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for a cultural centre in

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, including the

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. In 1907, Imperial College was established by

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, unifying the

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. In 1988, the

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was formed by merging with

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. In 2004,

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opened the

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. The college focuses exclusively on science, technology, medicine, and business. The main campus is located in

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. Facilities also include a research field station at

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and teaching hospitals throughout London. The college was a member of the

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from 1908, becoming independent on its centenary. Imperial has an international community, with more than 59% of students from outside the UK, and 140 countries represented on campus. Student, staff, and researcher affiliations include 14 Nobel laureates, 3

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lists, 2 Breakthrough Prize winners, 1 Turing Award winner, 74

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History

19th century

The earliest college that led to the formation of Imperial was the

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, founded in 1845, with the support of

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and

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. This was merged in 1853 into what became known as the

. The

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has roots in many different schools across London, the oldest of which being

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which can be traced back to 1823, followed by teaching starting at

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in 1834, and St Mary's Hospital in 1851. In 1851, the

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was organised as an exhibition of

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culture

and

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and by Prince Albert, husband of the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom,

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. An enormously popular and financial success, proceeds from the Great Exhibition were designated to develop an area for cultural and scientific advancement in

. Within the next six years the

and

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had opened, joined by new facilities in 1871 for the Royal College of Chemistry, and in 1881 the opening of the Royal School of Mines and

In 1881, the Normal School of Science was established in South Kensington under the leadership of

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, taking over responsibility for the teaching of the natural sciences and agriculture from the Royal School of Mines. The school was renamed the

by royal consent in 1890. The Central Institution of the

, was opened as a

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school on

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by the

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in early 1885. Royal-College-of-Science,-Imperial-College-Road

20th century

At the start of the 20th century, there was a concern that

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was falling behind

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in scientific and technical education. A departmental committee was set up at the

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in 1904, to look into the future of the Royal College of Science. A report released in 1906 called for the establishment of an institution unifying the Royal College of Science and the Royal School of Mines, as well as – if an agreement could be reached with the City and Guilds of London Institute – their Central Technical College. On 8 July 1907,

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granted a

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establishing the Imperial College of Science and Technology. This incorporated the Royal School of Mines and the Royal College of Science. It also made provisions for the City and Guilds College to join once conditions regarding its governance were met, as well as for Imperial to become a college of the

. The college joined the University of London on 22 July 1908, with the City and Guilds College joining in 1910. The main campus of Imperial College was constructed beside the buildings of the

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, the new building for the Royal College of Science having opened across from it in 1906, and the foundation stone for the Royal School of Mines building being laid by

in July 1909. As students at Imperial had to study separately for London degrees, in January 1919, students and alumni voted for a petition to make Imperial a university with its own degree awarding powers, independent of the University of London. In response, the University of London changed its regulations in 1925 so that the courses taught only at Imperial would be examined by the university, enabling students to gain a BSc. Imperial College Royal School of Mines

In October 1945,

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and

Queen Elizabeth

visited Imperial to commemorate the centenary of the Royal College of Chemistry, which was the oldest of the institutions that united to form Imperial College. "Commemoration Day", named after this visit, is held every October as the university's main graduation ceremony. The college also acquired a biology field station at

near

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in 1947 Following the

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, there was again concern that Britain was falling behind in science – this time to the United States. The Percy Report of 1945 and Barlow Committee in 1946 called for a "British

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"-equivalent, backed by influential scientists as politicians of the time, including Lord Cherwell, Sir

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and Sir Edward Appleton. The University Grants Committee strongly opposed however, and so a compromise was reached in 1953, where Imperial would remain within the university, but double in size over the next ten years. The expansion led to a number of new buildings being erected. These included the Hill building in 1957 and the Physics building in 1960, and the completion of the East Quadrangle, built in four stages between 1959 and 1965. The building work also meant the demolition of the City and Guilds College building in 1962–63, and the Imperial Institute's building by 1967. Opposition from the

