King's College London
King's is
one of the oldest and largest colleges of the University of London
with 13,800 undergraduate students and some 5,300 postgraduates in
nine schools of study. IP Group signed its partnership with
King’s in May 2003.
In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise for British universities, 60 per cent of research activity at King’s has been deemed 4* and 3*, meaning that this is regarded as world-leading or internationally excellent. In total 91 per cent of research activity entered is internationally recognised. Areas that have done exceptionally well with 30 per cent or over of their research activity being designated 4* include: Dentistry; Nutritional Sciences; Management Studies; the Centre for Computing in the Humanities (Library and Information Management); Education; Portuguese; Classics, Ancient History, Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies; Philosophy; Film Studies (Dance, Drama and Performing Arts) and Music.
Research at the university is weighted heavily towards life science and King’s has a long history of prestigious life science research. It was at King’s that Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin were able to provide the crucial X-ray diffraction data for James Watson and Francis Crick to construct their double helix model for DNA. Lister, the pioneer of antiseptic surgery was based at King’s, as were Hodgkins, Addison and Bright. A total of seven members of KCL staff have won the Nobel Prize - including Sir James Black OM for his work on heart drugs.
