Editing Imperial College London (section)

==Student life==

===Student body===
For the {{HESA year}} academic year, Imperial had a total full-time student body of {{HESA student population|INSTID=0132}}, consisting of {{HESA undergraduate population|INSTID=0132}} undergraduate students and {{HESA postgraduate population|INSTID=0132}} postgraduates.<ref name="HESA citation">{{HESA citation }}</ref> 50.7% of the student body is from outside of the UK.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/world-ranked-universities-most-international-students |title=World-ranked universities with the most international students |access-date=30 September 2015 |work=Times Higher Education |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802022811/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/world-ranked-universities-most-international-students |url-status=live }}</ref> 32% of all full-time students came from outside the [[European Union]] in 2013–14,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/dox/pressOffice/sfr210/071277_student_sfr210_1314_table_3.xlsx |title=2013/14 Students by HE provider, level, mode and domicile |publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency]] |access-date=8 November 2015 |format=XLSX |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231845/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/dox/pressOffice/sfr210/071277_student_sfr210_1314_table_3.xlsx |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref> and around 13% of the International students had Chinese nationality in 2007–08.<ref name="statscard 2010" /> Imperial's male to female ratio for undergraduate students is uneven at approximately 64:36 overall,<ref name="statscard 2010" /> and 5:1 or higher in some engineering courses. However, medicine has an approximate 1:1 ratio with biology degrees tending to be higher.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unistats.com/ |title=Search best UK universities, make university comparisons and see student satisfaction ratings and UCAS points |publisher=Unistats |access-date=23 March 2011 |archive-date=18 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118135524/http://www.unistats.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{wide image|Imperial College - South Kensington Campus.jpg|600px|[[Queen's Lawn]] at South Kensington Campus}}

===Imperial College Union===
[[Imperial College Union]] is the [[students' union]] and is run by five full-time [[sabbatical]] officers elected from the student body for a tenure of one year, and a number of permanent members of staff. It is split into constituent unions aligned with the faculties of the college, carrying on the association with the original constituent colleges of Imperial, the [[Royal College of Science Union]], [[Imperial College Faculty of Engineering#City and Guilds College Union|City and Guilds College Union]], [[Royal School of Mines#RSM Students' Union|Royal School of Mines Students' Union]] and [[Imperial College School of Medicine Students' Union]]. The Union is given a large subvention by the university, much of which is spent on maintaining over 300 clubs, projects and societies.<ref>{{cite web |author=Dave Parry |url=http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/money/FinanceFiles/list.shtml |title=Imperial College Union |publisher=Union.ic.ac.uk |access-date=16 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060430052412/http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/money/FinanceFiles/list.shtml |archive-date=30 April 2006 }}</ref> 

Examples of notable student groups and projects are [[InterVol|Project Nepal]] which sends Imperial College students to work on educational development programmes in rural Nepal<ref>{{cite web |url=http://felixonline.co.uk/archive/IC_2011/2011_1504_A.pdf |title=Felix : The student voice of Imperial College London |publisher=Felixonline.co.uk |access-date=10 March 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003703/http://felixonline.co.uk/archive/IC_2011/2011_1504_A.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[El Salvador Project|the El Salvador Project]], a construction based project in Central America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elsalvadorproject.org.uk/2012/sponsors.html |title=Sponsors |publisher=Elsalvadorproject.org.uk |access-date=10 March 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023404/http://www.elsalvadorproject.org.uk/2012/sponsors.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Union also hosts sports-related clubs such as [[Imperial College Boat Club]] and [[Imperial College Gliding Club]]. The Union operates on two sites, with most events at the Union Building on Beit Quad at South Kensington, with mostly [[Imperial College School of Medicine|medical school]] events at the Reynold's bar, [[Charing Cross Hospital|Charing Cross]].

