Ever since our foundation in 1965, the University has benefited from the generosity of thousands of supporters, alumni and friends, who together have built new facilities such as our beautiful Colyer-Fergusson Music Building, supported world-leading research, provided scholarships to gifted students and developed new student services.
In fact, the University was built on philanthropy, with £700,000 - the equivalent of over £10 million today - donated by a group of more than 100 benefactors to help set up the then University of Kent at Canterbury. Because of their generosity, today Kent is home to nearly 20,000 students and has a community of over 195,000 alumni worldwide.
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We are all most grateful for your continued generosity towards Kent and I look forward to working with you to ensure that our University continues to go from strength to strength.