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The lectures are quite useful and the tasks are a bit difficult and challenging, but studying there is really good
The manager here is very nice, rooms are clean and equipments work well.
Super nice campus and good people
Teaching is fast paced and content heavy. Exams are very challenging and coursework deadlines are tight. It is not easy to perform well, but it makes the experience more worthwhile.
Amazing. Top university with amazing facilities and london is a great place to live
A nice place to study and the diversity of students make it even better
good uni but got a lot of work to do
Imperial bruh. What more can you ask for.
Generally a good place to acquire knowledge and social experiences. Studying here can sometimes be challenging, but it's always good to break yourself from your comfort zone.
excellent uni, great people and love their Woodward Halls of Residence
An excellent university with world-leading resources
Great designed programme, knowledgeable professors, creative peers and beautiful campus.
The campus is so small that there are no outdoor sports fields at all (only indoor stadiums). The only lawn on campus is always crowded with people, which makes me feel crowded
Very practical! And only 2 year course!
Imperial College London is a great university! Would definitely recommend courses in the Centre for Environmental Policy.
Average college for students not very recommended
imperial College London is locaded in South Kensington. Good place but WiFi is slow.
Imperial is my dream school and I am very glad to have the chance to study here. it has comfortable and great environment for students to study and relax.
The best university in the UK and I really like my classmates and teachers there.
Amazing food on campus. Very welcoming community with friendly lecturers. All kinds of clubs and societies available to make friends.
It is a very nice and great university.
Great University so far, a bit strict for marks
As a place of research, not many places in the world are as good as imperial, the campus, although small, has great facilities and some genuinely brilliant staff members. However, as a place of education, Imperial lacks in some of the most important areas; student satisfaction is a major problem, they can’t seem to do anything right when it comes to the likes of feedback, exam timetabling, workload balance, etc. (This is only regarding the Physics department, although I’ve heard similar stories from students from other courses, I can only speak for my own) I can say the support they give for mental health is actually not bad, they generally try to be accommodating of a lot of problems you may experience. The issue is the number of people experiencing mental health problems as a result of their course. There are people who enjoy their time at imperial, a lot of them, but I cannot say I have.
Awesome!!! The perfect place for any STEM nerds, you'll find your niche I promise. Facilities are top notch, and there's so many clubs to choose from. I fricking love my uni <3 <3 <3
I’m very proud to be a part of the Imperial body. Although I have not been able to experience the student life in its full effect I believe the school has great facilities and teachers
I am proud to be part of a universally-recognised University. The course is of outstanding quality - would highly recommend
Every thing nice! Nice staff! Nice room.
good college, hard study experience
The College is really nice and it is what I dreamed about! Really great environment and nice staff! Would be an honor to be the student of IC!
Because of the coronavirus, I did not really participate in some activities in the school, but I have been to the library and I think the facilities of the library are great.
It is such a big pity for Online courses, but IC is that IC. Good College!
Really good atmosphere and friendly lecturers
gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood
the wifi is fast but not stable.
I enjoy the supportive academic environment.
Amazing university, always a load of fun getting to make music in London!
Strong academic background and very good resources.
Very good university with great staff
Good university with a wide range of masterclasses and support to choose from
Its been good but i feel like it would of been better if there was no covid
Very hard to get involved due to covid.
Imperial College London is a great and famous university and it is really great.
.It is a good college, I learn a lot from there, And every teacher(posdoc, lecturer, doctor or professor) there has a good scientific experience and they are very friendly. I learned a lot from here and experience with respect.
It's great!All the people are friendly
I can't really give a comprehensive review since I've only been to uni for several times due to COVID.
Icl is always my dream school. The lectures are really attractive and interesting. Staff here are all friendly and helpful. ICl located in central London,.A really decent uni.
It is a lovely place to live and share your ideas, knowledge with other like minded students. It is a well furnished accommodation with superb location in the walking distance of river Thames and offers high quality living standards.
Very well prepared when it comes to covid regulations, great tutors and members of staff
Everything is managed very will, safe and clean.
