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If you are thinking of studying Engineering at Imperial College London, it is beneficial to know more about the university and what it has to offer to you.

In this Imperial Engineering guide, we cover the background information you need to understand what studying Engineering at Imperial is really like, from the application process to career prospects.

The Faculty of Engineering is one of three faculties within Imperial College London.

The Faculty seeks to provide international leadership in Engineering research and education and is widely recognised as a world leading Engineering school. The departments consistently excel in prominent league table rankings, while the university as a whole enjoys similar success.

World class education and fundamental research is offered across the full range of Engineering disciplines, so that graduates possess the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to become international leaders in Engineering industry and academia.

Students are provided with an outstanding education in Engineering, that brings together cutting-edge researchers, exceptional teachers, and state-of-the-art facilities in inspiring physical and virtual environments. Students at Imperial will meet, work, and live with people studying every aspect of Engineering.

All ten of the Engineering departments are located on a single campus in South Kensington, giving a concentration of talent that creates a stimulating and vibrant research culture, which promotes multidisciplinary collaborations and attracts internationally leading researchers and scholars.

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The Faculty of Engineering at Imperial is split into ten different departments, each offering a number of courses.

Aeronautics was first taught at Imperial College in 1909, with the first chair established in 1920. Since then, the department has only gone from strength to strength.

The study programmes offered share a common core over years 1-3, with students tailoring their programme of studies to their interests by choosing from a wide offering of elective module or choosing to specialise in spacecraft Engineering, or by completing a year-in-industry or year-abroad.

The teaching programmes continue to attract the best students from all over the world, with undergraduate minimum A-Level admission criteria being A*A*A.

If you are taking four A-Levels, you will typically receive an offer of A*AAA. Both of these offers are to include:

The Department of Bioengineering at Imperial, is leading the bioengineering agenda both nationally and internationally, advancing the frontiers of knowledge in the disciplines three main areas:

As a Bioengineer you will study many subjects including Engineering Mathematics, mechanics, Electrical Engineering, computing, and programming, anatomy and physiology, cell and molecular biology, chemistry and design and professional skills.

For those wanting to apply to the MEng Biomedical Engineering course, the minimum A-Level requirement is A*AA.

As for anyone wanting to apply for MEng Molecular Bioengineering the minimum A-Level requirement is also A*AA.

The Department of Bioengineering also offers a one-year programme for current Medical students interested in learning more about Bioengineering as part of their training – the Intercalated BSc Medical Sciences with Biomedical Engineering.

Imperial’s Department of Chemical Engineering is renowned as one of the world-leading institutions in both the teaching and research of Chemical Engineering and technology.

The Department is one of the oldest Chemical Engineering in the country and first offered undergraduate courses in 1937.

Offering an integrated four-year programme leading to the award of an MEng degree in Chemical Engineering. One stream of this course involved a year spent abroad studying at a partner university (in Australia, Germany, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, or the USA).

As well, Imperials offers a joint course in Chemical Engineering with Nuclear Engineering, delivered jointly with the Departments of Materials and Mechanical Engineering.

The minimum entry requirements for the three courses are the same, with the standard offer being A*A*A.

If you are studying four A-Levels it is preferred the fourth to be in Physics, Biology, Further Mathematics, Business Studies, or Economics at grade A.

Civil Engineering is a broad discipline that covers many aspects of daily lives. From the provision of safe drinking water to the design of transport systems, and the development of structures that can withstand earthquakes.

Civil Engineers have the ability to improve the quality of life for many people, and indeed save lives. As well, Civil Engineers aim to build in a sustainable way whilst protecting the natural environment.

In Civil Engineering, students gain valuable contact with the industry through visiting lectures, field trips, the Constructionarium, the creative design course, as well as group and individual projects.

Years one and two offer a broad education in the theoretical principles and conceptual fundamentals that underpin the Civil Engineering profession.

Imperial offers two MEng Civil Engineering degrees, these are: Civil Engineering and Civil Engineering with a Year Abroad.

Computing courses are held wholly within the Department of Computing. The degree programmes are designed to ensure that you will have detailed exposure to both the theoretical and practical aspects of Computing.

The Department offers both a three-year BEng programmed and a four-year integrated MEng programme in Computing. Both involve substantial group and individual project work. The MEng has the added benefit of an industrial placement, and the opportunity to choose from a range of Master’s level elective modules to gain further exposure.

As well there is a joint Mathematics and Computer Science course offered by the Department of Computing and the Department of Mathematics. With the choice of a three-year BEng course, or a four-year MEng.

