there are 12 nobel prize winners amongst king's alumni and former faculty. king's is ranked 5th nationally and 19th in the world in the 2015 "qs world university rankings," 7th nationally and 27th in the world in the 2015 "the times higher education world university rankings "and 7th nationally and 55th in the world in the 2015" "academic ranking of world universities. in september 2010, "the sunday times" selected king's as its "university of the year".