Editing Imperial College London (section)

==Organisation and administration==
=== Faculties and departments ===
Imperial is organised into four faculties: the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Natural Sciences, and the Imperial Business School. {{As of|2024|post=,}} the academic departments are:<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculties and departments |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/Faculties-and-departments/ |publisher=Imperial College London |access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref>

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'''[[Imperial College Faculty of Engineering|Faculty of Engineering]]'''
* Aeronautics
* Bioengineering
* [[Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London|Chemical Engineering]]
* [[Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London|Civil and Environmental Engineering]]
* [[Department of Computing, Imperial College London|Computing]]
* [[Dyson School of Design Engineering]]
* Earth Science and Engineering
* Electrical and Electronic Engineering
* [[Department of Materials, Imperial College London|Materials]]
* [[Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London|Mechanical Engineering]]
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'''[[Imperial College Faculty of Medicine|Faculty of Medicine]]'''
* Brain Sciences
* Immunology and Inflammation
* Infectious Disease
* Institute of Clinical Sciences
* Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction
* Surgery and Cancer
* Institute of Clinical Sciences
* National Heart and Lung Institute
* School of Public Health
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'''[[Imperial College Faculty of Natural Sciences|Faculty of Natural Sciences]]'''
* [[Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London|Chemistry]]
* Mathematics
* [[Blackett Laboratory|Physics]]
* Life Sciences
* [[Centre for Environmental Policy]]
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'''[[Imperial Business School]]'''
* Analytics and Operations
* Economics and Public Policy
* Finance
* Management and Entrepreneurship
* Marketing
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=== Interdisciplinary centres ===
[[File:53_Princes_Garden.tif|thumb|upright|Brevan Howard Centre for Financial Analysis]]

Imperial hosts centres to promote inter-disciplinary work under the titles of Global Challenge institutes, Imperial Centres of Excellence and Imperial Networks of Excellence. It also participates as a partner in a number of national institutes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/multidisciplinary-research/ |title=Multidisciplinary networks, centres and institutes |website=Imperial College |access-date=18 March 2023 |archive-date=18 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318204613/https://www.imperial.ac.uk/multidisciplinary-research/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{columns-start|num=2|width=75%}}'''Global Challenge institutes:'''
* [[Data Science Institute]]
* Energy Futures Laboratory
* [[Grantham Institute for Climate Change]]
* Institute for Molecular Science and Engineering
* Institute for Security Science and Technology
* [[Institute of Global Health Innovation]]
* Institute of Infection
{{column|width=75%}}'''National institutes:'''
* [[Francis Crick Institute]]
* [[Rosalind Franklin Institute]]
* [[Alan Turing Institute]]
* [[Henry Royce Institute]]
* [[Faraday Institution]]
* UK Dementia Research Institute
* [[MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences|MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences]]{{columns-end}}

=== Academic centres ===

The Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication operates as Imperial College London's adult education centre, offering evening class courses in the arts, humanities, languages and sciences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imperial.ac.uk/evening-classes |title=Evening classes and lunchtime learning |work=Imperial College London |access-date=2 September 2019 |archive-date=2 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902080224/http://www.imperial.ac.uk/evening-classes |url-status=live }}</ref> The university also houses two academic centres offering teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate students in subjects outside of science, technology and medicine. The academic centres are the:
* Centre for Academic English
* Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication

===Governance===
[[File:Cour intérieure Imperial College.jpg|thumb|Faculty Building, designed by [[Norman Foster]]]]
{{see also|President of Imperial College London|Provost of Imperial College London}}

The council is the governing body of Imperial. The council consists of between 19 and 27 members, with an independent chair and ''ex officio'' members being the president, the provost, the chief operating officer, the president of Imperial College Union, and four senior staff members. There are also up to four further staff members (comprising one member elected by the academic staff, one further appointed member of academic staff and two members of the professional services staff), up to one further representative of Imperial College Union, and between nine and 13 other independent members, with the proviso that the independent members (including the chair) must comprise the majority.<ref name=council>{{cite web|url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/admin-services/secretariat/university-governance-and-key-documents/governance-structure/council/composition/|title= Composition and Membership|website=Imperial|access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/administration-and-support-services/secretariat/public/college-governance/charters-statutes-ordinances-regulations/charters-and-statutes/Charter-and-Statutes-13-December-2023.pdf|title=Charter and Statutes|date= 13 December 2023|at=3. THE COUNCIL (1) Membership of the Council|website=Imperial}}</ref> The [[President (college)|president]] is the highest academic official and chief executive of Imperial College London.<ref>{{Citation |title=Past Rectors |url=http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/aboutimperial/imperial_people/pastrectors |publisher=Imperial College London |access-date=21 March 2009 |archive-date=17 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117104619/http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/aboutimperial/imperial_people/pastrectors |url-status=dead }}</ref> The position has been held by [[Hugh Brady (academic)|Hugh Brady]], {{as of|August 2022|lc=y|since=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=President Hugh Brady |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/about/leadership-and-strategy/president/ |website=Imperial College London |access-date=26 July 2024 |archive-date=16 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716184834/https://www.imperial.ac.uk/about/leadership-and-strategy/president/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|2024|post=,}} the [[Provost (education)|provost]] is [[Ian Walmsley]] and the chair is Vindi Banga.<ref name=council/>

