As a Russell Group university, King’s College London is one of the most prestigious and research-intensive universities in the UK, consistently ranked within the global top 40. With over 135 undergraduate courses, it attracts a large and highly competitive applicant pool each year.
In the 2025 entry cycle, KCL received over 71,000 undergraduate applications. That is a significant pool of competition, but knowing that figure alone won’t tell you much about your own chances.
This guide breaks down the King’s College London acceptance rate for 2025, alongside detailed acceptance rates across its nine faculties and undergraduate programmes. It explores which courses attract the most applications, which are genuinely the hardest to get into, and whether popularity and competitiveness truly go hand in hand at KCL.
If you want to understand how KCL’s most sought-after subjects compare to the broader UK undergraduate admissions landscape, our Most Competitive Degrees in the UK and 10 Hardest Degrees in the UK guides are worth reading alongside this one, as they cover which subjects are hardest to get into and complete across all British universities.
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What Is King's College London's Overall Acceptance Rate?
Before diving into all the KCL admissions numbers, it is worth being clear about what all the different data mean in this context, because the answer depends entirely on which metric you are looking at.
King’s College London publishes admissions data that include four key figures for each admissions cycle: applications (everyone who applied), offers (those KCL invited to join), acceptances (those who confirmed KCL as their firm choice), and enrolments (those who actually enrolled onto the course). Each of these generates a different rate, and each tells a different story about how competitive the university really is.
KCL Acceptance Rate (2025 Entry)
Applicants: 71,486
Offers: 32,277
Acceptances: 7,963
Enrolments: 7,343
Offer Rate: 45.2%
Acceptance Rate: 11.1%
Enrolment Rate: 10.3%
The figure most people reach for first is the offer rate: 45.2%, meaning KCL sent an offer to roughly one in every two applicants. On the surface, that sounds relatively encouraging. However, if we look at the acceptance rate, the picture shifts considerably. Just 11.1% of applicants ended up with a confirmed place at KCL. That’s roughly one in nine applicants.
The gap between those two numbers comes down to two things:
Most applicants apply to several universities simultaneously and can only choose one, so the majority of people who receive a KCL offer will ultimately choose to go elsewhere.
On top of that, KCL issues a significant proportion of conditional offers, and not everyone meets the required grades when results day comes around. The real competition for a place at KCL plays out twice: once at the offer stage, and again in August.
There is also something important that the overall figures simply cannot show, which is the extraordinary variation by subject. A 45.2% offer rate is an average calculated across more than 71,000 applications and all of KCL’s undergraduate programmes. Within that average sit courses with offer rates below 5% and others approaching 90%.
KCL Vs Oxbridge
The headline number is a useful reference point for understanding KCL’s general position in the university landscape – for example, it’s less competitive than Cambridge or Oxford, whose offer rates are significantly lower typically around 15–22%. – but it is your specific course that determines your actual odds. The sections below are aimed at helping with that.
KCL Vs UCL & Imperial
Among KCL’s closest London rivals, the headline figures tell an interesting story. UCL received 77,828 applications in 2025 and extended offers to just 33.7% of them, making it a little more selective than KCL at the offer stage.
Imperial, had an offer rate of 25.1% in 2024, suggesting a closer level of selectivity to UCL. Yet when you look at acceptance rates, all three universities converge remarkably closely: KCL at 11.1%, UCL at 9.9% and Imperial at 9.9%. This tells you that despite different levels of selectivity at the offer stage, a broadly similar proportion of all applicants end up confirming a place at each institution.
The practical implication is that KCL is the most accessible of the three in terms of receiving an offer, but once offers are made, students treat all three institutions as roughly equivalent destinations when deciding where to go.
You can learn more about the acceptance rates at UCL and Imperial in our dedicated guides:
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KCL Acceptance Rates – Most Popular Subjects
Below you can see the admissions statistics of five of the most popular KCL courses in 2025. We will also compare the 2025 figures to the 2024 figures to see how they have changed.
KCL Law Acceptance Rate
KCL Law became slightly more accessible in 2025 entry, with the offer rate jumping from 16.7% to 22.1% as applications fell by over 100 while KCL extended significantly more offers. The acceptance rate also rose from 5.5% to 7.1%, suggesting slightly more of those offered a place chose KCL rather than another university. That said, with fewer than 1 in 14 applicants ending up enrolled, it remains one of the most competitive programmes.
2025
Applicants: 3,925
Offers: 868
Acceptances: 280
Enrolments: 258
Offer Rate: 22.1%
Acceptance Rate: 7.1%
Enrolment Rate: 6.6%
2024
Applicants: 4,054
Offers: 675
Acceptances: 224
Enrolments: 208
Offer Rate: 16.7%
Acceptance Rate: 5.5%
Enrolment Rate: 5.1%
KCL Business Management Acceptance Rate
Business Management tells a more concerning story for applicants: the offer rate held steady at 13.2% in both cycles, but the acceptance rate nearly halved from 4.5% to 2.6%, suggesting either a lower proportion of offer-holders met their conditions or a higher proportion chose alternative universities.
