King's
College London

King's College London, is a public research university founded in 1829 by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. It is the oldest university in England and one of the most well known.

The university is ranked within the top 7 universities in the United Kingdom and includes 14 Nobel laureates as current or former students.

It’s a large university with over 27,000 students across several campuses including Strand Campus, Guy's Campus, Waterloo Campus, St Thomas's Campus and Denmark Hill Campus. The main campus is by Temple station in the City of London by the River Thames.

King's College London offers over 180 undergraduate courses, postgraduate and research across many fields of study.

KCL is best known as the largest healthcare learning centre in Europe. That includes campuses at three teaching hospitals across the city. It is also known for law, social sciences and humanities.

Studying in London has to be one of the best ways to spend your student life.

Our Imperial College London student accommodation is in the centre of town and a short distance from class and local amenities.

Tube stations and bus stops are never more than a few minutes’ walk away and shops, cafés, pubs, bars, clubs, museums, galleries and other amenities are never far away either.

The college itself is close to Knightsbridge, Natural History Museum, Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Palace, Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, Victoria and Albert Museum, Chelsea FC Museum and Stadium, Saatchi Gallery, Belgravia, Buckingham Palace and other highlights of London.

London is an amazing place to be a student and safer than you might think!

King's College London is definitely prestigious. It’s Britain’s oldest university, is famous for medicine and is ranked in the top 7 of UK universities. Despite all that, it’s an easy going place to study with all the benefits of student life you’re looking for.

Students work and study hard here but they play hard too!

Yes, King's College London is hard to get into. It can afford to take the cream of the crop from admissions and you’ll need first class grades to get a place. The nursing school has lower entry requirements because of the nature of the work but you should still expect to have to work hard to be offered a place.

London is a safe city to be a student in. Like any large city, there is crime but as long as you’re careful where you go and take the usual practical precautions, you should never have a problem.

Avoid the estates, be aware of where you are, watch your purse or wallet and you should be fine.

All of our accommodation in London for students is located in student areas so it should be perfectly safe.

London is an expensive place for everyone to live with some of the highest property prices of anywhere in the world. That said, Sanctuary Students has worked extremely hard to deliver great value cheap student accommodation in London.

We believe we offer amazing value given the location, size of living spaces and amenities and compare very well to other accommodation providers in London.

King's College London does welcome international students. It is ranked in the Top 10 in the UK in the QS World University Rankings in 2020.

We have located our student accommodation in London as close to campus as possible to make the transition as straightforward as possible as we know how difficult it can be to adapt to a different culture!

Paying for your accommodation in London for students is easy! We can set up a direct debit each month, take payments from your bank, via card and numerous other methods. Contact the Sanctuary Students team to learn more.

We will do everything we can to ensure you can live with, or at least close to, your friends when studying at KCL. We offer single occupancy short term lets and shared accommodation for students.

Just tell us when booking if you want to stay alone or with friends and give us their details so we can make sure you remain together.