King's College London Rankings 2025
- A+ Shiksha Grade
- 1 Campus
- Estd. 1829
- KCL Ranking Highlights
- KCL University Ranking
- KCL US News & World Report Ranking 2024
- KCL The Guardian Ranking 2025
- KCL The Complete University Guide Ranking 2025
- KCL QS Ranking 2025
- KCL THE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2024
- KCL ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2024
- KCL Course Ranking
- KCL Student Reviews
KCLRanking Highlights
Recognized globally as a leading global enterprise, King's College London is dedicated to delivering academic excellence. The King's College London has recieved an A+ rating by Shiksha Grading.
Even though there are multiple global ranking metrics available for students to check university rankings, what makes Shiksha Grading different is that Shiksha uses the aggregate of all the publicly available university and course rankings from top-ranking publishers and maps it into nine buckets, namely A++, A+, A, B++, B+, B, C++, C+, C. With this method, courses are graded on the basis of their availability at the college in a particular country and universities are graded by the countries.
Moving forward, according to 'University Ranking' category of QS 2025, King's College London ranks #40, showing stability from its previous ranking of #40 in 2024. King's College London also ranks #38 in THE 'University Ranking' category 2024. As compared to the last year, King's College London witnessed a declining trend in its THE (Times Higher Education) ranking which stood at #35 in 2023. Furthermore, King's College London ranks #24 in The Complete University Guide 'University Ranking' category in 2025.
Check out more details on King's College London ranking in the below content.
By Shiksha Study AbroadUniversity Ranking
KCLUS News & World Report Ranking 2024
Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Global Universities | 33 | 33 | 36 |
KCLThe Guardian Ranking 2025
Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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University | 29 | 23 | 28 |
Accounting and Finance | – / – | 26 | 24 |
Business and Management | 9 | 12 | 13 |
Economics | 26 | 9 | 15 |
Electronic and Electrical Engineering | 56 | 51 | 56 |
Law | 7 | 4 | 7 |
Media and Film Studies | 15 | 28 | 31 |
Medicine | 26 | 27 | 29 |
Physics | 46 | 46 | 45 |
Politics | 6 | 4 | 6 |
Sociology and Social Policy | 13 | 2 | 1 |
KCLThe Complete University Guide Ranking 2025
Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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UK University | 22 | 24 | 24 |
Accounting and Finance | 7 | 12 | 11 |
Biological Sciences | 10 | 6 | 10 |
Business and Management Studies UK | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Communication and Media Studies | 5 | 9 | 8 |
Computer Science | 12 | 14 | 10 |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 21 | 23 | 21 |
Law | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Medicine | 18 | 12 | 15 |
Nursing | 10 | 12 | 11 |
Physics and Astronomy | 39 | 26 | 26 |
Psychology | 5 | 11 | 15 |
KCLQS Ranking 2025
Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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Europe | – / – | 10 | 8 |
World University | 37 | 40 | 40 |
Accounting and Finance | – / – | 75 | – / – |
Architecture and Built Environment | – / – | 201 | – / – |
Biological Sciences | 37 | 32 | – / – |
Communication and Media Studies | 26 | 27 | – / – |
Engineering and Technology | 129 | 122 | – / – |
Law and Legal Studies | 15 | 15 | – / – |
Mathematics | 51 | 68 | – / – |
Mechanical Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering | 201 | 201 | – / – |
Medicine | 13 | 13 | – / – |
Nursing | 2 | 2 | – / – |
Performing Arts | 43 | 30 | – / – |
Pharmacy and Pharmacology | 20 | 22 | – / – |
Physics and Astronomy | 51 | 83 | – / – |
Politics | 13 | 12 | – / – |
Sociology | 43 | 41 | – / – |
KCLTHE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2024
Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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University | 35 | 35 | 38 |
Arts and Humanities | 30 | 23 | 20 |
Clinical and Health | 12 | 10 | 13 |
Law | 20 | 19 | 27 |
Life Sciences | 39 | 39 | 35 |
PG Business and Economics | 79 | 56 | 64 |
PG Computer Science | 101 | 101 | 96 |
Psychology | 12 | 8 | 15 |
KCLARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2024
Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Universities | 48 | 59 | 53 |
Law | 101 | 76 | – / – |
Mathematics | 151 | 101 | – / – |
Nursing | 17 | 10 | – / – |
Physics | 101 | 101 | – / – |
Political Sciences | 26 | 31 | – / – |
Sociology | 51 | 51 | – / – |
KCLCourse Ranking
As per the King's College London subject ranking 2024, many of the university courses are ranked among the top in the world. QS has ranked the King's College London at #2 for Nursing. Additionally, it is also ranked #12 for Politics by QS. THE has also ranked courses offered by King's College London as top programs, namely Clinical & Health, Psychology, Arts & Humanities, and Law, etc. The programs offered by King's College London are quite popular and are ranked at #13 - 27 by THE in 2024.
