King's College London

This year, the ‘People & Planet’ metric was introduced to the guide, which measures sustainability within an institution, and in which, saw King’s place 5^th overall in and 1^st in the Russell Group.

This strong performance helped contribute to King’s overall rise in the ratings, alongside the University’s consistently high outcomes in the ‘Research Quality’ metric, which placed 8^th. Further, King’s position in Graduate Prospects remained strong at 13th.

This latest edition of the ‘Good University Guide’ has also seen an increase in individual subject rankings. For 13 subjects (up from 11 last year), King’s is listed amongst the top 10 universities in the country at which to study them.

This includes music at King’s which has placed joint 2^nd in the country (with the University of Durham), and Sociology now being ranked in the top 5. Liberal Arts and Humanities at King’s has been ranked as 3^rd in the UK.

Chemistry and German both jumped an impressive 11 places to 22^nd and 7^th respectively.

Accounting and Finance; Philosophy; Theology and Religious Studies; Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering; Business Management and Marketing; Classics; Dentistry; Psychology; and Law all placed amongst the top 10 in their subjects.