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Imperial College London (Imperial) is a public research university in London, England. Its history begins with Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, who designed the cultural precinct in South Kensington including museums, colleges and the Royal Albert Hall.[6][7] In 1907, these colleges – the Royal College of Science, the Royal School of Mines, and the City and Guilds of London Institute – merged to form Imperial College London.[8] In 1988, the Imperial College School of Medicine was established through a merger with St Mary’s Hospital Medical School. In 2004, Queen Elizabeth II opened the business school of Imperial College.
The university focuses on science, engineering, business, and medicine, while having a business culture.[9] The main school is located in South Kensington, the secondary school in White City also serves as a center for innovation, marketing, and research.[10] The Department of Medicine also operates five teaching hospitals across London. The university was formerly a constituent college of the University of London and became an independent university in 2007.[11] With over 60% international students, Imperial represents 140 countries on campus.[12]
History
The first college to lead to an Imperial establishment was the Royal College of Chemistry, founded in 1845, with the approval of Prince Albert and Parliament.[7] This was merged in 1853 with what became known as the Royal School of Mines.[13] The medical school has its roots in a number of different schools across London, the oldest of which is Charing Cross Hospital Medical School which can be traced back to 1823, followed by teaching beginning at Westminster Hospital in 1834, and St Mary’s Hospital in 1851.[14]. [15][16]
In 1851, Henry Cole and Prince Albert, the husband of the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, Queen Victoria organized the exhibition as an exhibition of culture and industry. A popular and financial success, funds from the Great Exhibition were earmarked to develop an area for cultural and scientific progress in South Kensington.[17] Over the next six years, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Science Museum opened, joined by new buildings in 1871 for the Royal College of Chemistry, and in 1881 the opening of the Royal School of Mines and Natural History Museum.[18]
Imperial Institute, now the site of the Queen’s Lawn
In 1881, the Normal School of Science was founded in South Kensington under the leadership of Thomas Huxley, taking over responsibility for the teaching of natural sciences and agriculture from the Royal School of Mines.[19] The school was renamed the Royal College of Science by royal consent in 1890.[20] The Central Institution of the City and Guilds of London Institute was opened as a technical academy on the road by the Prince of Wales in 1884, with studies commencing in 1885.[8]
Royal College of Science
20th century
At the beginning of the 20th century, there was concern that Great Britain was falling behind Germany in science and technology. A departmental committee was formed at the Board of Education in 1904, to look into the future of the Royal College of Science. A report issued in 1906 called for the establishment of an institution uniting the Royal College of Science and the Royal School of Mines, and – if agreement could be reached with the City and Guilds of London Institute – a central Technical College. 21 [22]
On 8 July 1907, Edward VII granted a Royal Charter establishing the Imperial College of Science and Technology. This includes the Royal School of Mines and the Royal College of Science. He also arranged for the City and Guilds Colleges to immediately join his governing body, and Imperial to become a college of the University of London.[23] The college joined the University of London on 22 July 1908, and City and Guilds College joined in 1910.[8][24] The large Imperial College campus was built next to the Imperial Institute building, a new building for the Royal College of Science opened across from it in 1906, and the foundation of the Royal School of Mines was laid by King Edward VII. in July 1909.[21]
