Facilities
Student Union
Kent Union, along with providing a wide variety of facilities, represents students’ interests in the University and offers help, support and advice when needed.
Sports facilities
The Department of Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation offer students, staff and members of the public extensive leisure facilities that include:
Societies and Unions
Kent Union currently has about 100 different societies and 40 different sports clubs. The range of societies available reflects the diverse nature of the campus community.
Library
The Templeman Library and Drill Hall Library offer state-of-the-art study facilities. The libraries have over a million books, journals, pamphlets, slides and microforms.
IT services
Kent provides computing and IT facilities to help with coursework, conducting research and communicating online.
Catering Services
The Canterbury campus offers a wide selection of catering solutions to meet the needs of students, staff and visitors. Students can enjoy a high standard of food, drink and entertainment to suit most tastes and budgets.
Career support
Kent has a Careers Advisory Service (CAS) which aims to help students make decisions and obtain information about their next step after graduation. This service provides help and advice to students of all subjects and nationalities about postgraduate study, choosing a career and obtaining employment and work experience.
Language Support
The Centre for English and World Languages provides free ongoing support and teaching for non-native speakers of English at Kent.
Students also have the opportunity to take courses in languages other than English.
Study Skills
The Student Learning Advisory Service at Kent is a free, friendly advice service providing guidance and information on all aspects of effective learning and study skills to all students.
Disability and Dyslexia Support
The University provides guidance and personal support for students with disabilities and/or dyslexia.
Accommodation
The student accommodation service provides information and advice for students looking for housing at Canterbury or Medway. The University offers college accommodation and self catering accommodation options to all new students for their first year of study, provided that the University's admissions criteria are met.
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Overall experience (4.3)
Selection process and gaining admission (5.0)
Funding and scholarships (3.0)
Study experience (4.2)
Life experience (4.3)
Job prospects (4.3)
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The University of Kent , the UK’s European University, is one of the UK’s most dynamic universities. It has campuses and centres in Canterbury, Medway, Paris, Brussels and Athens and i
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University of Kent has two campuses in the UK – Canterbury and Medway - one centre in Brussels , Belgium, one centre in Paris , France, and one centre in Athens, Greece.
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The University of Kent offers a wide range of short-term , undergraduate , postgraduate , foundation , and Erasmus programmes through the faculties of :
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The University of Kent’s research has been ranked as world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour (4*), according to the Government’s 2008 Research Assessment Exerc
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Student Union
Kent Union , along with providing a wide variety of facilities, represents students’ interests in the University and offers help, support and advice when needed.
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The application procedure to Kent depends on the students’ choice of courses. For JYA and other short term programmes, support will be available from the host university and the International
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The University of Kent was founded in 1965 and is home to around 20,000 students, which include a large proportion of international students. The School of Engineering and Digital Arts embraces new technologies and is involv
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The School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent is a dynamic, multi-faced and highly-international school offering exciting and professionally-valuable programmes of study. Our academic staff are engaged i
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