KCL drops to 19th in World University Rankings

King’s is the 19th best university in the world, according to the annual QS World Rankings.

The results saw us drop from a lofty 16^th last year, although we come out as 7^th in the world when it comes to dentistry.

We’re definitely the prettiest though

We are now keeping company with such institutions as the University of Pennsylvania (18^th), and level with the Australian National University in 19^th place.

As for our British counterparts, Edinburgh comes in just below us at 21^st.

In terms of our real competition, it will come as no surprise to anyone that UCL and Imperial scored well, at 7^th and 8^th respectively.

LSE, in what is a slight surprise, only made it to 35^th on the list, while Queen Mary was ranked 109^th.

Unsurprisingly, City and Brunel University rank much lower down on the list in the 300s, and the University of East London fails to even make the Rankings (comprised of a whopping 701 universities).

Flanked by our old rivals

While it may be a slight dent in our University pride, we actually ranked the same as in 2013’s scores – and it’s nothing on the blip in 2012 where we sunk to 26th.

Charlotte Allen, a current King’s student, said: “It’s great to see that King’s remains one of the top 20 universities worldwide.

“However, with variable ranking methods both domestically and at a global level, I don’t think that a university’s positioning in these types of rankings is necessarily the best indicator of how good it really is.”