786 Imperial College London reviews

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I’ve struggled to find a good job. But most people Do well from this uni

Blended learning and lots of contact time in labs / tutorials. Very good academically

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Labs were brilliant. Restaurants were decent but expensive. Coffee was rocket fuel. Library was ok.

My personal tutor was a brilliant guy. Easy to relate to. There’s plenty of additional services on offer.

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Not relevant, but while this department is incredible for engineers, I doubt, as a medical student, that any of the content I've learned this year can really be applied to my future clinical practice. Missed opportunity here.

This is related to the iBSC course which has a lot of overlap with the others. While this course is probably great for those with engineering background, it is quite possibly my biggest mistake in medical school. All the elective modules which you can't use existing medical knowledge for just leave you behind. Absolutely no thought whatsoever given to medical students prior knowledge or experience. Sold down the river when we were told this course had taken medical students into consideration. Total joke when you're sat doing final year modules and the module leads dump you straight into the deep end. The group project with third years was the only redeeming factor and even then it was hit and miss due to the pandemic if you managed to get anything done. Recommend 0/10.

Tutors were available and were great. But it seems like the faculty did not notice or care for iBSC students. Emails were not replied to. iBSC students were not mentioned in 'whole course' briefings. Module leads seemed to have no idea what medical students had been taught and thus assumed everyone doing the module was at the same level. Only got one email all year from the year coordinator, says it all.

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Great opportunities provided by the career’s services and plenty of job fairs.

Great seminars and wide range of projects to choose from. A bit more hands on approach required and more data analysis classes.

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Need more frequent check-up of the machinery.

Okay student support with our personal tutors. Could be better with more frequent sessions though.

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I think it has the best job prospects compared to almost any other UK university. There’s a great careers advice team as well as always having events and very prestigious speakers

Very prestigious lecturers who really know what’s going on in the field but sometimes can end up focussing more on irrelevant details. Nice course structure and generally good support within the college

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Very advanced facilities and a really nice main campus in a lovely area as well as lots of other mini campuses dotted around west London which makes it easy to access a library wherever you are

Many ways to receive support through counselling and dedicated disability service and ways to apply for extra funding

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As a medical student our path is different from many other degrees but I’m still aware of many career fairs and support that exists

I’m currently in my BSc year doing Global Health where we have a much smaller cohort of about 33 people and there is amazing 1 on 1 support throughout. Due to Covid, apart from the first week which was in person so we would get to know each other the whole course has been conducted remotely but it hasn’t taken away from any of the group discussions, debates and interactions - I still feel very well supported and engaged. In terms of the first few years they were mostly lecturer based all delivered in person in large lecture theatres. There were occasional small group tutorials although the tutors often changed so it was difficult to develop a close academic relationship with anyone which diminished the degree of support felt. However, I did have two particular tutors in first year who we saw on a regular basis that were excellent in terms of their support and insight although they weren’t full time members of the faculty of medicine so although very helpful and knowledgeable in their areas, could not help with further course support. Saying this I believe that if you needed it support would not be too difficult to find but I personally would find it difficult to know who to reach out to. When it comes to clinical years there is great variation, the GP placements especially vary greatly in quality of teaching and student engagement. Within hospitals there is more regulation but still students who feel they’ve got a better or worse deal depending on where they’re placed

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Facilities vary greatly between sites. The South Kensington campus clearly gets most of the monetary input which is evident from the gym, labs etc. The teaching building at CX hospital has a very nice lecture theatre and some recently renovated tutorial spaces but in terms of extra facilities like social shared spaces and gym there is much development needed

We all have a personal tutor with whom we have to have regular meetings but it often feels like a tick box. I do recognise I’m not the best at sharing things or trusting someone soon into meeting them so this set up may not be the best for me. The student union has a variety of roles to promote personal health which I think is helpful as it ensures a student perspective

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