King's College London（伦敦国王学院）entry requirements for Chinese students (2026) — minimum average mark, university list tiers and programme extras
The minimum average mark, side by side
King's College London sets its China entry requirements by UK degree class, with a different weighted average for 211院校 & 双一流院校 than for 非211院校. For 2026, the thresholds are:
| UK degree class | 211院校 & 双一流院校 | 非211院校 |
|---|---|---|
| First Class Bachelor's degree | 88% | 90% |
| High 2:1 (Honours) degree | 85% | 88% |
| 2:1 (Honours) degree | 80% | 85% |
| High 2:2 (Honours) degree | 77% | 80% |
| 2:2 (Honours) degree | 75% | 77% |
The pattern is consistent across all five rows: the non-211 threshold sits three to five percentage points above the 211/双一流 threshold. Note that the two columns are listed in the official material as 211院校 & 双一流院校 and 非211院校.
If your degree is reported as a GPA
Where your qualification is graded as a Grade Point Average, the published position is a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.3–3.5 on a 4.0 scale.
How the university list tiers work
Applications follow each course's own entry requirements on the official site, and those requirements differentiate between domestic 211/双一流 institutions and 非211 institutions when it comes to the score.
Beyond the score, the material also notes that you will be a stronger candidate for admission if you have high grades and are attending a university considered prestigious — listed as prestigious by UK ENIC or within the Project 211/Double First Class list. That is a statement about being a stronger candidate, not a separate published cut-off, so don't read it as an additional threshold you can calculate against.
How many Chinese universities sit in each list is not stated in the material, and no specific institution is assigned to a tier by name. Which list your own university falls on is something to confirm with KCL directly.
Programme-specific extras
Some programmes set additional conditions. For postgraduate programmes within the King's Business School and certain other programmes — the material names Data Science MSc, Master of Laws (LLM), Political Economy MA and Public Policy MA — offers will usually only be made to applicants from a restricted set of institutions. The list of qualifying institutions, and the full set of programmes carrying that restriction, is not reproduced in the material: check the university's own pages, which take precedence.
The same applies to the rest of the extras people look for:
- Check each programme's page for its own entry requirements before applying.
- Confirm whether that programme requires a GMAT or other standardised test score.
- Confirm whether a portfolio or interview forms part of the application.
- Confirm whether the programme accepts full-time, part-time or other study modes, and whether your preferred mode is offered at all.
None of these details are stated in the material, so treat them as unconfirmed until you read the programme page yourself.
Where to verify each figure
Every figure above comes from KCL's published China entry requirements. Because requirements, thresholds and programme conditions can change between intakes, verify against the programme page on kcl.ac.uk before you commit to a course list — the university's own pages take precedence over this summary.
King's College London holds a QS 2027 position of 37th in the QS World University Rankings, but that is a ranking, not an entry requirement.