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and others meant that Queen's Tower was retained, with work carried out between 1966 and 1968 to make it free standing. New laboratories for biochemistry, established with the support of a £350,000 grant from the

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, were opened by the

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in 1965. In 1988, Imperial merged with

under the Imperial College Act 1988. Amendments to the

changed the formal name of the institution to ''The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine'' and made St Mary's a constituent college. This was followed by mergers with the National Heart and Lung Institute in 1995 and the

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, Royal Postgraduate Medical School and the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 1997, with the Imperial College Act 1997 formally establishing the Imperial College School of Medicine.

21st century

In 2003, Imperial was granted degree-awarding powers in its own right by the

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. In 2004, the

and a new main entrance on Exhibition Road were opened by

. The

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was also established in 2004 and opened its headquarters at Imperial. On 9 December 2005, Imperial announced that it would commence negotiations to secede from the University of London. Imperial became fully independent of the University of London in July 2007. In April 2011, Imperial and

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joined the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation as partners with a commitment of £40 million each to the project. The centre was later renamed the

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and opened on 9 November 2016. It is the largest single biomedical laboratory in Europe. The college began moving into the new White City campus in 2016, with the launching of the Innovation Hub. This was followed by the opening of the Molecular Sciences Research Hub for the Department of Chemistry, officially opened by

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in 2019.

Campuses

Goldsmiths Extension and Main Entrance from across Exhibition Road

South Kensington

Imperial's main campus is based in

. Notable buildings include the

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, which is the college's main entrance, the Queen's Tower, which sits at the heart of the campus, the

, and the

. The college has many restaurants and cafes, as well as student pubs. As part of

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, a cultural centre based on the vision of

, the campus is surrounded by many of London's most popular attractions, including the

and

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, museums including the

, and

, and institutions including the

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, the

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, and the National Art Library. Many students take advantage of the ample green spaces that are within easy walking distance from campus at

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and

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White City

Imperial has a second major campus in

providing a platform for

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and

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. The hub houses research facilities, postgraduate accommodation, as well as a commercialisation space. The campus is home to the Scale Space and incubator, Invention Rooms, a college

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and community outreach centre. The White City campus also includes another biomedical centre funded by Sir Michael Uren.

Silwood Park

Silwood Park is a postgraduate campus of Imperial located in the village of Sunninghill near Ascot in Berkshire. The

campus includes a centre for research and teaching in ecology, evolution, and conservation set in 100 ha of parkland where ecological field experiments are conducted.

Hospitals

Imperial has teaching hospitals across London which are used by the

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for undergraduate clinical teaching and medical research. All are based around college-affiliated hospitals, and also provide catering and sport facilities. College libraries are located on each campus, including the Fleming library at St Mary's.

Organisation and administration

Faculties and departments

Imperial is organised through a network of faculties and departments: Faculty of Engineering * Aeronautical Engineering * Bioengineering *

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* Civil & Environmental Engineering *

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* Dyson School of Design Engineering * Earth Science & Engineering * Electrical & Electronic Engineering *

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Faculty of Natural Sciences * Centre for Environmental Policy *

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* Life Sciences * Mathematics *

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* Brain Sciences * Immunology and Inflammation * Infectious Disease * Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction * Surgery and Cancer * Institute of Clinical Sciences * National Heart and Lung Institute * School of Public Health

* Finance * Innovation & Entrepreneurship * Management

Global institutes

Imperial hosts global centres to promote inter-disciplinary work: * Energy Futures Laboratory * Gandhi Centre for Inclusive Innovation * Grantham Institute for Climate Change * Institute for Security Science & Technology * Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation * Brevan Howard Centre for Financial Analysis & Technology * Global Entrepreneurship & Development Index * Data Science Institute * Institute for Molecular Science and Engineering * Institute of Global Health Innovation *

Academic centres

Imperial College also houses two academic centres, formerly the Department of Humanities, offering teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate students in modern languages, arts and humanities subjects, social sciences and other subjects which fall outside of the standard remit of science, technology and medicine. The aim of these centres is to provide training in study skills, such as the acquisition of English language proficiency, but also to encourage innovatory and interdisciplinary approaches to science, technology and medicine, which might make use of study of the arts, humanities, languages and social sciences. The academic centres are the: * Centre for Academic English * Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication The Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication also operates as Imperial College London's adult education centre, offering evening class courses in the arts, humanities, languages and sciences.

