The request

Please provide the number of care-experienced student that:

• enrolled at Imperial College
• withdrew from their studies the same year as enrolment; 
• withdrew from their studies at any point

Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-339, 7 July 2023

The request

Please provide for the admission year 2022/23, the numbers of students who applied for intercalated medical degrees, were shortlisted (if appropriate), were made an offer, and enrolled onto each course listed on your website. The number of students placed on each waiting list and, of these, how many were made an offer and enrolled onto each course.

Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-132, 29 March 2023

Data is provided for applications received, offers made and places confirmed. There is not a waiting list. Admission statistics for intercalated degrees (xlsx)

The request

1. The number of applications, offers and acceptances of Home undergraduate students, by school type. 

2. The number of applications, offers and acceptances of Home undergraduate students, by school type and region of domicile. 

3. The number of applications, offers and acceptances of Home undergraduate students for each of the following schools: 

• Westminster School, SW1P 3PB
• The Perse School, CB2 8QF
• Eton College, SL4 6DW
• St Paul’s Girls’ School, London, W6 7BS
• St Paul’s School, London, SW13 9JT
• Magdalen College School, Oxford, OX4 1DZ
• City of London School, EC4V 3AL
• Sevenoaks School, TN13 1HU
• Highgate School, N6 4AY
• Brighton College, BN2 0AL
• King’s College School, SW19 4TT
• North London Collegiate School, HA8 7RJ
• Manchester Grammar School, M13 0XT
• Tonbridge School, TN9 1JP
• Guildford High School, GU1 1SJ
• Latymer Upper School, W6 9LR
• Winchester College, SO23 9NA
• Dulwich College, SE21 7LD
• Royal Grammar School, Guildford, GU1 3BB
• Haberdashers’ School for Girls, Elstree, WD6 3BT

4. The number of applications, offers and acceptances of Home undergraduate students for all the 20 schools (i.e. the summed total) listed in Question 3.  

5. The number of applications, offers and acceptances of Home undergraduate students eligible for free school meals for those applying from the state maintained sector. 

Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-293, 22 June 2023

FOI response, IMPFOI-23-293, admissions by school-type and region (xlsx)

The request

Please specify the total number of 'Aegrotat' degrees awarded by the University for each of the calendar years specified above. 

Imperial College Response, IMPFOI-23-279, 20 June 2023

The number of Aegrotat degrees awarded by academic year are as follows:

2004-2005 - 0
2005-2006 - 2
2006-2007 - 1
2007-2008 - 0
2008-2009 - 1
2009-2010 - 1
2010-2011 - 0
2011-2012 - 2
2012-2013 - 4
2013-2014 - 2
2014-2015 - 0
2015-2016 - 0
2016-2017 - 0
2017-2018 - 1
2018-2019 - 1
2019-2020 - 1
2020-2021 - 0
2021-2022 - 0

The request

Please provide the following information:

• The number of alumni you have that are female
• What subject did they study
• How many of them are now business founders
• How many alumni do you have in total? (male and female)

Imperial Cllege response, IMPFOI-23-280, 20 June 2023

The College records show we have a total number of 74,816 female alumni.

Please see FOI Response, IMPFOI-23-280, female alumni for the subjects studied. Please note many alumni studied more than one course at Imperial hence the total of subjects studied is higher than the total number of female alumni.

Of the 23,272 female alumni where we have data on organisation relationship for them, 279 have ‘founder’ in their position, a further 78 have ‘owner’. Please note that we only hold such information where an alumnus volunteers this information so this data is unlikely to show the full extent of "business founders" among our female alumni.

We have a total of 243,735 living alumni. We have interpreted “alumni you have” to mean living alumni. We have also included all gender categories rather than restricting to just Male/Female (our database options are Unspecified, Non-binary or third gender, Unknown, Male or Female).

The request

Information for the admissions years 2021 and 2022 for MSc Soil Mechanics as a single subject or with Environmental Geotechnics, Engineering Seismology or Business Management

• Total number of applicants to each course
• Applicants by gender
• Applicants by ethnicity (Where data is held this should be broken down into specific ethnic groups e.g., White, Asian, Black, Chinese)
• Total number of enrolled students to each course
• Enrolled students by gender
• Enrolled students by ethnicity (Where data is held this should be broken down into specific ethnic groups e.g., White, Asian, Black, Chinese)

Imperial College Response (IMPFOI-22-550, 11 January 2023)

 FOI Response IMPFOI-22-550

The request

For the past 5 completed UCAS application cycles, how many care leavers applied to study at Imperial College, how many were offerred places and how many took up those places?

Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-127, 9 March 2023

Please see information below that shows total numbers of care experienced applications received, offers made and places confirmed for each UCAS cycle between 2017 and 2021.

Please note that figures of five or fewer have been replaced by an asterisk.

2017 UCAS cycle

Applications Received:   45

Offers Made:                     13

Places Confirmed:            *

2018 UCAS cycle

Applications Received:   57

Offers Made:                     17

Places Confirmed:            *

2019 UCAS cycle

Applications Received:   58

Offers Made:                     26

Places Confirmed:            6

2020 UCAS cycle

Applications Received:   52

Offers Made:                     20

Places Confirmed:            *

2021 UCAS cycle

Applications Received:   57

Offers Made:                     24

Places Confirmed:            10

The request

The score distribution of the online pre-interview test for undergraduate Computing admissions (G400/G401/G501/G600), number of applicants,  applicants who were invited to interview and applicants who were made an offer. 

Imperial College response (IMPFOI-23-022, 2 February 2023)

FOI response IMPFOI-23-022 (pdf)

The request

Do you collect data from staff and/or students on any of the following topics:

1. Occupation of a person’s parent/guardian/carer when they were a child
2. Type of secondary school a person attended (e.g., state, grammar, private)
3. The highest qualification of a person’s parent/guardian/carer (e.g., O Levels, BSc,/BA)
4. Whether a person was eligible for free school meals at any point during their school years
5. Gender identity, and if it is the same as sex registered/sex assigned at birth
6. Age
7. Disability
8. Gender reassignment
9. Marriage and civil partnership
10. Pregnancy and maternity
11. Race
12. Religion or belief
13. Sex
14. Sexual orientation

Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-343, 19 July 2023

FOI Response, IMPFOI-23-343, data collected about staff and students (pdf)

The request

Please provide a breakdown of these admissions statistics for the Design Engineering course (UCAS code: 28G3) from 2022: Number of male first year applicants for the course, number of female first year applicants for the course, number of offers to males for the course, number of offers to females for the course, enrollment for the course for males, and enrollment for the course for females.

Imperial College response (IMPFOI-23-030, 7 February)

FOI response IMPFOI-23-030 (pdf)

The request

The number of students who have engaged with the College's Student Counselling and Mental Health Service about eating disorders in the years 2019/20 and 2020/21 split by age, gender and type of eating disorder.

Imperial College Response, IMPFOI-23-082, 8 March 2023

FOI Response, eating disorders (pdf)

The information provided is the available data that we capture concerning eating disorder presentations. Please note that numbers of 5 or less have been removed to protect the identity of indivduals.

Important notes:

• Data provided relates to cases where eating disorders were the primary cause for accessing counselling
• It is not possible to provide an age breakdown/profile for cases as our reporting system does not capture information in this way
• Our reporting year runs from 1st August to 31st July

The following information is provided to contextualise the data presented:

• In 2019-20 1309 registrations* were received from students wishing to access counselling via the Student Counselling and Mental Health Advice Service.
• In 2020-21 1445 registrations* were received from students wishing to access counselling via the Student Counselling and Mental Health Advice Service.

*Note: Not all of those who register go on to confirm/attend an appointment

The request

Please provide the score percentiles of the IC Aero/EEE Mathematics Aptitude Test in 2020/21 and 2021/22.

Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-156, 5 April 2023

Of those applicants who were invited for Interview in 2021-22, the scores were as follows: max=70%, median=32.5%, min=12.5%. In 2020-21 they were as follows: max=90%, median=48%, min=26%.

FOI request and response, IMPFOI-23-242, 22 June 2023

1. For the past three years, percentage of staff identifying as LGBTQIA+ by Faculty and job family.

FOI response IMPFOI-23-242 LGBTQIA+ staff data (pdf)

2. For the past three years, percentage of students identifying as LGBTQIA+ by Faculty, fee status and level of study

FOI response IMPFOI-23-242 LGBTQIA+ student data (xlsx)

3. Statistical data from the past 3 years which indicates LGBTQIA+ student satisfaction or experience in comparison to non-LGBTQIA+ staff/students.

We do not collect staff satisfaction data by sexual orientation or identity status of staff.

