Imperial celebrates increased student satisfaction, as NSS results are revealed

Student satisfaction at Imperial has increased, according to the most recent National Student Survey (NSS).

The university is now in the upper group of Russell Group universities for student satisfaction, with particularly strong results for 'Student Voice' – how well students feel represented by Imperial and the students' union, as well as 'Learning Opportunities'.

This year’s survey closed on 30 April 2025 and the response rate from final year undergraduates was 75%.

Striving for success

Professor Ian Walmsley, Provost of Imperial College London said: “We're proud to host talented, high-performing and ambitious students from across the globe, often from backgrounds where the path to academic excellence has not been straightforward.

“These results demonstrate that Imperial offers students a supportive yet rigorous environment where disciplinary excellence, innovation, and entrepreneurship are seamlessly integrated with state-of-the-art facilities and lifechanging extracurricular activities.”

Prioritising the student experience

Within the past year, Imperial has achieved remarkable success when assessed on its student experience by third parties.

This also followed a series of achievements for the university in several other rankings, including being named 1st for graduate prospects for The Guardian’s University Guide 2025, top for Graduate Employment in The Times/The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025, and second in the 2026 QS World University rankings.

Yet Imperial will never be complacent, and plans are already well underway to continue reimagining how students experience the university.

This approach underpins a new university-wide strategy with an even greater scope. It identifies our class of 2030 as a crucial cohort who will be nurtured to be the most talented, the most enterprising and the most diverse graduating class Imperial has ever had the privilege to serve. This will be in part driven by new investments in scholarships, digital and virtual learning environments, and campuses.

First among the university’s efforts to widen the pool of applicants who might feel enabled to join the community, the Imperial Bursary now provides one of the most generous schemes of its kind in the UK. Home undergraduate students can spend up to £5,000/year for every year that their course lasts to help with the cost of studying in London. In the past year alone, Imperial spent £10million supporting students through this scheme.

What next?

Imperial is committed to taking a comprehensive approach to continually improving the experience being offered to students, supporting them to thrive in and beyond their studies as members of a diverse community.

Investment and improvements are already well underway, prioritising aspects of the student experience. This next big step – joining up the way students encounter and use different services – is spanning the full student lifecycle from when learners transition from school to university, all the way up to a graduate discovering all there is to enjoy as part of our alumni community.