University of Kent

University of Kent
	Coat of arms; University of Kent
Former name	University of Kent at Canterbury
Motto	Latin: Cui servire regnare est
Motto in English	Literal translation: 'Whom to serve is to reign'; (Book of Common Prayer translation: 'whose service is perfect freedom')
Type	Public
Established	4 January 1965
Endowment	£3.8 million (2022)
Budget	£260.4 million (2021–22)
Chancellor	Gavin Esler
Vice-Chancellor	Karen Cox
Visitor	The Archbishop of Canterbury ex officio
Students	18,710 (2019/20)
Undergraduates	15,020 (2019/20)
Postgraduates	3,685 (2019/20)
Location	Canterbury, Medway and Tonbridge, United Kingdom; Brussels, Belgium; Athens, Greece; Paris, France; Rome, Italy
Campus	Semi-rural
Colours	Kent Blue and Kent Red
Affiliations	Universities UK; SGroup European Universities' Network; EUA; ACU; Eastern ARC; Universities at Medway
Website	kent.ac.uk

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 4 January 1965 and the following year Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, was formally installed as the first Chancellor.^[6]

The university has its main campus north of Canterbury situated within 300 acres (120 hectares) of parkland, housing over 6,000 students, as well as a campus in Medway in Kent and a postgraduate centre in Paris.^[7] The university is international, with students from 158 different nationalities and 41% of its academic and research staff being from outside the United Kingdom.^[8] It is a member of the Santander Network of European universities encouraging social and economic development.^[9]

^ Graham Martin, From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury (University of Kent at Canterbury, 1990) page 36 ISBN 978-0-904938-03-6 As Martin notes "Our former Information Officer has ventured the opinion that Cranmer would not have got very high marks had this phrase appeared in an O-Level Latin paper!"
^ ^a ^b "Financial Statements for the Year to 31 July 2022" (PDF). University of Kent. p. 18. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ "BBC man Gavin Esler is Kent University's new chancellor". BBC News. BBC News. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^ "Vice-Chancellor – About Kent". Kent.ac.uk. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
^ Cite error: The named reference Martin11-36 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Where can I study?". Retrieved 6 October 2014.
^ "University of Kent". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
^ "Santander". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.

[Martin36-1] Graham Martin, From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury (University of Kent at Canterbury, 1990) page 36 ISBN 978-0-904938-03-6 As Martin notes "Our former Information Officer has ventured the opinion that Cranmer would not have got very high marks had this phrase appeared in an O-Level Latin paper!"

[Kent_Financial_Statement_21/22-2] "Financial Statements for the Year to 31 July 2022" (PDF). University of Kent. p. 18. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[3] "BBC man Gavin Esler is Kent University's new chancellor". BBC News. BBC News. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

[4] "Vice-Chancellor – About Kent". Kent.ac.uk. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

[HESA_citation-5] "Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[Martin11-36-6] Cite error: The named reference Martin11-36 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[7] "Where can I study?". Retrieved 6 October 2014.

[8] "University of Kent". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 7 October 2017.

[9] "Santander". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.

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