As students at Imperial will study separately for a London degree, in January 1919, students and alumni qualified for a petition to make Imperial a university with the authority to award its own degree, dependent on the University of London.[ 25 [26] In response, the University of London changed its regulations in 1925 so that the university would examine the courses taught only at Imperial, enabling students to obtain a Bachelor of Science.[27] In October 1945, George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited Imperial to celebrate the centenary of the Royal College of Chemistry, the oldest of the institutions that merged to form Imperial College. “Memorial Day”, the name of this visit, is held every October as a university graduation ceremony.[28][29] The college also acquired a station at Silwood Park near Ascot, Berkshire in 1947.[30]
Royal School of Mines
After the Second World War, there was another concern that Britain was falling behind in science – this time to the United States. The Percy Report of 1945 and the Barlow Commission in 1946 called for a “British Myth” – which was influenced by scientists as well as politicians at the time, including Lord Cherwell, Sir Lawrence Bragg and Sir Edward Appleton.[31 ][32] The University Grants Committee was against it however, [31] so there was an agreement in 1953, where Imperial would remain a university, but double in size over the next ten years.[33] [34] The expansion led to the construction of many new buildings. These included the north tower in 1957 and the Physics building in 1960, and the completion of the East Quadrangle, which was built on four levels between 1959 and 1965. The building project also meant the demolition of the City and Guilds College building in 1962-63. and the building of the Imperial Institute from 1967.[35] Opposition from the Royal Fine Arts Commission and others meant that the Queen’s Tower was retained, with work between 1966 and 1968 to straighten it.[36] A new laboratory for biochemistry, established with the support of a £350,000 grant from the Wolfson Foundation, was opened by the Queen in 1965.[37][38]
In 1988, Imperial merged with St Mary’s Hospital Medical School under the Imperial College Act 1988. An amendment to the Royal Charter changed the institution’s name to The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine and made St Mary’s a constituent college. .[39] ] This was followed by its merger with the National Heart and Lung Institute in 1995 and Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, the Royal Postgraduate Medical School and the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1997, and the Imperial College Act 1997 establishing the Imperial College. Medicine.[40]
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N’afọ 2003, ndị Privy Council nyere Imperial ikike inye akara ugo mmụta n’aka nke ya. Na 2004, ụlọ akwụkwọ azụmahịa nke Imperial College na ọnụ ụzọ kọleji ọhụrụ na okporo ụzọ ngosi.[41][42] E hiwekwara ụlọ ọrụ nyocha ike ike UK na 2004 wee mepee isi ụlọ ọrụ ya na Imperial. Na 9 Disemba 2005, Imperial kwupụtara na ọ ga-amalite mkparita uka ịpụ na Mahadum London.[43] Imperial nwetara nnwere onwe zuru oke na Mahadum London na Julaị 2007.[11] [44] [45]
Na 2003, The Guardian kọrọ na otu ụzọ n’ụzọ atọ nke ụmụ nwanyị gụrụ akwụkwọ na Imperial “kwere[d] na ịkpa ókè ma ọ bụ mmegbu sitere n’aka ndị njikwa egbochila ọrụ ha”.[46] Na 2012, Imperial nwetara Athena SWAN Silver Award institutional, nke na-amata omume ọrụ na-akwado ọrụ ụmụ nwanyị na sayensị.[47]
N’afọ 2007, e welitere nchegbu banyere ụzọ ndị a na-eji chụpụ ndị mmadụ na ngalaba ọgwụ.[48][49] N’afọ 2014, Stefan Grimm, nke Ngalaba Na-ahụ Maka Ọgwụ, hụrụ na ọ nwụrụ anwụ mgbe e yisịrị ya egwu na a ga-achụ ya n’ọrụ n’ihi enweghị ike inweta ego enyemaka zuru oke.[50] Email ikpeazụ ya tupu ọnwụ ya boro ndị were ya n’ọrụ ebubo na ha na-emegbu mmadụ site n’ịchọ ka ọ nweta onyinye ruru opekata mpe £ 200,000 kwa afọ.[51][52] Kọleji ahụ kwuputara nyocha nke ime n’ime ọnwụ Stefan Grimm, wee chọpụta na metrik arụmọrụ maka ọnọdụ ya enweghị ezi uche, yana metrics ọhụrụ maka arụmọrụ dị mkpa.[53]