=== Facilities ===
[[File:Ethos Gym.jpg|alt=|thumb|Ethos Gym]]
Sports facilities at Imperial's London campuses include four gyms, including the main Ethos gym at the South Kensington Campus, two swimming pools and two sports halls.<ref>{{cite web |author=Imperial College London |url=http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/sports/facilities |title=Imperial College Sports Facilities |publisher=imperial.ac.uk |access-date=21 March 2012 |archive-date=2 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102121155/http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/sports/facilities |url-status=dead }}</ref> Imperial has additional sports facilities at the Heston and Harlington sports grounds. On the South Kensington campus, there are a total of six music practice rooms which consist of upright pianos for usage by people of any grade, and grand pianos which are exclusively for people who have achieved Grade 8 or above.<ref>{{cite web |author=Imperial College London |url=http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/arts/blythcentre/facilities/practicefacilities |title=Imperial College Music Facilities |publisher=imperial.ac.uk |access-date=21 March 2012 |archive-date=2 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102120912/http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/arts/blythcentre/facilities/practicefacilities |url-status=dead }}</ref>

There are two student bars on the South Kensington campus, one at the [[Imperial College Union]] and one at Eastside.<ref>{{cite web |author=Imperial College Union |url=http://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/food-drink/ |title=Food and Drink |publisher=imperialcollegeunion.org |access-date=21 March 2012 |archive-date=22 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322050815/https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/food-drink/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
There are a number of pubs and bars on campus and also surrounding the campus, which become a popular social activity for Imperial's students. The [[Pewter]] tankard collection at Imperial College Union is the largest in Europe, with the majority of clubs and societies having tankards associated with their clubs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Questions about Tankards |url=https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/food-drink/union-bar/questions-about-tankards |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523182226/https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/food-drink/union-bar/questions-about-tankards |archive-date=23 May 2017 }}</ref>

[[File:Imperial College Farmers Market, Prince's Gardens.png|thumb|The weekly college farmer's market]]

=== Student media ===
====Imperial College Radio====
''[[Imperial College Radio]]'' (''ICRadio'') was founded in November 1975 with the intention of broadcasting to the student [[Dormitory|halls of residence]] from a studio under Southside, actually commencing broadcasts in late 1976. It now broadcasts from the West Basement of Beit Quad [[web radio|over the internet]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icradio.com/ |title=Imperial College Radio, London, UK |publisher=Icradio.com |access-date=16 June 2011 |archive-date=5 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705004951/http://www.icradio.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Imperial College TV====
[[Imperial College Television]] (ICTV) is the university's TV station, founded in 1969 as STOIC (Student Television of Imperial College) and operated from a small TV studio in the Electrical Engineering block. The department had bought an early [[AMPEX]] [[Type A videotape|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 Southside halls of residence was laid in a tunnel under Exhibition Road in 1972.

====Felix Newspaper====

''[[Felix (newspaper)|Felix]]'' is weekly student newspaper, first released on 9 December 1949.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ic.ac.uk/centenary/timeline/1940.shtml |title=Imperial College – Centenary website – Timeline – 1940–1949 |website=ic.ac.uk |access-date=26 July 2024 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726122355/http://www.ic.ac.uk/centenary/timeline/1940.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition to news, Felix also carries comic strips, features, opinions, puzzles and reviews, plus reports of trips and Imperial College sporting events.[[File:RGETeam.jpg|thumb|[[Racing Green Endurance]] is a student-led project to demonstrate the potential of zero-emission cars.]]

===Student societies===
====Imperial College Boat Club====

The [[Imperial College Boat Club]] is the rowing club of Imperial and was founded on 12 December 1919. The college's boat house is located in [[Putney]] on the [[River Thames|Thames]], and has been refurbished, reopening in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.imperial.ac.uk/admin-services/estates-projects/construction-projects/completed-projects/putney-boathouse-development/ |title=Putney Boathouse development‌ |website=Imperial College London |access-date=25 December 2018 }}</ref>

====Sports====

Imperial College has over 60 sports clubs,<ref name=AtoZSports>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/activities/a-to-z |title=Imperial College Union A to Z of Societies |website=Imperial College Union |access-date=24 February 2020 |archive-date=7 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307045516/https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/activities/a-to-z |url-status=live }}</ref> of which many participate in the [[British Universities and Colleges Sport]] Association leagues such as [[British Universities American Football League|American Football]], [[University and College Rugby League|Rugby]], Badminton, [[Lacrosse in England#Men's lacrosse|Lacrosse]], [[BUCS Football League|Football]], Ice Hockey, and many others.<ref name=AtoZSports/>

