Imperial College London

Imperial College London
MottoScientia imperii decus et tutamen (Latin)[note 1]
Motto in English
Scientific knowledge, the crowning glory and the safeguard of the empire
TypePublic research university
Established1907 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]
PresidentAlice Gast
ProvostIan Walmsley
VisitorThe Lord President of the Council ex officio
Academic staff
3,765 (2016–2017)
Students17,690 (2016/17)[4]
Undergraduates9,520 (2016/17)[4]
Postgraduates8,170 (2016/17)[4]
Location
London
,
United Kingdom
ColoursImperial Blue[5]   
AffiliationsACU
AMBA
EUA
G5
Global Alliance of Technological Universities
Golden Triangle
LERU
MedCity
Russell Group
SES
Websitewww.imperial.ac.uk Edit this at Wikidata
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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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  2. PJGILL. "Charitable status". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Annual Report and Accounts 2017–18" (PDF). Imperial College London. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "2016/17 Students by HE provider, level, mode and domicile" (CSV). Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  5. "Brand colours". Imperial College London. Retrieved 28 Nov 2018.
  6. "officially The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine". Archived from the original on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  7. "Strategy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  8. "About us". Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Archived from the original on 2 December 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  9. "University of London: Imperial College leaves University of London". Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  10. "QS World University Rankings® 2014/15". Top Universities. 2014-09-11. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
  11. "World University Rankings 2014-2015". Times Higher Education. October 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
  12. ""ARWU - Imperial College, London". Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. 2014". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  13. "Award winners | Imperial College London". Imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-10.


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