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| − | '''Kingston University''' in the [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames]] is one of the [[United Kingdom|UK's]] newest [[university|universities]], having formerly been a [[polytechnic]] until [[1992]], when it changed status.
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| − | It is conveniently placed within south-west [[London]] with good rail, bus and road connections. In December [[2003]] University served 16,914 students in the numerous fields. The student profile is varied, and includes undergraduates who come soon after leaving [[school]] or [[college]], [[mature student]]s, postgraduate students studying full time.
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| − | It operates on several sites:
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| − | * Penryhn Road
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| − | * Kingston Hill
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| − | * Knights Park
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| − | * Roehampton Vale
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| − | The university also hosts [[Kingston Business School]] which is based on the Kingston Hill site.
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| − | ==[[Bachelor's degree|Undergraduate Fields]]==
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| − | * [[Architecture]]
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| − | * [[Visual arts and design|Art and Design]]
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| − | * [[Business]]
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| − | * [[Chemistry|Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences]]
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| − | * [[Computer science|Computing]]
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| − | * [[Earth science|Earth Sciences]]
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| − | * [[Economics]]
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| − | * [[Education]]
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| − | * [[Electronics]]
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| − | * [[Engineering]]
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| − | * [[Geography|Geography/Geographical Information Systems]]
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| − | * [[Health|Health and Social Care Sciences]]
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| − | * [[Humanity|Humanities]]
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| − | * Languages
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| − | * [[Law]]
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| − | * Life Sciences
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| − | * [[Mathematics|Mathematics and Statistics]]
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| − | * Performance, Film Studies and Media and Cultural Studies
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| − | * [[Music]]
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| − | * [[Social Sciences]]
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| − | * Social Work
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| − | * [[Surveying]]
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| − | ==Postgraduate Courses==
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| − | * Accounting and Finance MA
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| − | * Advanced Industrial and Manufacturing Systems PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Advocacy: Political Communication, Campaigning and Advocacy MA
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| − | * Aerospace Engineering PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Analytical Chemistry PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Animation: Illustration and Animation MA
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| − | * Applied Geographical Information Systems PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Practice MA
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| − | * Architecture Graduate Diploma
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| − | * Architecture (Design) MArch
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| − | * Architecture (Thinking Building) MA
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| − | * Architecture: Landscape Architecture PgDip
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| − | * Architecture: Professional Practice PgDip/MA
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| − | * Art and Space MA
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| − | * Art History MA
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| − | * Biomedical Science PgCert/PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Business and Economic Forecasting MSc
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| − | * Business Administration MBA
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| − | * Business Administration DBA
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| − | * Business Information Technology MSc
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| − | * Business Law LLM
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| − | * Business Management MA
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| − | * Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Diploma
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| − | * Chemistry: Analytical Chemistry PgCert/PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Childcare: Professional Child Care Studies PgCert/PgDip/MA
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| − | * Civil Engineering PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Clinical Data Management PgCert/PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Communication: Graphic Communication MA
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| − | * Communications: Data Communications PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Community Care Studies PgCert/PgDip/MA
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| − | * Composing for Film and Television MA
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| − | * Composing for New Media MA
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| − | * Construction Management and Construction Law MSc
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| − | * Construction: Structural Design and Construction Management PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Construction Management and Construction Law PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Corporate Governance MA
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| − | * Creative Writing MA
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| − | * Curating Contemporary Design MA
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| − | * Data Communications PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Data: Clinical Data Management PgCert/PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Design: Architecture (Design) MArch
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| − | * Design: Curating Contemporary Design MA
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| − | * Design: Fashion MA
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| − | * Design: Production Design for Film and Television MA
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| − | * Design: Screen Design for Film and Television MA 21
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| − | * Design: Structural Design and Construction Management PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Design: Virtual Product Design Engineering PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Design History MA
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| − | * Direct Marketing MA
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| − | * Dispute Resolution LLM
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| − | * Dispute Resolution: Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Practice MA
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| − | * Doctor of Business Administration DBA
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| − | * Doctor of Education EdD
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| − | * Drawing as Process MA
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| − | * Economic: Business and Economic Forecasting MSc
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| − | * Education Doctorate
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| − | * Education MA
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| − | * Education: Music Education MA
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| − | * Education: Primary PGCE
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| − | * Education: Professional Education and Training in Human Services PgCert/PgDip/MA
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| − | * Education: Professional Studies in Education PgCert/PgDip
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| − | * Education: Secondary PGCE
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| − | * Electronic Commerce PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Employment Law* LLM
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| − | * Employment Relations and Law MA/LLM
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| − | * Engineering: Aerospace PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Engineering: Civil PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Engineering: Mechanical PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Engineering: Software PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Engineering: Virtual Product Design PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Engineering Systems Management PgDip/MSc
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| − | * English: Issues in Twentieth Century Literature MA
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| − | * English: Nineteenth Century Literature MA
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| − | * English: Popular Literatures
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| − | * Environmental and Earth Resources Management PgCert/PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Ethnomusicology MA
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| − | * European Real Estate (Immobilia) MA
