Imperial College London overview

Q. What is the main USP of Imperial College London?

Ans. Imperial College London is one of the top universities and one of the oldest universities in London. The Imperial College London is famous for its course in science, technology, medicine and business. The university ranked 7 in QS World University Ranking. Imperial College London has a large international community with more than 59% of students from outside UK.

Q. What is the ranking of Imperial College London?

Ans. The rankings of the Imperial College London are –

GLOBAL 

• It ranked 25 by ARWU
• It ranked 7 by QS World University Ranking
• It also ranked 12 by THE 

NATIONAL

• The university ranked 5 by Complete 
• It ranked 7 by Guardian
• It ranked 4 by Times

Q. What is Imperial College London famous for?

Ans. Imperial College London is one of the top universities and one of the oldest universities in London. The Imperial College London is famous for its course in science, technology, medicine and business. The university ranked 7 in QS World University Ranking. Imperial College London has a large international community with more than 59% of students from outside UK.

Q. Is London large city?

Ans. Yes, it is capital city of UK.

Q. Who are the top Alumni of Imperial College London?

Ans. Some of the notable alumni of Imperial College London are –

• Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
• Rajiv Gandhi
• Abdus Salam
• Sir Alexander Fleming
• Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett
• Sir William Crookes
• Thomas Huxley
• Sir John Pendry
• H.G Wells
• Geoffrey Wilkinson

Q. Is the Imperial College London recognized?

Ans. Yes.

Q. How is the campus of the Imperial College London?

Ans. SOUTH KENSINGTON

Imperial main campus is based in South Kensington Notable building include the Business School, which is the college’s main entrance, the Queen’s Tower, which sits at the heart of campus, the Royal School of Mines.

WHITE CITY

Imperial has a second major campus in White City providing a platform for innovation and entrepreneurship. The hub houses research facilities, postgraduate accommodation, as well as a commercial space. The campus is home to the Scale Space and incubator, Invention Rooms, a college hackerspace and community outreach centre.

SILWOOD PARK

Silwood Park is a postgraduate campus of Imperial College located in the village of Sunninghill near Ascot in Berkshire.

Q. What are the libraries of the Imperial College London?

Ans. The Imperial College’s Central Library is located next to Queen’s Lawn and contains the main corpus of the college’s collection. It previously also housed the Science Museum’s library. The Fleming library is located at St Mary’s, originally the library of St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, with other hospital campuses also having college libraries.