2025
Applicants: 3,616
Offers: 478
Acceptances: 95
Enrolments: 77
Offer Rate: 13.2%
Acceptance Rate: 2.6%
Enrolment Rate: 2.1%
2024
Applicants: 3,775
Offers: 497
Acceptances: 169
Enrolments: 157
Offer Rate: 13.2%
Acceptance Rate: 4.5%
Enrolment Rate: 4.2%
KCL Economics Acceptance Rate
Economics grew slightly more accessible at the offer stage in 2025, with KCL extending 806 offers compared to 615 the previous year, pushing the offer rate from 21.4% to 28.2%. However, the acceptance rate remains extremely low at 4.0%. For context, applications held almost perfectly flat at around 2,860, so the increased generosity of offers reflects a deliberate shift in KCL’s approach rather than a drop in demand.
2025
Applicants: 2,863
Offers: 806
Acceptances: 114
Enrolments: 96
Offer Rate: 28.2%
Acceptance Rate: 4.0%
Enrolment Rate: 3.4%
2024
Applicants: 2,871
Offers: 615
Acceptances: 94
Enrolments: 81
Offer Rate: 21.4%
Acceptance Rate: 3.3%
Enrolment Rate: 2.8%
KCL Medicine & Surgery Acceptance Rate
KCL Medicine saw a significant shift between cycles: applications fell by over 600 while KCL extended considerably more offers, pushing the offer rate from 18.7% to 27.1% and making 2025 entry notably less competitive on paper. The acceptance rate rose from 9.9% to 11.8% and enrolments remained almost identical at around 328 to 337, which tells you that the underlying intake size has not changed — KCL simply cast a wider net to fill the same number of places. For applicants, this suggests slightly improved odds at the offer stage, though the UCAT and interview process remain the decisive hurdles regardless of the headline rate.
2025
Applicants: 2,810
Offers: 762
Acceptances: 332
Enrolments: 328
Offer Rate: 27.1%
Acceptance Rate: 11.8%
Enrolment Rate: 11.7%
2024
Applicants: 3,457
Offers: 645
Acceptances: 341
Enrolments: 337
Offer Rate: 18.7%
Acceptance Rate: 9.9%
Enrolment Rate: 9.7%
KCL Biomedical Science Acceptance Rate
Biomedical Science is one of the most stable programmes in the university across both cycles, with offer rates of 77.1% and 78.8% and acceptance rates of 12.4% and 13.0% showing almost no meaningful change. Applications grew modestly from 2,573 to 2,688, and enrolments held steady at around 270 to 280, highlighting a consistently popular programme that KCL manages with considerable predictability. For applicants, this consistency is reassuring: Biomedical Science is a programme where the goalposts are not moving, and a strong academic profile gives you a genuine chance of receiving an offer.
2025
Applicants: 2,688
Offers: 2,117
Acceptances: 349
Enrolments: 283
Offer Rate: 78.8%
Acceptance Rate: 13.0%
Enrolment Rate: 10.5%
2024
Applicants: 2,573
Offers: 1,983
Acceptances: 318
Enrolments: 273
Offer Rate: 77.1%
Acceptance Rate: 12.4%
Enrolment Rate: 10.6%
KCL’s Most & Least Competitive Courses (2025 Entry)
Not all KCL courses are created equal when it comes to getting in. This section looks at which undergraduate programmes are the hardest and easiest to secure a place on, using offer rate as the primary measure of competitiveness. Acceptance rates are considered alongside it where they add something meaningful, because a course with a relatively open offer rate can still prove difficult to convert if a significant proportion of applicants fail to meet their grade conditions when results day arrives.
One thing worth stating clearly before diving in: at a Russell Group university of KCL’s standing, the published entry requirements represent a floor, not a target. The applicants who successfully convert their offers into places are almost always those who applied with a predicted profile that comfortably exceeded the minimum, not those who met it narrowly and hoped for the best.
KCL’s 10 Most Competitive Courses
(Lowest Offer Rates)
| Course | Applications | Offers | Offer Rate | Acceptances | Acceptance Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Surgery MBBS Graduate/Professional | 770 | 32 | 4.2% | 25 | 3.2% |
| Dental Therapy and Hygiene | 1,500 | 64 | 4.3% | 34 | 2.3% |
| Medicine Maxfax Entry Programme | 58 | 3 | 5.2% | 2 | 3.4% |
| Computer Science with Management | 203 | 15 | 7.4% | 2 | 1.0% |
| Enhanced Support Dentistry Programme BDS | 329 | 28 | 8.5% | 23 | 7.0% |
| Dentistry Graduate/Professional Entry Programme BDS | 275 | 25 | 9.1% | 20 | 7.3% |
| Computer Science with Management and Year in Industry | 121 | 12 | 9.9% | 6 | 5.0% |
| Dentistry Programme BDS | 1,325 | 171 | 12.9% | 112 | 8.5% |
| Business Management | 3,616 | 478 | 13.2% | 95 | 2.6% |
| Computer Science with Management and Year Abroad | 34 | 5 | 14.7% | 2 | 5.9% |
Four of the ten most competitive courses at KCL are clinical programmes in Medicine or Dentistry, where places are scarce and the admissions process extends well beyond grades to include UCAT scores and interviews.