Governance

The council is the governing body of Imperial. The council consists of the Chairman, the President, the Provost, the President of Imperial College Union, 4 senior staff members, and between 9 and 13 lay advisory members (who are not employees of Imperial). The

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is the highest academic official and

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of Imperial College London. The position has been held by

, since September 2014. It was announced that Hugh Brady would take up the next Presidency in August 2022. The current Provost is

, and the current Chair is

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Finances and endowment

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In 2017/18, Imperial had a consolidated income of £1,033.0 million. The college's endowment is sub-divided into three distinct portfolios: * Unitised Scheme – a unit trust vehicle for the college, Faculties and Departments to invest endowments and unfettered income to produce returns for the long term * Non-Core Property – a portfolio containing around 120 operational and developmental properties which the college has determined are not core to the academic mission * Strategic Asset Investments – containing the college's shareholding in Imperial Innovations and other restricted equity holdings.

Affiliations and partnerships

Imperial is a member of the

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and the

. It is a founding member of the Imperial College academic health sciences centre, the

and MedCity. Imperial is a long-term partner of the

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, with the first formal large-scale collaboration agreement dating back to 1944 as part of the

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scientific effort. The two institutions still share a strong bond with exchange programs for their students and academic staff. In the field of

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, Imperial College London has a joint venture with

and

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running the London School of Geometry and Number Theory, which offers doctoral training in mathematic aspects of number theory, geometry and topology.

Academic profile

Rankings

;World & Europe Imperial is ranked 11th in the world by the 2021 ''

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'', and 3rd in Europe, after

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and

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. Within the 2019 subject rankings, Imperial is ranked 4th globally in the clinical, pre-clinical and health category, 11th in physical sciences, 11th in computer science, 12th in engineering and technology and 14th in life sciences. Imperial is ranked 7th in the world by the 2022 QS World University Ranking, as well as 3rd in Europe. Imperial is ranked 3rd in Europe by the 2019 U.S. News & World Report Global Ranking. ;National Imperial Institute Tower c1960 - geograph

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Imperial is ranked 6th nationally in the 2021 Times Higher Education "Table of Tables" which combines the results of the 3 main domestic league tables. In the 2021 Complete University Guide, 13 of the 14 subjects offered by Imperial were ranked in the top 10 nationally. ;Innovation Imperial is 1st in the UK for

, and 2nd in Europe behind

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in 2019 by '' Reuters - The World's Most Innovative Universities''. Imperial is 1st for MBA's in

in Europe, and 2nd in the world behind

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by the 2019 QS MBA Rankings. ;Career prospects According to both the 2019 Guardian University Guide and the Complete University Guide, students are ranked 1st for employment prospects among UK universities. As of 2018, ''The Guardian'' notes that Imperial graduates pick up the highest salaries in the UK in the first year after graduation, earning around a fifth more than students leaving Oxford and Cambridge. A 2018

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report found that Imperial boosted female graduates earnings 31.3% above the average female graduate, and male graduates similarly saw a 25.3% increase in earnings above the average male graduate. In 2018, Computer Science was ranked as the highest paying degree in the UK by the Sunday Times Good University Guide.

