Studentship in London (Imperial)
1.Admissions Process
(detailed account of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, interview, essays, and selectivity).
Getting to imperial was a dream, came true. First you should apply as early as possible. If you miss the deadline there's hardly any chance of getting admission; at least to Chemical Engineering Department. I have no ideas of interviews because i was an overseas student and did not go through any interview. Essays should be written nice, i remember mine. It was nice, perhaps it was why i got admission. i came to know of a couple of rejections may be the essay was not right or they applied later than the deadline. Selectivity is more crucial in applying early, i think. however there could be anamolies
2. Academics
(academic nature of the program, including quality of classes, ease of getting popular classes, grading, professors, and workload).
Chemical Engineering in Imperial is considered to be one of the best in the country. Imperial is very good in Process Systems Engineering; that's a bit mathematical and programming stuff. But it's better because it is a step forward of traditional chemical engineering (mostly biotech) courses. Professors are nice and professional and imperial is famous for its taught courses than research. Grading is more or less average. Many students do not get higher grades as subjects are made hard and not everyone can score a distinction. however failing in any subject is more difficult if one has attempted more or less ok in any paper. Getting to popular classes isn't hard either except for Finance modules, in which getting admission was somewhat difficult for some students.
Imperial keep you busy in assignments and projects which keep you busy mostly and research also takes your time. However for undergraduate course, either you can do an internship/project in summer or relax. Upto you.
3. Employment Prospects
( assessment of employment prospects for graduates, including prestige with employers, types of jobs graduates obtain, helpfulness of alumni network, and on-campus recruiting and internships)
Good Empoyment prospects for most courses. Business programs are in infancy. Due to new business building and faculty, they will grow but it will take some time. Imperial is regarded as one of the most prestigious instituitions of Engineering so graduate employment is very high. Most jobs are related to Engineering or medicine; the two big strengths of imperial.
Alumni conferences are held and there had been two in a year (as far as i can remember). They provided a chance for the current students to come face to face with their previous collegues.
The on-campus recruiting is not very high. i haven't seen many. however due to location in london, we had many more employers visiting us than Cambridge or Oxford. this provided a very good chance of meeting with the people in industry. The internships offered are also great and i've heard that people have gone to very good companies based upon the reputation of Imperial in Industry.
4. Quality of Life
(quality of life issues, such as housing, campus, facilities, dining, neighborhood and crime & safety).
Housing had been a big problem in London because of scarcity and expense. Many students had to cancel their admission because they could not find college accomodation and outside accomodation was so expensive; they could not afford their education. Also travelling is expensive; though i bought a bicycle but still people experience a lot of hastle and bastle due to transportation problem in London. People have to walk a lot and also spend a considerable part (on average 2 hours) on travelling. You are lucky if u find college accomodation. But that too is subject to availability. Crime in London is also a problem but if you don't travel after 11 pm or travel in groups, it's safe.
The campus is located in Central London where you've got all the musems and best places to visit in London. So living near Centre also provides you excellent opportunities of visiting those places and come close to british history. Hyde Park, National History Musem, Space Science Musem, Madam Tussad's etc. are very close and you can have a feel of London.
The dining is provided in almost every hall; catered or self-catered. However self-catered is what mostly offered by Halls of Residences.
The neighbourhood around most halls is peaceful and quiet.
The sporting facilities for Imperial students are not less but less accessible; however from next year, we are going to have a big sports facility available near us. It includes, gym, badminton, pool, and lot of other sporting facilities. Currently there is almost every sports facility provided. But they may be off campus.
A small gym is operating in the vicinity.
5. Social Life
( school's social life, including bars, restaurants, dating scene, events, clubs, Greek system).
There are few bars owned by Imperial College and considered to be one of the best operating in the country. Recently one has been demolished to be built in a newly constructed building where we are going to have other sporting facilities too. There are few restaurants around but they are expensive because of central london. Dating scenes are either in Prince Gardens (Imperial college) or Hyde park or Leceister Square where people can go through tube. Hyde park is very good place for holding events and i have attended few recently.
There are many clubs of Imperial College including one for every game and many societies. London is unique in terms of its Diversity where there are thousands of languages spoken and people from every part of the globe, so the clubs and societies at imperial vary from none to everything. The uniqueness of london in this respect is definitely great!
