Imperial College London

In South Kensington (aka ‘Pashmina Central’), wedged between the Natural History Museum and the Albert Hall, Imperial College’s main building is a towering, oversized portakabin of aluminium, smoked glass and concrete. There are other sites dotted around London, plus Wye College in Kent...more detail Imperial has an almighty international reputation for its academia: science and technology courses are the star players. Most degrees involve years abroad or in industry and grad-hungry employers flock like bears to a honey pot...more on academic Imperial’s overwhelmingly male and science-ish students are predictably hard grafters, although they do make time around their 9-5 schedules to chug a pint (but not in wallet-melting Kensington) or kick a ball around their excellent (for London) sports facilities...more on sports The Students' Union is politically independent, and spends its time laying on ents and managing the gazillion societies...more on the SU A hefty number (over 20%) of students living in share rooms, mostly in the halls near campus...more on housing Healthcare provision is excellent and there are oceans and oceans of cash sloshing around to help students stay afloat...more on welfare

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E-mail: info@imperial.ac.uk
Website: www.imperial.ac.uk