King’s

Pros

• The architecture of the buildings and well-kept grounds are visually stunning and very impressive to show around to your friends and family.

• King’s is the college that receives the third-most funding across the whole university (behind Trinity and St. John’s) so has ample resources to help all students.

• Overlooks the river and the backs on which you can see the college cows grazing, however they mysteriously disappear halfway through Michaelmas (where to no one really knows).

• Right on King’s Parade in the city centre, so everything is very close by. Sidgwick site is so close that even students from other colleges use King’s as a shortcut!

• All first years live on campus while second and third years usually live in accommodation nearby, so the community is very friendly and welcoming.

• Very good record for state school access and do put effort into accommodating students from for a wide variety of backgrounds. A policy of the college is to only admit 7% of students from private schools and the rest from state or grammar schools in order to better reflect the spread across the UK.

• Accommodation for students at King’s is probably some of the best across the whole university, particularly for first year’s who stay in Keynes’ Building, who are guaranteed en-suites and decent-sized rooms, with some rooms on the 4th floor of Keynes even having two floors themselves!

• Kitchens in Keynes’ Building are some of the best across the whole university. They are very modern and large with many sofas, tables and seating areas making it an apt social space to have friends over. Also has two electric hobs, two sinks, two microwaves and two fridge-freezers, along with plenty of storage space.

• Fairly large rooms in Bodley’s make them great individual social spaces.

• One of, if not the safest college across the whole university due to the porters who are really good at their jobs, but a little strict, and the many points where CamCard access is required. With some colleges, you don’t even have to be a student at the university and you’ll be able to enter the premises and knock on someone’s door in their student accommodation at 4am at night, presenting significant safety concerns in certain other colleges that you will never experience in King’s.

• King’s College has a jaw-dropping Gothic dining hall that can seat 316 people with antique stained glass windows and original oak panelling designed by William Wilkins in the Victorian era along with Belgian tapestry originating from the 17th Century so another sight to impress family and friends.

• Servery will serves lunch and dinner on the weekdays as well as brunch and dinner on weekends.

• King’s Servery’s brunch tends to get very high ratings on reviews for the quality of food and has many different options.

• King’s also has its own on-site cafe which sells drinks and freshly-prepared snacks throughout the day like croissants, cookies, muffins, select drinks, Fairtrade tea and coffee and a variety of fruit juices.

• People tend to be fairly open and friendly regardless of religion or background.

• Well-sized library by Webb’s Court to which everyone has 24-hour access.

• Students at King’s College get a large student discount when booking punts through the college from our porters.

• Many bicycle racks and storage facilities for bikes in Webb’s Court near the Underground Gym.

• Has two gyms: one underground gym on-site for lifting weights with sufficient equipment and another off-site just on Benet Street for cardio