Research

Imperial submitted a total of 1,257 staff across 14 units of assessment to the 2014

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(REF) assessment. This found that 91% of Imperial's research is “world-leading” (46% achieved the highest possible 4* score) or “internationally excellent” (44% achieved 3*), giving an overall GPA of 3.36. In rankings produced by ''Times Higher Education'' based upon the REF results Imperial was ranked 2nd overall. Imperial is also widely known to have been a critical contributor of the discovery of

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, the invention of

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, and the development of

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. The college promotes research commercialisation, partly through its dedicated

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company, Imperial Innovations, which has given rise to a large number of spin-out companies based on academic research. Imperial College has a long-term partnership with the

, that dates back from

. The

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is the college's top collaborating foreign country, with more than 15,000 articles co-authored by Imperial and U.S.-based authors over the last 10 years. In January 2018, the mathematics department of Imperial and the

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launched UMI

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at Imperial, a joint research laboratory of mathematics focused on unsolved problems and bridging

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British

and

French

scientific communities. The Fields medallists

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and

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hosted the launch presentation. The CNRS-Imperial partnership started a joint PhD program in mathematics, and further expanded in June 2020 to include other departments. In October 2018, Imperial College launched the Imperial Cancer Research UK Center, a research collaboration that aims to find innovative ways to improve the precision of cancer treatments, inaugurated by former

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as part of his Biden Cancer Initiative. Imperial was one of the ten leading contributors to the NASA

InSight Mars lander

which landed on planet

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Mars

in November 2018, with the college logo appearing on the craft. InSight's Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure, developed at Imperial, measured the first likely

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reading in April 2019. In 2019, it was revealed that the

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would be constructing an instrument for the

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in a mission to study the

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Sun

, which launched in February 2020. The laboratory is also designing part of the

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. In early 2020, immunology research at the

focused on

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under the leadership of

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as part of the college's COVID-19 Response Team, including the search of a cheap vaccine which started human trials on 15 June 2020. Neil Ferguson's 16 March report entitled "Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID- 19 mortality and healthcare demand" was described in a 17 March ''

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'' article, as the coronavirus "report that jarred the U.S. and the U.K. to action". Since 18 May 2020, Imperial College's Dr. Samir Bhatt has been advising the

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for its reopening plan. The

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, said at the time that "the Imperial College model, as we've been following this for weeks, was the best, most accurate model." The hospitals from the

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, which have been caring for COVID-19 infected patients, partnered with

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to use their HoloLens when treating those patients, reducing the amount of time spent by staff in high-risk areas by up to 83%, as well as saving up to 700 items of PPE per ward, per week.

Admissions

In the academic year 2020, Imperial had an admissions rate of 11.8% for undergraduate admissions and 13.9% for postgraduate admissions. For the 2019 entry, the ratio of applicants to admissions was 8.5:1 for undergraduates and 7.2:1 for postgraduates. For 2019 entry, the undergraduate courses with the lowest ratios of applicants to admissions were

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(19.7 applicants per place) followed by

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(11.1:1) and

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(10.9:1). The highest was

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(3.6:1).. Undergraduates beginning their studies at Imperial in 2018–19 had the 5th highest average

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in the UK, at 190 points. Imperial is among the most international universities in the United Kingdom, with 50% of students from the UK, 16% of students from the EU, and 34% of students from outside the UK or EU. The student body is 39% female and 61% male. 36.5% of Imperial's undergraduates are privately educated, the fourth highest proportion amongst mainstream British universities.

Libraries

The college's Central Library is located next to

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and contains the main corpus of the college's collection. It previously also housed the

's library until 2014. The Fleming library is located at St Mary's in

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, originally the library of

, with other hospital campuses also having college libraries.

