Imperial College London (reviews)

Actually, I had a wonderful experience here. There are many seminars, career activities and resources here for us to join and network. The course set is really reasonable and comprehensive, but a little challenging. The learning environment is good but a little crowded as too many students on working days. Overall, I am satisfied with it.

I had a fantastic time. Despite the difficulties of Covid and the transition to online courses, the maths department is a great place with kind people and a vibrant community. It offers a reasonable mechanism for online classes and excellent quality of teaching.

The location is not good. Not connected to other universities. No student accommodations for masters. Professor teaching is not closely connected to the job market. Too much programming.
The library does not have enough capacity.

A good school with amazing job prospects. Also, it is an excellent place to learn with world-class teaching staff. The experience here is top-notch. The environment is serene to promote the teaching and learning process. A lot of experience can be gained here. Great infrastructures in this institution also, you have value for your money. The learning and teaching process is a big deal. Classes here are very effective, we are trained by professionals who are always willing to give their best. A friendly environment, a place to be.

Professors are kind and knowledgeable. Though some classes may not pretty useful, they are refreshing for me. Students are from different countries, which can remain the internationality and help me understand various cultures and contexts. Also, many Chinese friends are here, and I assume making more friends in the same industry is quite important.

The UK’s undergraduate education system is a compressed four-year course into three years, and the overall curriculum is very tight. Imperial College is divided into three semesters each year, with a total of eight courses from first to the third year in the Mathematics Department, four courses in the first and second semesters, exams and projects in the third semester, all compulsory in the first year, two to three electives in the second year, and eight electives in the third year. Each course has about 30 hours of class time. In my first year, I did not have a proper grasp of the study method, and I was too busy experiencing the freedom of university life, so my grades were not very good. In sophomore year, the average score improved by about 20 points. The third-year is probably the most critical year, with more than 50% of the marks being weighted. All in all, grades are quite important.

I had heard that IC was very stressful, and I was prepared for it, but I really didn’t expect it to be that stressful. Our class schedule is from morning to evening, only the evening and midnight can tutorial and coursework. coursework is really difficult, the teacher teaches very few things in class, 90% of the coursework is to learn on their own to figure out very time-consuming. I really don’t want to say anything when I see the schedule of this CW today, it really doesn’t leave us any time to breathe. Calmly think about IC really giving me a better life? No. After coming to IC hair fell faster acne grew more. The body is getting worse and worse from staying up late and sitting all day.

There are many team discussion rooms in the IC commercial building, just like the bunker laboratory where people studied science underground in the last century. In the basement of the business building, there is not only a counter where you can buy breakfast and lunch but also many spaces for group discussions, they are called vaults. They are mostly semi-closed, the only trouble is that reservations are required, and online booking channels are hard to find. From Monday to Wednesday, many people are occupying the space for self-study or preview. On Thursdays and Fridays, however, there are fewer people, so you can find an empty vault room without a reservation. I’ve been kicked out several times by people who booked because I didn’t make a reservation, it’s a shame, hahahaha.

I had no idea that there were team discussion rooms inside the IC like the bunker labs where science was studied underground in the last century. In the basement of the commercial building, there are not only counters where you can buy breakfast and lunch but also many spaces for group discussions. They are mainly semi-enclosed and need to be booked. From Monday to Wednesday many people are occupying the space for self-study or pre-preparation. On Thursdays and Fridays, however, there are fewer people, so you can find an empty vault room without booking.

I was thinking about actually going to the UK at first, but now I have completely decided to stay in China for the entire postgraduate period and take classes remotely. In the past, the school let us go offline, and even forced students to go to London through offline examinations. For me, it is definitely not willing, because I still have a job to do, I hope to be able to study graduate courses and offline work at the same time. However, the chemistry and work pressure of doing this will be very high, and if you don’t have enough multitasking ability, I don’t recommend doing it. Maybe I am a typical exam king, but I am very grateful to Imperial College for being able to complete postgraduate studies online in one year.