Editing Imperial College London (section)

===Admissions===
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|+UCAS Admission Statistics
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!2024
!2023
!2022
!2021
!2020
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| '''Applications'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC>{{cite web |title=UCAS Undergraduate Sector-Level End of Cycle Data Resources 2024 |url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024 |at=Show me... Domicile by Provider |website=ucas.com |date=December 2024 |publisher=UCAS |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 32,990
| 30,725
| 28,620
| 28,700
| 25,650
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| '''Accepted'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC/>
| 3,255
| 3,135
| 3,090
| 3,305
| 3,450
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| '''Applications/Accepted Ratio'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}
| 10.1
| 9.8
| 9.3
| 8.7
| 7.4
|-
| '''Offer Rate (%)'''{{efn-lg|name=ukjune}}<ref name="UCAS Offer Rate">{{cite web|title=2024 entry UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group|date=7 February 2025|url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024/2024-entry-ucas-undergraduate-reports-sex-area-background-and-ethnic-group|publisher=[[UCAS]]|access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 32.8
| 33.1
| 30.1
| 32.5
| 42.9
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| '''[[UCAS Tariff|Average Entry Tariff]]'''<ref name="CUG Entry">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?tabletype=full-table&sortby=entry-standards |title=University League Tables entry standards 2025 |work=The Complete University Guide |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref>
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{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme|Main scheme applications, International and UK}}
{{efn-lg|name=ukjune|UK domiciled applicants}}
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|+ class="nowrap" |HESA Student Body Composition (2023/24)
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!Domicile<ref name="Table 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-1|title=HE student enrolments by HE provider, permanent address, level of study, mode of study, entrant marker, sex and academic year|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref> and Ethnicity<ref name="HESA ethnicity">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/whos-in-he/characteristics|title=Who's studying in HE?: Personal characteristics|date=3 April 2025|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
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|[[White people in the United Kingdom|British White]]{{efn|Not be confused solely with [[White British]]}}
|align=right| {{bartable|21|%|2||background:red}}
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|[[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom#Collective terms for minority ethnic groups|British Ethnic Minorities]]{{efn|Includes those who indicate that they identify as [[British Asian|Asian]], [[Black British people|Black]], [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed Heritage]], [[British Arabs|Arab]] or any other ethnicity except White.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|29|%|2||background:green}}
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|[[European Union|International EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:blue}}
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|[[International students in the United Kingdom|International Non-EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|41|%|2||background:gray}}
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! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Undergraduate [[Widening participation|Widening Participation]] Indicators<ref name="Table 1"/><ref name="Times25">{{cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=Good University Guide: Social Inclusion Ranking |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk-university-rankings/league-table |work=[[The Times]]}}</ref>
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|[[Feminism in the United Kingdom#Education|Female]]
|align=right| {{bartable|40|%|2||background:purple}}
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|[[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Independent School]]
|align=right| {{bartable|33|%|2||background:orange}}
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|Low Participation Areas{{efn|Calculated from the Polar4 measure, using Quintile1, in England and Wales. Calculated from the [[Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation]] (SIMD) measure, using SIMD20, in Scotland.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:black}}
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[[File:Alexander Fleming Building.jpg|alt=|thumb|Queen [[Elizabeth II]] opening the Alexander Fleming Building]]
In the academic year 2021/22, the ratio of applicants to admissions was 9:1 for undergraduates and 7.7:1 for postgraduates.<ref name=":14b">{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Statistics Guide 2021–22 |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/administration-and-support-services/planning/public/statistics-guides/Stats-Card-2021-22---FINAL.pdf |access-date=24 November 2022 |website=Imperial College London }}</ref> The university gave offers of admission to 30.1% of its undergraduate applicants in 2022, the 7th lowest offer rate across the country.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cambridge to scrap 'unjust' state school targets |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/11/cambridge-to-scrap-state-school-targets/ |work=The Telegraph |access-date=11 March 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331190103/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/11/cambridge-to-scrap-state-school-targets/ |archive-date=31 March 2024 }}</ref> The undergraduate courses with the highest ratios of applicants to admissions were [[computing]] (19.2:1), mathematics (14.6:1) and mechanical engineering (11.2:1).<ref name=":14b" />

The postgraduate courses with the highest ratios of applicants to admissions were computing (21:1), mathematics (17.9:1), and electrical engineering (14:1).<ref name=":14b" /> Imperial is among the most international universities in the United Kingdom,<ref name="TimesHE-2018">{{Cite news |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/most-international-universities-world-2018 |title=Most international universities in the world 2018: top 200 |date=14 March 2018 |work=Times Higher Education (THE) |access-date=19 March 2018 |archive-date=21 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125626/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/most-international-universities-world-2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="HESA-2016" /> with 50% of students from the UK, 16% of students from the EU, and 34% of students from outside the UK or EU.<ref name="TimesHE-2018" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/worlds-most-international-universities-2017 |title=The World's Most International Universities 2017 |date=1 February 2017 |work=Times Higher Education (THE) |access-date=10 February 2018 |archive-date=10 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310191156/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/worlds-most-international-universities-2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="HESA-2018" /> The student body is 39% female and 61% male.<ref name="HESA-2018">{{cite web |title=Where do HE students study? |url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider |website=hesa.ac.uk |publisher=Higher Education Statistics Authority |access-date=9 February 2018 |archive-date=4 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104163711/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider |url-status=live }}</ref> 36.5% of Imperial's undergraduates are [[Independent school (United Kingdom)|privately educated]], the fourth highest proportion amongst mainstream British universities.<ref name="HESA-2016">{{cite web |url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/01-02-2018/widening-participation-tables |title=Widening participation: UK Performance Indicators 2016/17 |website=hesa.ac.uk |publisher=Higher Education Statistics Authority |access-date=1 February 2018 |archive-date=10 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210002143/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/01-02-2018/widening-participation-tables |url-status=live }}</ref>