Imperial College London for US Students

Overview

Imperial College London a world–leading university for science, technology, engineering, medicine and business, in one of its most iconic cities – London, UK.

We were founded in 1907 with a mission ‘To be useful’ – but we know that before anyone can usefully change something, they first need to understand it. That’s what we do: We use science to try to understand more of the universe, and improve the lives of more people in it.

Today, Imperial has one of the highest concentrations of high-impact research of any major UK university. The research and innovations we produce are right now helping to navigate some of the world’s toughest challenges in global health, climate change, AI, business leadership and more. We are a truly global community, bringing together the best people from around the world to the heart of one world’s most exciting cities. With students from over 140 countries, and a specialist community and a research-led curriculum our degrees open doors and our discoveries change lives.

US Entry Requirements

Applicants can qualify in one of two ways:
- Five AP exams with scores of 5, 5, 5, 5, 5; or
- Three AP exams with scores of 5, 5, 5, plus either:
  
  SAT: 1460–1500+ (depending on the degree), or
  
  ACT: 31–34+ (depending on the degree).
Specific subject requirements are still based on the AP exams and vary by course.

Deadlines

Medicine – October 15

Other – Equal Consideration Deadline (Mid-January – changes every year)
Our minimum requirement is based on the university’s selectivity ranking so minimum grade requirements will range from 3.0 / 4.0 to 3.6 / 4.0 depending on the institution.

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Programs at Imperial College London

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Fall Intake
Addiction and Mental Health MSc
Architectural History, Research and Writing MA
Architecture – RIBA 2
Architecture Apprenticeship (RIBA 2 and 3) – MArch
Child and Adolescent Mental Health MSc
Conference Interpreting – MA
Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability – Adv Dip Pro Dev
Cryptography MSc
Culture, Heritage and Leisure Management – MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert
Design for Cultural Commons – PG Cert
Design for Cultural Commons – PG Dip
Dietetics and Nutrition – MSc
Documentary Film Production – MA
Employment Law and Practice – Advance Diploma Prof Dev
Environmental, Sustainable and Regeneration Design MA
Fine Arts – MFA
Furniture Design – MA
Human Resource Management – PG Dip
Interior Design – MA
International Accounting and Finance MSc
Interpreting – MA
Jewellery and Silversmithing – MA
Law: Common Professional Exam – GDL
Legal Practice Course – PG Dip
LLM Legal Practice
LLM Legal Practice (Top-up) – LLM
Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
PGCE Early Years (3 – 7) – PGCE
PGCE Primary 5-11 – PGCE
PGCE Secondary English with Drama – PGCE
PGCE Secondary English with Media – PGCE
PGCE Secondary Mathematics – PGCE
PGCE Secondary Modern Languages – PGCE
PGCE Secondary Science with Biology – PGCE
PGCE Secondary Science with Chemistry – PGCE
PGCE Secondary Science with Physics – PGCE
Primary (7-11) (Key Stage 2) – PGCE
Product Design – MA
Public Art and Performance – MA
Robotics with Artificial Intelligence – MSc
Social Work – MSc
Specialised Translation PG Cert
Sports Therapy – MSc
Textile Design – MA
Translation – MA
Translation Technology PG Cert
Visual Communication: Graphic Design
Visual Communication: Illustration
January Intake
Architecture: Professional Practice in Architecture – RIBA 3
Artificial Inteligence MA
Assessment only (AO) route to Qualified Teacher Status – QTS
Aviation Management in the Digital Age – MSc
Biomedical Science – MSc
Biomedical Studies Distance Learning – MSc
Blood Science – MSc
Blood Science Distance Learning – MSc
Cancer Immunotherapy – MSc
Cancer Pharmacology – MSc
Computer Networking and Cyber Security – MSc
Computer Networking and Cyber Security with Work Experience – MSc
Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability – MSc
Creative Digital and Professional Writing – MA
Criminology – MSc
Data Analytics – MSc
Digital Media – MA
Doctor of Philosophy – MPhil / PhD
Early Childhood Studies – MA
Education – MA
English Language Teaching (Distance Learning) – MA
Financial Services Law, Regulation and Compliance – LLM/PG Dip/PG Cert
Food Science – MSc
Health and Social Care Management and Policy – MSc
Human Nutrition and (Public Health/Sports) – MSc
Human Resource Management – MA
Human Rights and International Conflict – MA
Information Technology Distance Learning – MSc
International Banking and Finance MSc
International Business Management MSc
International Business Management with Project Management MSc
International Events, Leisure and Tourism Management
International Relations – MA
International Trade and Finance – MSc
Learning and Teaching in Higher Education – MA
Maritime law (Top-Up) (Distance Learning) -LLM
Maritime Law LLM/PG Dip/PG Cert
Marketing – MA
Master of Business Administration
Media Law LLM/PG Dip/PG Cert
Medical Genomics – MSc
Organised Crime and Global Security – MA
Pharmaceutical Science and Drug Delivery Systems – MSc
Public Health – MSc
Teaching Languages (Arabic) – MA
Teaching Languages (English) – MA
Technology Entrepreneurship – MSc
Youth and Community Work (Advanced Practice) – MSc
Youth and Community Work (with JNC Recognition) – MSc

