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About Kent Your route to Kent From Kings to Kent

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

The University of Kent 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 the University of Kent to continue their degree studies.

About Kent

The University of Kent has campuses at Canterbury and Medway, as well as centres in Brussels and Paris. Established in 1960, the university started out in Canterbury and accepted its first students in 1965. The University is one of only eight UK universities to have a collegiate structure, developed by the University’s Founding Fathers to create a ‘true community of masters and scholars’.

Key Facts

Rankings

  • #40 in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025
  • #60 in the Guardian Good University Guide 2025
  • #52 in the Complete University Guide 2025
  • #9 for Creative Writing (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025) 

Latest undergraduate enrolment

  • 15,500

Latest postgraduate enrolment

  • 4,500

Year founded

  • 1965

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  • It holds a TEF (Teaching Excellence Framework) Gold Award.
  • Based on the most recent Research Excellence Framework, Kent was ranked in the top 20 for research intensity in the Times Higher Education (THE), outperforming 11 of the 24 Russell Group universities.
  • The Kent and Medway Medical School, a collaboration with Canterbury Christ Church University, opened in September 2020 and offers about 100 places a year. The Medway campus houses the university’s £50 million School of Pharmacy and the purpose-built Centre for Music and Audio Technology, along with the refurbished business school.
  • Kent’s original 300-acre campus, in an attractive setting overlooking Canterbury, is also seeing considerable development.
Location

Your route to Kent

Depending on the degree subject you want to pursue at the University of Kent, you will choose from:

Key facts

When

  • January 2025
  • September 2025

Where

  • Bournemouth
  • Brighton
  • London
  • Oxford

Duration

  • 1 academic year (3 terms)

Lessons

  • Around 25 hours per week of taught classroom lessons plus tutorials, university counselling, super-curricular, extra-curricular and enrichment activities​.

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 Kent

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

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 Accounting and Finance with a year in Industry 49
A-level Economics with a year in Industry 49
Kings course Degree Subject ranking
Degree pathway Architecture 21
Degree pathway Architecture 21
Kings course Degree Subject ranking
Degree pathway Computer Science 49
Kings course Degree Subject ranking
Degree pathway Mathematics 34
A-level Financial Mathematics 34
Kings course Degree Subject ranking
Degree pathway Biomedical Science 53 (Biological Science)
Degree pathway Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 69 (Sports Science)
Kings course Degree Subject ranking
Degree pathway Psychology 53
Kings course Degree Subject ranking
Degree pathway Law 27
Kings alumni at University of Kent

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The Kings Admissions Team