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Blue & King's Red 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://internal.kcl.ac.uk/erd/depts/brand/corpdesign/Documents/Branding-essentials-2015-08-10.pdf/ )〕 | website = (kcl.ac.uk ) | logo = 150px }} King's College London (informally King's or KCL; formerly styled King's College, London) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's was founded in 1829 by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington and received its royal charter in the same year,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About King's – Dates ) "1829 – The Duke of Wellington fights a duel with the Earl of Winchilsea in defence of his simultaneous role in the foundation of King's College and his support of the Roman Catholic Relief Act. King George IV signs the royal charter of King's College London."〕 making it arguably the third-oldest university in England. King's became one of the two founding colleges of the University of London in 1836〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A brief history )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Foundation of the College )〕 and has grown through mergers, including with Queen Elizabeth College and Chelsea College of Science and Technology (in 1985), the Institute of Psychiatry (in 1997), and the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals and Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery (in 1998). King's has become the largest centre for graduate and post-graduate medical teaching and biomedical research in Europe as per number of students〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.bestcollegereviews.org/features/the-30-most-influential-colleges-and-universities-of-the-past-century/ )〕 and is regarded as one of the leading multidisciplinary research universities in the world.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】World Reputation Rankings 2015 results )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/ng-interactive/2014/dec/18/university-research-excellence-framework-2014-full-rankings )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= 2014–2015 World Ranking (1–250) )〕 The College has five campuses: its main campus on the Strand in central London, three other Thames-side campuses (Guy's, St Thomas' and Waterloo) and another in Denmark Hill in south London.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Campuses & Residences Overview )〕 King's has students and 6,113 staff and had a total income of £604 million in 2013/14, of which £172 million was from research grants and contracts.〔 Its academic activities are organised into nine faculties which are subdivided into numerous departments, centres and research divisions. King's is home to six Medical Research Council centres and is a founding member of the King's Health Partners academic health sciences centre, Francis Crick Institute and MedCity. It is a member of numerous academic organisations, including the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, the Russell Group, and the "golden triangle" of elite English universities.〔.〕 King's is known for its several noted alumni and staff, including 12 Nobel Prize laureates amongst King's alumni and current and former faculty.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/history/nobellaureates.aspx )〕 The College performs highly in international rankings. In 2015 it ranked 19th in the world (5th in the UK and 7th in Europe) in the QS World University Rankings,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=QS World University Rankings Results 2014 )〕 and 27th in the world (7th in the UK and 8th in Europe) in the 2015 ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World University Rankings 2015–2016 )〕 In rankings produced by ''Times Higher Education'' based upon the results of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, King's was ranked 6th overall for "research power" and 7th for GPA. In a survey by ''The New York Times'' assessing the most valued graduates by business leaders, King's College London graduates ranked 22nd in the world and 5th in the UK.〔http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2011/10/20/education/20iht-SReducEmploy20-graphic.html?ref=education〕 In the 2015 Global Employability University Survey of international recruiters, King's is ranked 43rd in the world and 7th in the UK.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Global Employability University Ranking 2015 results )〕 == History == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「King's College London」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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