Kingston University

Kingston University in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is one of the UK's newest universities, having formerly been a polytechnic until 1992, when it changed status.

It is conveniently placed within south-west London with good rail, bus and road connections. In December 2003 University served 16,914 students in the numerous fields. The student profile is varied, and includes undergraduates who come soon after leaving school or college, mature students, postgraduate students studying full time.

It operates on several sites:

• Penryhn Road
• Kingston Hill
• Knights Park
• Roehampton Vale

The university also hosts Kingston Business School which is based on the Kingston Hill site.

Contents

1 Undergraduate Fields 2 Postgraduate Courses 3 Research Degrees 4 Fields of Short Courses 5 External links

Undergraduate Fields

• Architecture
• Art and Design
• Business
• Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Computing
• Earth Sciences
• Economics
• Education
• Electronics
• Engineering
• Geography/Geographical Information Systems
• Health and Social Care Sciences
• Humanities
• Languages
• Law
• Life Sciences
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Performance, Film Studies and Media and Cultural Studies
• Music
• Social Sciences
• Social Work
• Surveying

Postgraduate Courses

• Accounting and Finance MA
• Advanced Industrial and Manufacturing Systems PgDip/MSc
• Advocacy: Political Communication, Campaigning and Advocacy MA
• Aerospace Engineering PgDip/MSc
• Analytical Chemistry PgDip/MSc
• Animation: Illustration and Animation MA
• Applied Geographical Information Systems PgDip/MSc
• Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Practice MA
• Architecture Graduate Diploma
• Architecture (Design) MArch
• Architecture (Thinking Building) MA
• Architecture: Landscape Architecture PgDip
• Architecture: Professional Practice PgDip/MA
• Art and Space MA
• Art History MA
• Biomedical Science PgCert/PgDip/MSc
• Business and Economic Forecasting MSc
• Business Administration MBA
• Business Administration DBA
• Business Information Technology MSc
• Business Law LLM
• Business Management MA
• Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Diploma
• Chemistry: Analytical Chemistry PgCert/PgDip/MSc
• Childcare: Professional Child Care Studies PgCert/PgDip/MA
• Civil Engineering PgDip/MSc
• Clinical Data Management PgCert/PgDip/MSc
• Communication: Graphic Communication MA
• Communications: Data Communications PgDip/MSc
• Community Care Studies PgCert/PgDip/MA
• Composing for Film and Television MA
• Composing for New Media MA
• Construction Management and Construction Law MSc
• Construction: Structural Design and Construction Management PgDip/MSc
• Construction Management and Construction Law PgDip/MSc
• Corporate Governance MA
• Creative Writing MA
• Curating Contemporary Design MA
• Data Communications PgDip/MSc
• Data: Clinical Data Management PgCert/PgDip/MSc
• Design: Architecture (Design) MArch
• Design: Curating Contemporary Design MA
• Design: Fashion MA
• Design: Production Design for Film and Television MA
• Design: Screen Design for Film and Television MA 21
• Design: Structural Design and Construction Management PgDip/MSc
• Design: Virtual Product Design Engineering PgDip/MSc
• Design History MA
• Direct Marketing MA
• Dispute Resolution LLM
• Dispute Resolution: Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Practice MA
• Doctor of Business Administration DBA
• Doctor of Education EdD
• Drawing as Process MA
• Economic: Business and Economic Forecasting MSc
• Education Doctorate
• Education MA
• Education: Music Education MA
• Education: Primary PGCE
• Education: Professional Education and Training in Human Services PgCert/PgDip/MA
• Education: Professional Studies in Education PgCert/PgDip
• Education: Secondary PGCE
• Electronic Commerce PgDip/MSc
• Employment Law* LLM
• Employment Relations and Law MA/LLM
• Engineering: Aerospace PgDip/MSc
• Engineering: Civil PgDip/MSc
• Engineering: Mechanical PgDip/MSc
• Engineering: Software PgDip/MSc
• Engineering: Virtual Product Design PgDip/MSc
• Engineering Systems Management PgDip/MSc
• English: Issues in Twentieth Century Literature MA
• English: Nineteenth Century Literature MA
• English: Popular Literatures
• Environmental and Earth Resources Management PgCert/PgDip/MSc
