📸 At a Glance
🌍 Canterbury, Kent, South of England
🎓 Russell Group ❌
⚖️ Race Equality Charter ✅ Bronze Award
💷 Scholarships Available ✅
🏅 Ranking: 33 (Complete University Guide 2026)
🔎 Overview
The University of Kent’s main campus is in Canterbury, Kent, with a second campus at Medway and a postgraduate centre in Paris. It offers degrees across subjects including law, business, architecture, art and design, anthropology, history of art, social policy and social work, communications and media, languages, journalism, film production, politics, religious studies and theology, economics, and English and creative writing.
📊 Ethnicity Breakdown
- Black: 22%
- Mixed race: 7%
- White: 54%
- Asian: 14%
- Other: 3%
- Not known: 1%
💷 Scholarships & Funding
⚠️ This university has no scholarships specifically for Black students, however check their widening participation and general awards, as you may still qualify based on your circumstances and academic achievement.
- GREAT Scholarships (Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria) – The University of Kent offers £10,000 GREAT Scholarships for students from Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria applying for a one-year taught Masters programme, funded jointly by the UK Government’s GREAT Britain campaign and the British Council.
- Kent International Scholarships (UG &PG) – International students accepting an offer for a Kent undergraduate programme starting in September 2026 or January 2027 may be eligible for a £5,000 Kent International Scholarship.
- Kent International Scholarship (PGT) September 2026 and January 2027:
- Kent International Scholarship Postgraduate Taught (KBS)- September 2026 – Kent Business School offers an automatic £3,000 scholarship for postgraduate taught students from Nigeria who accept their offer to study full-time.
- Kent International Scholarship Postgraduate Taught – September 2026 – An automatic £5,000 scholarship for students from Nigeria who accept their offer to study at the University of Kent.
👩🏿🎓👨🏾🎓 Student Life & Support
- Afro-Caribbean Society (ACS)
- Black Intellectuals Society
- Black Student Voices
- Black Art Studies Society
- African-Caribbean Society
- Ghana Society
- Nigerian Society
- Nigerian Law Society
- East African Society
- West African Union
- Pan African Think Tank
- Kent Caribbean Union
- Medway African & Caribbean Association
*The university also points students to its full clubs and societies directory under cultural/national societies, which may include additional or more up-to-date groups not listed here.
📣 Things Uni To Know
Report + Support (racism & discrimination) – Report + Support is the University of Kent’s official platform for reporting bullying, harassment, discrimination, sexual misconduct and hate incidents, with anonymous or named reporting options and access to appropriate support and follow-up.
International student support – International students can access visa and immigration advice, cultural adjustment support, peer mentoring and dedicated international student advisers.
