Overview

Overview

Imperial College London was recognized in year 1907 as a public research university at London, United Kingdom. Imperial College London runs on the motive ?Knowledge is the adornment and protection of the Empire?.

U.S. News & World Report has ranked Imperial College London on #12 worldwide and on #3 nationally as Best Global Universities. Imperial College London is listed under the top 10 universities worldwide in todays? date. In year 2014/15 QS World ranked Imperial College London on #2, Academic Ranking of World Universities on #22 and Times Higher Education World University Ranking on #9. The Guardian ranked Imperial College London on #8, Complete ranked Imperial College London on #4 and Times/Sunday Times ranked Imperial College London on #4 in year 2015/16.    

Times Higher Education positioned Imperial College London?s subjects #3 for clinical, pre-clinical and health, #9 for engineering and technology and #13 for physical sciences and in Times Higher Education World University Subject tables Imperial College London is positioned at #2 in Europe. U.S. News and World Report positioned Imperial College London on #1 as engineering college in Europe. Businessweek ranked Imperial College London on #1 beyond US.

Campus

Imperial College London has 8 manifolds South Kensington, Charing Cross campus, Chekesea and Westminster campus, Hammersmith campus, Royal Brompton campus, St. Meary?s campus, Silkwood Park and Imperial West campus which is currently under construction. South Kensington is the main campus of the university centrally located in London expanded over 250-acres, home for scientific research and raw materials. Charing Cross campus, Hammersmith is home for medical and researches.

Chelsea and Westminster campus is medical and research based. Hammersmith campus, East Acton is based on medical teaching and research including libraries, recreational centres and food courts. Royal Brompton includes library. St. Mary?s campus, Paddington includes library and sports facilities along with medical and research centres.

Schools

Imperial College has miscellaneous schools and colleges:

• Imperial College Faculty of Engineering
  
• Imperial College Faculty of Medicine
  
• Imperial College Faculty of Natural Sciences
  
• Imperial College Business School
  

Departments

Imperial College has a spanerse range of departments:

• Bio Sciences & Biotechnology
  
• Computer Science & Information Technology
  
• Engineering & Technology
  
• Mathematics & Statistics
  
• Medicine
  
• Science
  

Teaching Standards

Imperial College has facilitated with the best, skilled and experienced faculty. QS Positioned Imperial College on #2 and Times Higher Education ranked Imperial College on #9 worldwide in year 2014/15.

Courses

Imperial College offers a wide range of graduate and undergraduate degree programs. Various departments and schools are there to support the courses. Imperial College is popularised for 40 departments and enormous research centres.

Student Facilities

Imperial College has over 300 clubs, societies and projects. There is a College Union for the student?s convenience to assist them regarding various issues. The college has a radio station called ?Imperial College radio? which is run by students themselves and Felix Newspaper as well which is a free student newspaper, it is edited by the students only.

Accommodation

Imperial College offers over twenty various residence halls with three thousand rooms in Inner London, Wye and Ascot. Some rooms have en-suite while other rooms offer single or double accommodation with study bedrooms, furniture, kitchens and bathrooms. Imperial College also offers off campus housing in private sectors.

Notable Alumni

Imperial College has numerous alumni, some of them are:

• Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist
  
• H.G. Wells, English writer
  
• Kenneth Binmore, economist
  
• Baron Patrick Blackett, Nobel laureate, physics
  
• Moses Blackman, crystallographer
  
• David Blow, biophysicist
  
• Alan Blumlein, electronic engineer
  
• Sir Charles Vernon Boys, scientist
  
• Donal Bradley, researcher in plastic electronics
  
• Tony Brooker, mathematician and computer scientist
  
• Keith Browning, atmospheric scientist
  
• John Burland, civil engineer- the person who stabilised the Tower of Pisa
  
• Kevin Buzzard, mathematician, number theory
  
• Nessa Carey, virologist and author
  

Scholarship

Imperial College London offers over 28 various programs of scholarship for graduates and undergraduates. There are two major scholarship programs offered by Imperial College of London these are, Imperial College PhD scholarships schemes and Imperial College Master?s scholarship scheme. Imperial aims at attracting the best and efficient students at the campus. If the students find themselves eligible then they can follow the university criteria for applying the scholarships.