From the new shopping malls to the medieval streets packed with restaurants, pubs, second-hand book shops, and craft shops, the city has grown with the times and is now a commercial and shopping center for a wide area of rural Kent. But with its ancient walls, narrow streets, and timbered houses, the city has preserved much of its medieval charm. The University of Kent overlooks the ancient city of Canterbury, with its famous medieval cathedral. It is a spacious and beautiful place in which to live and work - small, peaceful gardens, wide open spaces, ponds and woodlands all surround its striking, modern buildings. Courses are available in such disciplines as anthropology, cinema, classics, comparative literature, drama, economics, English, fine arts, history, international relations, the natural sciences, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, and sociology.
Students reside in single study-bedrooms in one of the four colleges.
In addition to dormitory rooms, each college has seminar rooms, lecture theaters, dining halls, common rooms, libraries, and shops.