King's College London Faculty of Engineering

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Faculty

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King's College London Faculty of Engineering

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Dates of existence

1902-1991

History

The Class of Civil Engineering and Mining was founded at King's in 1838, mainly as a response to the growth of the railway system and the need for more qualified engineers. This became the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture and Science, as Applied to Arts and Manufactures in 1840. Over the next few years this department enlarged in scope and in 1844 became the Department of the Applied Sciences. This became the Department of Engineering and the Applied Sciences in 1874. In 1893 the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences was created as part of the Faculty of Science. The Faculty of Engineering was created in 1902, which originally was made up of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Separate departments of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electronic and Electrical Engineering were formed, with Civil and Mechanical Engineering combining in 1935. Civil Engineering was then closed in 1989, whilst Mechanical Engineering and Electronic and Electrical Engineering, now the Department of Electronic Engineering, became part of the School of Physical Sciences and Engineering in 1991 and the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences in 2019.

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King's College London Faculty of Science (1893-1921)

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temporal

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King's College London Faculty of Science

is the predecessor of

King's College London Faculty of Engineering

Dates of relationship

1902

Description of relationship

Originally a Division within the Faculty of Science before becoming a separate faculty

Related entity

King's College London School of Physical Sciences and Engineering (1991-2010)

Identifier of related entity

KCL-AF0883

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temporal

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King's College London School of Physical Sciences and Engineering

is the successor of

King's College London Faculty of Engineering

Dates of relationship

1991

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KCL-AF1092

Institution identifier

0100 KCLCA

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