The ratings come after a year in which nursing students were called upon to disrupt their studies and carry out paid work to help the NHS tackle Covid-19, and some nursing academics also returned to practice.
The pandemic has also meant normal clinical placements have not always been possible for student nurses, while academic lessons have had to be delivered in a different way to account for social distancing and lockdowns.
For King’s College, it is the third year in a row that its nursing faculty – named the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care – has been rated second in the world.