Imperial College Faculty of Engineering
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The Faculty of Engineering is one of the three main Faculties of Imperial College London
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...

. It was formed in 2001 from the former City and Guilds College and the Royal School of Mines
Royal School of Mines
Royal School of Mines comprises the departments of Earth Science and Engineering, and Materials at Imperial College London.- History :The Royal School of Mines was established in 1851, as the Government School of Mines and Science Applied to the Arts...

 - two of the three original 'Constituent Colleges' of Imperial College when the latter was formed in 1907. Graduates of undergraduate programmes from the Faculty, in addition to their degree, obtain the appropriate Associateship according to their course; either the Associateship of the City & Guilds of London Institute (ACGI) or the Associateship of the Royal School of Mines (ARSM).

The Faculty is divided into nine Academic Departments:
  • Aeronautics
    Aeronautics
    Aeronautics is the science involved with the study, design, and manufacturing of airflight-capable machines, or the techniques of operating aircraft and rocketry within the atmosphere...

  • Bioengineering
  • Chemical Engineering & Chemical Technology
    Chemical engineering
    Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...

  • Civil & Environmental Engineering
    Imperial College Civil & Environmental Engineering
    The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London is located in the Skempton Building at the South Kensington Campus in London. It is one of the 9 main academic departments of the Faculty of Engineering. The current Head of the Department is Professor David A...

  • Computing
    Computing
    Computing is usually defined as the activity of using and improving computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology...

  • Earth Science & Engineering
    Earth science
    Earth science is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. It is arguably a special case in planetary science, the Earth being the only known life-bearing planet. There are both reductionist and holistic approaches to Earth sciences...

  • Electrical & Electronic Engineering
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
    Mechanical engineering
    Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...

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