This year’s Good University Guide captures the unique challenges that campuses have faced with Covid-19, reflected in the shake-up in our rankings of more than 130 British universities. Our analysis also identifies the institution where students felt most engaged with their reimagined educational path: Imperial College London.
Ranked fourth in our overall academic table, this specialist in science, engineering, medicine and business has gained 80 points in our rankings in the past year, closing on Cambridge, Oxford and St Andrews above it. Imperial also ranks seventh in the latest QS World University Rankings.
In a year when the pandemic left students stranded, often far from campus, Imperial made sure its international community of 10,500 undergraduates and 9,000 postgraduate students did not feel displaced