Great Unicersity and nice campus which gave me unbelievable experience here in London
I'm a student in Business school. It is a nice school and has the comfortable space for studying.
ICL is the best university for all of the students
Career services are great! Really would have enjoyed more clubs to have fun and bond especially in this lockdown period
because the covid 19, I didnt spend enough time in our campus so I cant provide a precise review.
Imperial College London is one of the best University in the UK. They provide great facilities and experience even under the pandemic.
because of covid-19, i don't have much time at school except the school library. Library is good, quite place for study.
An incredible university for filmmakers!
the life in imperial is good, with wonderful academic resource
Located in an excellent place and has world-class faculty and facilities.
Good university. People are friendly and always glad to help.
really like it. the professor is also nice and passionate.
Really enjoyed my time at imperial. My course has been great and I am really pleased with the support offered. I like the campus but it could use with some updating now, especially the library.
Large campus with many areas to study. University has a wide range of societies to accommodate all type of interests.
It's far beyond my wildest expectations. Imperial College helps one balance an intense academic life with other aspects of life needed to keep going forward.
The empire’s curriculum during the epidemic is really the best.
Very thoughtful staff who are very helpful and go beyond to residents feel welcome. Residents are very friendly and as a plus television in room. Good value for money too and in a great location too.
Not great. Good name, good research, bad teaching.
There was a lack of transparency in the MSc course. I am thankful we received our graded coursework to review, but we weren't allowed to see our marked exams, which I take issue with. (Part of learning is recognizing any gaps in knowledge. Transparency also protects.) On one coursework, I was docked points for missing material. In reviewing, I found an entire section of my work unchecked. When I brought this (& included material) to my instructor's attention, he conceded & returned points that made a rather significant difference to my grade. All this to say, it would have been helpful to have seen our marked exams and to have been able to check for any mistakes in grading. To be fair, there are some really good instructors in the CivEng department. To make the MSc a stronger educational programme, I advocate for more transparency. Lastly FWIW, I left with the impression that the programme was operating more like a business (lots of int'l funding).
It is a nice and peaceful place and I enjoyed living here
You're literally paying for the 'Imperial' brand. Teaching and organisation are poor. Student support is abysmal. If you're a disabled student, don't expect Imperial to really care. They're just strict and stick to rules for the sake of them and palm you off to other people continuously if you've got any issues. Every process is very official, lengthy and drawn out - they don't even sort anything. My department also ignored the disability service's recommended adjustments, based on my disability. Putting someone with ADHD in a room with other students and an invigilator who was typing on his laptop right in front of me when it was recommended that I had a separate room because I have attention problems?! Common sense is obviously lacking. Imperial really do not care, they just care about the extra money coming in and lecturers getting those teaching hours ticked off. But hey, at least I can put Imperial on my CV!
Shortened my degree here because I absolutely hated it here. Overpriced everything, poor campus facilities always overcrowded, stressful city life, always over-worked with unachievable amounts of work, unable to provide for student’s needs when requested, unprofessional and bad university management overall. Will stress you out even after graduating: My degree certificate didn’t arrive on time, turned out it wasn’t even sent. Had to phone up 3 different telephone numbers and email 3 email addresses until I got a response. They are treating people’s important documents like toilet paper. Don’t go here if you value your mental health. The name value and career prospects are not worth it when you consider you will end up graduating a zombie. No comment on the clubs, have to sacrifice club time for work time A LOT. Also, what student union? Hardly engaging to the majority of students. The only good thing they have are cheap pints at the 568 bar.
Student union really depends on what course but it’s good overall
Good academics, very poor student satisfaction, people will be depressed
People get stressed out but actually it's such an amazing time if you let yourself have it.
Excellent courses, but terrible student support
Imperial is a great uni but the student union both as a building in Beit and an organisation could do with a lot more investment.
Good academics. Bad if you want a life
Great university with excellent resources at hand
Total opposite to what I thought would happen. Physics degree has been horrendously run and has put me off the subject massively, but have met a great crowd of people and thoroughly enjoyed the university experience nonetheless
Please avoid. The humanities are painfully lacking here. Terrible place unless you are a narrow minded scientist.
