Editing King's College London (section)

=== Faculties and departments ===
In the 19th century, King's College London had five departments: theological, general literature and science, applied sciences, medical, and military.<ref>{{cite book |last1=University of London |first1=King's College |title=The Calendar of King's College, London 1850–1851 |date=1850 |publisher=John W Parker |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GgB2HzrRs64C|access-date=21 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="Calendar1857">{{cite book |last1=University of London |first1=King's College |title=The Calendar of King's College, London 1857–1858 |date=1857 |publisher=John W Parker |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSVx-eTdWfAC|access-date=21 January 2016}}</ref> The theological department provided studies in [[ecclesiastical history]], [[pastoral theology]] and [[exegesis]] of the Bible.<ref name="Calendar1857" /> Languages and literature, history, law and jurisprudence, political economy, commerce, fencing, mathematics, zoology and natural history were taught within the department of general literature and science,<ref name="Calendar1857" /> and natural philosophy, geology, mineralogy and engineering-related subjects were taught within the department of applied sciences.<ref name="Calendar1857" />

{{As of|2024}}, King's comprises nine academic faculties: arts and humanities; business; dentistry, oral and craniofacial sciences; law; life sciences and medicine; natural, mathematical and engineering sciences; nursing, midwifery and palliative care; psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience; and social science and public policy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/faculties-departments|title=Faculties and departments|publisher=King's College London|access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>

==== Faculty of arts and humanities ====
[[File:Auto-icon of Virginia Woolf at King's College London.jpg|Life-size wax sculpture of [[Virginia Woolf]], a writer and alumna of King's|thumb|right]]
{{Main|King's College London Faculty of Arts and Humanities}}
The faculty of arts and humanities is based on the Strand Campus in the heart of central [[London]], in the vicinity of many cultural institutions, and has established collaborations with many of these, including [[Shakespeare's Globe]], the [[Courtauld Institute of Art]] and the [[Royal Academy of Music]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our connections {{!}} Faculty of Arts & Humanities|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/our-connections |access-date=15 April 2024 |publisher=King's College London }}</ref> The faculty was formed in 1989 by the amalgamation of the faculties of arts, music and theology.<ref name="art&human">{{cite web |title=Faculty of Arts & Humanities – About the Faculty |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/about/index.aspx |publisher=Faculty of Arts & Humanities|access-date=21 January 2016}}</ref>

==== Faculty of dentistry, oral and craniofacial Sciences ====
The faculty of dentistry, oral and craniofacial sciences (formerly the dental institute) is the [[dental school]] of King's and focuses on understanding disease, enhancing health and restoring function.<ref name="dental">{{cite web |title=Dental Institute – About the Institute |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/dentistry/about/welcome-from-the-dean.aspx |publisher=Dental Institute |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=16 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031410/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/dentistry/about/welcome-from-the-dean.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is the successor of education carried out at Guy's Dental Hospital, the [[Royal Dental Hospital]]'s London School of Dental Surgery, and King's College Hospital Dental School. These became a single institution in 1998 with the merger of the united medical and dental schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals with King's school of medicine and dentistry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/dentistry/about/history|title=Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences {{!}} History|publisher=King's College London|access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>

The history of dentistry education at the institutions that would eventually become the faculty started in 
1799, when Joseph Fox gave a series of lectures on dental surgery at Guy's Hospital and was appointed dental surgeon in the same year.<ref name="guysdental">{{cite web |title=Guy's Hospital |url=http://www.kingscollections.org/exhibitions/archives/dentistry/hospital-histories/guys-hospital |website=The birth of modern dentistry |publisher=King's Collections|access-date=28 January 2016}}</ref> [[Thomas Bell (zoologist)|Thomas Bell]] succeeded Fox as dental surgeon either in 1817 or 1825.<ref name="guysdental" /> [[Frederick Newland-Pedley]], who was appointed assistant dental surgeon at Guy's Hospital in 1885, advocated the establishment of a dental school within the hospital, and he flooded the two dental schools in London, the Metropolitan School of Dental Science and the London School of Dental Surgery, with patients to prove that a further hospital was needed.<ref name="guysdental" /> In December 1888, Guy's Hospital Dental School was established.<ref name="guysdental" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kabir |first1=Alamgir |title=Feature—Frederick Newland-Pedle |journal=Guy' S Gazette |date=May 1995 |volume=109 |issue=2447 |pages=151–167 |url=http://www.gktgazette.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Volume-109-No-2447-May-1995.pdf|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref> Guy's Hospital Dental School was recognised as a school of the University of London in 1901. In the 1970s, since there was a decline in the demand for dental services, the [[Department of Health (United Kingdom)|Department of Health]] of the UK suggested that there should be a decrease in the number of dental undergraduate students as well as the duration of all courses.<ref name="guysdental" /> In response to the recommendations, Royal Dental Hospital of London School of Dental Surgery amalgamated with the Guy's Hospital Dental School of the [[United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals]] on 1 August 1983.<ref name="guysdental" />

