What is Imperial college: Definition and 22 Discussions

Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London. Imperial grew out of Prince Albert's vision of an area for culture, including the Royal Albert Hall, Imperial Institute, numerous museums, and the Royal Colleges that would go on to form the college. In 1907, Imperial College was established by Royal Charter, merging the Royal College of Science, Royal School of Mines, and City and Guilds College. In 1988, the Imperial College School of Medicine was formed by combining with St Mary's Hospital Medical School. In 2004, Queen Elizabeth II opened the Imperial College Business School.
The college focuses exclusively on science, technology, medicine and business. The college's main campus is located in South Kensington, and it has an innovation campus in White City, a research field station at Silwood Park, and teaching hospitals throughout London. The college was a member of the University of London from 1908, becoming independent on its centenary in 2007. Imperial has an international community, with more than 59% of students from outside the UK and 140 countries represented on campus. Student, staff, and researcher affiliations include 14 Nobel laureates, 3 Fields Medalists, 2 Breakthrough Prize winners, 1 Turing Award winner, 74 Fellows of the Royal Society, 87 Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and 85 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

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    Schools Applying for Imperial MSc QFFF

    I am currently considering applying for imperial college MSc quantum field and fundamental forces, and have few questions. 1. It says admission is in rolling bias, and it is already March, is it too late for the application? i.e. is all place taken by now. 2. I am currently a year three imperial...
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    Physics What’s the Imperial College QFFF MsC like?

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    Schools Has anyone obtained a MSc from Imperial College?

    Hello, I have been accepted at Imperial's postgraduate course "Quantum FIelds and Fundamental Forces" full time and have received an offer. This means that I have 20 days to decide If I will attend the course or not. Has anyone graduated from this course and is willing to share his...
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    Schools Imperial College MSc in QFFF - Do I still have a chance?

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    Schools Reputation of the university for graduate admission?

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    Schools Can Imperial College graduates go to US Grad schools?

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    Schools Reputation of Imperial College London in the US

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    Physics Navigating Quantum Computation: My Masters and PhD Prospects

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    Changing career to an experimentalist from a Theoretical Physics Major

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    Schools Imperial College London vs UCLA

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    Schools Imperial College VS ETH Zurich (MSc Physics)

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    Schools MSc in theoretical physics: Imperial College or Perimeter Institute?

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    Schools Choosing PhD in US after a QFFF master at Imperial College or?

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    Schools Imperial College London Interviews?

    Halloz..I'm just wondering if anyone knows what type of questions..or what questions they have asked or likely to ask in their interviews? Anyone had any experiences? Thanks!
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    Schools Imperial College physics MSc programs

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    Schools Imperial College London or University of Waterloo?

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    Schools MSc in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces at Imperial College London

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    Imperial College London - Nuclear Engineering

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    Schools Where to study physics? Imperial College or ETH Zurich?

    Hi guys and girls I have the following problem: I can't decide where I want to study physics (undergraduate). I've got unconditional offers from Imperial College London for MSci Physics and Theoretical Physics and one from ETH Zurich for Mathematics/Physics (Bachelor/Master; ETH Zurich =...
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