For you as a student, nothing will change for the foreseeable future. You will continue to study at and graduate from Kent as planned. In time, we hope this collaboration will create more opportunities and benefits for students, but your day-to-day experience will remain the same.
See the FAQs below for more information. If these don't answer your questions you can email FutureKent@kent.ac.uk
*Name TBC following a formal Office for Students process.
FAQs for current students
Nothing changes for students other than being part of a larger multi-university group from 1 August 2026 – with future access to a wider range of facilities and greater employability opportunities across the group being explored. There is no direct impact on your course, modules, teaching or campus location.
There are no planned relocations of teaching for current students or new students applying for the 2026/27 academic year. For now, students at Greenwich and at Kent will continue to use the transport, support services and facilities at their own university.
You will continue to study at your chosen university on your chosen course. Your degree will be awarded by your chosen university (Kent) and as such you cannot pick-and-mix modules across the two institutions.
You will be awarded your degree by the institution at which you commenced your studies – this has not changed. You are still a student at the University of Kent. It’s just your university is now part of a bigger group, similar to the way in which some schools are part of a larger multi-academy trust.
UKVI has confirmed that all existing student visa sponsorship arrangements with the Universities of Greenwich and Kent will simply transfer to the new multi-university group.
The Student Loans Company has confirmed that there will be no changes to existing loan arrangements as a result of the merger.
There are currently no planned changes. As individual organisations, we continually review our portfolio and curricula. Like all universities we will also always be subject to normal workforce changes as people move on or progress, but there are clear processes in place to ensure this will not affect your ability to complete your course.
There will be no impact on current bursaries or scholarships. Contracts will simply move over to the new university group.
Graduation ceremonies will continue as they currently are at each institution, with University of Kent students graduating at Canterbury and Rochester Cathedrals and University of Greenwich students graduating at Greenwich Chapel and at Rochester Cathedral.
The students’ unions are independent organisations, so this would be for them to determine. This is a new institutional model for the students’ unions too, and they will have their own process to undertake on how best to support the students at the University of Kent and University of Greenwich.
There are no changes at this time. Student societies are independent of the universities, so this would be for them to determine.
We anticipate that this new collaboration will be an attractive offer to new students and, with the growth and opportunities it offers, enable us to increase our student body.
FAQs for students thinking about studying at Kent
Yes, both universities will continue to recruit and select students separately, so if you wish to be considered for courses at both Greenwich and Kent, you will need to apply separately to both, via UCAS.
No - courses at Greenwich and Kent will continue to be recruited to, and taught, separately. Because they are delivered differently, courses at Greenwich and Kent may have different entry requirements and you need to apply to them separately using each course/institution’s unique UCAS code.
No, you will be taught at your chosen university and graduate from that university too. The only difference is, your university is now part of a bigger, more resilient group – similar to the way in which some schools are part of a multi-academy trust.