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Celebrating 50 years
The University of Kent was granted its Royal Charter on 4 January 1965 and the first undergraduate students arrived in October of that year. The 50th Anniversary celebrations begin in October 2014 and culminate in an Alumni reunion weekend in September 2015. This landmark anniversary is an opportunity to celebrate our heritage, success and ongoing contribution to knowledge that reaches across the globe.
Pride in our past
From a university that started with some 500 students and 150 staff on a greenfield (and rather muddy) site, the University of Kent has grown today into an institution of over 19,000 students and over 3,000 staff.
Inspiring your future
The 50th anniversary offers staff, students, alumni and friends of the University an opportunity to come together and celebrate everything that we have achieved. More importantly, it is a challenge to all of us to create a lasting legacy that will shape the University for the next 50 years. This is your chance to shape our future.
Celebrating in the School of Computing
Chess grandmaster at 50th Festival
International chess Grandmaster, John Emms, will be helping the School of Computing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the University of Kent on Saturday 5 September 2015. As well as giving talks about chess and computing, John will demonstrate his remarkable chess skills by playing blindfolded and by playing up to 15 people simultaneously.
Kent Crypto Challenge
The Kent
Crypto Challenge is text, encrypted with the Enigma machine,
that needs to be cracked! Can you unlock Second World War coding
systems? The Kent Crypto Challenge is now closed - thank you to all who entered!
School of Computing Timeline
The School of Computing is creating a professionally curated walking timeline around the school corridors. During the Alumni weekend in September 2015 there will interactive displays, hardware and software demonstrations. It will be free to visitors and staff and students will be on hand to talk to them about the future of the school and computer science.
K-MOOCs Beacon Project
The ‘K-MOOCs’ Beacon Project, jointly proposed by UELT and the School of Computing, aims to explore the feasibility of the University of Kent offering Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), with the ultimate aim to showcase and promote expertise, scholarship and research at Kent for a global audience.