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The University of Southampton traces its origins to the 15th of October 1862 when Prime Minister Lord Palmerston opened the Hartley Institute. The institution began as a bequest of £103,000 left by Henry Robinson Hartley upon his death in 1850.
The main campus sits in the residential area of Highfield and was initially used as a military hospital during World War I. Sir Basil Spence prepared a masterplan for the campus in 1956 that incorporated University Road splitting the site in two.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web while working at the University of Southampton. Wendy Hall served as founding director of the Web Science Trust between the University of Southampton and MIT and also invented Microcosm, a predecessor of the World Wide Web.
In October 2012, the university opened its first international campus in Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia within EduCity. By 2024, the university received a licence to establish a new campus in Delhi NCR (Gurugram), India with programmes planned to begin in 2025.
The annual income of the institution for 2024, 25 reached £737.6 million with £141.4 million derived from research grants and contracts. Expenditure for the same period totaled £733.8 million reflecting careful financial management despite economic pressures.