Medicine

The Imperial Faculty of Medicine was formed through mergers between Imperial and the St Mary's, Charing Cross and Westminster, and Royal Postgraduate medical schools and has six

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s. It accepts more than 300 undergraduate medical students per year and has around 321 taught and 700 research full-time equivalent postgraduate students.

was formed on 1 October 2007 by the merger of Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust (

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Hammersmith Hospital Hammersmith Hospital, formerly the Military Orthopaedic Hospital, and later the Special Surgical Hospital, is a major teaching hospital in White City, London, White City, West London. It is part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in the L ...

and

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) and St Mary's NHS Trust ( St. Mary's Hospital and Western Eye Hospital) with Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine. It is an academic health science centre and manages five hospitals:

, St Mary's Hospital, and Western Eye Hospital. The Trust is currently one of the largest in the UK and in 2012/13 had a turnover of £971.3 million, employed approximately 9,770 people and treated almost 1.2 million patients. Other (non-academic health science centres) hospitals affiliated with Imperial College include

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West Middlesex University Hospital West Middlesex University Hospital (WMUH) is an acute NHS hospital in Isleworth, West London, operated by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It is a teaching hospital of Imperial College School of Medicine and a designated a ...

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Controversies

Accusations of bullying

In 2003, it was reported that one third of female academics "believe that discrimination or bullying by managers has held back their careers". Imperial has since won the

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Award, which recognises employment practices that are supportive of the careers of women in science, technology, engineering and maths. In 2007, concerns were raised about the methods that were being used to fire people in the Faculty of Medicine. In 2014, Stefan Grimm, of the Department of Medicine, was found dead after being threatened with dismissal for failure to raise enough grant money. His last email before his death accused his employers of bullying by demanding that he should get grants worth at least £200,000 per year. The college announced an internal inquiry into Stefan Grimm's death, and found that the performance metrics for his position were unreasonable, with new metrics for performance being needed. The issue of bullying within the staff at Imperial resurfaced in November 2020 when Alex Sobel, the Labour MP for Leeds North West asked the Secretary of State for Education in a written question on 24 November what steps the Office for Students had taken in response to a report by Jane McNeill QC dated 25 August which found that bullying had taken place at Imperial under the President (

) and the Chief Financial Officer. Michelle Donelan, the Conservative MP for Chippenham, responded for the Department for Education that "The Office for Students (OfS) is considering the information it has received in relation to this matter, in line with their normal processes. As is standard practice, the OfS cannot comment on individual cases". The college was accused of a cover-up by the Universities and Colleges Union in December 2020 when it refused to publish McNeill's report, even in redacted form. The Chair of Council said that the report was kept confidential to preserve the anonymity of people who gave evidence, that its recommendations had been accepted by the senior leadership team, and that these recommendations were being implemented in full. A disciplinary panel decided that Gast's dismissal as president was not warranted and spokesperson for the college said that she had "offered wholehearted apologies to those affected". On 14 February 2021, it was announced that the OfS would formally investigate allegations of bullying.

Student life

Student body

For the academic year, Imperial had a total full-time student body of , consisting of undergraduate students and postgraduates. 50.7% of the student body is from outside of the UK. 32% of all full-time students came from outside the

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in 2013–14, and around 13% of the International students had Chinese nationality in 2007–08. Imperial's male to female ratio for undergraduate students is uneven at approximately 64:36 overall and 5:1 or higher in some engineering courses. However, medicine has an approximate 1:1 ratio with biology degrees tending to be higher.

Imperial College Union

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is the

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and is run by five full-time

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officers elected from the student body for a tenure of one year, and a number of permanent members of staff. It is split into constituent unions aligned with the faculties of the college, carrying on the association with the original constituent colleges of Imperial, the

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, Royal School of Mines Students' Union and

Imperial College School of Medicine Students' Union Imperial College School of Medicine Students' Union (ICSMSU) is the students' union of the Imperial College School of Medicine. It is charged with caring for the educational, pastoral, social and extracurricular needs of the undergraduate students ...

. The Union is given a large subvention by the university, much of which is spent on maintaining over 300 clubs, projects and societies. Examples of notable student groups and projects are Project Nepal which sends Imperial College students to work on educational development programmes in rural Nepal and the El Salvador Project, a construction based project in Central America. The Union also hosts sports-related clubs such as

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and

Imperial College Gliding Club Imperial College Gliding Club is the oldest, and one of the largest, university gliding clubs in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1930, the club was the second club to become affiliated to the British Gliding Association, and has for most of its ...