Design engineers are problem solvers who bridge the gap between traditional Engineering and design. It is a discipline which draws on knowledge of manufacturing techniques, product development, technical design, and rapid prototyping to bring new innovations to the market.

The MEng in Design Engineering focuses on the design of advanced products, services, experiences, and systems across the breadth of Engineering and design.

You will be able to develop a range of fundamental design and Engineering skills, with a particular emphasis on creativity, computer-aided Engineering tools, optimisation, human factors, design process, and the enterprise skills and industrial experience necessary to launch brand new products to market.

The Department of Earth Science and Engineering brings together ground-breaking research and innovative teaching in geology, geophysics, mineral and energy resources, environmental science, planetary science, and computational modelling.

The science and Engineering behind understanding and solving the challenge of sustaining natural resources while protecting the environment lie at the heart of Earth Science.

There are two different pathways available to students in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering – with those being Electrical and Electronic Engineering, or Electronic and Information Engineering.

Recommended subjects are: Further Mathematics (strongly encouraged but not essential), Chemistry, Computer Science/Computing, Design and Technology and Electronics.

Materials Science is the study of everything around us. There are millions of different materials – some natural, others man-made – these materials make us who we are.

Innovative experimental approaches give us the ability to directly construct nanoscale objects with increasing control. New modelling techniques are bringing quantum mechanical and theoretical physics ideas away from single atoms and molecules into the nano-world.

There are five courses to choose from when applying to the Department of Materials at Imperial – they are:

One of the world’s leading centres for the study of Mechanical Engineering, which has a distinguished tradition of excellence in teaching, research, and practice, bringing together internationally leading staff, exception students and state-of-the-art facilities.

You will be attending lectures, tutorials, workshops, and laboratory sessions in a number of areas including thermofluids, materials, mechanics, dynamics, stress analysis and design.

The entry requirements for all of the courses is the same, with the minimum A-Levels expected being A*A*A. This is to include:

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The admission interview and after-shock

At around 2pm I was finally called for my one-to-one admission interview. The interviewer was a really nice professor who talked about his research and subject. He asked a few chemistry-related questions too, but at the end of the 20 minutes I felt like he talked more than me. I asked others about their admission interviews and it seemed like mine was one of the lightest. The others were asked about calculus and trigonometric functions, while I was only asked about the Haber-Bosch process.

After all the admission interviews, we had a tour around the campus. This made me sad, because I thought I would never have a chance to study there after my interview (now I know this is only the normal after-shock feeling). The campus is beautiful, especially the tall clock-tower in the middle.

At the end of the day, I felt exhausted and nervous, though I knew I would only get an answer in a few weeks’ time. And just when I almost started to feel a bit better, I got an email from the University of Cambridge inviting me for an admission interview there, too…

What is the end of the story? I got a conditional offer from Imperial College London on 5 December, just at the very minute when I switched on my phone after my interview at Cambridge. And I’m now preparing to travel back to the UK to start my chemical engineering degree at Imperial later this year.

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The admissions process is separated into 2 application cycles. The first application cycle corresponds to applications made before the deadline for the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge (typically in mid-October). The second application cycle consists of all remaining applications made before the deadline set by UCAS (typically in mid-end January).

We are interested to know what is your motivation for studying Aeronautical Engineering and your inspirations behind your academic ambitions. For example, this could be from an experience you had or where you draw your inspiration from. We understand you might be applying to other subjects, such as mechanical engineering. If so, we would like to see how this links with Aeronautics.

Interviews will usually be scheduled approximately 3 weeks after the IC Aero/EEE MAT (late November & late February-early March), and we aim to inform applicants of the confirmed schedule approximately 2 weeks in advance. You may refer to the flowchart at the start of the webpage as a general timeline guide.

The IC Aero/EEE MAT is designed such that a typical applicant is not able to answer all questions in the given time. Therefore, it is expected for applicants to skip questions if they are unfamiliar with the topics being assessed. Consequently, you are not at a disadvantage if you have not covered some mathematical topics.

All applications to our programmes must be made through UCAS, and only to H401 MEng Aeronautical Engineering. Transfer to other programmes (H410, H411 – Year Abroad; H415 – Spacecraft Engineering; H420 – Year in Industry) occurs at the end of the second or third year, subject to meeting certain academic requirements. For questions about applying through UCAS, you can read more guidance on the Colleges How to apply page or contact the Engineering Faculty Admissions Team at [email protected].

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