=== Finances and endowment ===
[[File:Royal Albert Hall Crop, London - Nov 2012.jpg|thumb|Graduation ceremonies take place in the [[Royal Albert Hall]]]]
The college's endowment is sub-divided into three distinct portfolios:
* Unitised Scheme – a unit trust vehicle for the college, Faculties and Departments to invest endowments and unfettered income to produce returns for the long term
* Non-Core Property – a portfolio containing around 120 operational and developmental properties which the college has determined are not core to the academic mission
* Strategic Asset Investments – containing the college's shareholding in [[Imperial Innovations]] and other restricted equity holdings.<ref name="AR2020-21">{{cite web |title=Annual Report and Accounts 2020–21 |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/finance/annual-report/archive/annual-reports-and-accounts-2020-21/financial-review/income/ |access-date=1 March 2023 |publisher=Imperial College London |archive-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301215558/https://www.imperial.ac.uk/finance/annual-report/archive/annual-reports-and-accounts-2020-21/financial-review/income/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the financial year ending 31 July 2024, Imperial had a total income of £1.309&nbsp;billion (2022/23 – £1.256&nbsp;million) and total expenditure of £1.051&nbsp;billion (2022/23 – £1.235&nbsp;billion).<ref name=AR2023-24/> Key sources of income included £507.5&nbsp;million from tuition fees and education contracts (2022/23 – £452.1&nbsp;million), £165.4&nbsp;million from funding body grants (2022/23 – £183.3&nbsp;million), £396.2&nbsp;million from research grants and contracts (2022/23 – £383.1&nbsp;million), £28.8&nbsp;million from investment income (2022/23 – £24.1&nbsp;million) and £35.5&nbsp;million from donations and endowments (2022/23 – £51.5&nbsp;million).<ref name=AR2023-24/>

At year end, Imperial had endowments of £235.2&nbsp;million (2022/23 – £220.1&nbsp;million) and total net assets of £2.082&nbsp;billion (2022/23 – £1.792&nbsp;billion). It holds the [[List of UK universities by endowment|eighth-largest endowment]] of any university in the UK.<ref name=AR2023-24/>

=== Affiliations and partnerships ===
Imperial is a member of the [[Association of Commonwealth Universities]], [[European University Association]], [[Global Alliance of Technological Universities]], [[League of European Research Universities]] and the [[Russell Group]]. It is a founding member of the Imperial College [[academic health sciences centre]], the [[Francis Crick Institute]] and [[MedCity (London)|MedCity]]. Imperial is a long-term partner of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], with the first formal large-scale collaboration agreement dating back to 1944 as part of [[World War II]] scientific effort.<ref name="Imperial College and 'M.I.T.'">{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1944 |title=Imperial College and 'M.I.T.' |journal=Nature |volume=153 |issue=3873 |pages=104 |doi=10.1038/153104b0 |bibcode=1944Natur.153R.104. |issn=1476-4687 |doi-access=free }}</ref> The partnership between the two institutions continues with exchange programs for students and academic staff.<ref name="MIT News-2018">{{Cite news |title=MIT expands partnership with Imperial College London |work=MIT News |url=https://news.mit.edu/2018/mit-expands-multi-departmental-partnership-imperial-college-london-0222 |access-date=21 March 2018 |archive-date=3 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403140900/http://news.mit.edu/2018/mit-expands-multi-departmental-partnership-imperial-college-london-0222 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Imperial News-2018">{{Cite news |title=MIT and Imperial launch 'unparalleled' student exchange |work=Imperial News |publisher=Imperial College London |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/185057/mit-imperial-launch-unparalleled-student-exchange/ |access-date=21 March 2018 |archive-date=22 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322081856/https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/185057/mit-imperial-launch-unparalleled-student-exchange/ |url-status=live }}</ref>