. The Union operates on two sites, with most events at the Union Building on

Beit Quad

at South Kensington, with mostly

events at the Reynold's bar,

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Facilities

Sports facilities at Imperial's London campuses include four gyms, including the main Ethos gym at the South Kensington Campus, two swimming pools and two sports halls. Imperial has additional sports facilities at the Heston and Harlington sports grounds. On the South Kensington campus, there are a total of six music practice rooms which consist of upright pianos for usage by people of any grade, and grand pianos which are exclusively for people who have achieved Grade 8 or above. There are two student bars on the South Kensington campus, one at the

and one at Eastside. There are a number of pubs and bars on campus and also surrounding the campus, which become a popular social activity for Imperial's students. The

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tankard collection at Imperial College Union is the largest in Europe, with the majority of clubs and societies having tankards associated with their clubs. Imperial College Farmers Market, Prince's Gardens

Imperial College Farmers Market, Prince's Gardens

Student media

Imperial College Radio

Imperial College Radio (ICRadio) was founded in November 1975 with the intention of broadcasting to the student

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from a studio under Southside, actually commencing broadcasts in late 1976. It now broadcasts from the West Basement of Beit Quad

over the internet

Imperial College TV

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Type A 1-inch videotape recorder and this was used to produce an occasional short news programme which was then played to students by simply moving the VTR and a monitor into a common room. A cable link to the Southside halls of residence was laid in a tunnel under Exhibition Road in 1972. Besides the news, early productions included a film of the Queen opening what was then called College Block.

Felix Newspaper

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'' is weekly student newspaper, first released on 9 December 1949. In addition to news, Felix also carries comic strips, features, opinions, puzzles and reviews, plus reports of trips and Imperial College sporting events. RGETeam

Student societies

Imperial College Boat Club

The

is the rowing club of Imperial and was founded on 12 December 1919. The college's boat house is located in

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on the

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, and was recently refurbished, reopening in 2014. The club has a number of notable accolades, such as three alumni of the college in the gold medal-winning GB 8+ at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.

Sports

Imperial College has over 60 sports clubs, of which many participate in the

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Association leagues such as

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, Badminton,

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, Ice Hockey, and many others.

Exploration Club

South Side looking up, Beit Hall, Beit Quadrangle

Eastside and Southside Halls, Prince's Gardens in snow

Imperial's Exploration Board was established in 1957 to assist students with a desire for exploration. Trips have included Afghanistan, Alaska, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Fiji, the Himalayas, Iran, Morocco, Norway, Tanzania, Thailand, Ukraine, and the Yukon.

Dramatic Society

The Imperial College Dramatic Society (DramSoc) is one of two major theatrical arts societies, with the other being the Musical Theatre Society, and it was founded in 1912. The society puts on three major plays each year, in addition to several smaller fringe productions. It is additionally one of the London-based dramatic societies to participate in the London Student Drama Festival, and regularly attends the Edinburgh Fringe. DramSoc is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the Union's theatrical space, the Union Concert Hall.

The Techtonics

The Techtonics are an all-male a cappella group from Imperial College London, and are a part of the Imperial College A Cappella Society. The group was formed in 2008, and has since risen to prominence in the world a cappella scene. The group is best known for winning the

International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella The International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA), originally the National Championship of Collegiate A Cappella ("NCCA", a play on NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulate ...

in 2016.