The establishment of King's College Hospital Dental School was proposed by [[William Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden|Viscount Hambleden]] at a Hospital Management Committee meeting on 12 April 1923. The dental school was opened on 12 November 1923 in King's College Hospital.<ref name="kingsdental">{{cite web |title=King's College Hospital |url=http://www.kingscollections.org/exhibitions/archives/dentistry/hospital-histories/kings-college-hospital |website=The birth of modern dentistry |publisher=King's Collections|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref> Under the 1948 National Health Act, King's Medical and Dental School split from King's and became an independent school, but the school remerged with King's in 1983.<ref name="kingsdental" /> The school further merged with the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals in 1998.<ref name="kingsdental" />

==== Faculty of life sciences and medicine ====
[[File:Shepherd's House - geograph.org.uk - 1137898.jpg|thumb|The faculty of life sciences and medicine is located at four campuses including Guy's Campus]]

The faculty of life sciences and medicine was created as a result of the merger of the school of medicine with the school of biomedical sciences in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine – Our history |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/about/history/index.aspx |publisher=King's College London |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=18 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018122315/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/about/history/index.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

There are two schools of education in the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine: the [[GKT School of Medical Education]] is responsible for the medical education and training of students on the [[MBBS]] programme, and the school of bioscience education is responsible for the biomedical and health professions education and training.<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/about/Faculty-structure-diagram.pdf |publisher=Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=22 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722130048/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/about/Faculty-structure-diagram.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The faculty is divided into schools of basic and medical biosciences; biomedical engineering and imaging sciences; cancer and pharmaceutical science, cardiovascular medicine and sciences; immunology and microbial sciences; life course sciences; and population health sciences.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/about/New-Faculty-Academic-Configuration.aspx |title=King's College London – New faculty academic configuration |publisher=King's College London |access-date=17 September 2017 |archive-date=25 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625081008/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/about/New-Faculty-Academic-Configuration.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==== Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience ====
{{Main|Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience}}
The [[Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience]] (IoPPN) is a faculty and a research institution dedicated to discovering what causes [[mental illness]] and diseases of the [[brain]], and to help identify new treatments of the diseases.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the IoPPN |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/about/dean.aspx |publisher=King's College London |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=4 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104043626/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/about/dean.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> The institute is the largest centre for research and postgraduate education in psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience in Europe.<ref>{{cite web |title=Research |url=http://www.slam.nhs.uk/research/institute-of-psychiatry,-psychology-and-neuroscience |publisher=South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=14 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514080929/https://slam.nhs.uk/research/institute-of-psychiatry,-psychology-and-neuroscience |url-status=dead }}</ref> Originally established in 1924 as the Maudsley Hospital Medical School, the institute changed its name to the Institute of Psychiatry in 1948, merged with King's College London in 1997, and was renamed IoPPN in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Institute of Psychiatry gets a new name |url=http://www.bps.org.uk/news/institute-psychiatry-renamed |publisher=British Psychological Society|access-date=21 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127085646/http://www.bps.org.uk/news/institute-psychiatry-renamed|archive-date=27 January 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=IoPPN Our history |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/about/Our-history/index.aspx |publisher=King's College London |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=4 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104043516/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/about/Our-history/index.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==== Dickson Poon School of Law ====
{{Main|The Dickson Poon School of Law}}
The [[Dickson Poon School of Law]] is the [[law school]] of King's. Law has been taught at King's since 1831 and the faculty of laws was founded (in association with the [[London School of Economics]]) in 1909, becoming the school of law in 1991.<ref name="law">{{cite web |url=http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/kclca/collection/k-o/10ki4695 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415045358/http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/kclca/collection/k-o/10ki4695 | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 April 2013 |title=King's College London School of Law Records | access-date=22 January 2013 |date=March 2001 |publisher=King's College London College Archives |location=London}}</ref> The school includes various research centres and groups which serve as focal points for research activity.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Dickson Poon School of Law – Our centres |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/law/research-expertise/our-centres |publisher=King's College London|access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>

==== Faculty of natural, mathematical and engineering sciences ====
The faculty includes the departments of chemistry, engineering, informatics, mathematics, and physics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/nmes/index|title=Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences|at=Our departments|publisher=King's College London|access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>

