University of Southampton

The university began as the Hartley Institution, opened in 1862 with a bequest from Henry Robinson Hartley. It became a university college in 1902, awarding University of London degrees. Its electronics department, founded in 1947, was among the first anywhere. In 1952 it became the first university to receive a royal charter in the reign of Elizabeth II, allowing it to award its own degrees.

• Electronics and computer science
• Engineering
• Ocean and earth science

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