Student housing

Imperial College owns and manages twenty-three halls of residence in

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, and Ascot. Over three thousand rooms are available, guaranteeing first year undergraduates a place in College residences. The majority of halls offer single or twin accommodation with some rooms having

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facilities. Bedrooms are provided with basic furniture and with access to shared kitchens and bathrooms. All rooms come with internet access and access to the Imperial network. Most of them are considered among the newest student halls at London universities. Most students in college or university accommodation are first-year undergraduates, as they are granted a room once they have selected Imperial as their firm offer with

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. The majority of older students and postgraduates find accommodation in the private sector, help for which is provided by the college private housing office. However a handful of students may continue to live in halls in later years if they take the position of a "hall senior", and places are available for a small number of returning students in the Evelyn Garden halls. Some students also live in

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Notable alumni, faculty and staff

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Nobel laureates: (medicine)

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, Sir Ernst Boris Chain,

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins

, Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley,

Rodney Robert Porter

, (physics)

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, (chemistry)

Sir Norman Haworth

, Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Sir Derek Barton,

Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (14 July 1921 – 26 September 1996) was a Nobel laureate English chemist who pioneered inorganic chemistry and homogeneous transition metal catalysis. Education and early life Wilkinson wa ...

Sir George Porter

. Fields medalists: Klaus Friedrich Roth,

Sir Simon Donaldson

. Academic affiliations include: Sir Tom Kibble, co-discoverer of

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; Sir Tejinder Virdee, experimental particle physicist; Sir John Pendry, theoretical solid state physicist; Sir Christopher Kelk Ingold, physical organic chemistry pioneer;

Sir William Henry Perkin Sir William Henry Perkin (12 March 1838 – 14 July 1907) was a British chemist and entrepreneur best known for his serendipitous discovery of the first commercial synthetic organic chemistry, organic dye, mauveine, made from aniline. Though he f ...

, discoverer of the first synthetic organic chemical dye

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; Sir Edward Frankland, originator of the theory of chemical valency;

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, discoverer of

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; Sir Alan Fersht, chemist; David Phillips, chemist;

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, contributed to the theory and design of optical instruments;

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, mathematician and philosopher;

Sir Steven Cowley Sir Steven Charles Cowley (born 1959) is a British theoretical physicist and international authority on nuclear fusion and Plasma physics, astrophysical plasmas. He has served as director of the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Princeto ...

, physicist and president of

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; and Sir

John Ambrose Fleming Sir John Ambrose Fleming (29 November 1849 – 18 April 1945) was an English and who invented the first or , designed the with which the first transatlantic radio transmission was made, and also established the used in physics. He was ...

, inventor of the

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. In biology and medicine;

, advocate of the theory of evolution; Azeem Majeed. Clinical Academic and Public Health Specialist; Wendy Barclay, virologist; Dame Sally Davies, the

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for England;

David Livingstone David Livingstone (; 19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish physician, Congregational church, Congregationalist, and pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, an List of explorers, explorer in Africa, and one ...

, medical missionary and Clare Lloyd, biologist. In engineering;

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, politician; Dame Julia Higgins, polymer scientist; Dame Judith Hackitt, former Chair of the

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; Dudley Maurice Newitt, scientific director of the

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; and

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, engineer and Member of the House of Lords. Non-academic affiliations include:

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, author; Nikolas Tombazis, chief car designer at

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McLaren

and

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Ferrari

; Ralph Robins, CEO of

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;

, guitarist of rock band

; Chew Choon Seng, CEO of

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; Sir

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, former

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;

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;

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; Edem Tengue, Minister of maritime economy of the republic of Togo;

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; Sir

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, ran the first

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; David Warren, inventor of the

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and

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;

Andreas Mogensen

, first Danish astronaut; David Pearson, software engineer;

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, entrepreneur;

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, hedge fund manager and philanthropist;

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, former chairman of the

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; Michael Birch, entrepreneur; Henry Charles Stephens, politician; Sir Michael Uren, businessman and philanthropist;

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, CEO of

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Pfizer

, Pallab Ghosh, BBC correspondent, Hannah Devlin, science journalist; Edwin Samuel Crump, designed of the Crump weir. Dyah Roro Esti Widya Putri Member of House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia

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