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King's College London, founded in . It is the largest centre for the education of Healthcare Professional s in Europe and is home to four Medical Research Council Centres – more than any other university. So named to indicate the Patronage of George IV , King's occupies five Campuses in Central London . HISTORY King's was founded in , the Duke Of Wellington , and the Earl of Winchilsea who questioned the Prime Minister 's support for Catholic and Anglican institutions; nobody was injured. Friendly rivalry between the two colleges continues today (See ''Trivia''). The two colleges were federated into the University Of London when it was established by charter in 1836 . The first qualification issued by King's was the Associate Of King's College , or AKC. The course, which concerns questions of ethics and theology, is still awarded today to students (and staff) who take an optional three year course alongside their standard Degree . Successful completion entitles the Graduate to bear the letters AKC after their name. The College today is the product of King's mergers with a number of other institutions over the years, including Queen Elizabeth College , Chelsea College, the Institute Of Psychiatry , and the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals. Florence Nightingale 's original training school for nurses is now incorporated as the Florence Nightingale School Of Nursing And Midwifery . Perhaps the most famous scholarly research performed at King's was the work by Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins that was essential to the discovery by James D. Watson and Francis Crick of the structure of DNA . There are now nine schools of study: in addition to the Institute Of Psychiatry , the Institute of Dentistry and the Florence Nightingale School Of Nursing And Midwifery , there are Schools of Law , Medicine , Social Science & Public Policy , Humanities , Biomedical & Health Sciences and Physical Sciences & Engineering . CAMPUSES The five campuses of King's are:
Refurbishment King's is coming to the end of a campus, the largest university building in the UK; the Maughan Library in Chancery Lane , the most elaborate university library project ever undertaken in the UK; and the renovation of the Chapel in the Strand campus at a cost of £750,000. Work on the Strand will be completed in time for the 2006 intake of Students , who will benefit from the State-of-the-art teaching facilities and improved Access {Link without Title} . Redevelopment of the Strand Campus The South Range of the Grade I Listed Strand Building at the Strand Campus was reopened at the end of April 2006 after a two-year £40 million Redevelopment project. The elegant features of the 1830 s building have been restored, providing first-class Teaching , Research and social spaces for the 21st Century . {Link without Title} STUDENTS' UNION ''Main article: King's College London Students' Union '' King's College London , 2 nightclubs, shops, eating places and a Gym . Recently, a third site was opened at the Waterloo campus which finally completes development of services across the three key King's sites. A former President of KCLSU, Sir Ivison Macadam (after whom the Students' Union building on the Strand Campus has since been named) went on to be elected as the first President of the NUS and the Union has played an active role there and in the University Of London Union ever since. Competition and rivalries within the University Of London between King's and University College London are still fierce but unlike the riots between respective College students in central London that still occurred until the 1950s , things are now limited to the Rugby pitch and skullduggery over Mascot s. Tensions were re-ignited on 2 December 2005 when students from President called for no retaliation and LSE Students' Union were forced to issue an apology as well as foot the bill for the damage repair. While LSE officially condemned the action, a photograph was published in The Times that showed LSE Director Howard Davies drinking with members of the LSE Students Union shortly before the barrel run - and the "rampage" - began. FAMOUS ALUMNI ''See also '' King's has educated many significant figures since its foundation. Its strong tradition in the sciences might be represented by some recipients of the , Maurice Wilkins , Sir Charles Scott Sherrington or Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins ; or pioneering nurse Florence Nightingale . John Keats , Sir William Gilbert of Gilbert And Sullivan , Thomas Hardy and Michael Nyman are some celebrated examples from the arts; more recently, Rory Bremner , David Bellamy , Gary Lineker , Martin Bashir and another Nobel Laureate , Desmond Tutu , all attended King's. ACCOMMODATION King’s halls of residence offer a range of accommodation to suit the varied needs of students. These include:
Four of these halls let their rooms to visitors during the summer months when the students leave King's Conference & Vacation Bureau . Intercollegiate Halls King's also has the largest number of bedspaces in the University Of London Intercollegiate Halls, which provide accommodation for those studying at most of the of the University. These are also open to the public over the summer:
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