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陌染MMKing's College London (King's College London), one of the founding colleges of the University of London, one of the world's leading research colleges, the British Golden Triangle and important members of Russell Group. King's College was founded in 1829 by King George IV and Prime Minister Duke Wellington at Westminster on the Thames in London, and was awarded the Royal Charter the same year. King's College is the fourth oldest institution of higher education in England after Oxford, Cambridge and University College London, and enjoys a worldwide academic reputation. The Riverside Campus is the earliest campus of King's College, located in Westminster on the north bank of the Thames, with the humanities, law, social sciences and public policy as the main campus; Physics, Engineering and Mathematics are also located in the main building on the riverbank, the King's Building on the riverbank campus was designed by Sir Robert Smerck for the protection of the British Grade I building, and the College Chapel on the campus is a Byzantine Gothic building. Redesigned in 1864 by British architect Sir Jales Gilbert Scott. The McAdam Building, built in 1975, is now the Student Union Building, named after the graduate of King's College and the first president of the Union of British Universities. The King's Building on the Riverside Campus has marble statues of Suffolk and Sophocles, bequeathed in 1923 by Sir Granch, a professor of English language and literature at King's College. King's College London is one of the most difficult universities in the UK, and ranks in the world's top in several international rankings, ranking 10th in the world in previous years, 2015/16 QS ranking 19th in the world, 5th in the UK and 7th in Europe; 2015/16 Times is ranked 27th in the world and 31st in the world for reputation. 2015/16 Shanghai Jiaotong University is ranked 55th in the world for academics and 7th in the UK. According to the 2011 New York Times, King's College ranked 22nd in the world and 5th in the UK.

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