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Advanced Aeronautical Engineering MSc
Advanced Chemical Engineering MSc
Advanced Chemical Engineering with Biotechnology MSc
Advanced Chemical Engineering with Process Systems Engineering MSc
Advanced Chemical Engineering with Structured Product Engineering MSc
Advanced Computational Methods for Aeronautics, Flow Management and Fluid-Structure Interaction MSc
Advanced Computing MSc
Advanced Materials for Sustainable Infrastructure MSc
Advanced Materials Science and Engineering MSc
Advanced Mechanical Engineering MSc
Advanced Molecular Synthesis MRes
Allergy PG Cert
Allergy PG Dip
Allergy MSc
Analogue and Digital Integrated Circuit Design MSc
Applied Biosciences and Biotechnology MSc
Applied Computational Science and Engineering MSc
Applied Genomics MSc
Applied Machine Learning MSc
Applied Mathematics MSc
Applied Paediatrics MSc
Applied Paediatrics PG Cert
Applied Paediatrics PG Dip
Artificial Intelligence MSc
Bioengineering MRes
Bioinformatics and Theoretical Systems Biology MSc
Biological and Physical Chemistry MRes
Biomedical Engineering MSc
Biomedical Research MRes
Biomedical Research (Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care) MRes
Biomedical Research (Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection) MRes
Biomedical Research (Data Science) MRes
Biomedical Research (Epidemiology, Evolution and Control of Infectious Diseases) MRes
Biomedical Research (Microbiome in Health and Disease) MRes
Biomedical Research (Molecular Basis of Human Disease) MRes
Biomedical Research (Respiratory and Cardiovascular Science) MRes
Biosystematics MRes
Business MRes
Business Analytics MSc
Business Analytics (Online) MSc
Cancer Biology MRes
Cancer Informatics MRes
Cancer Technology MRes
Cardiovascular and Respiratory Healthcare PG Cert
Cardiovascular and Respiratory Healthcare PG Dip
Cardiovascular and Respiratory Healthcare MSc
Catalysis: Chemistry and Engineering MRes
Chemical Biology and Bio-Entrepreneurship MRes
Climate Change, Management and Finance MSc
Clinical Research MRes
Clinical Research PG Cert
Communications and Signal Processing MSc
Composites: the Science, Technology and Engineering Application of Advanced Composites MSc
Computational Methods in Ecology and Evolution MRes
Computational Methods in Ecology and Evolution MSc
Computing MSc
Computing (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) MSc
Computing (Management and Finance) MSc
Computing (Security and Reliability) MSc
Computing (Software Engineering) MSc
Concrete Structures MSc
Control Systems MSc
Digital Chemisty MSc
Digital Chemisty MSc
Digital Health Leadership PG Dip
Drug Discovery and Development: Multidisciplinary Science for Next Generation Therapeutics MRes
Earthquake Engineering MSc
Ecological Applications MSc
Ecology, Evolution and Conservation MSc
Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Research MRes
Economics and Strategy for Business MSc
Ecosystem and Environmental Change MRes
Engineering Fluid Mechanics for the Offshore, Coastal and Built Environments MSc
Engineering for Biomedicine MSc
Environmental Data Science and Machine Learning MSc
Environmental Engineering MSc
Environmental Technology MSc
Epidemiology MSc
Experimental Neuroscience MRes
Finance MSc
Finance and Accounting MSc
Financial Technology MSc
Future Power Networks MSc
General Structural Engineering MSc
Genes, Drugs and Stem Cells – Novel Therapies
Genomic Medicine PG Cert
Genomic Medicine PG Dip
Genomic Medicine MSc