Three further spots are taken by variants of Computer Science with Management, a programme whose dual selectivity across two demanding departments produces consistently low offer and acceptance rates.
Business Management is the outlier on this list: its 13.2% offer rate is driven by extremely high application volumes rather than a small cohort. Its acceptance rate of 2.6% reflects both the high grade conditions attached to its offers and the fact that many applicants are likely holding offers from competing business schools and will firm those alternatives if their results allow.
KCL’s 10 Least Competitive Courses
(Highest Offer Rates)
| Course | Applications | Offers | Offer Rate | Acceptances | Acceptance Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA Chemistry with Year in Industry | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0.0% |
| MA Chemistry with Year's Professional Placement | 44 | 42 | 95.5% | 7 | 15.9% |
| Geography | 519 | 465 | 89.6% | 112 | 21.6% |
| European Studies - French Pathway with a Year Abroad | 91 | 80 | 87.9% | 24 | 26.4% |
| History and Modern Languages with Year Abroad | 119 | 104 | 87.4% | 23 | 19.3% |
| History | 816 | 710 | 87.0% | 128 | 15.7% |
| MA Natural Sciences | 68 | 59 | 86.8% | 12 | 17.6% |
| MA Physics | 176 | 152 | 86.4% | 31 | 17.6% |
| Classics and the Ancient World | 254 | 219 | 86.2% | 37 | 14.6% |
| MA Chemistry | 147 | 126 | 85.7% | 18 | 12.2% |
Two entries at the top of this table require a caveat. BA Chemistry with Year in Industry had just one applicant in 2025, making its 100% offer rate meaningless as a measure of competitiveness. MA Chemistry with Year’s Professional Placement is similarly too small to draw conclusions from.
High offer rates for Geography and History do not signal low standards. They signal that KCL extends offers broadly for these programmes and that the real filter operates at grade confirmation stage, where applicants who do not meet their conditions will not convert their offers into places regardless of how generously KCL has offered.
Are Popularity and Competitiveness Linked at KCL?
The short answer is: sometimes, but not as consistently as most applicants assume.
For some of KCL’s highest-volume courses, popularity and competitiveness do move together. Law attracts nearly 4,000 applications and has a 22.1% offer rate. Business Management draws over 3,600 applications and offers fewer than 14% a place. Economics receives almost 2,900 applications and has an acceptance rate of just 4.0%. For these programmes, high demand translates directly into high competition.
But that pattern does not hold across the board. Biomedical Science is the fourth most applied-to course at KCL with 2,688 applications, yet its offer rate is 78.8%. History attracts over 800 applications and offers 87% of them a place. For these programmes, KCL extends offers broadly and the real competition plays out at grade confirmation stage rather than at the offer stage.
The gap between offer rate and acceptance rate is often the most telling figure in the data. Economics has a 28.2% offer rate but a 4.0% acceptance rate. This gap reflects both the high grade conditions attached to Economics offers and the fact that many applicants are holding offers from stronger Economics departments simultaneously. Medicine has a broadly comparable offer rate of 27.1% but an acceptance rate of 11.8%, suggesting a considerably higher proportion of successful applicants both meet their conditions and choose to enrol at KCL.
Acceptance rates vary dramatically between courses at King’s College London, and small differences in your application can make a significant impact.
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King’s College London Acceptance Rates (A-Z)
KCL’s nine faculties each have their own admissions culture, their own intake sizes and their own approach to selecting students. Some extend offers broadly and filter at grade confirmation stage; others are selective from the outset, with offer rates that would not look out of place at the most competitive universities in the country. Our Russell Group Acceptance Rates guide puts KCL’s figures in context alongside its peers if you want a wider comparison.
One thing worth keeping in mind as you read through: the offer rate and the acceptance rate tell different stories, and both matter. The offer rate tells you how selective KCL is being at the initial stages of the admissions process. The acceptance rate tells you what proportion of all applicants ultimately met their conditions and confirmed their place. Where those two figures diverge significantly, it is usually a sign that KCL is being used as a back-up option by applicants who go elsewhere when stronger offers come in. Where they track closely together, it tends to mean that students who receive an offer genuinely want to be there and are committed to coming. Both patterns carry real implications for how you should think about your application.
