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 4th January 1965 and the following year Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent was formally installed as the first Chancellor.The university has its main campus north of Canterbury situated within 300 acres (1.2 km2) of park land, housing over 6,000 students, as well as campuses in Medway and Tonbridge in Kent and European postgraduate centers in Brussels, Athens, Rome and Paris. The University is international, with students from 158 different nationalities and 41% of its academic and research staff being from outside the United Kingdom. It is a member of the Santander Network of European universities encouraging social and economic development.The University is divided into seven colleges, six colleges named after distinguished scholars and one college after a town. Colleges have academic schools, lecture theaters, seminar rooms and halls of residence. Each college has a Master, who is responsible for student welfare within their college.students and those in sixth forms across the country.The main Canterbury campus covers 300 acres (1.2 km2) and is situated in parkland in an elevated position just over two miles (3 km) from the city center, with views over the city and Canterbury Cathedral UNESCO world heritage site.The university now has the Faculties further divided into 18 Departments and Schools, ranging from the School of English to the Department of Bio-sciences, and from the Kent Law School to the Department of Economics. Also of note is the University's Brussels School of International Studies, located in Brussels, Belgium. The school offers master's degrees in international relations theory and international conflict analysis, along with an LLM in international law. In 2005 a new department, the Kent School of Architecture, began teaching its first students. In 2008, Wye College came under Kent's remit, in joint partnership with Imperial College London.
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