Imperial College London Overview

Imperial College London - Overview & Background

Imperial College London Virtual Tour

USPs of the University

• Imperial College is reputed for its reputation in Science and Technology 
• Healthy student to faculty ratio
• Ranked 20th in the  QS Graduate Employability rankings

Jobs and Placements

• Survey-based on the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) reveals that most postgraduates and research scholars were employed.

Infrastructural Facilities

•  Its main campus is situated in South Kensington and there are four more major buildings in addition to others. It has many restaurants and cafes. 

Residence

Accommodation Options

• Halls on the Silwood Park Campus (not based in London): single and double occupancy rooms, weekly rent lies between 100 to 150 Pounds
• GradPad- studios for postgraduate students. Rent ranges from £264 to £466
• Private housing- variable.

Notable Alumni

• Sir John Brian Pendry, is an English theoretical physicist known for his research into refractive indices and creation of the first practical "Invisibility Cloak"
• Rajiv Ratna Gandhi, was an Indian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989
• Mohammad Abdus Salam, was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and a Nobel Prize laureate
• Sir Alexander Fleming,was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance
• Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett, was a British experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers, cosmic rays, and paleomagnetism, winning the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1948
• Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson, was a Nobel laureate English chemist who pioneered inorganic chemistry and homogeneous transition metal catalysis.
• Sir Alexander Fleming, was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin.
• Sir Julius Vogel, was the eighth premier of New Zealand. His administration is best remembered for the issuing of bonds to fund railway construction and other public works.
• Gary A. Tanaka, is an American businessman, sportsman and philanthropist who co-founded the investment company Amerindo Investment Advisors in 1979 along with Alberto Vilar.

Location of Imperial College London

Recreational sites

Sport centres, cafes and restaurants within the campus

Main Campus -South Kensington

Imperial College London Map Location

Address - Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2BX, United Kingdom