Pride in our Past
Pride in our Past
The small community of students and staff who arrived in 1965 were our pioneers, shaping the University of Kent into the inclusive, international and inspiring community that it is today
Where it all began...
From a university starting with some 500 students and 150 staff on a greenfield (and rather muddy) site, the University of Kent has grown today into an institution of over 19,000 students and over 3,000 staff.
Three Queen’s Anniversary Prizes – for our Kent Law Clinic the Tizard Centre and, most recently, the Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology - reinforce our reputation for the quality and distinctiveness of our academic offer.
With campuses at Canterbury and Medway and centres in Brussels and Paris, Kent is is a university for its region and beyond.
Take a trip down memory lane
Watch these videos and get a glimpse of how things were before...
UKC campus
Step back in time for a glimpse of life at the 'University of Kent at Canterbury (UKC)' as it was in the early years.
University of Kent campus in the early days
Colour archive footage of Cornwallis being constructed, a production in the Gulbenkian Theatre and the ever-popular Keynes duck pond.
Canterbury City
Archive footage of the city of Canterbury from a video from 1966 reporting on the University of Kent's opening year and plans for the future.
