Faith groups at Kingston

With students from a variety of backgrounds and all over the world, you will find a huge variety of beliefs and faiths at Kingston. We offer you a wide range of spiritual support.   

Faith and Spirituality (part of the Student Wellbeing Group within the Department of Student Services and Administration) provides students with:

• inter-faith and Christian worship;
• personal spiritual support; and
• help with organising religious services.

Prayer rooms

We offer a range of space for prayer or quiet contemplation on our university campuses.

Faith-based societies

Faith-based student societies at the University include the Hindu Society, the Islamic Society, the Christian Union, the Jewish Society and the Sikh Society.

Worship in the local area

There is a wide variety of places of worship in the Kingston area, including churches, temples, mosques and synagogues. Faith and Student Well Being can help you get in touch with them.

Elsewhere in London

Places of worship elsewhere in London include:

• Shri Swaminarayan Temple, one of the largest Hindu temples outside India;
• Wat Buddhapadipa Temple, the first Buddhist temple in the UK;
• the magnificent London Central Mosque; and
• St Paul's Cathedral, completed in 1710.