Editing Imperial College London (section)

=== Research ===
In the 2021 [[Research Excellence Framework]], Imperial's research profile was assessed as 66 per cent world class (4*) 30 per cent internationally important (3*) and 3 per cent internationally recognised (2*), with insignificant quantities of research in lower categories. This led to Imperial being ranked first in the UK on GPA and ninth for research power by ''Times Higher Education'', with a GPA of 3.63 and research power 47.3 per cent of the top-ranked University of Oxford.<ref name="TimesHE-2022">{{Cite web |date=12 May 2022 |title=REF 2021: Quality ratings hit new high in expanded assessment |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ref-2021-research-excellence-framework-results-announced |access-date=23 August 2022 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123104719/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ref-2021-research-excellence-framework-results-announced |url-status=live }}</ref>

The college promotes research commercialisation, partly through its dedicated [[technology transfer]] company, [[Imperial Innovations]], which has given rise to a large number of [[spin-out]] companies based on academic research.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imperialinnovations.co.uk/about/background/ |title=Background to the Group – Imperial Innovations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731103858/http://www.imperialinnovations.co.uk/about/background/ |archive-date=31 July 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thememo.com/2015/11/30/imperial-innovations-imperial-college-turning-innovation-into-cash/ |title=How Imperial College is turning innovation into cash |date=30 November 2015 |access-date=17 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820074154/https://www.thememo.com/2015/11/30/imperial-innovations-imperial-college-turning-innovation-into-cash/ |archive-date=20 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Imperial researcher [[Narinder Singh Kapany]] made critical contributions to the invention of [[fibre optics]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Goff |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5UtHAQAAQBAJ&q=imperial+college+invention+optic+fiber&pg=PA22 |title=Fiber Optic Video Transmission: The Complete Guide |date=8 October 2013 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-136-02490-0 |pages=22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/249193/fibre-optics-pioneer-celebrated-with-portrait/|title=Fibre optics pioneer celebrated with portrait unveiling|author= Sara West|date=2 November 2023|website=Imperial}}</ref>

[[File:Translation & Innovation Hub, White City North Campus.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Innovation Hub]]

The United States is the college's top foreign country for collaborations,<ref>{{Cite web |title=USA and Canada {{!}} About |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/about/introducing-imperial/global-imperial/usa-and-canada/ |access-date=29 November 2019 |publisher=Imperial College London |archive-date=19 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219163022/http://www.imperial.ac.uk/about/introducing-imperial/global-imperial/usa-and-canada/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Imperial College has a long-term partnership with the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] that dates from [[World War II]].<ref name="Imperial College and 'M.I.T.'" />

In January 2018, the mathematics department of Imperial and the [[French National Centre for Scientific Research]] launched an "international joint research unit" ({{lang|fr|unité mixte internationale}}; UMI) at Imperial, known as 
UMI Abraham de Moivre after the [[Abraham de Moivre|French mathematician]], focused on unsolved problems and bridging British and French scientific communities.<ref>{{Cite press release |url=http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3049.htm |title=Imperial College London and CNRS create joint laboratory to bring world's best mathematicians together |website= Centre national de la recherche scientifique |date=15 January 2018 |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=17 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517223520/http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3049.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> In October 2018, Imperial College launched the Imperial Cancer Research UK Center, a research collaboration that aims to find innovative ways to improve the precision of cancer treatments, inaugurated by [[Joe Biden]] as part of his Biden Cancer Initiative.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://crukimperialcentre.co.uk/ |title=CRUK Imperial Center Website |publisher=CRUK Imperial Center |access-date=29 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526102426/https://crukimperialcentre.co.uk/ |archive-date=26 May 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/188531/joe-biden-delivers-inaugural-cancer-research/ |title=Joe Biden delivers inaugural cancer research lecture at Imperial |website=Imperial News |date=10 October 2018 |publisher=Imperial College London |access-date=29 November 2019 |archive-date=18 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191118032625/http://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/188531/joe-biden-delivers-inaugural-cancer-research/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Neil Ferguson (epidemiologist)|Neil Ferguson]]'s 16 March 2020 report entitled "Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand" was described in a ''[[New York Times]]'' article as the coronavirus "report that jarred the U.S. and the U.K. to action".<ref name="imperialcollege_Ferguson_etal_20200316">{{Cite journal |pages=20 |last1=Ferguson |first1=Neil M |last2=Laydon |first2=Daniel |last3=Nedjati-Gilani |first3=Gemma |last4=Imai |first4=Natsuko |last5=Ainslie |first5=Kylie |last6=Baguelin |first6=Marc |last7=Bhatia |first7=Sangeeta |last8=Boonyasiri |first8=Adhiratha |last9=Cucunubá |first9=Zulma |last10=Cuomo-Dannenburg |first10=Gina |last11=Dighe |first11=Amy |last12=Fu |first12=Han |last13=Gaythorpe |first13=Katy |last14=Thompson |first14=Hayley |last15=Verity |first15=Robert |last16=Volz |first16=Erik |last17=Wang |first17=Haowei |last18=Wang |first18=Yuanrong |last19=Walker |first19=Patrick GT |last20=Walters |first20=Caroline |last21=Winskill |first21=Peter |last22=Whittaker |first22=Charles |last23=Donnelly |first23=Christl A |last24=Riley |first24=Steven |last25=Ghani |first25=Azra C |journal=Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine |title=Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand |date=16 March 2020 |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf |access-date=22 March 2020 |archive-date=16 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316223332/https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NYT_Landler_20200317">{{Cite news |title=Behind the Virus Report That Jarred the U.S. and the U.K. to Action – The New York Times |access-date=22 March 2020 |first1=Mark |last1=Landler |first2=Stephen |last2=Castle |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=17 March 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/world/europe/coronavirus-imperial-college-johnson.html |archive-date=14 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414223140/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/world/europe/coronavirus-imperial-college-johnson.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Since 18 May, Imperial College's Dr. Samir Bhatt advised the [[state of New York]] for its reopening plan.<ref name="new york state">{{cite web |title=Amid Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, Governor Cuomo Announces State is Bringing in International Experts to Help Advise the State's Reopening Plan |url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/amid-ongoing-covid-19-pandemic-governor-cuomo-announces-state-bringing-international-experts |website=New York State |access-date=20 May 2020 |archive-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520081800/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/amid-ongoing-covid-19-pandemic-governor-cuomo-announces-state-bringing-international-experts |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[governor of New York]], [[Andrew Cuomo]], said at the time that "the Imperial College model, as we've been following this for weeks, was the best, most accurate model."<ref name="new york state" />