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About Goldsmiths Your route to Goldsmiths From Kings to Goldsmiths

Kings has a formal progression agreement from the Advanced Level Foundation to Bath

Goldsmiths, University of London recognises and welcomes applications from students on Kings university degree preparation programmes.

Students are counselled and Offers made based on the formal tariff agreement between Kings and the university.

On successful completion of their studies at Kings, students can progress to Goldsmiths to continue their degree studies.

About Goldsmiths

Goldsmiths University of London has an excellent reputation as an academic and research institution with a famously strong arts and social sciences offering and there are several world-renowned artists among its alumni, including Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen, Mercury-prize winning musician James Blake and Turner prize winners Damien Hirst and Laure Prouvost. The main campus stretches over the busy, vibrant district of New Cross, just 10 minutes by train from Central London.

Key Facts

Rankings

  • #80 in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025
  • #60 in the Complete University Guide 2025
  • #109 in the Guardian Good University Guide 2025
  • #4 for Art and design (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025)

Latest undergraduate enrolment

  • 6,200

Latest postgraduate enrolment

  • 3,000

Year founded

  • 1891

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  • Seven Goldsmiths alumni have won the Turner prize
  • The university comprises 20 academic departments offering postgraduate and undergraduate degrees in everything from the arts, humanities and social sciences to computing and business management. 
  • Recent developments include a £2.9m performance and teaching space for student and public use, containing studios and a 200-seat theatre. The University has also opened the Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, an art gallery of eight diverse spaces in a redeveloped listed building that once housed public baths. 
Location

Your route to Goldsmiths

Depending on the degree subject you want to pursue at Goldsmiths, you will choose from:

Key facts

When

  • January 2025
  • September 2025

Where

  • Bournemouth
  • Brighton
  • London
  • Oxford

Duration

  • 1 academic year (3 terms)

Lessons

  • Average 21 hours per week plus homework and private study

Entry requirements

  • Academic: Good grades at high school or equivalent institution
  • Language: Minimum IELTS 5.5 (5.0 in Reading and Writing) or equivalent
  • Minimum age: 16.5

From Kings to Goldsmiths

Every year our students get accepted on a wide range of degrees at Goldsmiths University.

Below are examples of past progression.

Please note that for some nationality / degree combinations, we have had many students but we only mention once.

The subject ranking is from The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025.

Kings course Degree Subject ranking
Degree pathway Business Computing and Entrepreneurship 107
Degree pathway Marketing 107
Degree pathway Management with Marketing 107
Kings course Degree Subject ranking
Degree pathway Economics 69
Kings course Degree Subject ranking
Degree pathway Computer Science 97
Kings course Degree Subject ranking
Degree pathway Design 4 (Art and design)
Degree pathway Design 4
Art Foundation Design 4
Degree pathway Fine Art 4
Degree pathway Media and Communications 39 (Communication and Media Studies)
Degree pathway Media and Communications 39
Degree pathway Media and Sociology 39
Kings course Degree Subject ranking
Degree pathway Politics, Philosophy and Economics 71 (Politics)
Kings alumni at Goldsmiths University

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