KCL Acceptance Rate (Faculty-Level Breakdown)
The table below shows how KCL’s nine faculties compare across all key admissions metrics for 2025 entry.
| Faculty | Applications | Offers | Offer Rate | Acceptances | Acceptance Rate | Enrolments | Enrolment Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts & Humanities | 8,227 | 6,223 | 75.6% | 1,442 | 17.5% | 1,351 | 16.4% |
| King's Business School | 9,413 | 1,819 | 19.3% | 373 | 4.0% | 330 | 3.5% |
| Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences | 3,481 | 299 | 8.6% | 198 | 5.7% | 193 | 5.5% |
| Dickson Poon School of Law | 4,879 | 1,116 | 22.9% | 389 | 8.0% | 363 | 7.4% |
| Life Sciences and Medicine | 14,591 | 7.092 | 48.6% | 1,638 | 11.2% | 1,477 | 10.1% |
| Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences | 12,607 | 7,080 | 56.2% | 1,533 | 12.2% | 1,400 | 11.1% |
| Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care | 3,940 | 1,533 | 38.9% | 692 | 17.6% | 665 | 16.9% |
| Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience | 3,520 | 1,405 | 39.9% | 373 | 10.6% | 344 | 9.8% |
| Social Science & Public Policy | 10,764 | 5,699 | 52.9% | 1,324 | 12.3% | 1,219 | 11.3% |
The most popular faculty at KCL in 2025 was Life Sciences and Medicine, which attracted 14,591 applications across its 18 undergraduate courses, followed closely by Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences with 12,607 applications spread across 48 programmes. But popularity and competitiveness do not move in lockstep here. The two most selective faculties by offer rate are Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences at 8.6% and King’s Business School at 19.3%, neither of which appears near the top of the applications table.
KCL Faculty of Arts & Humanities – Acceptance Rates Per Course
2025
| Course | Applications | Offers | Offer Rate | Acceptance Rate | Enrolment Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient History | 164 | 121 | 73.8% | 16.5% | 21.3% |
| Classical Studies and Comparative Literature | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Classical Studies with English | 116 | 86 | 74.1% | 22.4% | 20.7% |
| Classics and the Ancient World | 254 | 219 | 86.2% | 14.6% | 14.2% |
| Culture, Media and Creative Industries | 737 | 551 | 74.8% | 20.2% | 18.2% |
| Digital Media and Culture | 845 | 482 | 57.0% | 14.7% | 13.4% |
| English | 751 | 616 | 82.0% | 17.6% | 16.6% |
| English Film Studies | 150 | 118 | 78.7% | 21.3% | 21.3% |
| Film Studies | 423 | 286 | 67.6% | 19.6% | 17.7% |
| History | 816 | 710 | 87.0% | 15.7% | 15.0% |
| History and International Relations | 347 | 263 | 75.8% | 13.3% | 12.4% |
| History and Political Economy | 541 | 381 | 70.4% | 15.2% | 13.5% |
| Comparative Literature | 130 | 96 | 73.8% | 13.8% | 13.8% |
| Comparative Literature with Film Studies | 57 | 35 | 61.4% | 15.8% | 15.8% |
| English and Modern Languages with Year Abroad | 96 | 78 | 81.3% | 28.1% | 28.1% |
| History and Modern Languages with Year Abroad | 119 | 104 | 87.4% | 19.3% | 19.3% |
| Management and Modern Languages with Year Abroad | 515 | 384 | 74.6% | 23.7% | 22.5% |
| Modern Languages with Year Abroad | 162 | 125 | 77.2% | 13.6% | 11.7% |
| Philosophy and Modern Languages | 74 | 63 | 85.1% | 21.6% | 20.3% |
| Liberal Arts | 547 | 418 | 76.4% | 18.6% | 17.4% |
| Music | 273 | 214 | 78.4% | 14.3% | 13.6% |
| Philosophy | 397 | 321 | 80.9% | 17.6% | 16.4% |
| Mathematics and Philosophy | 168 | 121 | 72.0% | 15.5% | 14.3% |
| Religion, Philosophy and Ethics | 234 | 195 | 83.3% | 17.5% | 16.2% |
| Sociology, Politics and Religion | 310 | 236 | 76.1% | 19.7% | 17.1% |
| TOTAL | 8,227 | 6,223 | 75.6% | 17.5% | 16.4% |
KCL Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences – Acceptance Rates Per Course
2025
| Course | Applications | Offers | Offer Rate | Acceptance Rate | Enrolment Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dental Therapy and Hygiene | 1,500 | 64 | 4.3% | 2.3% | 2.1% |