The teaching of experimental physics at King's was the first in England and professors of experimental physics have included [[James Clerk Maxwell]], [[Harold A. Wilson (physicist)|Harold A. Wilson]], [[Charles Glover Barkla]], [[Owen Willans Richardson|Sir Owen Richardson]], [[Sir Edward Appleton]] and [[Charles Drummond Ellis|Sir Charles Ellis]], three of whom became Nobel laureates.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Engineering, Biophysics and Physics at King's College, London |issue=4320 |pages=261–263 |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/170261a0.pdf |journal=Nature|date=August 1952 |volume=170 |doi=10.1038/170261a0 |access-date=19 January 2020 |last1=Wilkins |first1=M. H. F. }}</ref>

[[John Frederic Daniell]] was the first professor of chemistry at King's and established the first chemical laboratory in 1834. Chemistry was originally part of the medical department and became a separate department in 1958; this closed in 2003 due to a decline in student numbers and reduced funding. The department was reestablished in 2012.<ref name="chem">{{cite web |title=Department of Chemistry – History |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/chemistry/about/history|publisher=King's College London|access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>

Teaching of engineering at King's was established in 1838, a year after Durham, making it the second [[school of engineering]] established in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQ5AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA231|title=King's College, London|journal=The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal|volume=1|year=1838|page=231}}</ref> The department of engineering was the largest engineering school in the UK in 1893.<ref name="kclengineering">{{cite web |title=About the Division of Engineering |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/nms/About-Us.aspx |publisher=Faculty of Natural & Mathematical Sciences |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=1 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601054556/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/nms/About-Us.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=King's College London Engineering Student Records |url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/283bd784-8eb4-4ac7-bd05-56650102ab80 |publisher=National Archives|access-date=21 January 2016}}</ref> The division of engineering was closed in 2013, with the current department of engineering being established in 2019.<ref name="kclengineering" /><ref>{{Cite web |title= King's Engineering |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study-at-kings/kings-engineering|access-date=4 March 2021|publisher=King's College London}}</ref>

==== Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care====
{{Main|Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery}}
[[File:Florence nightingale at st thomas.jpg|thumb|right|[[Florence Nightingale]] and her class of nurses]]

The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care is a school for nurses and midwives. It also carries out nursing research and provides continuing professional development and postgraduate programmes. Formerly known as the Nightingale Training School and Home for Nurses, the faculty was established by [[Florence Nightingale]] in 1860, and was the first nursing school in the world to be continuously connected to a fully serving hospital and medical school.<ref>{{cite journal |pmid=5195090 |volume=17 |title=[The first nursing school in the world—St. Thomas Hospital School in London] |year=1969 |journal=Munca Sanit |pages=449–54 |last1=Petroni |first1=A |issue=8}}</ref>

The Nightingale Training School amalgamated with the Olive Haydon School of Midwifery and the Thomas Guy and Lewisham School of Nursing between 1991 and 1993 to form the Nightingale College of Health, which became part of King's in 1993. In 2017 it merged with the Cicely Saunders Institute, a centre for research and education in palliative care, to become the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care.<ref>{{cite web |title=A pioneering legacy|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/nmpc/about-us/history |publisher=King's College London|access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>

==== Faculty of social science and public policy ====
The faculty of social science and public policy contains the schools of 
politics and economics; [[School of Education, Communication and Society|education, communication and society]]; global affairs; security studies; the international school for government; and the policy institute.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp|title=Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy|at=Our schools & departments|access-date=31 December 2024|publisher=King's College London}}</ref>

The [[Department of War Studies, King's College London|department of war studies]], within the school of security studies, is unique in the UK and is supported by research facilities such as the King's Centre for Strategic Communications, [[Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]] and the King's Centre for Military Health Research.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kcmhr/ |title=King's Centre for Military Health Research |access-date=9 January 2013}}</ref>

==== King's Business School ====
{{Main|King's Business School}}
[[File:Bush House 30 Aldwych, London WC2B 4BG (3).jpg|King's Business School is based in [[Bush House]], [[Aldwych]] in [[Central London]]|thumb]]

King's Business School was established in 1989. In 2017 it became a faculty of the college as King's Business School and moved into [[Bush House]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business/about|title=About King's Business School|publisher=King's College London|access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref> From 2023, it has held [[triple accreditation]] from the [[Association of MBAs]], the [[EFMD Quality Improvement System]] and the [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/business/about/accreditations|title=Accreditations|publisher=King's College London|access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref>