In Britain, although the history of Imperial College London in London is shorter than that of Oxford and Cambridge, since its establishment, it has quickly become one of the top universities in the world with its strong royal background and strong financial strength.
Therefore, there is a so-called "tripartite confrontation" in British education, which holds that Oxford is the best institution for liberal arts, Cambridge is the best institution for science, and London and Imperial College London are the best institutions for engineering.
In the QS World University Rankings, the college ranks among the top five in the UK, just behind Oxford and Cambridge. Due to this good reputation and its expertise in science and technology, the quota of Imperial College London in London is very competitive.
Among the alumni studying, working or currently working in Imperial College London, * * * have 14 Nobel Prize winners and 3 Fields Prize winners. Among the faculty of Imperial College London in London, there are 74 academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences, 84 academicians of the Royal Academy of Engineering and 85 academicians of the Royal Medical College.
Campus life in Imperial College London, London;
Imperial College London, London is an open university, which consists of many scattered campuses. The main campus, South kensington Campus, is located in south kensington, a famous rich area, near Hyde Park, and not far from Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey. There are also many famous museums here, which are worth visiting.
Except the central library located in south kensington campus, all departments in Imperial College London, London have their own libraries, including the library of the Science Museum, which is open to the registered public. The Central Library has a total of 750,000 books, providing 850 seats for readers.
The central library has books and materials of various disciplines in the college, and has a rich collection of books in science, history, art, literature, tourism and other disciplines. Including more than 3.5 million books, periodicals 1800 kinds, with a total collection of 725,000 books. There are also newspapers, magazines, tapes and CDs.
There is also the Science Museum Library in the same building, with 850,000 books, more than 4,500 periodicals and more than 900 seats for readers.