Imperial College London
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The Imperial College London is a British university, which was founded in 1907. Your claim is the training and research of world-class science, engineering, medicine and economics, especially with the target of the link between basic research and applications in industry, commerce and healthcare.
Together with the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford, Imperial College London, one of the most prestigious universities in the UK and regularly leads the university rankings on. The Imperial College London is the current QS World University Ranking 3rd place in the UK and the 5th in a worldwide comparison. Imperial College has three faculties: engineering sciences, natural sciences and medicine, complemented by a business school, the Imperial College Business School. Together with the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, LSE and UCL is the Imperial College London, the so-called super - elite group of the G -5 universities in England. In addition, the Imperial College London is one of the six 'Golden Triangle ' universities. Rector of the College is Sir Keith O'Nions.
The main campus is located just south of Hyde Park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The closest metro station is South Kensington.
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History
The Imperial College was founded in 1907 and is by a merger of the City and Guilds College, the Royal School of Mines and the Royal College of Science emerged.
End of the last century, the medical school of St Mary's Hospital (1988 ), and the National Heart and Lung Institute (1995) and the medical schools of Charing Cross and Westminster (1997 ) and Imperial College School of Medicine have joined forces. On 1 August 2000, the Wye College and the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology merged with the College. The Kennedy Institute, a portion of medical school and the Wye College is now known as the Imperial College Wye Campus.
The traditional closing ceremony of all Imperial students in the class will be held at the Royal Albert Hall.
Ranking and reputation
In the Times Higher Education World University Ranking (2010), the Imperial College London is ranked 9th of the best universities in the world. In subcategory Medicine, the University is consistently ranked in 5th place, in engineering and IT at number 9, number 9 in the life sciences, the natural sciences at number 13 and in the reputation ranking in 2011 at No. 11
In the Financial Times rankings, Faculty of Economics (Imperial College Business School) is ranked 18 in the category European Business Schools. The MSc in Management Program reached in Management Ranking 2011, the Financial Times the 1st place in the United Kingdom and is ranked 13th worldwide. In the FT MBA Ranking the ICBS is ranked 37 and is ranked 4 in the Entrepreneurship specialization. The MSc in Finance Program is consistently ranked in the 8th place in the FT rankings 2011. In the Bloomberg Businessweek rankings for European Business Schools, the ICBS reached the 14th place.
In the QS World University Rankings (2010), the Imperial College London is the world's # 7 In subcategory Medicine and Biosciences, the University is seen at No. 11, in Engineering and IT at No. 6 and in the natural sciences in 11th place worldwide. According to the Shanghai Ranking (2010) of China Jiaotong University in Shanghai, the University is ranked 4th in Europe.
According to the every 5 -yearly UK Research Assessment Excercise (2008), which decides at universities on the allocation of financial support from public institutions, 73 % of the publications at Imperial College London have been as international ' world leader ' (4 *) or 'excellent ' (3 *) classified. This is the highest proportion in the whole of the UK universities with several faculties.
According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency and The Sunday Times were graduates of the Department of Computing at Imperial College London in 2008 an average of the highest starting salaries of IT graduates and the second highest starting salaries of all graduates of all institutions and disciplines in the UK.
Campus
Imperial's main campus is located in the posh South Kensington, London, in an area that is also known as Albertopolis by their high density of cultural and academic institutions. In his neighborhood, the Natural History Museum, are the Science Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal College of Music, the Royal College of Art, and the world famous Royal Albert Hall. The South Kensington campus is located just 100 meters from Hyde Park. Every building is accessible via the Main Walkway, the central path through the densely populated campus. Also the Junior and Senior Common Room (think a cafeteria for undergraduates or postgraduates and staff) and various shops at him.
Imperial College also has two other campus - in Silwood Park (near Ascot ) and at Wye (near Ashford in Kent).
New buildings
Currently, large parts to be renovated. A donation of about 40 million euros by the alumnus Gary Tanaka in 2000 enabled the construction of a new building for the business school, which is now known as Imperial College Business School. It was designed as the new building for the life sciences and the central administration building by architect Norman Foster. The Business School is now regarded as the imposing main entrance to the South Kensington campus and was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004.
Organization
Faculties
The Imperial is divided into three faculties and five separate departments.
Imperial People
So far, 14 former Imperial family members have received a Nobel Prize, also two other members was awarded the Fields Medal.
- List of personalities of Imperial College London
Others
2006 the World Memory Championship held at Imperial College.