Imperial College London

public research university located in London, United Kingdom
Organization public_research_university Q189022
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Summary

Imperial College London is a public research university[1]. It draws 6,827 Wikipedia views per month (public research university category, ranking #18 of 166).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Oak Ridge Associated Universities[3], Russell Group[4], golden triangle[5], World Wide Web Consortium[6], European University Association[7], ArXiv[8], League of European Research Universities[9], ORCID, Inc.[10], ELIXIR UK[11]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea[12]
  • Country: United Kingdom[13]
  • Instance of: educational organization[14], building[15], university[16]
  • Founder: Edward VII[17]
  • Headquarters location: South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London[18]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Imperial College London[19]
  • Location: South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London[20], White City Campus, Imperial College London[21], Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College London[22], Silwood Park[23]
  • Postal code: SW7 2AZ[24]
  • Child organization or unit: Imperial College Faculty of Medicine[25], Imperial College Faculty of Natural Sciences[26], Imperial College Faculty of Engineering[27], Imperial College Business School[28], Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment[29], Data Science Institute[30]
  • Commons category: Imperial College London[31]
  • Archives at: Imperial College London, Archives and Corporate Records Unit[32]
  • Has part(s): Imperial College London, Archives and Corporate Records Unit[33]
  • Inception: 1907[34]
  • Official website: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/[35]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Imperial College London[36]
  • Commons gallery: Imperial College London[37]
  • Employees: 7705[38]
  • Phone number: +44-20-7589-5111[39], +44-2075895111[40]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[41]
  • Ranking: 23[42], 24[43], 27[44], 22[45], 26[46], 17[47], 25[48]

Why It Matters

Imperial College London has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [13] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. Retrieved . lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [4] ↑ . russellgroup.ac.uk. russellgroup.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [6] ↑ . w3.org. Retrieved . w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [7] ↑ . eua.eu. Retrieved . eua.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [8] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [10] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved . imperial.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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