(detailed account of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, interview, essays, and selectivity).
Getting to imperial was a dream, came true. First you should apply as early as possible. If you miss the deadline there's hardly any chance of getting admission; at least to Chemical Engineering Department. I have no ideas of interviews because i was an overseas student and did not go through any interview. Essays should be written nice, i remember mine. It was nice, perhaps it was why i got admission. i came to know of a couple of rejections may be the essay was not right or they applied later than the deadline. Selectivity is more crucial in applying early, i think. however there could be anamolies
2. Academics
(academic nature of the program, including quality of classes, ease of getting popular classes, grading, professors, and workload).
Chemical Engineering in Imperial is considered to be one of the best in the country. Imperial is very good in Process Systems Engineering; that's a bit mathematical and programming stuff. But it's better because it is a step forward of traditional chemical engineering (mostly biotech) courses. Professors are nice and professional and imperial is famous for its taught courses than research. Grading is more or less average. Many students do not get higher grades as subjects are made hard and not everyone can score a distinction. however failing in any subject is more difficult if one has attempted more or less ok in any paper. Getting to popular classes isn't hard either except for Finance modules, in which getting admission was somewhat difficult for some students.
Imperial keep you busy in assignments and projects which keep you busy mostly and research also takes your time. However for undergraduate course, either you can do an internship/project in summer or relax. Upto you.
3. Employment Prospects
( assessment of employment prospects for graduates, including prestige with employers, types of jobs graduates obtain, helpfulness of alumni network, and on-campus recruiting and internships)
Good Empoyment prospects for most courses. Business programs are in infancy. Due to new business building and faculty, they will grow but it will take some time. Imperial is regarded as one of the most prestigious instituitions of Engineering so graduate employment is very high. Most jobs are related to Engineering or medicine; the two big strengths of imperial.
Alumni conferences are held and there had been two in a year (as far as i can remember). They provided a chance for the current students to come face to face with their previous collegues.
The on-campus recruiting is not very high. i haven't seen many. however due to location in london, we had many more employers visiting us than Cambridge or Oxford. this provided a very good chance of meeting with the people in industry. The internships offered are also great and i've heard that people have gone to very good companies based upon the reputation of Imperial in Industry.
4. Quality of Life
(quality of life issues, such as housing, campus, facilities, dining, neighborhood and crime & safety).
Housing had been a big problem in London because of scarcity and expense. Many students had to cancel their admission because they could not find college accomodation and outside accomodation was so expensive; they could not afford their education. Also travelling is expensive; though i bought a bicycle but still people experience a lot of hastle and bastle due to transportation problem in London. People have to walk a lot and also spend a considerable part (on average 2 hours) on travelling. You are lucky if u find college accomodation. But that too is subject to availability. Crime in London is also a problem but if you don't travel after 11 pm or travel in groups, it's safe.
The campus is located in Central London where you've got all the musems and best places to visit in London. So living near Centre also provides you excellent opportunities of visiting those places and come close to british history. Hyde Park, National History Musem, Space Science Musem, Madam Tussad's etc. are very close and you can have a feel of London.
The dining is provided in almost every hall; catered or self-catered. However self-catered is what mostly offered by Halls of Residences.
The neighbourhood around most halls is peaceful and quiet.
The sporting facilities for Imperial students are not less but less accessible; however from next year, we are going to have a big sports facility available near us. It includes, gym, badminton, pool, and lot of other sporting facilities. Currently there is almost every sports facility provided. But they may be off campus.
A small gym is operating in the vicinity.
5. Social Life
( school's social life, including bars, restaurants, dating scene, events, clubs, Greek system).
There are few bars owned by Imperial College and considered to be one of the best operating in the country. Recently one has been demolished to be built in a newly constructed building where we are going to have other sporting facilities too. There are few restaurants around but they are expensive because of central london. Dating scenes are either in Prince Gardens (Imperial college) or Hyde park or Leceister Square where people can go through tube. Hyde park is very good place for holding events and i have attended few recently.
There are many clubs of Imperial College including one for every game and many societies. London is unique in terms of its Diversity where there are thousands of languages spoken and people from every part of the globe, so the clubs and societies at imperial vary from none to everything. The uniqueness of london in this respect is definitely great!
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