Imperial College London

                  Imperial College London

INTRODUCTION:Imperial College's activity is cent-red on its South Kensington campus, situated in an area with a high concentration of cultural and academic institutions known as the Alberto polis the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal College of Music, the Royal College of Art, the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Albert Hall are all nearby. 

Imperial College has two other major campuses  at Silwood Park (near Ascot in Berkshire) and at Wye near Ash-ford in Kent. The Imperial College NHS Trust runs multiple hospitals throughout Greater London and various medic lectures are conducted within these hospitals, including St. Mary's Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital, North wick Park Hospital & St. Mark's Hospital and Hammer smith Hospital. 

In 1997, the parliamentary Imperial College Act 1997 officially transferred all the obligations, powers and property of Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, the National Heart and Lung Institute and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School to Imperial College. The expansion of the South Kensington campus in the 1960s absorbed the site of the former Imperial Institute, designed by Thomas Collcutt, of which only the 287 foot (87 m) high Queen's Tower remains among the more modern buildings.

CERTIFICATION

Imperial College London is among the most selective universities in the UK. From 1999 to 2007 (dates of all the online available records), the overall acceptance rate of Imperial College programmes has been consistently below 20%, and in 2007, the acceptance rate of the college for undergraduates was 15.3%. The acceptance rate for postgraduate courses was 19.5%. To apply to an Imperial undergraduate course, as with all other universities in the United Kingdom, one must apply through the UCAS system.

Most of Imperial's courses require 3 A grades at A Level, including Mathematics.

Imperial College, along with University College London and the University of Cambridge is one of the first universities in the UK to make use of the A grade at A Level for admissions, with engineering and physics courses requiring an A in Mathematics. Mathematics and Computer Science courses themselves require A grades in Mathematics and Further Mathematics, along with another A grade at A Level, making the course the toughest in the UK to gain entry to by measure of entry requirements.

SETTLEMENT

Imperial College owns and manages twenty halls of residence in Inner London, Ealing, Ascot and Wye. Over three thousand rooms are available, guaranteeing first year undergraduates a place in College residences.

The majority of halls offer single or twin accommodation with some rooms having en suite facilities. Study bedrooms are provided with basic furniture and with access to shared kitchens and bathrooms. The majority of rooms come with internet access and access to the Imperial network. Most of them are considered among the newest student halls at London universities.

Most students in college or university accommodation are first-year undergraduates, since they are granted a room once they have selected Imperial College as their firm offer at UCAS. The majority of older students and postgraduates find accommodation in the private sector, help for which is provided by the College private housing office. However a handful of students may continue to live in halls in later years if they take the position of a "hall senior".

Imperial College Radio

Imperial College Radio or ICRadio was founded in November 1975 with the intention of broadcasting to the student halls of residence from a studio under South side, actually commencing broadcasts in late 1976. It now broadcasts from the West Basement of Beit Quad over the internet www.icradio.com and, since 2004, on 1134 AM in Wye. The radio station has a library of over 51,000 tracks, which are searchable on their website.

In 2006 IC Radio received two nominations in the Student Radio Awards: Best Entertainment Show for Liquid Lunch and Best Male Presenter for Martin Archer.

Popular shows on IC Radio in recent years (2006/2007) include: Rocktopia, School Daze' (pop), 'Instr u(Mental)' (dance), 'VPT' (Entertainment/Shambles), 'Peter and James''Moon Unit' and 'The Cornerstone' (both of which play rock and alternative) and 'Album - A Discourse in Musical History' (devoted to seminal albums).

Imperial College Radio is now best known for its specialist dance music shows, with the likes of Believe The Hype Electro/Indie Peer Pressure (Techno) and On Dance floors (Electro/House) gaining critical acclaim and notoriety not just in college but throughout London.

STOIC TV

stoic tv (Student Television of Imperial College) is Imperial College Union's TV station, founded in 1969 and operating from a small TV studio in the Electrical Engineering block. The department had bought an early AMPEX Type A 1-inch videotape recorder and this was used to produce an occasional short news programme which was then played to students by simply moving the VTR and a monitor into a common room. A cable link to the South side halls of residence was laid in a tunnel under Exhibition Road in 1972. Besides the news, early productions included a film of the Queen opening what was then called College Block and interview programmes with DJ Mike Raven, Richard O'Brian and Monty Python producer Ian Mac Naughton.

In 2006 it was named Best Broadcaster at NASTA and also won awards for Best On-Screen Male and Best On-Screen Female. It now broadcasts from studios in the specially built media center in the Student Union to the Junior Common Room and occasionally DaVinci's Bar. Programmes are also available to watch on their website.

There is also a non-student Imperial College organisation called Media Services, whose main activity is producing videos of College events.