University of Kent
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The University of Kent (formerly the University of Kent at Canterbury, abbreviated as UKC) is a semi-collegiate public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom. The university was granted its royal charter on 4 January 1965 and the following year Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, was formally installed as the first Chancellor.[6]
Former name | University of Kent at Canterbury | ||||||||||||
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Motto | Latin: Cui servire regnare est | ||||||||||||
Motto in English | Literal translation: 'Whom to serve is to reign' (Book of Common Prayer translation: 'whose service is perfect freedom')[1] | ||||||||||||
Type | Public | ||||||||||||
Established | 4 January 1965; 59 years ago (1965-01-04) | ||||||||||||
Endowment | £3.8 million (2022)[2] | ||||||||||||
Budget | £260.4 million (2021–22)[2] | ||||||||||||
Chancellor | Gavin Esler[3] | ||||||||||||
Vice-Chancellor | Karen Cox[4] | ||||||||||||
Visitor | The Archbishop of Canterbury ex officio | ||||||||||||
Students | 18,710 (2019/20)[5] | ||||||||||||
Undergraduates | 15,020 (2019/20)[5] | ||||||||||||
Postgraduates | 3,685 (2019/20)[5] | ||||||||||||
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Campus | Semi-rural | ||||||||||||
Colours | Kent Blue and Kent Red | ||||||||||||
Affiliations | Universities UK SGroup European Universities' Network EUA ACU Eastern ARC Universities at Medway | ||||||||||||
Website | kent | ||||||||||||
The university has its main campus north of Canterbury situated within 300 acres (120 hectares) of parkland, housing over 6,000 students, as well as a campus in Medway in Kent and European postgraduate centres in Brussels, Athens, Rome and Paris.[7] The university is international, with students from 158 different nationalities and 41% of its academic and research staff being from outside the United Kingdom.[8] It is a member of the Santander Network of European universities encouraging social and economic development.[9]