part of Kingston Technical Institute founded 1899. The School of Art separated from the Technical College in 1930 and left Kingston Hall Road to move to Knights Park in 1939. It became Kingston College of Art in 1945 and merged back with the Technical College to form Kingston Polytechnic in 1970. The Polytechnic later became Kingston University in 1992, under which the school was known as the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) until 2017 when it reverted to its historic name. Kingston School of Art delivers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes of study across three schools:

Faculty of Business and Social Sciences

The Faculty of Business and Social Sciences combines Kingston Business School and the School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences.

(KBS) can be traced back to the 1960s. In 1985, the

approved the school's

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(MBA) degree and the following year KBS moved to Kingston Hill Campus. The Business School is divided into four departments:

Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

The Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education was founded in August 2022 and contains courses including nursing, midwifery, social work and teacher training education. The faculty also contains life sciences and chemistry and pharmacy courses, which were previously part of Kingston's former Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing – now the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment. The new Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education was established after a formal partnership between Kingston University and

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(SGUL) was mutually terminated in July 2022 after 26 years working together training the next generation of healthcare workers, social workers and teachers. The faculty is based at the University's Kingston Hill and Penrhyn Road campuses in Kingston upon Thames.

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

The Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment was founded in August 2022 and contains courses including mechanical, civil and aerospace engineering, computing, cyber security, quantity surveying and geography. The faculty is based at the University's Penrhyn Road and Roehampton Vale campuses.

Galleries and museums

The Stanley Picker Gallery is the Faculty's exhibition space which is now used to present a variety of research-based projects, fellowships and exhibitions. In 2003, the Stanley Picker Gallery gave birth to Transitstation, which was created/curated by Stanley Picker Fellow Dagmar Glausnitzer-Smith, and former gallery curator Charles Ryder. In 2003, the Director of Foundation Studies in Art and Design, Paul Stafford, converted a run-down public convenience in Kingston town centre into the Toilet Gallery. Kingston University runs Dorich House Museum which houses a huge collection of sculptor

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's work, and fine examples of

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art and furniture. Dorich House is also used as meeting and conference venue.

Research

The Kingston School of Art runs a number of research centres: *Contemporary Art Research Centre ("CARC"), a Research Centre within the Department of Fine Art *Colour Design Research Centre *Screen Design Research Centre *Modern Interiors Research Design *Sustainable Design Research Centre *Centre for the Contemporary Visual & Material Culture *Curating Contemporary Design Research Group *Real Estate Research Group *Fashion Industry Research Centre *Fire, Explosion and Fluid Dynamics (FEFD)

Academic profile

Rankings and reputation

'' placed Kingston 45th out of 128 surveyed universities. ''

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Guide'' placed it at no. 92 ( Good University Guide, 2022). In 2018, Kingston was ranked 1st out of 121 institutions for its

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and

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courses by ''The Guardian'' in 2017. In 2017, Kingston University won ''The Guardian'' University Award for teaching excellence. Kingston is ranked as one of the top 40 universities in the UK by ''

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'' 2020, ranked in the top 250 in the world for Business & Economics by the ''

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" (2020)

Student life

Union of Kingston Students

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, and whilst independent of the university is funded by a block grant from it.

Halls of residence

The university has six halls of residence. Chancellors' and Walkden are based at the Kingston Hill campus. Middle Mill is adjacent to Knights Park campus, while Clayhill and

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are on opposite sides of Surbiton. Finally, there is Kingston Bridge House which is situated on the edge of

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at the

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International partners

The university holds a number of links with institutions from around the world to share teaching and research and facilitate staff and student exchanges. Kingston has a number of international 'Study Abroad' or 'Exchange' partner institutions.

Controversies

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