Casita offers off-campus student accommodation in London near King’s College London - Guy’s Campus with a wide range of room types with a variety of prices to suit all needs and budgets. The off-campus accommodation offered is usually within walking distance from the College or just a short ride away. Almost all of the accommodation options offer facilities such as Wi-Fi, laundry services, and inclusive bills.
Why Study at King's College London - Guy's Campus?
Guy’s Campus is home to the Dental Institute and the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine. It’s located close to London Bridge on the South Bank of the River Thames, next to Guy's Hospital, this is an increasingly fashionable area with many restaurants, bars, markets, and creative businesses.
There are many places that are located nearby Guy’s Campus such as the London Bridge station/tube which is just a 1-minute walk from Guy’s Campus, the Hay's Galleria shopping mall, Borough Market which is considered one of the oldest fruit and vegetable markets in London, Southwark Cathedral, Tate Modern which is a contemporary art gallery, and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
Courses
The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in many subject areas, and it consists of a number of schools as well.
The faculty’s schools are Basic & Medical Biosciences, Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences, Population Health & Environmental Sciences, Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences,
Immunology & Microbial Sciences, Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Life Course Sciences.
Undergraduate courses are offered in subjects such as Anatomy, Biochemistry, Common Year One, Genetics, Medicine, Immunology, Nutrition, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Pharmacy, Physiology, Physiotherapy, and Sport & Exercise Medical Sciences.
Postgraduate courses are offered in subject areas such as Biomedical & Life Sciences, Public Health, Imaging Sciences, Pharmacy, Pharmacology & Forensic Science, and Specialist Training for Medical Professionals.
Facilities
The facilities at Guy’s Campus include library services which have been recently transformed and upgraded to New Hunt’s House Library with improvements including better sound-proofing, more study areas as well as more group study rooms. The campus also includes a number of buildings which are Britannia House, Greenwood Theatre, Guy’s Hospital, Henriette Raphael Building, Hodgkin Building, New Hunt’s House, Science Gallery London, and Shepherd's House.
There has been a £3 million refurbishment completed at the Chantler Clinical Skills Centre at Shepherd’s House which has modernized the Centre, creating a new and innovative learning and teaching environment and a high fidelity clinical simulation suite.
Teaching rooms have also been refurbished to meet current Disability and Health & Safety regulation standards. In the Hodgkin Building, there is now a wheelchair refuge and ramp, the upgraded toilets include a disabled WC and handrails have been fixed to walls, helping to make the College more compliant.
The Greenwood Lecture Theatre has been upgraded and now has a more contemporary colour scheme, modern lighting, re-upholstered seating, and new carpets in all communal areas.
The Learning & Teaching Space Improvement Programme Board has part-funded the new learning hub café, Keats café, at New Hunt’s House. It sells coffee served by trained Barristers and light snacks.
Other Campuses and Institutions
King’s College London - Waterloo Campus
King’s College London - St Thomas’ Campus
King’s College London - Denmark Hill Campus
