page_title: Imperial College London
section_title: Admissions
hierarchical_section_title: Imperial College London / Academic profile / Admissions
caption_attribution_description: English: The Central Library of Imperial College London overlooks Queen's Lawn. The middle two floors date from the construction of the building in 1969, whereas extension of the ground floor (visible) and the top two floors are from a later renovation in the late 1990s.
context_page_description: Imperial College London is a public research university in London. Dating back to the Royal College of Chemistry's foundation in 1845, 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.
context_section_description: For the 2018 entry, the ratio of applicants to admissions was 7.8:1 for undergraduates and 6.5:1 for postgraduates. For 2018 entry, the undergraduate courses with the lowest ratios of applicants to admissions were computing (15.4:1 ratio) followed by mathematics (10.5:1) and mechanical engineering (10.5:1). The highest was bioengineering (3.8:1).
  Undergraduates beginning their studies at Imperial in 2017–18 had the 4th highest average UCAS Tariff in the UK, at 205 points.
  Imperial is among the most international universities in the United Kingdom, with 50% of students from the UK, 16% of students from the EU, and 34% of students from outside the UK or EU. The student body is 39% female and 61% male. 36.5% of Imperial's undergraduates are privately educated, the fourth highest proportion amongst mainstream British universities.
caption: Central Library on Queen's Lawn
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