King’s College London is one of England’s oldest and most prestigious university institutions: a multi-faculty research-led university college based in the heart of London with over 23,000 students, of whom more than 8,600 are graduate students. It is ranked as one of the world’s top 25 universities in the world (2010 QS international world rankings), The Sunday Times ‘University of the Year 2010/11′ and the fourth oldest in England.  King’s College London offers an intellectually rigorous environment supported by welcoming and caring traditions.

The Department of War Studies is focused on promoting our understanding of warfare in all its myriad forms, including, conventional wars, wars of national liberation, civil wars, counter insurgency wars, new wars, and the so-called “war on global terror”.

The Department, headed by Prof Mervyn Frost, was rated third for teaching excellence after Oxford and Cambridge in the 2011 Guardian University Guide for Politics.

The War Studies Group-comprising the departments of War Studies and Defence Studies-contributes to public life, participates in national and international networks, maintaining its international reputation for excellence in scholarship and policy-relevant research.

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