Its amazing especially the people you meet.
Both challenging and highly rewarding. Have met likeminded people, and developed greatly as a person. Have been provided with many incredible opportunities, and learnt from excellent staff and students. Fantastic facilities too. Sometimes lacking in funding for services such as counselling
A more work-focused university, however with a good social life once you find the right people!
Lovely place to study with brilliant people and a very proactive environment. The campus is taken good care. Imperial College London really cares about students and is always looking for ease students' life. I am very happy with this College.
I've been at Imperial for three years now and I'm in for a fourth. Imperial seems tough at the start but this is because we do not realise how productive we can be if we set our mind to it. I used to not like it but as the years have gone by and I compare with people from other unis I understand how my Imperial training has made me into a very competent and professional person which gives me great safety and ambition for the future. As a bonus, if you take it seriously and stay on top you can have quite a good social life even if many of your peers complain that they do not.
Pretty stressful environment, regardless of course. I did Biology and enjoyed it overall but the lack of support from the university (administrative or mental health-wise) was frustrating. The administrators for the different departments all seem equally incompetent in giving out information on time, if at all, and I've often reminded our coordinator to release certain information just hours before it's needed because they've forgotten? The clubs and societies are fantastic here, but the general atmosphere is oppressive and everyone seems perpetually stressed here. Rumours about low student satisfaction are true :)
I really like Imperial in almost every way, except I feel like its really hard to both keep up with work and go out. For that reason only I wish I had gone somewhere more fun.
Campus and some buildings are shockingly ugly for a supposedly world-class institution. Central Library gets quite busy and very hot. Our department lacked in student common room space and had no student cafe. The vending machines are always bloody broken so you can't get coffee when forced to work at 4am!! There is a wide array of clubs and societies. Only problem is that the sports ground is almost an hour coach away. Union has subsidised alcohol and those famous curly fries :) Careers service seems excellent, but I have never used it. They are open every day for advice and CV checkups. Wifi perfectly sufficient.
Studied computing. The curriculum overall is great and will turn you into a great engineer capable of commanding a salary well above the national average for graduates... but that comes at a cost of your sanity; the department is astonishingly incompetent at managing a degree programme. I do not have space to fully detail why here. Lecturers cannot come close to accurately estimating how long a particular assignment takes, leading to an insane workload. Some courses are so incompetently taught by a lecturer putting in such little effort you have to wonder why they even chose a career that involves teaching, especially in maths. I think they are overworked already with their other responsibilities. Some courses had badly copy-pasted slides that can be found online, and the lecturer seemed as if he had never even seen them before when trying to read them out. If you have ever seen lectures from top American unis, do not expect anywhere near that quality of teaching or effort put in.
Imperial is a great place with an immense amount of opportunity for every student, there are countless clubs and societies and it is refreshing to be around very clever people all the time. Nonetheless there are no humanities or arts students on campus which changes the vibe a bit.
amazing uni with incredible facilities, could improve on sports
Horrible student culture, worse departmental running i've ever seen. They just don't care about welfare and mental health despite what they say. Careers service is great though!
Can’t really live on campus as it’s in south ken. On the flip side it’s a really nice area, compared to, say, queen mary’s. Apart from that it’s a really well funded uni and does it’s best to cater to every aspect of students’ lives.
Hard work and lots of work but worth it
This university is a sausage-fest with 3 counselors per thousands of students. Don't come here if you care about your mental, social and physical health. Doesn't actually open up as many job prospects as you may think. A bit too expensive to live in London too. Student union doesn't actually care about its students. Campus is tiny and has very expensive, yet tasteless food.
Imperial is without a doubt up there with the most boring universities in the country in terms of nightlife. Because it only offers STEM courses, there are no History, English or Art students who at other unis are more likely to be keen to go out all the time. As a result, if you come here you will most likely not have the typical uni experience unless you're very lucky and find a great group of mates. Go to UCL
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Hated 90% of my time here. Made some good friends that said.
Small, like-minded student body. Some super nerdy folks but can be surprisingly fun!
Amazing university. Except it's not for everyone.