We have a wide range of students in the Department, from school leaver to the mature student studying part-time. We are a very international department with a global approach. Staff and students come from more than 30 countries around the world.
Overseas students make up approximately half of our postgraduate student population.
The Department offers prizes for the best BA and MA students thanks to a fund set up in memory of Simon O'Dwyer Russell, a graduate of the Department and a Defence Correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph until his tragic death in 1990. Our students go on to enter a wide range of professions. BA graduates, equipped with a humanities degree from one of the UK's leading educational establishments, are well prepared for any graduate job for which they show an interest and demonstrate the relevant extra-curricular skills and aptitude. Some move on to become 'experts' in their field for various governments or other policy-making establishments. The King's College London Alumni Association is very active in promoting continuing contact and networking amongst alumni of all Departments at King's.