on 29 april 1952, queen elizabeth ii granted the university of southampton a royal charter, the first to be given to a university during her reign, which enabled it to award degrees. six faculties were created: ubuciko, isayensi, ubunginiyela, ezomnotho, education and law. the first university of southampton degrees were awarded on 4 july 1953, following the appointment of the duke of wellington as chancellor of the university. student and staff number grew throughout the next couple of decades as a response to the robbins report. the campus also grew significantly, when in july 1961 the university was given the approval to acquire some 200 houses on or near the campus by the borough council. ngaphezu kwalokho, more faculties and departments were founded, including medicine and oceanography (despite the discouragement of sir john wolfenden, the chairman of the university grants committee). student accommodation was expanded throughout the 1960s and 1970s with the acquisition of chilworth manor and new buildings at the glen eyre and montefiore complexes.