| Dental Entry Programme for Medical Graduates BDS | 52 | 11 | 21.2% | 17.3% | 17.3% |
| Dentistry Graduate/Professional Entry Programme BDS | 275 | 25 | 9.1% | 7.3% | 7.3% |
| Dentistry Programme BDS | 1,325 | 171 | 12.9% | 8.5% | 8.2% |
| Enhanced Support Dentistry Programme BDS | 329 | 28 | 8.5% | 7.0% | 7.0% |
| TOTAL | 3,481 | 299 | 8.6% | 5.7% | 5.5% |
The Dickson Poon School of Law – Acceptance Rates Per Course
2025
| Course | Applications | Offers | Offer Rate | Acceptance Rate | Enrolment Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Law and Hong Kong Law | 64 | 11 | 17.2% | 1.6% | 1.6% |
| English Law and Spanish Law | 125 | 42 | 33.6% | 20.8% | 20.0% |
| English Law and French Law | 303 | 45 | 14.9% | 8.6% | 7.9% |
| English Law and German Law | 71 | 45 | 63.4% | 28.2% | 28.2% |
| Law | 3,925 | 868 | 22.1% | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| Politics, Philosophy and Law | 455 | 116 | 25.5% | 8.1% | 7.9% |
| TOTAL | 4,879 | 1,116 | 22.9% | 8.0% | 7.4% |
King's Business School – Acceptance Rates Per Course
2025
| Course | Applications | Offers | Offer Rate | Acceptance Rate | Enrolment Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting and Finance | 1,845 | 365 | 19.8% | 3.4% | 3.1% |
| Accounting and Finance with Year in Industry | 414 | 85 | 20.5% | 4.1% | 3.4% |
| Business Management | 3,616 | 478 | 13.2% | 2.6% | 2.1% |
| Business Management with Year in Industry | 874 | 145 | 16.6% | 4.7% | 4.6% |
| Economics and Management | 1,377 | 355 | 25.8% | 4.2% | 3.7% |
| Economics and Management with Year in Industry | 334 | 78 | 23.4% | 6.3% | 6.0% |
| International Management | 953 | 313 | 32.8% | 8.3% | 7.5% |
| TOTAL | 9,413 | 1,819 | 19.3% | 4.0% | 3.5% |
KCL Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine – Acceptance Rates Per Course
2025
| Course | Applications | Offers | Offer Rate | Acceptance Rate | Enrolment Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomy | 235 | 134 | 57.0% | 10.6% | 8.1% |
| Biochemistry | 1,070 | 908 | 84.9% | 16.0% | 13.9% |
| Biomedical Engineering (BEng) | 899 | 562 | 62.5% | 12.9% | 11.7% |
| Biomedical Engineering (MEng) | 264 | 174 | 65.9% | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| Biomedical Science | 2,688 | 2,117 | 78.8% | 13.0% | 10.5% |
| Medical Physiology | 95 | 60 | 63.2% | 12.6% | 9.5% |
| Medicine and Surgery (A100) | 2,810 | 762 | 27.1% | 11.8% | 11.7% |
| Medicine and Surgery MBBS (A101) | 759 | 131 | 17.3% | 10.5% | 10.5% |
| Medicine and Surgery Graduate Entry (A102) | 139 | 91 | 65.5% | 40.3% | 40.3% |
| Medicine and Surgery MBBS Graduate/Professional Entry | 770 | 32 | 4.2% | 3.2% | 3.1% |
| Medicine Maxfax Entry Programme | 58 | 3 | 5.2% | 3.4% | 3.4% |
| Molecular Genetics | 186 | 133 | 71.5% | 13.4% | 11.3% |
| Neuroscience | 608 | 436 | 71.7% | 11.7% | 10.4% |
| Nutritional Sciences | 219 | 149 | 68.0% | 16.9% | 15.1% |
| Pharmacology | 399 | 273 | 68.4% | 15.0% | 12.3% |
| Pharmacy and Forensic Science | 2,260 | 635 | 28.1% | 6.0% | 5.6% |
| Physiotherapy | 683 | 192 | 28.1% | 6.6% | 6.3% |
| Sport and Exercise Medical Science | 449 | 300 | 66.8% | 17.1% | 15.4% |
| TOTAL | 14,591 | 7,092 | 48.6% | 11.2% | 10.1% |
KCL Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences – Acceptance Rates Per Course
2025
| Course | Applications | Offers | Offer Rate | Acceptance Rate | Enrolment Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science with Management | 203 | 15 | 7.4% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Computer Science with Management and Year in Industry | 121 | 12 | 9.9% | 5.0% | 5.0% |
| Computer Science with Management and Year Abroad | 34 | 5 | 14.7% | 5.9% | 5.9% |
| Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) | 654 | 167 | 25.5% | 8.3% | 7.3% |
| Computer Science with Year Abroad | 53 | 18 | 34.0% | 7.5% | 7.5% |
| Computer Science with Year in Industry | 445 | 155 | 34.8% | 11.9% | 10.8% |
| Computer Science (BSc) | 2,477 | 877 | 35.4% | 8.7% | 7.7% |
