Motto | Scientia imperii decus et tutamen (Latin)[note 1] |
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Motto in English | Scientific knowledge, the crowning glory and the safeguard of the empire |
Type | Public research university |
Established | 1907 by Royal Charter[2] (1823 earliest medical school) |
Endowment | £157.1 million (as of 31 July 2017)[3] |
Budget | £1.027 billion (2017–2018)[3] |
President | Alice Gast |
Provost | Ian Walmsley |
Visitor | The Lord President of the Council ex officio |
Academic staff | 3,765 (2016–2017) |
Students | 17,690 (2016/17)[4] |
Undergraduates | 9,520 (2016/17)[4] |
Postgraduates | 8,170 (2016/17)[4] |
Location | London , United Kingdom |
Colours | Imperial Blue[5] |
Affiliations | ACU AMBA EUA G5 Global Alliance of Technological Universities Golden Triangle LERU MedCity Russell Group SES |
Website | www |
Imperial College London (IC) is a large university in central London.[6] It specialises in business, engineering, medicine and science.[7][8]
Imperial College was a constituent college of the University of London. It became fully independent in 2007, the 100th anniversary of its founding.[9]
Imperial is among the best universities. It ranks 2nd in the 2015 QS World University Rankings and 9th in the 2015 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[10][11] Imperial ranked 22 in the 2014 Shanghai world rankings.[12]
Imperial's faculty and alumni include 15 Nobel laureates, 2 Fields Medalists, 70 Fellows of the Royal Society, 82 Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering and 78 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.[13]
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