King’s College London Students’ Union or KCLSU, is our award-winning independent students’ union and has over 400 societies, sports and other student activity groups for you to join. As a King's student you'll automatically become a member of KCLSU, and membership is free.

Whether you’ve been doing it for years or feel like trying something new, there are an enormous variety of opportunities where you can get involved, make new friends, have fun and be part of the student community. You can even create your own student activity group!

Activity group themes include:

• Academic
• Arts & creative
• Business, Finance & Entrepreneurship
• Common interests 
• Faith & Spirituality 
• Media
• Volunteering & Fundraising, and more. 

Discover King's full range of societies on our KCLSU activity groups webpage. 

King's College London Student Union (KCLSU) offers a range of social areas for you to eat,  drink and relax during your time at university, all at student friendly prices. Take a look at our available social spaces on-campus below:

Guy's Bar & Hut

• Located on Guy's Campus, Guy's Bar is King's oldest student bar, restaurant and night club and it offers a range of food including vegetarian, vegan and halal options. It hosts regular events including Wednesday’s club night. 
• Guy’s Hut serves up Greek Gyros on weekday lunchtimes. Enjoy a halloumi, chicken or falafel wrap made freshly on campus.

Guy's Cafe

• Located just off the main road from The Shard you can find Guy’s Café. This alcohol-free social and relaxing space is the perfect place to enjoy a hot drink, snack or meal deal lunch. You really should try the brownies here! Take a virtual 360 tour of Guy's Cafe.

The Shack 

• Located at Bush House on Strand Campus, The Shack café offers a social space to chill out with friends or to study. The Shack offers a menu of hot drinks and food including gluten free, vegetarian and vegan snacks. There's also an event space, so you might even stumble upon something exciting whilst you’re here. Take a virtual 360 tour of The Shack.

The Vault

• Located at Bush House on Strand Campus, The Vault is the newest student bar, restaurant and night club. The bar hosts various events throughout the week and have daily food deals, including quiz nights, karaoke and curry nights. All are competitively priced with a friendly atmosphere and are great places to hang out with friends. Offering a wide range of food including vegetarian, vegan and halal options, The Vault is a great space to unwind during the day or socialise until late in the evening. Take a virtual 360 tour of The Vault. Find out more about King's social spaces on on the KCLSU's venues webpage. 
  
  Find out more about King's social spaces on on the KCLSU's venues webpage. 

Visit The Union Shop on the Strand Campus to pick up some King's branded clothes, stationery, gifts, accessories and special foods.

Part-time work opportunities

Students looking for part-time work in any KCLSU venue or shop can check the vacancies page.

Our KCLSU offers a number of ways you can help to make a change through volunteering and fundraising, campaigning or participating in student elections. 

Whether it's helping with sustainability and conservation projects, running social activities in a hospital, or campaigning for change, KCLSU can help support and fund members to help make a difference.

Find out more about what opportunities are available on the KCLSU Make Change webpage.

KCLSU supports students throughout their time at King’s, helping them to develop skills, voice their opinions, and offer advice and support when it is needed. Below are a few ways in which KCLSU can help support you during your time at King's.

Wellbeing

Starting university can be daunting, however KCLSU offers a range of activities, events and resources to help boost your wellbeing and help you make new friends. 

KCLSU offers a peer support group, delivered by students for students, to help create student-only spaces for socialising, offer peer mentoring for new students, and weekly in-person activities and student skills workshops all free of charge. Find out more on the the KCLSU wellbeing webpage.

Help & Advice

As well as offering a range of social activities, KCLSU also offers free, confidential and impartial advice on both academic and non-academic related issues, to help support students on their university journey. Find out more about KCLSU's support services on their help & advice webpage.