| Physics and Biophysics (MSci) | 13 | 5 | 38.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Artificial Intelligence (BSc) | 299 | 125 | 41.8% | 14.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics with Management and Finance with Year in Industry | 112 | 48 | 42.9% | 12.5% | 12.5% |
| Computer Science (MSci) | 487 | 237 | 48.7% | 17.0% | 14.6% |
| Mathematics with Management and Finance | 696 | 357 | 51.3% | 14.2% | 13.2% |
| Artificial Intelligence with Year in Industry | 124 | 66 | 53.2% | 21.8% | 20.2% |
| Electronic Engineering (BEng) | 749 | 436 | 58.2% | 8.3% | 7.5% |
| Physics and Philosophy with Year Abroad (BSc) | 22 | 13 | 59.1% | 4.5% | 4.5% |
| Mathematics with Statistics | 515 | 306 | 59.4% | 12.4% | 11.7% |
| Mathematics with Statistics with Year in Industry | 36 | 22 | 61.1% | 19.4% | 19.4% |
| Physics and Philosophy (BSc) | 89 | 59 | 66.3% | 14.6% | 14.6% |
| Chemistry with Biomedicine (MSci) | 93 | 62 | 66.7% | 6.5% | 6.5% |
| Artificial Intelligence (MSci) | 100 | 67 | 67.0% | 21.0% | 18.0% |
| Physics with Year Abroad (BSc) | 20 | 14 | 70.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% |
| Physics with Biophysics (BSc) | 20 | 14 | 70.0% | 15.0% | 15.0% |
| Electronic Engineering (MEng) | 161 | 113 | 70.2% | 8.7% | 7.5% |
| General Engineering (BEng) | 1,007 | 709 | 70.4% | 10.6% | 9.4% |
| Mathematics (BSc) | 845 | 596 | 70.5% | 18.9% | 18.3% |
| Natural Sciences with Year in Industry | 29 | 21 | 72.4% | 20.7% | 20.7% |
| General Engineering (MEng) | 415 | 306 | 73.7% | 10.4% | 8.9% |
| Chemistry with Biomedicine with Year's Professional Placement (MSci) | 42 | 31 | 73.8% | 11.9% | 11.9% |
| Natural Sciences (BSc) | 193 | 146 | 75.6% | 17.1% | 11.4% |
| Chemistry with Biomedicine (BSc) | 137 | 104 | 75.9% | 18.2% | 16.8% |
| Mathematics (MSci) | 150 | 114 | 76.0% | 17.3% | 16.0% |
| Physics with Astrophysics and Cosmology (BSc) | 188 | 144 | 76.6% | 15.4% | 15.4% |
| Mathematics with Year in Industry | 31 | 24 | 77.4% | 38.7% | 38.7% |
| Mathematics with Year in Industry (MSci) | 14 | 11 | 78.6% | 21.4% | 21.4% |
| Physics with Theoretical Physics (BSc) | 95 | 75 | 78.9% | 14.7% | 14.7% |
| Physics and Philosophy (MSci) | 34 | 27 | 79.4% | 23.5% | 20.6% |
| Physics with Astrophysics and Cosmology (MSci) | 130 | 104 | 80.0% | 10.0% | 10.0% |
| Chemistry (BSc) | 564 | 457 | 81.0% | 9.4% | 8.7% |
| Chemistry with Year's Professional Placement (BSc) | 54 | 44 | 81.5% | 25.9% | 24.1% |
| Physics (BSc) | 608 | 501 | 82.4% | 16.8% | 15.8% |
| Physics with Theoretical Physics (MSci) | 80 | 67 | 83.8% | 6.3% | 6.3% |
| Chemistry with Biomedicine with Year's Professional Placement (BSc) | 31 | 26 | 83.9% | 35.5% | 32.3% |
| Chemistry (MSci) | 147 | 126 | 85.7% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| Physics (MSci) | 176 | 152 | 86.4% | 17.6% | 15.9% |
| Natural Sciences (MSci) | 68 | 59 | 86.8% | 17.6% | 17.6% |
| Chemistry with Year's Professional Placement (MSci) | 44 | 42 | 95.5% | 15.9% | 13.6% |
| Chemistry with Year in Industry (BSc) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Chemistry with Year in Industry (MSci) | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care – Acceptance Rates Per Course
2025
| Course | Applications | Offers | Offer Rate | Acceptance Rate | Enrolment Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing with Registration as an Adult Nurse (BSc) | 1,280 | 593 | 46.3% | 21.3% | 20.4% |
| Nursing with Registration as an Adult Nurse (MSc) | 180 | 69 | 38.3% | 19.4% | 18.9% |
| Nursing with Registration as a Children's Nurse (BSc) | 767 | 317 | 41.3% | 16.3% | 15.8% |
| Nursing with Registration as a Mental Health Nurse (BSc) | 542 | 155 | 28.6% | 10.7% | 10.5% |
| Nursing with Registration as a Mental Health Nurse (MSc) | 267 | 79 | 29.6% | 14.2% | 13.9% |
| Midwifery with Registration as a Midwife | 769 | 267 | 34.7% | 16.5% | 15.6% |
