![]() The front of the laboratory, from Prince Consort Road | |
Established | 1961 (Department since 1906 | )
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Head of Department | Professor Michele Dougherty[1] |
Faculty | Imperial College Faculty of Natural Sciences |
Students | 1,316[2] |
Location | Prince Consort Road, London, United Kingdom 51°29′58″N 0°10′45″W / 51.49944°N 0.17917°W |
Campus | South Kensington |
Website | www |
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The Blackett Laboratory is part of the Imperial College Faculty of Natural Sciences and has housed the Department of Physics at Imperial College London since its completion in 1961.[3] Named after experimental physicist Patrick Blackett who established a laboratory at the college,[4] the building is located on the corner of Prince Consort Road and Queen's Gate, Kensington. The department ranks 11th on QS's 2018 world university rankings.[5]