Academic Ranking of World Universities

The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
English Name: The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Region: Northern Europe
Country/Region: UK
Found Year: 1907
Address: South Kensington
Website: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/

Imperial College London is one of the world’s leading universities. The College’s 17,000 students and 8,000 staff work to expand the frontiers of knowledge in science, medicine, engineering and business, and translate their discoveries into benefits for society.

Founded in 1907, Imperial builds on a distinguished past, having pioneered penicillin, holography, fibre optics and metamaterials. Imperial researchers work across disciplines to improve health and wellbeing, understand the natural world, engineer novel solutions and lead the data revolution. This blend of academic excellence and its real-world application feeds into Imperial’s exceptional learning environment, where students participate in research to push the limits of their degrees.

Imperial is the UK’s most international university, according to Times Higher Education, with academic ties to more than 150 countries. Reuters named the College as the UK’s most innovative university because of its exceptional entrepreneurial culture and ties to industry.

The institution boasts 14 Nobel Prize winners and three Fields Medalists. Current staff include IVF pioneer Robert Winston, roboticist Maja Pantic, drugs expert David Nutt, cancer researcher Wendy Atkin and astronaut Helen Sharman. Famous alumni include science fiction author HG Wells, penicilin discoverer Alexander Fleming, Queen guitarist Brian May, former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, and space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock.


Total Enrollment:14047
           International Students:5758(41%)
Undergraduate Enrollment:8456
           International Students:2997(35%)
Graduate Enrollment:5591
           International Students:2762(49%)