FOI response IMPFOI-23-242, LGBTQIA+ student satisfaction (xlsx)

4. Data collected on reported incidents of hate crimes, bullying, harassment and discrimination as a result of staff or student LGBTQIA+ identities (i.e. homophobia and/or transphobia) in the previous 12 months.

Please see the summary data of reports made using the Report and Support tool: Report and Support data

5. Initiatives that your university has in place to support LGBTQIA+ students/staff, including training and specific EDI resources.
6. Details of processes and resources that you have in place to specifically to support trans and/or non-binary staff and students.

Support for staff

Support for students

Trans staff policy

Supporting Trans and Non-Binary Gendered Students - Policy and Guidance

LGBTQ+ equality

The request

I would like to see the employment report of graduates of Msc Finance Suite programmes for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-375, 10 August 2023

The College does not have the employment reports for 2015 and 2016. The reports for 2017 and 2018 are provided below (pdf documents). The finance employment report for the Class of 2019 was published online only and can be accessed via the following link:  finance employment report for the Class of 2019

MSc Finance employment report 2018 (pdf)

MSc Finance employment report 2017 (pdf)

The request

I would like the detailed criteria that Imperial College uses in selecting candidates for Chemistry (F100), including but not limited to the weighting applied to:

• ‘A’ Level results;
• Personal statement;
• Interview; and
• Any other criteria used in the decision-making process.

Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-185, 24 April 2023

There are no fixed weightings on criteria used as part of the post-interview, offer-making decision process for the BSc Chemistry (F100) programme, nor for any programme.

These criteria include the UCAS application form (including personal statement and reference), predicted/achieved grades, interview feedback and contextual/additional information. Of these criteria, interview feedback is the major consideration, contributing at least 50% towards the final decision.

The department assesses each application on an individual, case-by-case basis, considering all information available, to give an holistic overview for each applicant and maintain a fair, consistent and inclusive process for all applicants. They examine in detail:

• Interview Feedback – which assesses motivation for chemistry, communication of chemistry, engagement in discussion, chemistry knowledge (accounting for different
  qualifications/curricula), and ability to apply their knowledge and to use information (both known and new) in problem-solving, within both familiar and unfamiliar/unseen topics.
• Qualifications, combination of subjects taken, and achieved/predicted grades
• Personal statement – especially evidence for enthusiasm/motivation for Chemistry and for their chosen course(s)
• Reference – evidence for academic achievements, merit and potential.
• Contextual or mitigating factors – includes Widening Participation criteria and other
  contextual data plus additional information declared in the application (including in
  reference) or sent separately to the application, regarding applicant background and
  mitigating circumstances (e.g. health and mental health, family issues, financial issues, educational disruption and significant disadvantage). The department also accounts for any significant stress or nerves that may have been experienced by an applicant at interview.

Offer decisions are also informed by the level of competition within a given application cycle, and the number of places available. There are no specific quotas for each degree programme.

The Request

1. how many students per year received support from the SVLOs over the last five years on record
2. how many days, months, years, students who received help from the university's SVLOs had to wait for help from said service over the last five years on record

Imperial College Response, IMPFOI-23-071, 9 March 2023

Imperial College does not hold the data to answer the second question, but the SVLO service requirement is to  respond to every contact within two working days. There is no waiting list. A meeting with an SVLO is arranged as soon after contact as is convenient for the student and SVLO, usually within a week of first contact.

The request

Does your university request permission from a student to contact an individual, nominated by a student, if they have concerns for their mental health or welfare when a student registers at the university? If yes, please provide figures on how many students opted in or out of this consent for the last five years, or from when the policy was implemented. Please break these figures up by academic year, or year, depending on how you hold the data

Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-123, 29 March 2023

During the enrolment process, students are asked to provide details of an emergency contact for Imperial to use in the instance there is concern for their life or the life of others. They are also asked to provide consent on an opt-in basis that gives Imperial permission to use the emergency contact details if there are serious concerns about the student’s wellbeing. Figures are available from the 2020/21 academic year when this permission was first sought:

The request

1. How many students accessed support from your university counselling service in 2021/22?
2. What was the average waiting time to access the counselling service at your university in 2021/22?

Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-161, 18 April 2023

1644 students completed an online registration with the Counselling Service in the academic year 2021/22. Of these 1127 went on to attend at least one appointment.

