King's was established in by King George IV and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington , when it received its first royal charter as a university college , and is one of the oldest universities in England. It is the 12th largest university in the United Kingdom by total enrolment. It is a member of academic organisations including the Association of Commonwealth Universities , European University Association , and the Russell Group. It is the largest European centre for graduate and post-graduate medical teaching and biomedical research, by number of students, [11] and includes the world's first nursing school, the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery. Alumni also include heads of states, governments and intergovernmental organisations; nineteen members of the current House of Commons and seventeen members of the current House of Lords ; and the recipients of three Oscars , three Grammys and an Emmy. King's enjoys royal patronage by virtue of its foundation. The current patron is Queen Elizabeth II. King's College, so named to indicate the patronage of King George IV , was founded in in response to the theological controversy surrounding the founding of "London University" which later became University College, London in


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