While there is no universal instrument to measure student’s social capital at university, we recommend the Imperial Social Capital Questionnaire, which has undergone a rigorous, research-based development process to enhance reliability (Gehlbach & Brinkworth, 2011). We have adapted the Social Capital Harmonised Standard according to best practices in questionnaire design.
If you want, you can adapt the questionnaire to focus on your specific module, course, department or institution. We have provided guidance here to ensure that your scale follows good practices in questionnaire design and remains valid. If you wish to adapt this scale for your module, course, department, or institution, enter the name of your course or department where it says “Imperial College London” in this example. Before you adapt this questionnaire further, please consult our FAQs and guidance on questionnaires. Please let us know if you use this instrument – it would be great to compare data across different contexts!
Download the Social Capital Questionnaire for Imperial.
Last updated February 2025