University of Kent

The University of Kent, until 2003 University of Kent at Canterbury, is a British university in Canterbury, Kent, England.

It was founded on January 4, 1965. Your central main campus is located on the boundary of Canterbury in the rural county of Kent in southeast England; other buildings are located in the nearby villages of Chatham ( Medway Campus ) and Tonbridge (both also Kent). In addition, the university has centers for postgraduates in Brussels and Paris.

Currently, 19 665 students are enrolled. Of these, approximately 12 000 full -time and 6000 part-time students. In addition, about 600 people are employed as lecturers and other (research) staff.

History

A university founded in the ancient city of Canterbury, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual head of the Church of England seat, was already being considered in 1947. Mainly due to increases in student numbers. However, it took until 1959 before the initiative was taken and the search for a site for the campus began. 1962, had found an area at the Beverly Farm, on the outskirts of Canterbury.

The teaching began in October 1965. Marina, Duchess of Kent, 1966, the first Chancellor of the University was.

In the 1990s and 2000s was the expansion outside of the central campus, according to Tonbrigde and Medway. Therefore, in 2003 " at Canterbury " is deleted from the University name.

Structure

The " Canterbury Campus" is located from the center of the episcopal city on a hill about 2 miles ( 3 km). It extends over an area of ​​about 300 acres ( 1.2 km ²).

Here are five colleges of the University, which are named after famous British or American personalities:

  • Eliot College ( Eliot died on the day of the founding of the university and of the college, 4 January 1965)
  • Rutherford College (est. 1966)
  • Keynes College ( 1968)
  • Darwin College ( 1970)
  • Woolf College ( 2008)

The Medway campus is located since 2004 at the River Medway at Chatham Dockyard, about 30 miles ( 46 km) north-west of Canterbury, Tonbridge Campus (since 1982, constantly expanding ) in Tonbridge, about 43 miles ( 70 km) south-west of Canterbury.

The university is divided into three faculties, one for humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

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