London Centre for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology

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The London Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology was a partnership of two university departments in London, United Kingdom:

Prior to 2010, it also included UCL Centre for the History of Medicine.

Its principal purpose was to deliver MSc programmes for these departments. These degrees included:

The London Centre began in 1987. This partnership was dissolved and the London Centre closed in 2013 at the end of the 2012–13 academic session. [1]

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