Consistently rated amongst the world's best universities, Imperial College London is a public science-based institution with a reputation for excellence in teaching and research. The Department of Computing at the College is one of the largest top-rated departments in the UK and a world leader in computer science research. As one of college’s flagship multidisciplinary research institutes, the Data Science Institute has rich expertise in core data science research.
In 2017-18, Imperial is ranked 8th globally in both of the THE World University Rankings, and the QS World University Rankings, and 27th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities. Imperial was ranked by Reuters as the most innovative university in Europe. Staff and alumni include 14 Nobel laureates, 3 Fields Medalists, 74 Fellows of the Royal Society, 84 Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and 85 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.