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GENERAL INFORMATION King's College was founded by Royal Charter on its present site in 1829 Until 1910 the government of the College was vested in the Council of King's College but since that date this body has continued as the Governing Body of the Theological Department only In the same year the five College faculties of Arts Engineering Laws Medi- cal Science and Natural Science were incorporated within the Uni- versity of London the College Faculty of Music was added in 1964 and the Faculty of Education in 1968 These seven faculties are con- trolled by the College Delegacy which has been appointed annually since 1910 by the Senate of the University Faculty of Theology was also established in 1968 The Principal the Dean the Secretary the Librarian and the Registrar are concerned with the activities of the whole College Each faculty is in the charge of the professor annually appointed as its dean The Theological Department is 'school' of the University of London in the University Faculty of Theology and its administrative head is the Dean of King's College The re-unification of the College under new Royal Charter is imminent It is intended that once again there should be single inde- pendent governing body and that all existing departments should be combined in one school' of the University The College Buildings The main building is sited at the eastern end of the Strand its archi- tect was Robert Smirke who designed it as complement to Sir William Chambers's grand conception of Somerset House It took two years to complete and the first session opened in 1831 The building which adjoins Somerset House includes the Chapel Great Hall lecture theatres museums libraries and number of laboratories for practical work in most subjects Over the years additional property has been acquired and converted to College use in the area surrounding the main building bounded by the Strand Surrey Street and Temple Place and other properties have been acquired in outlying areas The first stage of major rebuilding programme was completed in 1971 the new Strand frontage houses number of arts and science departments including physics and chemistry and part of the library Stage two of the re-development programme was completed in 1975 with the 77