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Kingston University, London

United KingdomEurope

#660

QS World University Rankings 2026

26.5

QS 2026 overall score

QS World University Rankings data

Ranking data

QS World University Rankings source

#660

QS World University Rankings 2026

#601

QS World University Rankings 2025

26.5

QS 2026 overall score

QS 2026 indicators

Indicator-level data

Each card keeps the QS 2026 score and rank separate. A missing value is not estimated.

Academic reputation

QS 2026 score
20.7
QS 2026 rank
#598

Employer reputation

QS 2026 score
24.6
QS 2026 rank
#547

Faculty-student ratio

QS 2026 score
7.2
QS 2026 rank
#801

Citations per faculty

QS 2026 score
12.7
QS 2026 rank
#801

International faculty ratio

QS 2026 score
77.3
QS 2026 rank
#309

International student ratio

QS 2026 score
95.8
QS 2026 rank
#115

International student diversity

QS 2026 score
96.1
QS 2026 rank
#98

International research network

QS 2026 score
52
QS 2026 rank
#801

Employment outcomes

QS 2026 score
16.4
QS 2026 rank
#801

Sustainability

QS 2026 score
49.5
QS 2026 rank
#715
University profile

About Kingston University, London

Kingston University London organises study through four broad faculties

Kingston University London groups teaching and research through Kingston School of Art, the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education, and the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment. The faculty pages bring courses, staff, research centres, and research-degree information into one route. This makes the university easier to navigate than a single subject label, especially when a project crosses computing, health, design, policy, or the environment.

The research-degree pages show how different a proposal can be inside the same institution. Kingston School of Art covers illustration, graphic design, fashion and sustainable design, architecture, landscape and environment, contemporary art, film, photography, writing, languages, journalism, and performance. The health and science faculty includes life sciences, pharmacy, chemistry, public health, social care, education, nursing, and clinical decision making. Engineering and computing add information systems, robotics, aerospace, civil engineering, mathematics, and environmental science. The responsible faculty and research group should be identified before a programme is compared. The university's research-degree guidance points users toward faculty-specific contacts, so a broad search result should be followed to the unit that owns the proposal and supervisory decision.

Kingston research links digital information with health and the environment

The Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment describes research in engineering, computing, geography, surveying, and environmental sciences. Its specialist areas include a Digital Information Research Centre working on informatics, health, communications, security, and data; robot vision; unmanned aerial vehicles; sustainable engineering; environmental science; and advanced materials. The Centre for Engineering, Environment and Society Research and the Digital Information Research Centre provide useful starting points for a technical proposal.

The Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education lists research areas such as microbiology, biochemistry, genetics, cancer biology, immunology, molecular biology, forensic science, nutrition, public health, pharmacy, chemistry, polymers, health services, clinical decision making, social care, nursing, midwifery, and education. These labels do not mean that every topic is available in every department. A sound plan names the sample, dataset, patient or community setting, material, learning environment, or social system that the research would examine.

How to assess a Kingston University London research route

Begin with the output you want to produce. An engineering or computing project may need a prototype, algorithm, sensor, simulation, or geospatial dataset. An environment project could use field measurements, maps, materials, or policy records. Health and life-science work may require laboratory samples, clinical data, or a care setting. A design or arts project needs a medium, process, audience, and critical method. Business and social-science work should identify the organisation, market, community, or decision under study.

This page supplies institutional context about Kingston University London and cannot decide fit for a specific faculty, programme, centre, or supervisor. For your comparison record, save the faculty, subject area, research question, method, study language, expected output, and current Kingston page carrying the route. Treat a research centre's broad theme separately from evidence about one project. Mark whether the work is experimental, computational, clinical, creative, field-based, or organisational. This distinction lets you test the choice against your preparation and understand the facilities, participants, or data access that the project would need.

Institution record

Country
United Kingdom
Region
Europe
Status
Public
QS size code
L
Profile record updated
July 24, 2026

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