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University of Kent
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Location : United Kingdom ,Canterbury
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The University of Kent (formerly the University of Kent at Canterbury, abbreviated as UKC) is a semi-collegiate publicresearch university based in Kent, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1965 and is recognised as a Beloff's plate glass university. The University was granted its Royal Charter on 4 January 1965 and the following year Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent was formally installed as the first Chancellor.[5]
The university has a rural campus north of Canterbury situated within 300 acres (1.2 km2) of park land, housing over 6,000 students, as well as campuses in Medway and Tonbridge in Kent and European postgraduate centres in Brussels, Athens, Rome and Paris.[6] The University is international, with students from 158 different nationalities and 41% of its academic and research staff being from outside the United Kingdom.[7]
As of 2017, the University of Kent is ranked within the top 25 universities in the UK by the Guardian,[8] the Times Higher Education[9] and the Complete University Guide,[10] and has consistently scored 90% or higher for overall satisfaction in the National Student Survey.[11] In 2016, over 28,000 students applied to the University through UCAS and 4000 accepted an offer.
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If you are not a national of one of the UKVI list of majority English-speaking countries, you must show evidence of a minimum level of English language proficiency. You can prove this in the following ways:
Approved English language qualifications For students with one of our approved English language proficiency qualifications
A level, GCSE and IB students For students studying recognised qualifications in English at an international school and who do not require a Tier 4 visa to study in the UK
Students with other qualifications For students with at least a Bachelor's degree level qualification in a majority English speaking country or a degree taught entirely in the medium of English
IELTS-6.5 overall (with a minimum of 6.0 in R&W; 5.5 in S&L
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TOEFL iBT-90 overall (with a minimum of 22 in R; 21 in W; 17 in L; 20 in S
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