King's College, Cambridge

King's College, Cambridge is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally King's College of Our Lady and St. Nicholas, it is often referred to as King's within the university.

Education at King's

The unofficial and sometimes disputed Tompkins Table ranked King's tenth out of a total of twenty-nine rated colleges at the University of Cambridge in 2005; the college's position has fluctuated between tenth and twentieth over the years 2000-2005.

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King's offers all undergraduate courses available at the University, except for education and veterinary medicine, although Directors of Studies for Anglo-Saxon Norse & Celtic, Geography, Land Economy and Management Studies all visit from other colleges.

Related Topics:
Education - Veterinary medicine

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Since its foundation, the college has housed a library, providing books for all students, covering all the subjects offered by King's. Around 130,000 books are held: some available for teaching and for reference, others being rare books and manuscripts.

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The college has gradually broadened its intake to include many students from state schools, and it is now widely regarded as one of the most progressive of the Cambridge colleges. Nonetheless, this common conception can be slightly misleading; although approximately 80% of King's students are state educated, the majority of these are drawn from elite grammar schools and leading Home Counties comprehensives. Details of the true class breakdown of the student body are not available.

Related Topics:
State school - Class

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