• Ethnomusicology MA
• European Real Estate (Immobilia) MA
• Executive Master's Programme in Human Resources
• Fashion Design for Industry MA
• Film: Composing for Film and Television MA
• Film: Production Design for Film and Television MA
• Film: Screen Design for Film and Television MA
• Film Studies MA
• Finance: Accounting and MA
• Finance: International MA
• Financial Management: Strategic MA
• Geographical: Applied Geographical Information Systems MSc
• Geographical Information Management MSc
• Governance: Corporate MA
• Graphic Communication MA
• Health: Professional Mental Health Studies PgCert/PgDip/MA
• History: Art MA
• History: Design MA
• History: Local MA
• Human Resource Management PgDip/MA
• Human Resource Strategy and Change MA
• Human Rights MA
• Illustration and Animation MA
• Immobilia (European Real Estate) MA
• Information Systems PgDip/MSc
• Information Systems: Applied Geographical PgCert/Pg/Dip/MSc
• Information Technology PgDip/MSc
• Information Technology: Business MSc
• Internal Communication Management PgDip
• International Conflict MSc
• International Finance MA
• Issues in Twentieth Century Literature MA
• Landscape Architecture PgDip
• Landscape and Urbanism MA
• Law: Graduate Diploma
• Law: Construction Management and Construction Law MSc
• Law: Employment LLM
• Law: General LLM
• Learning Contract MA/MSc
• Learning Technologies PgDip/MSc
• Legal Studies MA
• Literature: Issues in Twentieth Century MA
• Literature: Nineteenth Century MA
• Local History MA
• Management Studies PgDip(DMS)/MA
• Marketing MA
• Marketing: Direct MA
• Marketing: Strategic Marketing Management MA
• Market Research MA
• Master of Business Administration MBA
• Masters by Learning Contract
• Mechanical Engineering PgDip/MSc
• Media: Writing for the Contemporary MA
• Midwifery PgCert/PgDip/MSc
• Mobile Location-based Services PgDip/MSc
• Motorsport Vehicle Dynamics PgDip/MSc
• Music MA
• Music Composition MA
• Music Education MA
• Musicology MA
• Musicology: Ethnomusicology MA
• Music Performance MA
• Nineteenth Century Literature MA
• Nutrition Support PgCert/PgDip/MSc
• Performance: Music MA
• Pharmaceutical Analysis PgCert/PgDip/MSc
• Pharmaceutical Science MSc
• Political Communication, Campaigning and Advocacy MA
• Primary Education PGCE
• Production Design for Film and Television MA
• Product Design: Virtual Product Design Engineering PgDip/MSc
• Professional Childcare Studies PgCert/PgDip/MA
• Professional Education and Training in Human Services PgCert/PgDip/MA
• Professional Mental Health Studies PgCert/PgDip/MA
• Professional Practice (Architecture) PgDip/MA
• Professional Studies in Education PgCert/PgDip
• Radiography PgCert/PgDip/MSc
• Real Estate MSc
• Real Estate: European Real Estate (Immobilia) MA
• Secondary Education PGCE
• Science: Biomedical PgCert/PgDip/MSc
• Science: Pharmaceutical MSc
• Screen Design for Film and Television MA
• Social Care: Professional Childcare Studies PgCert/PgDip/MA
• Social Care: Community Care Studies PgCert/PgDip/MA
• Social Care: Professional Education and Training in HumanServices PgCert/PgDip/MA
• Software Engineering PgDip/MSc
• Strategic Financial Management MA
• Strategic Human Resource Development MA
• Strategic Human Resource Management MA
• Strategic Marketing Management MA
• Structural Design and Construction Management PgDip/MSc
• Sustainable Futures MA
• Vehicle: Motorsport Vehicle Dynamics MSc
• Virtual Product Design Engineering PgDip/MSc
• Writing for the Contemporary Media MA

Research Degrees

• Master of Science by Research (MSc) / Master of Arts by Research (MA)
• Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
• Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
• Doctor of Education (EdD)

Fields of Short Courses

• Short courses in Art, Design and Music
• Short courses in Arts and Social Sciences
• Short courses in Education
• Short courses in Surveying
• Short courses in Technology (Computing, Engineering)

External links

• Official University Website (http://www.kingston.ac.uk/)
• Independent Kingston University Student Forum (http://www.kingstonuniversity.org/)
• Kingston University Student Union (KUSU) (http://www.kingstonsu.co.uk/)
• 'A History of Kingston University', by Professor Michael Gibson (http://www.kingston.ac.uk/about_ku/facts-figures/history-of-kingston-text.pdf)