Imperial College London (reviews)

Studies at Imperial College London

Among the honourable and important alumni and staff, Imperial College London counts 15 Nobel laureates: Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Sir Abdus Salam, Sir Alexander Fleming, Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, Sir William Crookes, Sir Christopher Kelk Ingold, Thomas Huxley, Sir John Pendry, H.G. Wells, Geoffrey Wilkinson and Dame Sally Davies. Imperial College London also includes among its alumni and staff 2 Fields Medalists, 70 Fellows of the Royal Society, 78 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences and 82 Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Imperial College London operates an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Programme (UROP), that offers over 300 students a year a hands-on experience in one of their research teams. The college works with world leading staff that contribute to the greater teaching experience. Among this leading staff, we can find Professor John Burland, who worked over 11 years in the Tower of Pisa project to save it from collapsing, also Professor Michele Dougherty, Principal Investigator on the Cassini spacecraft, orbiting Saturn, and Professor Joanna Haigh – former president of the Royal Meteorological Society.

Life at Imperial College London

Imperial College London offers many activities to its students, including Imperial College Radio, Imperial College TV, Felix Newspaper, Imperial College Boat Club, Exploration Club, and the Dramatic Society.

Imperial College owns and manages twenty-one halls of residence in Inner London, Ealing, Ascot and Wye. Over three thousand rooms are available to students, guaranteeing first year undergraduates a place in college residences. Most of the students in these residences are first-year students, since the rooms are granted at the time of admission.