King's College for Women , Household and Social Science Department King's College of Household and Social Science Queen Elizabeth College

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King's College for Women , Household and Social Science Department King's College of Household and Social Science Queen Elizabeth College

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History

Queen Elizabeth College, so called from 1953, succeeded the Home Science and Economics classes of King's College Women's Department and King's College for Women, which started in 1908; the Household and Social Science Department of King's College for Women, which opened in 1915; and King's College of Household and Social Science, which operated from 1928. The amalgamation of the College with King's College London and Chelsea College was completed in 1985.