Undergraduate Programs
           Aeronautical Engineering MEng
           Aeronautical Engineering with a Year Abroad MEng
           Aerospace Materials MEng
           Biochemistry BSc
           Biochemistry with a Year in Industry/Research BSc
           Biochemistry with French for Science  BSc
           Biochemistry with German for Science BSc
           Biochemistry with Management and a Year in Industry/Research BSc
           Biochemistry with Management BSc
           Biochemistry with Management BSc
           Biochemistry with Management with a Year in Industry/Research BSc
           Biochemistry with Research Abroad BSc
           Biochemistry with Spanish for Science BSc
           Biology BSc
           Biology with a Year in Europe BSc
           Biology with a Year in Industry/Research BSc
           Biology with French for Science BSc
           Biology with German for Science BSc
           Biology with Management and a Year in Industry/Research BSc
           Biology with Management BSc
           Biology with Management BSc
           Biology with Management with a Year in Industry/Research BSc
           Biology with Spanish for Science BSc
           Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering MEng
           Biomedical Engineering BEng
           Biomedical Engineering MEng
           Biomedical Sciences BSc
           Biomedical Sciences with Management BSc
           Biotechnology BSc
           Biotechnology with a Year in Industry/Research BSc
           Biotechnology with French for Science BSc
           Biotechnology with German for ScienceBSc
           Biotechnology with Management BSc
           Biotechnology with Management with a Year in Industry/Research BSc
           Biotechnology with Research Abroad BSc
           Biotechnology with Spanish for ScienceBSc
           Chemical Engineering MEng
           Chemical Engineering with a Year Abroad MEng
           Chemical with Nuclear Engineering MEng
           Chemistry and Management BSc
           Chemistry BSc
           Chemistry MSci
           Chemistry with a Year in Industry MSci
           Chemistry with French for Science MSci
           Chemistry with German for Science MSci
           Chemistry with Management and a Year in Industry BSc
           Chemistry with Management BSc
           Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry and a Year in Industry MSci
           Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry MSci
           Chemistry with Molecular Physics and a Year in Industry MSci
           Chemistry with Molecular Physics MSci
           Chemistry with Research Abroad and a Year in Industry MSci
           Chemistry with Research Abroad MSci
           Chemistry with Spanish for Science MSci
           Civil Engineering MEng
           Civil Engineering with a Year Abroad MEng
           Computing (Artificial Intelligence) MEng
           Computing (Computation in Biology and Medicine) MEng
           Computing (Games, Vision and Interaction) MEng
           Computing (International Programme of Study) MEng
           Computing (Software Engineering) MEng
           Computing BEng
           Computing MEng
           Ecology and Environmental Biology BSc
           Electrical & Electronic Engineering BEng
           Electrical & Electronic Engineering MEng
           Electrical & Electronic Engineering with a Year Abroad MEng
           Electrical & Electronic Engineering with Management MEng
           Environmental Geoscience MSci
           Geology and Geophysics MSci
           Geology BSc
           Geology MSci
           Geology with a Year Abroad MSci
           Geophysics BSc
           Geophysics MSci
           Geophysics with a Year Abroad MSci
           Information Systems Engineering BEng
           Information Systems Engineering MEng
           Information Systems Engineering with a Year Abroad MEng
           Materials Science and Engineering BEng
           Materials Science and Engineering MEng
           Materials with a Year Abroad BEng
           Materials with Management BEng
           Materials with Nuclear Engineering MEng
           Mathematics (Pure Mathematics) BSc
           Mathematics and Computer Science BSc
           Mathematics and Computer Science MSci
           Mathematics BSc
           Mathematics MSci
           Mathematics with a Year in Europe BSc
           Mathematics with a Year in Europe MSci
           Mathematics with Applied Mathematics/Mathematical Physics BSc
           Mathematics with Mathematical Computation BSc
           Mathematics with Statistics BSc
           Mathematics with Statistics for Finance BSc
           Mathematics, Optimisation and Statistics BSc
           Mechanical Engineering MEng
           Mechanical Engineering with a Year Abroad MEng
           Mechanical with Nuclear Engineering MEng
           Medicine (Graduate Entry) MBBS
           Medicine MBBS/BSc Medicine
           Microbiology BSc
           Petroleum Geoscience MSci
           Physics and Musical Performance BSc
           Physics BSc
           Physics MSci
           Physics with a Year in Europe MSci
           Physics with Theoretical Physics BSc
           Physics with Theoretical Physics MSci
           Plant Biology BSc
           Zoology BSc
Master's Degree Programs
           Actuarial Finance (part-time) MSc
           Advanced Chemical Engineering MSc
           Advanced Chemical Engineering with Biotechnology MSc
           Advanced Chemical Engineering with Process Systems Engineering MSc
           Advanced Chemical Engineering with Structured Product Engineering MSc
           Advanced Computational Methods for Aeronautics, Flow Management and Fluid-Structure Interaction MSc
           Advanced Computing MRes
           Advanced Computing MSc
           Advanced Materials Science and Engineering MSc
           Advanced Mechanical Engineering MSc
           Allergy MSc
           Allergy PG Cert
           Analogue and Digital Integrated Circuit Design MSc
           Applied Mathematics MSc
           Biochemical Research MRes
           Bioimaging Sciences MRes
           Bioinformatics and Theoretical Systems Biology MSc
           Biomedical Engineering MSc
           Biomedical Research(The title of the degree awarded will be MRes Biomedical Research (Cardiovascular Science, Technology and Medicine) or MRes Biomedical Research (Microbial Pathogenesis) depending on the modules studied) MRes
           Biosystematics MRes
           Cancer Biology MRes
           Cardiorespiratory Nursing(part-time) MSc
           Cellular Pathology(FT and PT) MRes
           Chemical Biology of Crop Sustainability and Protection MRes
           Chemical Biology of Health and Disease MRes
           Clinical Research Design and Management (PT only) MRes
           Communications and Signal Processing MSc
           Composites: the Science, Technology and Engineering Application of Advanced Composites MSc
           Computing (Architecture) MSc
           Computing (Artificial Intelligence) MSc
           Computing (Biomedical Applications) MSc
           Computing (Computational Management Science) MSc
           Computing (Creative Industries) MSc
           Computing (Distributed Systems) MSc
           Computing (Software Engineering)  MSc
           Computing (Theory) MSc
           Computing (Visual Information Processing) MSc
           Computing for Industry MSc
           Computing Science MSc
