2026年5月，伦敦国王学院（KCL）与克兰菲尔德大学（Cranfield）正式签署合并协议。
计划 2027年8月完成整合，打造学生规模约4.7万人的英国 “超级大学”，仅次于UCL。
伦敦国王学院
KCL是罗素集团核心成员、伦敦金三角名校，也是英国历史最悠久的大学之一。QS、US、THE、ARWU四大世界排名基本都在前50！
拥有9大学院，优势学科及领域集中在人文社科、法学、医学等，其中医学院规模全英最大，牙医学院、护理学院全球顶尖；政治学、英语语言文学、心理学实力顶尖；法学院为全英最古老之一。
KCL的底子一直很好。他们的护理专业在英国排第一，全球第二。牙科也是英国第一，全球第五。医学排全球第11。政治学、英语、地理、哲学、心理学都在全球前15。全校有26个学科进了全球前50。
但是KCL有一个明显的问题。他们的工科不够强，而且把研究变成产品的能力也比较弱。
克兰菲尔德大学
克兰菲尔德这所学校很特殊，他们只招硕士和博士。所以他们没有QS综合排名。
但是他们的机械、航空与制造工程在QS学科排名里排英国第5、全球第55。工程硕士的学生人数也是英国最多的。他们是全世界唯一一所拥有自己机场、跑道和飞机的大学。
两所学校合并之后，克兰菲尔德的科研资源和行业网络都会进入KCL。业内普遍认为，KCL的QS排名会上升，可能会进入20到25名这个区间。长期来看，他们有可能冲击前20。
申请门槛可能跟着涨
参考今年G5集体涨分的趋势，以及港大排名上升后申请门槛水涨船高的先例，KCL合并后语言要求存在上调压力。
排名每往上挪一名，申请热度就会翻倍。KCL现在的硕士项目大多要求雅思7.0，单项不低于6.5。一些热门专业已经要求7.0，单项不低于7.0。
如果排名真的冲进前20，申请量会更大，语言门槛可能也会更严格。均分要求、实习要求、科研经历要求，这些都会跟着卷起来。
计划申26/27Fall的同学，趁合并完成前尽快考出雅思。现在总分7.0、单项6.5是底线，总分7.0、单项7.0才是安全线。别等涨分了再后悔！
新赛道出现，选校逻辑要变
合并之后，KCL已经公布了重点发展方向：航空航天、先进制造、人工智能、环境资源、能源、安全与国防。
工科学生可能会发现，以前申请克兰菲尔德只能拿到行业强校的学位，以后可能直接拿到KCL学位。性价比直接起飞。
文科和商科学生也可以关注新的交叉学科。这些新专业在刚开始申请的时候，竞争可能比传统热门专业小一些。属于“信息差红利”。
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