The School of Pharmacy is a constituent college of the University of London. It was founded by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain in 1842 as the College of the Pharmaceutical Society, and was granted a royal charter in 1952. In 1926 it became a school of the University of London. It was later renamed The School of Pharmacy in 1949 when it became independent of the Pharmaceutical Society and was incorporated into the University of London.Designed by Herbert Rowse, construction of the current building began in 1938 however, construction work was stopped on the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. The building was not completed until 1960. To its alumni and colleagues in the profession it is known as "the Square", which refers to the fact that it was originally located in Bloomsbury Square and now in Brunswick Square.The School is the only free standing institution in the United Kingdom that is dedicated to teaching and research in pharmacy and the pharmaceutical sciences. The only undergraduate degree it offers is the four year MPharm, Master of Pharmacy. It also offers a number of Masters Degree programmes, in subjects including Drug Discovery, Drug Delivery, Pharmacognosy and Pharmacy Practice. The School of Pharmacy also offers PhD research degrees. The school offered BSc degrees in Toxicology and Pharmacology until 2001.