           Concrete Structures and Business Management MSc
           Concrete Structures and Sustainable Development MSc
           Concrete Structures MSc
           Conservation and Forest Protection MSc
           Conservation Science MSc
           Control Systems MSc
           Controlled Quantum Dynamics MRes
           Crop Protection Suite(The title of the degree awarded will be Entomology or Integrated Pest Management, according to modules studied) MSc
           Drug Discovery and Development: Multidisciplinary Science for Next Generation Therapeutics  MRes
           Earthquake Engineering MSc
           Ecological Applications MSc
           Ecology, Evolution and Conservation (FT and PT) MSc
           Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Research (FT and PT) MRes
           Engineering Geology for Ground Models and Business Management MSc
           Engineering Geology for Ground Models and Sustainable Development MSc
           Engineering Geology for Ground Models MSc
           Entomology MRes
           Entomology(Part of the Crop Protection Suite) MSc
           Environmental Engineering and Business Management MSc
           Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development MSc
           Environmental Engineering MSc
           Environmental Technology MSc
           Experimental Neuroscience MRes
           Experimental Physiology and Drug Discovery (The title of the degree awarded will be MRes in Experimental Physiology and Drug Discovery (Bioimaging) for those following that pathway) MRes
           Finance MSc
           General Structural Engineering MSc
           Green Chemistry, Energy and the Environment MRes
           Health Policy MSc
           History of Science, Medicine and Technology  MSc
           Human Molecular Genetics MSc
           Human Nutrition MRes
           Hydrology and Business Management MSc
           Hydrology and Sustainable Development MSc
           Hydrology and Water Resources Management MSc
           Immunology MSc
           Infection Management for Pharmacists(part-time only) MSc
           Infection Management for Pharmacists(part-time only) PG Cert
           Infection Management for Pharmacists(part-time only) PG Dip
           Infection(part-time only) MSc
           Infection(part-time only) PG Cert
           Infection(part-time only) PG Dip
           Innovation and Entrepreneurship MSc
           Innovation Design Engineering(joint course with RCA – all applications must be made direct to the RCA) MA/MSc
           Integrated Crop Pest and Disease Management (FT and PT) MRes
           Integrated Pest Management(Part of the Crop Protection Suite) MSc
           International Health Management MSc
           Management MSc
           Mathematics and Finance MSc
           MBA (Distance Learning) MBA
           MBA (Executive - weekday)
           MBAThe full-time MBA course commences in October MBA
           Medical Robotics and Image Guided Intervention MRes
           Medical Ultrasound(The title of the degree awarded will be Medical Ultrasound or Medical Ultrasound (Echocardiography), according to the subjects studied) MSc
           Metals and Energy Finance MSc
           Modern Epidemiology MSc
           Molecular and Cellular Basis of Infection (as part of the Wellcome 1+3 Infection PhD Programme) MRes
           Molecular Biology and Pathology of Viruses MSc
           Molecular Medicine MSc
           Molecular Plant Biology and Biotechnology MRes
           Nanomaterials MRes
           Nuclear Engineering MSc
           Optics and Photonics MSc
           Paediatrics and Child Health MSc
           Paediatrics and Child Health PG Cert
           Paediatrics and Child Health PG Dip
           Petroleum Engineering MSc
           Petroleum Geophysics MSc
           Petroleum Geoscience MSc
           Photonics MRes
           Physics MSc
           Plant Science and BiotechnologySUSPENDED FOR 2011 ENTRY MSc
           Plastic Electronic Materials MRes
           Preventive Cardiology (FT and PT) MSc
           Preventive Cardiology PG Cert
           Preventive Cardiology PG Dip
           Public Health MPH
           Pure Mathematics MSc
           Quality and Safety in Healthcare (part-time) MSc
           Quantitative Biology MSc
           Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces MSc
           Reproductive and Developmental Biology MSc
           Risk Management and Financial Engineering MSc
           Science Communication MSc
           Science Media Production MSc
           Science, Technology, Medicine and Society MSc
           Scientific, Technical and Medical Translation with Translation Technology MSc
           Shock Physics MSc
           Soil Mechanics and Business Management MSc
           Soil Mechanics and Engineering Seismology MSc
           Soil Mechanics and Environmental Geotechnics MSc
           Soil Mechanics and Sustainable Development MSc
           Soil Mechanics MSc
           Strategic Marketing MSc
           Structural Molecular Biology MRes
           Structural Steel Design and Business Management MSc
           Structural Steel Design and Sustainable Development MSc
           Structural Steel Design MSc
           Surgical Education MEd
           Surgical Science (FT and PT) MSc
           Surgical Technology (FT and PT) MSc
           Sustainable Energy Futures MSc
           Systems and Synthetic Biology MRes
           Taxonomy and Biodiversity MSc
           Theory and Simulation of Materials MSc
           Translational Medicine (FT and PT) MRes
           Transport and Business Management MSc
           Transport and Sustainable Development MSc
           Transport MSc
Doctoral Programs
           Aeronautics
           Bioengineering
           Biology
           British Heart Foundation
           Cell & Molecular Biology
           Centre for Environmental Policy
           Chemical Engineering
           Chemistry
           Civil & Environmental Engineering
           Clinical Sciences
           Computing
           Department of Medicine
           Department of Surgery and Cancer
           Earth Science & Engineering
           Electrical & Electronic Engineering
           Epidemiology, Public Health & Primary Care
           Faculty of Medicine
           Graduate School for Life Sciences & Medicine
           Grantham Institute for Climate Change
           Imperial College Business School
           Institute of Global Health Innovation
           Materials
           Mathematics
           Mechanical Engineering
           Molecular Biosciences
           National Heart and Lung Institute
           Physics

Performance in Academic Ranking of World Universities
ARWU 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Institutional
Ranking
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Performance in Academic Ranking of World Universities by Broad Subject Fields
Broad Subject Fields 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
SCI27272524262727292729
ENG27253030222219867
LIFE40444641384142383533
MED25262323212120232323
SOC/////151-200151-200101-150101-150101-150
Performance in Academic Ranking of World Universities by Subject Fields
Subject Fields 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Mathematics46424046474645
Physics14141314141515
Chemistry313030343651-7549
Computer Science//76-10051-7551-7551-7526
Economics/Business76-10078-100/151-200101-150101-15076-100
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