Imperial College London

Imperial College London is a college of the University of London which focuses on science and technology, and is located in the South Kensington district of West London. Although properly titled Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, since 2002 the college has adopted the style Imperial College London and prefers simply Imperial for short.

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University of London - Science - Technology - South Kensington - London - 2002

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As a specialist science college, Imperial is often seen to enjoy a similar reputation in the United Kingdom as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has in the United States. Indeed, it is also generally seen as one of the best engineering schools in the UK and the world. To become more academically rounded, a merger with University College London was proposed in October 2002, but was called off a month later after protests from staff and students of both colleges.

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United Kingdom - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - United States - University College London

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