The average waiting time from registration to an initial meeting with the Counselling Service in 2021/22 was 17 working days (note this excludes weekends). Please note that the waiting time figures reflect student choice as well as service availability.

Further information and figures for the years 2016/17 to 2020/21: Counselling FOI FAQs

The request

What is the waiting time for your counselling services as of the date of this request? How many students are on the waiting list for your counselling services currently?

Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-241, 5 June 2023

The wiating time is currently 8 weeks. 95 students are on the waiting list.

The request

1. Over the last 10 years how many students started a course that would result in a primary medical qualification e.g. MBBS, MBChB, BMBS?
2. Over the last 10 years, how many students studying a course that would result in a primary medical qualification have died as a result of suicide during their enrolment on the course.
3. Over the last 10 years, how many students studying a course that would result in a primary medical qualification have died of any cause during their enrolment on the course.
4. Over the last 10 years, how many students have started any undergraduate course at the university.
5. Over the last 10 years, how many students have died as a result of suicide during their enrolment on an undergraduate course.
6. Over the last 10 years, how many students have died of any cause during their enrolment on an undergraduate course.

Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-099, 1 March 2023

Please refer to the College’s Statistics Guide for information on the number of students enrolled in each of the College faculties in the past 10 years. The ‘pocket guide’ shows how many students enrolled in the Department of Medicine in each year.

Since the start of academic year 2012/13 until the end of the academic year 2021/22 42 students have died, 3 of which were medical students. Imperial College holds records on student suicides since 2016/17, 8 students have by died by suicide, as confirmed by a coroner’s verdict, since then, none were medical students.

The request

The number of confirmed student suicides in the years 2018/19 to 2022/23 (to date)

Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-201, 11 May

Student suicides as confirmed by a coroner’s verdict:

The Request

The number of enrolled students and number that had to, or chose to, withdraw (or ‘drop out’) from their studies.

Imperial College Response (IMPFOI-22-549, 12 January 2023)

1. How many full-time undergraduate students enrolled at the university as first-year students in the following academic years:

2021/2022: 3213
2020/2021: 3214
2019/2020: 2759
2018/2019: 2701
2017/2018: 2608

2. How many of the first-year students identified in questions 1 a-e did not progress to their second year under code 02 of the HESA ‘reason for ending instance’ field category: “Academic failure/left In bad standing/not permitted to progress”? Please provide one figure relating to each of the following:

First-year students in 2021/2022: 28
First-year students in 2020/2021: 60
First-year students in 2019/2020: 20
First-year students in 2018/2019: 34
First-year students in 2017/2018: 43

3. How many of the first-year students identified in questions 1 a-e did not progress to their second year under code 07 of the HESA ‘reason for ending instance’ field category: “Other personal reasons and dropped out”? Please provide one figure relating to each of the following:

First-year students in 2021/2022: 44
First-year students in 2020/2021: 57
First-year students in 2019/2020: 36
First-year students in 2018/2019: 27
First-year students in 2017/2018: 56

The request

How many students have been asked to withdraw from A100 Medicine (not having withdrawn from the course of their own accord) at Imperial College London, during any year of their course, from 2015-2022. 

Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-151, 5 April 2023

The request

The total number of fully online / fully distance learning students by course title and faculty, by student nationality for the past four academic years.

Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-076, 22 March 2023

Students enrolled on online-only courses, by student nationality (xlsx)

The Request 

• How many people are currently studying at your university?
• How many of these are over 50? Could you please also break them down by age group if possible (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90+)
• What specific courses are students over 50 studying at your university? Please could you specify for each course, how many students there are over the age of 50

Imperial College Response (IMPFOI-23-001, 19 January 2023)

 FOI Response IMPFOI-23-001

The request

In the first year of the course, how many students were required to resit any exam?

Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-202, 11 May 2023

The table below shows the number of first year medical students (A100) who re-sat exams.

The request

Please provide a breakdown of British undergraduate students admitted for each academic year between 2019-2022 in terms of their home region of the United Kingdom.

Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-398, 8 August 2023

FOI response, UK offers by permanent residence, IMPFOI-23-398

The request

1. For each of the academic years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2021/22, how many UK full-time undergraduate students were required to withdraw due to exam failure (no further re-sits permitted).

2. For each of the academic years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2021/22, how many UK full-time students withdrew for any reason.

Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-138, 5 April 2023

 UG Withdrawals by school-type and faculty (pdf)