About Us

We are a modern, friendly university, renowned for academic excellence, a welcoming atmosphere and strong community spirit. Based in the historic city of Canterbury, with a network of campuses and centres throughout the beautiful county of Kent, the University offers excellent teaching facilities in unique and inspiring locations.

We are the largest centre of higher education in Kent for the public services - notably teacher training, nursing, policing, health and social care - and a significant provider of programmes in a wide range of academic and professional areas. In total we offer over a thousand academic and professional study programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level.