Geo-Energy with Machine Learning and Data Science MSc
Global Innovation Design MA/MSc
Global Master of Public Health (Online) MPH
Global Statistics (Online) MSc
Green Chemistry, Energy and the Environment MRes
Health Data Analytics and Machine Learning MSc
Health Policy PG Cert
Health Policy PG Dip
Health Policy MSc
Healthcare and Design MSc
Healthcare and Design PG Dip
Human and Biological Robotics MSc
Human Molecular Genetics MSc
Hydrology and Water Resources Management MSc
Immunology PG Cert
Immunology MSc
Innovation Design Engineering MA/MSc
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Management MSc
International Health Management MSc
International Management MSc
Investment and Wealth Management MSc
Machine Learning and Big Data in the Physical Sciences MRes
Machine Learning and Data Science (Online) MSc
Management MSc
Mathematics and Finance MSc
MBA MBA
MBA (Executive) MBA
MBA (Global Online) MBA
MBA (Weekend) MBA
Medical Device Design and Entrepreneurship MRes
Medical Robotics and Image-Guided Intervention MRes
Medical Ultrasound (Echocardopgraphy and Vascular) MSc
Metals and Energy Finance MSc
Molecular and Cellular Biosciences MRes
Molecular Biology and Pathology of Viruses MSc
Molecular Engineering MRes
Molecular Medicine MSc
Molecular Plant and Microbial Sciences MRes
Nanomaterials MRes
Neurotechnology MRes
Optics and Photonics MSc
Applied Paediatrics PG Cert
Applied Paediatrics PG Dip
Applied Paediatrics MSc
Patient Safety PG Cert
Patient Safety PG Dip
Patient Safety MSc
Photonics MRes
Physics MSc
Physics with Extended Research MSc
Physics with Nanophotonics MSc
Physics with Quantum Dynamics MSc
Public Health MPH
Pure Mathematics MSc
Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces MSc
Reproductive and Developmental Biology PG Cert
Reproductive and Developmental Biology MSc
Risk Management and Financial Engineering MSc
Science Communication MSc
Science Media Production MSc
Security and Resilience: Science and Technology PG Cert
Security and Resilience: Science and Technology PG Dip
Security and Resilience: Science and Technology MSc
Soft Electronic Materials MRes
Soil Mechanics MSc
Soil Mechanics and Engineering Geology MSc
Soil Mechanics and Engineering Seismology MSc
Soil Mechanics and Environmental Geotechnics MSc
Statistics MSc
Statistics (Applied Statistics) MSc
Statistics (Biostatistics) MSc
Statistics (Data Science) MSc
Statistics (Statistical Finance) MSc
Statistics (Theory and Methods) MSc
Strategic Marketing MSc
Strategic Marketing (Online) MSc
Structural Molecular Biology MRes
Structural Steel Design MSc
Surgical Education PG Dip
Surgical Education MEd
Surgical Innovation PG Cert
Surgical Innovation PG Dip
Surgical Innovation MSc
Sustainable Energy Futures MSc
Systems and Synthetic Biology MRes
Taxonomy, Biodiversity and Evolution MSc
Translational Neuroscience MSc
Transport MSc
Tropical Forest Ecology MRes

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Quick Facts

Imperial College is the only UK university to focus entirely on science, engineering, medicine and business.
Ranked 2nd in the world (QS World Rankings 2026)
7th Most International University in the world (Times Higher Education 2025).
Over 50% of Imperial College students come from outside the UK, from over 140 different countries
380 clubs and societies – From baking to biking, and from hip hop to Harry Potter – whatever inspires you, you’ll find like-minded people to share it with at Imperial College.

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