Cambridge Colleges Kings College

History of King’s College

King’s College was founded in 1441 by King Henry VI to be a grand college with the Chapel at its centre. But of his plans for the College, only the Chapel was ever completed. It took almost 100 years to finish this magnificent building, one of Europe’s finest examples of gothic architecture.

Life at King’s

Living at King’s College is not all hard work with no play. The College has a range of sports and societies for students and the social life of the college centres around its bar. Plus, pranks have been played… In 2009, some dare-devil students climbed up the chapel tower and placed Santa hats on the four turrets!

King’s Alumni

Alumni include Alan Turing: code-breaking hero from WW2, Xu Zhimo: famous Chinese poet, Rupert Brooke: English war poet and John Maynard Keynes: revolutionary British economist.