====Exploration Club====
[[File:South Side looking up, Beit Hall, Beit Quadrangle.jpg|thumb|Beit Hall]] [[File:Eastside and Southside Halls, Prince's Gardens in snow.jpg|thumb|220px|Prince's Gardens surrounded by college halls of residence]]Imperial's Exploration Board was established in 1957 to assist students with a desire for exploration. Trips have included Afghanistan, Alaska, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Fiji, the Himalayas, Iran, Morocco, Norway, Tanzania, Thailand, Ukraine, and the Yukon.<ref>{{cite web |title=Exploration Club |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/about/history/college-developments/ |website=A timeline of College Developments |access-date=26 July 2024 |archive-date=1 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301233401/https://www.imperial.ac.uk/about/history/college-developments/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

====Dramatic Society====

The Imperial College Dramatic Society (DramSoc)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dramsoc.org/ |title=DramSoc |website=DramSoc |access-date=25 December 2018 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801184239/https://www.dramsoc.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> is one of two major theatrical arts societies, with the other being the Musical Theatre Society, and it was founded in 1912.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dramatic Changes |url=http://felixonline.co.uk/issuearchive/issue/367/download/ |access-date=28 June 2015 |agency=Felix Newspaper |issue=371 |date=9 December 1974 |archive-date=14 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314012727/http://felixonline.co.uk/issuearchive/issue/367/download/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The society puts on three major plays each year, in addition to several smaller fringe productions. It is additionally one of the London-based dramatic societies to participate in the London Student Drama Festival,<ref>{{cite web |title=London Student Drama Festival |url=http://ucludrama.org.uk/london-student-drama-festival-2/ |website=UCLU Drama |publisher=UCLU Drama Society |access-date=28 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701102125/http://ucludrama.org.uk/london-student-drama-festival-2/ |archive-date=1 July 2015 }}</ref> and regularly attends the [[Edinburgh Fringe]]. DramSoc is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the Union's theatrical space, the [[Union Concert Hall]].

====The Techtonics====

[[The Techtonics]] are an all-male a cappella group from Imperial College London, and are a part of the Imperial College A Cappella Society.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.union.ic.ac.uk/arts/acappella/ |title=Imperial A Cappella Society |website=Imperial College Union |access-date=3 June 2020 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603164127/https://www.union.ic.ac.uk/arts/acappella/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The group was formed in 2008, and has since risen to prominence in the world a cappella scene. The group is best known for winning the [[International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://varsityvocals.com/results-page/?fwp_year=2016 |title=Results |website=Varsity Vocals |date=12 August 2015 |access-date=3 June 2020 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603162015/https://varsityvocals.com/results-page/?fwp_year=2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Student housing===
{{main|Imperial College Halls of Residence}}

Imperial College owns and manages ten halls of residence in [[Inner London]], [[Acton, London|Acton]] and [[Ascot, Berkshire]]. Over three thousand rooms are available, with first year undergraduates guaranteed a place in one of the six main college residences (subject to certain requirements). The majority of halls offer single or twin accommodation with some rooms having en suite facilities. Bedrooms are provided with basic furniture and with access to shared kitchens and bathrooms. All rooms come with internet access and access to the Imperial network.<ref name="Accommodation guide">{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/csmarketing/docs/accommodation_guide_2024-25|title=Accommodation Guide|publisher=Imperial College|date=2024|access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref>

Most students in college or university accommodation are first-year undergraduates. 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", and places are available for a small number of returning students in three small halls.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/students/accommodation/continuing-students/|title= Continuing students|website=Imperial|access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref> The accommodation in Ascot is only for postgraduate students based at the Silwood Park site.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/students/accommodation/prospective/pg/accommodation/silwood-park/|access-date=19 September 2024|title=Silwood Park (not based in London)|website=Imperial}}</ref>