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| − | * Executive Master's Programme in Human Resources
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| − | * Fashion Design for Industry MA
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| − | * Film: Composing for Film and Television MA
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| − | * Film: Production Design for Film and Television MA
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| − | * Film: Screen Design for Film and Television MA
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| − | * Film Studies MA
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| − | * Finance: Accounting and MA
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| − | * Finance: International MA
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| − | * Financial Management: Strategic MA
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| − | * Geographical: Applied Geographical Information Systems MSc
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| − | * Geographical Information Management MSc
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| − | * Governance: Corporate MA
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| − | * Graphic Communication MA
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| − | * Health: Professional Mental Health Studies PgCert/PgDip/MA
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| − | * History: Art MA
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| − | * History: Design MA
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| − | * History: Local MA
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| − | * Human Resource Management PgDip/MA
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| − | * Human Resource Strategy and Change MA
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| − | * Human Rights MA
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| − | * Illustration and Animation MA
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| − | * Immobilia (European Real Estate) MA
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| − | * Information Systems PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Information Systems: Applied Geographical PgCert/Pg/Dip/MSc
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| − | * Information Technology PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Information Technology: Business MSc
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| − | * Internal Communication Management PgDip
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| − | * International Conflict MSc
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| − | * International Finance MA
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| − | * Issues in Twentieth Century Literature MA
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| − | * Landscape Architecture PgDip
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| − | * Landscape and Urbanism MA
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| − | * Law: Graduate Diploma
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| − | * Law: Construction Management and Construction Law MSc
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| − | * Law: Employment LLM
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| − | * Law: General LLM
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| − | * Learning Contract MA/MSc
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| − | * Learning Technologies PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Legal Studies MA
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| − | * Literature: Issues in Twentieth Century MA
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| − | * Literature: Nineteenth Century MA
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| − | * Local History MA
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| − | * Management Studies PgDip(DMS)/MA
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| − | * Marketing MA
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| − | * Marketing: Direct MA
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| − | * Marketing: Strategic Marketing Management MA
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| − | * Market Research MA
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| − | * Master of Business Administration MBA
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| − | * Masters by Learning Contract
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| − | * Mechanical Engineering PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Media: Writing for the Contemporary MA
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| − | * Midwifery PgCert/PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Mobile Location-based Services PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Motorsport Vehicle Dynamics PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Music MA
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| − | * Music Composition MA
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| − | * Music Education MA
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| − | * Musicology MA
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| − | * Musicology: Ethnomusicology MA
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| − | * Music Performance MA
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| − | * Nineteenth Century Literature MA
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| − | * Nutrition Support PgCert/PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Performance: Music MA
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| − | * Pharmaceutical Analysis PgCert/PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Pharmaceutical Science MSc
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| − | * Political Communication, Campaigning and Advocacy MA
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| − | * Primary Education PGCE
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| − | * Production Design for Film and Television MA
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| − | * Product Design: Virtual Product Design Engineering PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Professional Childcare Studies PgCert/PgDip/MA
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| − | * Professional Education and Training in Human Services PgCert/PgDip/MA
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| − | * Professional Mental Health Studies PgCert/PgDip/MA
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| − | * Professional Practice (Architecture) PgDip/MA
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| − | * Professional Studies in Education PgCert/PgDip
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| − | * Radiography PgCert/PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Real Estate MSc
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| − | * Real Estate: European Real Estate (Immobilia) MA
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| − | * Secondary Education PGCE
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| − | * Science: Biomedical PgCert/PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Science: Pharmaceutical MSc
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| − | * Screen Design for Film and Television MA
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| − | * Social Care: Professional Childcare Studies PgCert/PgDip/MA
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| − | * Social Care: Community Care Studies PgCert/PgDip/MA
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| − | * Social Care: Professional Education and Training in HumanServices PgCert/PgDip/MA
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| − | * Software Engineering PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Strategic Financial Management MA
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| − | * Strategic Human Resource Development MA
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| − | * Strategic Human Resource Management MA
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| − | * Strategic Marketing Management MA
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| − | * Structural Design and Construction Management PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Sustainable Futures MA
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| − | * Vehicle: Motorsport Vehicle Dynamics MSc
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| − | * Virtual Product Design Engineering PgDip/MSc
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| − | * Writing for the Contemporary Media MA
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| − | ==Research Degrees==
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| − | * Master of Science by Research (MSc) / Master of Arts by Research (MA)
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| − | * Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
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| − | * Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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| − | * Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
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| − | * Doctor of Education (EdD)
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| − | ==Fields of Short Courses==
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| − | * Short courses in Art, Design and Music
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| − | * Short courses in Arts and Social Sciences
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| − | * Short courses in Education
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| − | * Short courses in Surveying
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| − | * Short courses in Technology (Computing, Engineering)
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | * [http://www.kingston.ac.uk/ Official University Website]
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| − | * [http://www.kingstonuniversity.org/ Independent Kingston University Student Forum]
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| − | * [http://www.kingstonsu.co.uk/ Kingston University Student Union (KUSU)]
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| − | * [http://www.kingston.ac.uk/about_ku/facts-figures/history-of-kingston-text.pdf 'A History of Kingston University', by Professor Michael Gibson]
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