Imperial College London (IC) is a large university in central London. It specialises in business, engineering, medicine and science.
Imperial College was a constituent college of the University of London. It became fully independent in 2007, the 100th anniversary of its founding.
Imperial is among the best universities. It ranks 2nd in the 2015 QS World University Rankings and 9th in the 2015 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Imperial ranked 22 in the 2014 Shanghai world rankings.
Imperial's faculty and alumni include 15 Nobel laureates, 2 Fields Medalists, 70 Fellows of the Royal Society, 82 Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering and 78 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.