Imperial College London — Attraction in London

My review is based on facts finding and visiting this university for events. I’m still looking into all the available courses in various universities across UK so don’t study here yet. This top UK university is right in the middle of London city. A lot of facilities appear to be in the need of renovations and upgrades. Professors are fantastic and courses are up to date and quite interesting. Students look happy and proud!

Imperial College London was founded by great Prince Albert as a part of Albertopolis Following the success of the 1851 Great Exhibition, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert wanted to invest the proceeds into a completely new brand, world-class educational yet cultural quarter for the arts and science. Named as Albertopolis, the entire area was centred along with the Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the Science Museum, the Natural History Museum, the Royal Albert Hall, the Victoria, and Albert Museum. In 1887, Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone and opened the Imperial Institute but after merging with the several royal colleges, it becomes the Imperial College London.

In July 1907, the Imperial Institute and the Royal Colleges were merged and formed the Imperial College London. From its commencement, this university was an important member of the University of London. However, right after 100 years, ICL left the hand of the University of London in 2007.

ICL is home to the Parkinson’s and MS Tissue Bank, collection of the “central nervous system tissue samples” donated by people with Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and related issues. Over 1,650 specimens are stored with samples at -80 degrees that are used in research projects at above 100 institutions all across the globe.

The Grantham Institute for Climate Change and Environment was founded in 2007. It is one of the six cross-departmental centres majorly focusing on particular societal issues. It was formed with the help of a multi-million pounds donation from the Grantham Foundation for the safety of our environment. It is the largest private funding given to climate change-related research work in the UK.

Imperial College London is steeped in history. Besides, it is one of the best universities in the whole UK to study in as it has a huge...

Whatever you do, don't study MSc Biomedical Engineering biomechanics stream here unless you have overall 90% overall minimum in your undergraduate first class degree. If your UG isn't in mechanics or Biomedical, don't even think about this PGT course, you will just end up failing and depressed.

The courses require a lot of pre requisites and the lecturers just assume you have all the knowledge. The exams are way too hard and designed to make you fail. It's okay to have high standards for exams for a university but the university should admit students of that caliber, here they accept students even with a 2:1 degree and they will end up failing. Their entry requirements should be raised. The college doesn't have a proper policy on marking hence as they wish they just moderate your marks down and make you fail , if they feel every1 scored more than say 60 on 100.

A general issue across all programs at imperial, no matter how much effort you put in you won't be able to score more than 60 in a coursework coz it's imperial and they want to maintain their standard. They accept international students just so they can milk the money out of them, many of the students arent actually happy here but end up staying coz of the hefty fee trap they get caught in. They don't really care for any of their students. The lecturers here are more proud of students failing than passing proven by the first line they say during their first lectures "half the class failed last year". The entire system is designed to make you fail. They set entry requirements low and make exams so high level which makes absolutely zero sense. Their admissions team is so bad , no clue who even reviews the profile of the candidates and think they might be a good fit for the program. The university is simply overhyped. Worst University ever. Worst experience ever. A place filled with cold...

just finished my degree here. the 1 star reviews baffle me. yes, it's hard, but that should be known. i was an average student in my course and none of the modules felt overly challenging. when an exam is exceptionally difficult, they do curve the grades. i, nor any of my friends there, have ever felt we were graded unfairly or stretched too far.

they were really accommodating with my ADHD - relaxed attendance requirements and mitigating circumstances felt like they were given fairly. i and those i know had comprehensive lecture notes for every module, which made self study really easy. i felt like i had the resources to learn the way i found the most efficient - from home, via reading and problem sets, and they didn't punish me for the lack of attendance.

socialising isn't difficult here; there are so many societies that there's bound to be one that fits your interest. as long as you show up regularly, you'll become friends with those there. besides, you feel a sense of camaraderie with those in your course. when there's ten of you working on the same problem and you come up with 4 different (incorrect) solutions, you're bonded in a very special way.

my brother is at cambridge now and my sister went to oxford before me, and i can say that i would have not enjoyed oxbridge nearly as much as either of the other two. it's scrappier and doesn't have the elitist feeling. all of us have felt the heavy pressure and sense of incompetence. i actually took a leave of absence. but the feeling of accomplishment is real and i have no regrets.

4 stars because huxley didn't have a microwave for my first...