Imperial College London

WORLD RANK

2011-12
8

London, United Kingdom

Region: Europe

  • Overall score
    90.7
  • Teaching
    88.8
  • International outlook
    92.2
  • Industry income
    93.1
  • Research
    88.7
  • Citations
    93.9

With an emphasis on research, Imperial has four faculties - medicine, natural science, engineering and business. Founded in 1907 as a constituent college of the University of London, it became independent in 2007. Its main campus in London's museum quarter and seven others house more than 1,200 scholars and around 13,000 students.