| Nursing with Registration as an Adult Nurse and a Mental Health Nurse (MSc) | 135 | 53 | 39.3% | 27.4% | 25.9% |
| TOTAL | 3,940 | 1,533 | 38.9% | 17.6% | 16.9% |
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience – Acceptance Rates Per Course
2025
| Course | Applications | Offers | Offer Rate | Acceptance Rate | Enrolment Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience and Psychology | 611 | 257 | 42.1% | 8.2% | 8.0% |
| Neuroscience and Psychology with Year Abroad | 185 | 79 | 42.7% | 11.4% | 8.1% |
| Neuroscience and Psychology with Professional Year | 258 | 120 | 46.5% | 17.1% | 16.3% |
| Psychology | 1,803 | 664 | 36.8% | 9.0% | 8.0% |
| Psychology with Professional Placement Year | 494 | 216 | 43.7% | 15.4% | 15.0% |
| Psychology with Year Abroad | 169 | 69 | 40.8% | 11.8% | 11.8% |
| TOTAL | 3,520 | 1,405 | 39.9% | 10.6% | 9.8% |
KCL Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy – Acceptance Rates Per Course
2025
| Course | Applications | Offers | Offer Rate | Acceptance Rate | Enrolment Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 2,863 | 806 | 28.2% | 4.0% | 3.4% |
| Philosophy, Politics and Economics | 1,450 | 521 | 35.9% | 7.0% | 5.8% |
| International Relations | 1,289 | 640 | 49.7% | 14.9% | 14.1% |
| Social Sciences | 919 | 493 | 53.6% | 12.2% | 11.0% |
| Political Economy | 612 | 413 | 67.5% | 17.0% | 15.7% |
| Politics | 593 | 419 | 70.7% | 16.0% | 15.0% |
| Geography | 519 | 465 | 89.6% | 21.6% | 20.2% |
| Geography and Environmental Science | 456 | 291 | 63.8% | 12.9% | 12.5% |
| International Development | 426 | 360 | 84.5% | 20.4% | 19.0% |
| Global Health and Social Science | 232 | 188 | 81.0% | 15.9% | 15.5% |
| English Language and Linguistics | 208 | 144 | 69.2% | 15.4% | 14.4% |
| War Studies | 251 | 205 | 81.7% | 29.5% | 28.3% |
| European Politics | 280 | 238 | 85.0% | 24.3% | 23.2% |
| Global Health and Social Medicine | 167 | 123 | 73.7% | 16.8% | 15.0% |
| War Studies and History | 142 | 107 | 75.4% | 23.9% | 23.2% |
| International Development with a Year Abroad | 105 | 89 | 84.8% | 20.0% | 18.1% |
| European Studies French Pathway with a Year Abroad | 91 | 80 | 87.9% | 26.4% | 24.2% |
| Global Health and Social Medicine with a Year Abroad | 67 | 46 | 68.7% | 13.4% | 13.4% |
| European Studies Spanish Pathway with a Year Abroad | 47 | 38 | 80.9% | 21.3% | 19.1% |
| European Studies German Pathway with a Year Abroad | 24 | 17 | 70.8% | 20.8% | 20.8% |
| Global Health and Social Science with a Year Abroad | 23 | 16 | 69.6% | 21.7% | 17.4% |
| TOTAL | 10,764 | 5,699 | 52.9% | 12.3% | 11.3% |
KCL Admissions – STEM Vs Humanities
At a high level, KCL’s admissions data shows a surprisingly balanced picture between STEM and Humanities subjects. The overall offer rates are almost identical — 45.6% for STEM vs 44.6% for Humanities — and the same is true for acceptance rates, which sit at 11.6% and 10.6% respectively.
What these near-identical averages hide, however, is a difference in how selectivity is applied. STEM courses tend to be more selective earlier in the process, particularly in areas like Medicine, Dentistry and Computer Science, where offer rates can drop sharply due to limited places and additional screening (e.g. admissions tests or interviews). Humanities and Social Science subjects, by contrast, often extend offers more broadly, with competition shifting towards meeting grade conditions and final conversion.
KCL Humanities Admissions Statistics 2025
Applicants: 33,347
Offers: 14,868
Acceptances: 3,529
Enrolments: 3,264
Offer Rate: 44.6%
Acceptance Rate: 10.6%
Enrolment Rate: 9.8%
Across Humanities, the key pattern is the gap between offer rate and acceptance rate. Many courses admit a relatively large proportion of applicants at the offer stage, but a much smaller proportion ultimately enrol. This reflects both high grade requirements and the fact that applicants in subjects like Law, Economics and Politics are often choosing between multiple top universities.
