Imperial College Faculty of Engineering

[4] The faculty is located at Imperial's main South Kensington campus, where teaching and research take place.

The School developed from the Museum of Economic Geology, which had provided some student places for the study of mineralogy and metallurgy.

The Museum of Practical Geology and the Government School of Mines and Science Applied to the Arts opened in a purpose-designed building in Jermyn Street in 1851.

[7][1] The main precursor to the faculty was the Central Technical College, which was founded by the City and Guilds of London Institute, opening in 1884.

The college was located in South Kensington on land bought by the 1851 Exhibition Commissioners, in an area set out by Prince Albert for the purpose of science and knowledge, known now as Albertopolis.

The college was set to focus on engineering, manufacturing, architecture, applied art, and chemical technology, with applicants required to sit entrance exams.

The name changed to Central Technical College in 1893, by which time the number of chemistry and engineering students exceeded 200, requiring other subjects to be displaced.

Students in Aeronautics, Bioengineering, Computing, and Chemical, Civil and Environmental, Design, Electrical and Electronic, and Mechanical Engineering are part of the City and Guilds College Union, whilst students in Earth Science and Engineering, and Materials are part of the Royal School of Mines Union.

[19] The faculty ranked as the top engineering school in the UK in 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF).