University · London, United Kingdom
Imperial College London
Public research university located in London, United Kingdom
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About
instance of inception founder official name Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine native label short name motto text Scientia imperii decus et tutamen (la) · literal translation: Science, ornament and protection of the empire
Location and contact
country located in the administrative territorial entity headquarters location location street address Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ (en-gb) postal code coordinate location historic county official website phone number +44-20-7589-5111 +44-2075895111
People and numbers
count of students employees position held by head of the organization
Rankings and recognition
ranking 2 · QS World University Rankings · 2026 8 · Times Higher Education World University Rankings · 2026 26 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2025 Earlier figures (24) 6 · QS World University Rankings · 2024 6 · QS World University Rankings · 2023 7 · QS World University Rankings · 2022 25 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2024 23 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2023 23 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2022 25 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2021 25 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2020 23 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2019 24 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2018 27 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2017 22 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2016 23 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2015 22 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2014 24 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2013 24 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2012 24 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2011 26 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2010 27 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2008 23 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2007 23 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2006 23 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2005 23 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2004 17 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2003
Structure and memberships
child organization or unit has part(s) affiliation member of 4 more
Other facts
Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (3)
coat of arms image image Imperial College London down Exhibition Road.jpg · media legend: Main entrance on Exhibition Road · media legend: L'entrée principale. (fr) · media legend: Haupteingang an der Exhibition Road (de) · media legend: hovedindgang på Exhibition Road (da) logo image
Wikimedia and technical details (13)
Commons category topic's main category category for alumni of educational institution category for employees of the organization described by source IPv6 routing prefix IPv4 routing prefix 129.31.0.0/16 146.169.0.0/16 146.179.0.0/16 155.198.0.0/16 API endpoint URL Commons Institution page Commons gallery history of topic archives at social media followers 167,593 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15353955 · 7 February 2023 233,000 · YouTube channel ID: UCcRV5FPxxWFdS4Fjnk9FQvA · 10 March 2025 Earlier figures (6) 149,827 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15353955 · 27 February 2022 133,667 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15353955 · 5 January 2021 224,000 · YouTube channel ID: UCcRV5FPxxWFdS4Fjnk9FQvA · 2 March 2024 212,000 · YouTube channel ID: UCcRV5FPxxWFdS4Fjnk9FQvA · 17 February 2023 191,000 · YouTube channel ID: UCcRV5FPxxWFdS4Fjnk9FQvA · 17 March 2022 170,000 · YouTube channel ID: UCcRV5FPxxWFdS4Fjnk9FQvA · 2 July 2021
Identifiers in other databases (71)
ACM Digital Library institution ID Art UK venue ID ARWU university ID BabelNet ID Baidu Tieba name 帝国理工学院 · number of works: 16,559 · 8 March 2023 BBC News topic ID BBC Things ID Bibliothèque nationale de France ID Canadiana Name Authority ID Companies House company ID Crunchbase organization ID DfE URN Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) 4eXK96 · subject named as: 帝国理工学院 · last update: 28 July 2023 Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021) 135251 · subject named as: 帝国理工学院 Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID EU Participant Identification Code EU Transparency Register ID 815408050645-90 · object named as: Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine EU VAT number Facebook username Freebase ID GND ID 5026864-8 · subject named as: Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine · since 1988 36936-6 · subject named as: Imperial College of Science and Technology · 8 July 1907–21 June 1988 Golden ID (archived) Google Maps Customer ID Google Scholar organization ID Google+ ID Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017) 4137578 · subject named as: ЛОНДОНСКИЙ ИМПЕРСКИЙ КОЛЛЕДЖ GRID ID IATI organisation ID IdRef ID Instagram username ISNI J9U entity ID Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID KISTI ID Library of Congress Authorities ID LinkedIn company or organization ID LittleSis organization ID Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued) MSRI institution ID MusicBrainz place ID National Library of Israel ID (old) National Library of Poland MMS ID NL CR AUT ID ko2006325332 · subject named as: Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine (Velká Británie) ko2006325333 · subject named as: Imperial College of Science and Technology NUKAT ID Open Funder Registry funder ID OpenAlex ID OpenCorporates organization ID QS World University ID Quora topic ID ResearchGate institute ID Ringgold ID ROR ID Science Museum people ID SCImago Institutions Rankings ID Scopus affiliation ID SHARE Catalogue author ID SNARC ID subreddit imperial · language of work or name: English · subject named as: Imperial College London · 23 May 2023 Threads username Times Higher Education World University ID U-Multirank university ID UK Parliament thesaurus ID 26454 · subject named as: Imperial College London UK Provider Reference Number VIAF cluster ID Weibo user ID Wellcome Collection concept ID WhatDoTheyKnow organisation ID X (Twitter) username imperialcollege · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 76,609 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15353955 · since 8 July 2008 YouTube channel ID UCcRV5FPxxWFdS4Fjnk9FQvA · subject named as: Imperial College London · number of works: 2,112 · number of subscribers: 155,000 · number of viewers/listeners: 18,091,896 · 6 December 2020 Scilit organization ID Yale LUX ID
At a glance
Kind University · Public
Location London, United Kingdom
Founded 1907
Students 17,565 (2016)
Also known as ICL, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Imperial College, Imperial College of Science and Technology, Imperial, Central Technical College (London)
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