UCL v. KCL

KCL! Some of the accom is *opposite* the Law Faculty... Library is stunning, teaching staff amazing...

KCL! Some of the accom is *opposite* the Law Faculty... Library is stunning, teaching staff amazing...

I found UCL way nicer than King's. Some of that was subject- (classics-)specific, but I think King's is really easy to get lost in - I kept wandering through these underground corridors feeling like I was in one of those huge metro stations full of tunnels. UCL is closer and easier to get to from King's Cross and Euston, virtually all their accomodation is well within walking distance, and because they're IMO a bit less central, the cafes and things round there tend to be cheaper. While UCL doesn't strictly have a campus, it's all seems to be pretty much in the same area around Gower Street, making it feel like more of a community than King's, which has three campuses (still not sure of the correct plural) across the city, which I think make it a bit fragmented. I only really know anything about the Strand campus, which does most of the Arts/Humanities stuff. Medicine is way out in Camberwell (no tube, decent buses, relatively low crime, cheap housing) and I don't know what goes on down at Waterloo. If you're into drama, most of the King's stuff seems to be at the Greenwood Theatre, nearest tube stop London Bridge, and then you have to walk a bit. UCL has its own student theatre, the Bloomsbury, just round the corner from college.
However, King's seems to have a better reputation, though I don't know how justified it is and I think it does vary according to subject. It (the Strand campus) is also just down the road from Trafalgar Square (=access to central London - you can walk to Leicester Square, Charing Cross Road, etc.), and there's a bus stop right outside college - good for those hungover mornings!
I also heard a rumour (from a professor at Sheff Uni, so not entirely unsubstantiated) that UCL and Imperial are considering a merger, so they might well become UoL and the others would be sort of left on the outside. But that's not definite or anything, and I have no idea when it would take place were it to do so.
Edit: Also just remembered that UCL is closer to ULU so you're more likely to make friends across UoL than at King's, though I think King's is closer to the main Uni library, as well as having its own gorgeous one. UCL (certainly on my course, wouldn't know about yours) lets you take modules from all over the uni, whereas King's restricts it to just the college. And I'm probably a bit biased, having UCL as my firm and King's as my insurance.

I found UCL way nicer than King's. Some of that was subject- (classics-)specific, but I think King's is really easy to get lost in - I kept wandering through these underground corridors feeling like I was in one of those huge metro stations full of tunnels. UCL is closer and easier to get to from King's Cross and Euston, virtually all their accomodation is well within walking distance, and because they're IMO a bit less central, the cafes and things round there tend to be cheaper. While UCL doesn't strictly have a campus, it's all seems to be pretty much in the same area around Gower Street, making it feel like more of a community than King's, which has three campuses (still not sure of the correct plural) across the city, which I think make it a bit fragmented. I only really know anything about the Strand campus, which does most of the Arts/Humanities stuff. Medicine is way out in Camberwell (no tube, decent buses, relatively low crime, cheap housing) and I don't know what goes on down at Waterloo. If you're into drama, most of the King's stuff seems to be at the Greenwood Theatre, nearest tube stop London Bridge, and then you have to walk a bit. UCL has its own student theatre, the Bloomsbury, just round the corner from college.
However, King's seems to have a better reputation, though I don't know how justified it is and I think it does vary according to subject. It (the Strand campus) is also just down the road from Trafalgar Square (=access to central London - you can walk to Leicester Square, Charing Cross Road, etc.), and there's a bus stop right outside college - good for those hungover mornings!
I also heard a rumour (from a professor at Sheff Uni, so not entirely unsubstantiated) that UCL and Imperial are considering a merger, so they might well become UoL and the others would be sort of left on the outside. But that's not definite or anything, and I have no idea when it would take place were it to do so.
Edit: Also just remembered that UCL is closer to ULU so you're more likely to make friends across UoL than at King's, though I think King's is closer to the main Uni library, as well as having its own gorgeous one. UCL (certainly on my course, wouldn't know about yours) lets you take modules from all over the uni, whereas King's restricts it to just the college. And I'm probably a bit biased, having UCL as my firm and King's as my insurance.

Law faculty is actually at the Strand. Its only in your first year alot of the lectures etc are at Waterloo. I had all my tutorials and one lecture over at the Strand...not that I have anything against Stamford Street!

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Kings now dont enjoy its reputation it used to have years ago.