100 years of living science 7 November 2007 University of Mauritius An overview of Imperial College Professor Azeem Majeed

Imperial at a glance The University’s objectives: world class scholarship, education and research in science, technology and medicine interdisciplinary collaborations communicate and share knowledge Established in 1907 Academic faculties: Engineering Natural Sciences Medicine Tanaka Business School

Higher education in the UK Total number of HEIs*168 Total full-time academic staff106,900 Total HE students2,246,450 Income UK HEIs£16.9bn Expenditure UK HEIs£16.6bn

London: A science city 3 of the world’s top 25 universities – higher than any other city Greatest concentration of higher education institutions in Europe 4 of the UK’s top six universities ranked by total research income 4,500 world-class researchers 50 clinical research centres and a base for the world’s top 12 pharmaceutical companies

Imperial College Imperial College London: World class research and teaching in science, engineering, medicine and management “It has been a century of great achievement, and my thanks go to all the people, the staff and the students, whose work over the decades has enabled Prince Albert’s vision to flourish” Her Majesty The Queen, 9 July 2007

Our mission Imperial College embodies and delivers world class scholarship, education and research in science, engineering and medicine, with particular regard to their application in industry, commerce and healthcare. We foster interdisciplinary working internally and collaborate widely externally.

Our estate Six London campuses Charing Cross Chelsea and Westminster Hammersmith Royal Brompton South Kensington St Mary’s Two campuses in South East England Silwood Park, Ascot Wye, Kent

Our staff 8,200 staff and visiting staff 3,000 academic and research staff 3,000 support staff 1,700 honorary staff 700 academic visitors and visiting researchers

Our students 13,000 students 8,300undergraduates 2,200taught postgraduates 2,500research postgraduates Courses 111 undergraduate courses 124 postgraduate taught courses 7:1 Ratio applications to admissions AAB Average A-level entry grade

An international institution Students from 123 countries Top non-UK countries: ChinaSingapore MalaysiaItaly Greece Nigeria FranceCyprus GermanyIndia 75% increase in overseas students in 5 years 32% of staff non-UK nationals

Our standing Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings: 3 rd in Europe5 th in Worldoverall Financial Times' MBA ranking 1 st in Europe for entrepreneurship Times Good University Guide rd in UK

Our financial strengths £504mTurnover 6%Total percentage received by Imperial in national public funding of university research Largest industrial sponsorship in UK university sector £205m Total research income

Our disciplines Engineering Natural Sciences Medicine Business Tomorrow’s breakthrough technologies

Our courses From Aeronautical Engineering to Zoology… 235 undergraduate and postgraduate courses

Past achievements 14 Nobel Prize Winners associated with Imperial College Alexander Fleming: Penicillin Andrew Huxley: Nerve Impulses Rodney Porter: Stucture of Antibodies Denis Gabor: Holography Abdul Salam: Theoretical Physics

Recent achievements: Medicine 62 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences Lord Darzi named Parliamentary Under Secretary in the Department of Health Biomedical Research Centre established in 2006 (£20M per year) NHS Patient Safety & Quality Centre established in 2007 (£5M over 5 years). Master of Public Health (MPH) established in 2006 New Graduate Entry Medicine course to start in October 2008

Recent research: Medicine Pay for performance schemes for doctors can improve quality of healthcare Data derived from computerised medical records can be used to measure quality of healthcare and patient outcomes New vaccine to prevent type-1 polio found to be almost three times as effective as standard vaccine International trial stops early after showing that lowering blood pressure in over-80s significantly reduces stroke and mortality Most important genes associated with a risk of developing type-2 diabetes are identified Study shows that breast cancer survival rates can be improved with novel drug sequence

Our approach to research +Mechanical engineering +Computing +Medicine =Constrained robotic surgery +Polymer chemistry +Microelectronics +Biochemistry =Lab-on-a-chip diagnostics +Engineering +Computing +Medicine =Advanced imaging techniques Combining our disciplines leads to new capabilities

Interdisciplinary workings Bringing together expertise from across Imperial to tackle some of world’s greatest problems Health Informatics Research programmes to make use of electronic medical data to guide clinical, public health and managerial decisions in healthcare NHS Patient Safety Centre ££4 Million project funded by National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research to develop mitigation techniques and influence international policy E-Health Making use of new technology to improve healthcare Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Bringing together three hospitals in West London to provide high quality healthcare

Research excellence 75 per cent of academic staff submitted to the Research Assessment Exercise 2001 were assessed as working in 5* departments – highest proportion of any university Weighted average scores out of a maximum of 7.0 for assessed staff: (1 counts as 1 and 5* as 7) Cambridge6.69 Imperial College6.68 Oxford6.58 LSE6.46 Warwick6.20 UCL6.19

Our alumni 120,000 alumni in 190 countries Among our alumni are: Former Prime Ministers of India and New Zealand and Governor of Western Australia CEOs of BP, Rolls-Royce, Singapore Airlines Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality Chief of the Air Staff, Royal Air Force First person to run a mile in under four minutes Olympic Gold Medalists

Our links with business Royal Charter of 1907 states: Imperial College embodies and delivers world class scholarship, education and research in science, engineering and medicine, with particular regard to their application in industry… Imperial College Consultants (ICON) Problem Solving, Scientific Services and Expert Advice Business Development Mission To increase the quantity, size and quality of research collaborations Environment and Energy Office Strategic relationships to initiate research projects concerned with energy and the environment Today:

Our links with business Imperial received Supporter of British Industry Award at Best of British Industry Awards 2006 honours organisations that proactively engage with industry “Imperial is on a very sharp upward trajectory. If we look at where it was ten years ago and where it is now, there is a massive transformation, especially in interaction with British industry." Professor Sir David King, Government Chief Scientific Adviser, 11 February 2007

An enterprise culture 58Spin-out companies 90Commercial agreements 150+Licence agreements Nexeon Ltd »Novel battery technology Heliswirl Technologies Ltd »Helical-flow pipe technology that improves transport of fluids for industry Ceres Power »Fuel-cell technology company »Admitted to AIM in 2004 with market capitalisation of £66M »Realised £2M for Imperial Innovations Group

Innovating Applying our research in industry Imperial Innovations became first majority university-owned technology transfer company to float in the UK £26M Raised in August 2006 £150M Market value

Principal Faculty Office Clinical Sciences (MRC CSC) Epidemiology, Public Health & Primary Care Investigative Sciences Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology MedicineNeurosciences & Mental Health National Heart & Lung Institute Surgery, Oncology, Reproductive Biology & Anaesthetics

Divisional Structure Division of Epidemiology, Public Health and Primary Care Dept. of Epidemiology, Public Health and Primary Care St Mary’s Campus Dept. of Infectious Disease Epidemiology St Mary’s Campus Dept. of Primary Care and Social Medicine Charing Cross Campus

Divisional research themes Chronic disease management Health service performance Health services research Social determinants of health Aetiological epidemiology Infectious diseases & international health Environmental health

Postgraduate training Master of Public Health MSc in Modern Epidemiology Short courses from MPH/MSc Clinical Ethics Biostatistics & analysis of routine data Clinical trials Evidence based health care

Divisional Staff Total Staff (excludes honorary staff) FTE’s – 180.1

Divisional PhD Students

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