N’April 2011, Imperial na King’s College London sonyeere UK Center for Medical Research and Innovation dị ka ndị mmekọ na ntinye nke £ 40 nde onye ọ bụla na ọrụ ahụ. Emechara aha etiti ahụ aha Francis Crick Institute wee meghee na 9 Nọvemba 2016. Ọ bụ ụlọ nyocha biomedical kachasị na Europe. Kọleji ahụ malitere ịkwaga n’ime ụlọ akwụkwọ White City ọhụrụ na 2016, na mmalite nke Hub Innovation.[54] Nke a sochiri mmeghe nke Molecular Sciences Research Hub maka Ngalaba Chemistry, nke onye isi obodo London, Sadiq Khan meghere na 2019.[55]
Okwu mmegbu n’ime ndị ọrụ na Imperial bilitere na Nọvemba 2020 mgbe Alex Sobel, onye ọrụ MP Labour maka Leeds North West jụrụ onye odeakwụkwọ nke steeti maka agụmakwụkwọ n’ajụjụ edere na 24 Nọvemba kedu ihe ọfịs maka ụmụ akwụkwọ mere na nzaghachi akụkọ nke Jane McNeill QC dere na 25 August bụ nke chọpụtara na mmegbu emeela na Imperial n’okpuru President (Alice Gast) na onye isi ego. Michelle Donelan, onye MP Conservative maka Chippenham, zara maka Ngalaba Education na “Ọfịs maka ụmụ akwụkwọ (OfS) na-atụle ozi ọ nwetara n’ihe gbasara okwu a, n’ụzọ kwekọrọ na usoro ha na-emekarị. Dị ka ụkpụrụ omume, na OfS enweghị ike ikwu okwu n’otu n’otu.”[56]
E boro kọleji ahụ ebubo mkpuchi mkpuchi nke Mahadum na kọleji na Disemba 2020 mgbe ọ jụrụ ibipụta akụkọ McNeill, ọbụlagodi n’ụdị edegharịrị. Onye isi oche nke Council kwuru na a na-edobe akụkọ a nzuzo iji chekwaa amaghị aha ndị nyere ihe akaebe, na ndị otu ndị isi ọchịchị anabatala ndụmọdụ ya, na na-emejuputa atumatu ndị a n’uju. Otu kọmiti na-ahụ maka ịdọ aka ná ntị kpebiri na nchụpụ Gast dị ka onye isi ala abụghị ihe kwesịrị ekwesị na onye na-ekwuchitere kọleji kwuru na ya “jiri obi ya niile rịọ ndị ihe metụtara mgbaghara.”[57]. Na 14 Febrụwarị 2021, ekwuputara na OfS ga-enyocha ebubo nke mmegbu.[58]
Campus
South Kensington
The South Kensington campus is a college campus, where most teaching and research takes place. It is home to many famous buildings, such as the business school, the Royal School of Mines, and the Royal College of Science. It is also the original site of the Imperial Institute, with the Queen’s Tower standing in the center of the campus overlooking the Queen’s Lawn. As part of the cultural center known as Albertopolis, the campus is surrounded by many of London’s most famous buildings, including the Royal Albert Hall and Kensington Palace, museums including the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Museums, and institutions like. Royal College of Art, Royal College of Music, and National Art Library.
Check through the main door
The campus has a number of hotels and restaurants run by the college, and has several residences for college students, including Prince’s Garden Hall, and Beit Hall, the residence of the college, which make a student bar, restaurant, and cinema on site. . To the north, within easy reach of the college, are Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, with green spaces and playgrounds used by many student clubs.
Kensington Gardens
White town
Imperial has a large new second campus in the White City providing a platform for innovation and entrepreneurship.[59] The facility has laboratories, postgraduate accommodation, and commercial space.[60][61] The campus is home to the Scale Space and Incubator, the Industrial Building, the College and the Community Media Center.[62] The White City campus also includes another biomedical center sponsored by Sir Michael Uren.[63][64][65]
Silwood Park
Silwood Park is an Imperial graduate school in the village of Sunninghill near Ascot in Berkshire. Silwood National Park is a center for research and education in ecology, evolution, and conservation. It is housed in a 100 hectare park that is used for habitat research.
Hospital
Imperial has teaching hospitals across London that are used by the School of Medicine for undergraduate clinical teaching and clinical research. They are all based in hospitals with colleges, and also offer restaurants and sports. College libraries are located on each campus, including the Fleming Library at St Mary’s.[66]
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