In addition to the global ranking bodies, Shiksha has also graded King's College London streams, namely Law, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Nursing with A++ grades. Due to the availability of multiple rankings online which can prove to be overwhelming to students looking to study abroad, Shiksha Study Abroad launched Shiksha Grading. With its launch, students are no longer required to check multiple ranking details to know about the performance of a particular university.
Read on to know more details about King's College London courses and subject rankings in the below article.
B.A.
Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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The Guardian - Sociology and Social Policy | 13 | 2 | 1 |
The Guardian - Politics | 6 | 4 | 6 |
B.E. / B.Tech
Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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The Guardian - Electronic and Electrical Engineering | 56 | 51 | 56 |
The Complete University Guide - Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 21 | 23 | 21 |
The Complete University Guide - Computer Science | 12 | 14 | 10 |
B.J.M.C.
Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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The Guardian - Media and Film Studies | 15 | 28 | 31 |
The Complete University Guide - Communication and Media Studies | 5 | 9 | 8 |
KCLStudents Ratings & Reviews
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- 50% students never faced discrimination in this university
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Student Forum
Answered a week ago
It is a quite selective School, as the King’s College acceptance rate stands at 11.1% for the year 2024 meaning, out of every 100 applicants, only 11 were rolled out an offer letter. The international students need to meet many requirements according to the programs they are choosing, but here are s
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Contributor-Level 8
Answered a week ago
As a part of KCL’s application process, Indian students are required to take an English proficiency test. The students can take any of these mentioned tests; IELTS/TOEFL iBT/Cambridge English Test/PTE.
They will have to meet certain standards for each test:
English proficiency test | Minimum score required |
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Cambridge Advanced Certificate (CAE) / Cambridge C1 Advanced | 185 overall with a minimum of 176 in each skill |
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) / Cambridge C2 Proficiency | 185 overall with a minimum of 176 in each skill |
IELTS (Academic) | 7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.5 in each skill |
IELTS (Online) | 7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.5 in each skill |
Pearson Test of English (Academic) | 69 overall with a minimum of 62 in each communicative skill |
Cambridge Advanced Certificate (CAE) / Cambridge C1 Advanced | 185 overall with a minimum of 176 in each skill |
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Contributor-Level 8
Answered a week ago
King’s college London is considered to be one of the best schools in the country, and it is ranked #201 in Engineering course among the top notch universities around. The students who are currently studying at this College speak fondly about it. The first thing that the students enjoy is the locatio
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Contributor-Level 8
Answered a week ago
London is considered one of the most expensive cities to live at, and the King’s College London is located in central London near River Thames which makes it even more costly. Considering all these factors, it gets a little hard for an international student to manage their finances, but by careful p
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Contributor-Level 8
Answered 2 weeks ago
As a part of KCL application process, Indian students are required to take an English proficiency test. The students can take any of these mentioned tests; IELTS/TOEFL iBT/Cambridge English Test/PTE.
They will have to meet certain standards for each test:
English proficiency test | Minimum score required |
---|---|
Cambridge Advanced Certificate (CAE) / Cambridge C1 Advanced | 185 overall with a minimum of 176 in each skill |
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) / Cambridge C2 Proficiency | 185 overall with a minimum of 176 in each skill |
IELTS (Academic) | 7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.5 in each skill |
IELTS (Online) | 7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.5 in each skill |
Pearson Test of English (Academic) | 69 overall with a minimum of 62 in each communicative skill |
Cambridge Advanced Certificate (CAE) / Cambridge C1 Advanced | 185 overall with a minimum of 176 in each skill |
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Contributor-Level 8
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Is it hard for Indian students to get admission to Engineering course at King's College London?