KCL STEM Admissions Statistics 2025
Applicants: 38,139
Offers: 17,409
Acceptances: 4,434
Enrolments: 4,079
Offer Rate: 45.6%
Acceptance Rate: 11.6%
Enrolment Rate: 10.7%
STEM follows a slightly different pattern. While the overall rates are similar, outcomes are more polarised by course: highly competitive programmes filter heavily at the offer stage, while others (particularly in the sciences) extend offers more generously and rely on grade attainment for final selection. As a result, once an offer is secured, STEM applicants are often marginally more likely to convert it into a place.
How to Improve Your Chances of Getting Into KCL
Understanding the acceptance rate data is one thing. Knowing what to do with it is another. Here are the most important factors that determine whether a KCL application succeeds.
Meet and exceed the grade requirements
As discussed throughout this guide, the published entry requirements at KCL are a floor, not a target. For competitive programmes like Law, Economics and Business Management, the realistic profile of a successful applicant sits above the minimum. If your predicted grades only just meet the bar, your application is in a more vulnerable position than you might think.
Invest in your personal statement
Your personal statement carries significant weight as the primary piece of evidence for your academic motivation and subject knowledge. This is particularly true for Arts and Humanities, Law and Social Sciences programmes, where the admissions team is looking for genuine intellectual engagement with the subject rather than a list of extracurricular achievements.
Prepare for admissions tests where required
It’s crucial that you get familiar with the relevant admissions test you will be sitting both in terms of questions they ask and their format and timing.
Prepare Thoroughly for Interviews
Medicine and Dentistry are the programmes most likely to involve a formal interview at KCL. For Medicine in particular, the interview is a decisive stage in the process, and preparation should be treated with the same seriousness as the academic requirements. Our KCL Medicine entry requirements guide covers what that process involves in detail.
Seek Expert Support if You Feel You Need It
Getting these elements right simultaneously is not straightforward, particularly for the most competitive KCL programmes where the margin for error is small. If you want structured expert guidance through every stage of your application, from course selection and personal statement to interview preparation and results day strategy, UniAdmissions’ KCL Full-Blue Programme is designed specifically for applicants targeting KCL.
With thousands of applicants competing for a limited number of places at King’s College London, strong grades alone are rarely enough.
The most successful applicants combine academic excellence with a well-prepared, strategically positioned application. UniAdmissions’ KCL Programme is designed to help you do exactly that, with expert guidance tailored to the demands of competitive courses.
Learn more about how the programme can support your application below.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Is KCL harder to get into than other Russell Group universities?
At an overall level, KCL’s offer rate of 45.2% places it broadly in the middle of the Russell Group — more selective than many universities, but less so than the most competitive institutions like Oxford and Cambridge, whose offer rates are typically closer to 15–22%.
However, this comparison becomes much more meaningful at subject level. KCL courses such as Law, Economics, Business Management and Dentistry are among the most competitive of their kind across the UK, while subjects like History, Geography and many Arts programmes tend to have higher offer rates. In practice, how difficult KCL is to get into depends far more on your chosen course than the university overall.
Does KCL use contextual admissions?
Yes. KCL’s contextual admissions programme can reduce entry requirements by up to two A-level grades for eligible UK undergraduate applicants. Eligibility is based on specific criteria, including completion of KCL’s K+ programme, receipt of Free School Meals, care experience, estrangement from family, forced displacement or young adult carer status. The process is largely automatic through UCAS, though some circumstances require supporting evidence via the King’s Apply portal.
It is worth noting that Medicine, Dentistry and English Law and Hong Kong Law are excluded from the standard contextual offer reduction. Eligible Medicine and Dentistry applicants may instead apply for the Extended Medical Degree Programme or Enhanced Support Dentistry Programme respectively. An offer is never guaranteed under the contextual admissions process.
Why is there such a big gap between offer rate and acceptance rate?
This is one of the most important features of KCL’s admissions data.
The offer rate shows how many applicants receive an offer, while the acceptance rate reflects how many ultimately secure a place. The gap between the two is driven by two main factors:
- Many applicants hold multiple offers and choose another university
- Some applicants do not meet their grade conditions on results day
A large gap (as seen in courses like Economics or Business Management) usually indicates high grade requirements and strong competition from other universities, rather than a lack of selectivity.
Does applying to a less competitive course improve your chances?
Potentially, but only to a limited extent.
Courses with higher offer rates may increase your chances of receiving an offer, but entry requirements remain high across all KCL programmes, and you will still need a strong academic profile to be competitive.
More importantly, switching to a course purely because it appears “less competitive” is only advisable if it genuinely aligns with your academic interests. Admissions tutors are looking for clear subject motivation, and this is often reflected in the strength of your personal statement (or future UCAS structured responses) and/or interview.
