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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 from that date until 1980 this body continued as the Governing Body of the Theological Department only In the same year the five College faculties of Arts Engineering Laws Medical Sciences and Natural Science were incorporated within the University of London the College Faculty of Music was added in 1964 and the Faculty of Education in 1968 The seven faculties were con- trolled by the College Delegacy which was appointed annually by the Senate of the University Constitutionally the two sections of the College formed two separate 'schools' of the University Under the provisions of Royal Charter granted in 1980 the two parts of the College were re-unified under single governing body University of London King's College was thus disincorporated and all departments in the College have been combined in single 'school' of the University The College Buildings The main building is sited at the eastern end of the Strand its architect 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 opening of the Macadam Building in Surrey Street In addition to providing first-rate facilities for the Students' Union which occupies several floors with magnificent views over the Thames the building accommodates refectories and social facilities for all members of the College and additional offices and laboratories for the Engineering 71