Imperial climbs world's top ten in science, technology and biomedicine

More success in world rankings for Imperial College London - News

By Danielle Reeves
26 October 2006

Imperial's excellent international reputation in science, technology and biomedicine was confirmed this month with the announcement of the Times Higher Education Supplement's 2006 World University Rankings. Following its overall institutional ranking of ninth, the College leapt up the tables, commanding improved positions in the top ten in all three individual categories.

The ranking of the world's top 100 biomedicine universities lists Imperial in fourth place, a climb of two places from last year. In the technology category Imperial has climbed to fourth best in the world from its fifth place ranking last year, and in the table of the world's top universities for science, the College has moved up to ninth from tenth place.

Professor Steve Smith , Principal of Imperial's Faculty of Medicine, said he was very proud of the pioneering, world-class work carried out in the Faculty of Medicine. He welcomed the new ratings confirming the faculty's excellent international standing, saying: "The fact that we have climbed from sixth position last year to fourth this year proves that our research and teaching is getting better and better, and I would like to congratulate all our staff for this achievement and thank them for their hard work."

Professor Dame Julia Higgins , Principal of the Faculty of Engineering said: "Imperial's move up the list of the world's top 100 technology universities is testament to the outstanding research and teaching that is carried out in our engineering departments. It's a huge achievement for all of our staff and students, and shows that we're going from strength to strength in all our key areas."

Professor Sir Peter Knight , Principal of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, added: "Moving up in the rankings of world top ten science universities is a brilliant achievement for science at Imperial. The Faculty of Natural Sciences has an outstanding international reputation for both research and teaching and it's good to see that we're continuing to exert pressure on our competitors both at home and abroad."

Earlier in the month the Times Higher Education Supplement released an overall list of the world's top 200 universities. In this general ranking Imperial made an impressive leap up to ninth in world, an improvement of four places from its 13th position last year.

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